Plus, even the Jerusalem Bible in a footnote acknowledges that the rich man and Lazarus is a parable.
It's a story.
It was told to and meant for a Jewish audience.
And water on a fingertip a mere drop would evaporate and not bring relief it has no historical reference it is a parable directly meant for a Jewish audience.
It should be interpreted in that way.
Pastor Doug use to be Baptist and I was Baptist too.
But I see more like this now too.
Hell - The Rich man and Lazarus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Z46xeZTEcPlus he is Jewish as well and now Christian.
He see's it also from a Jewish perspective because it was a Parable directed to a Jewish audience.
Every Jew wanted to be in Abraham's bosom.
It's a symbol of the Jewish nation.
And people in Heaven and Hell are not going to talk to each other.
That would not be Heaven at all that would be torture.
AmazingFacts-The Rich Man and Lazarus pt2 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_VH...p;playnext=1&list=PLB58AB2126B6E204D Plus God is Just and Fair.
The Hot Topic of Hell Part 3 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0Mkoq9n_wYet where these angels are held..
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:6
I guess Bound In The Abyss
1/6 Everlasting Gospel - Bound in the Abyss - Doug Batchelor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4pXyaTrS4M
