![]() Premature death is just one of the consequences of being poor. What was the sin that God punished with such a response?ĭid he die of starvation? disease? infection? or did the dogs …? He couldn’t prevent the dogs from licking his sores. (They didn’t have paper napkins at the time) Perhaps even obtain some of the wasted bread Who threw himself at the gate of a rich man, It gives the parable a sense of familiarity, doesn’t it? Jesus casts the Lazarus as someone who was disgusting. Jesus makes the story personal and intimate. That “the kingdom of God belongs to the poor and the hungry,īut woe to those who are rich and who are full.” Who just taught in the sixth chapter of Luke “He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,Ĭonsider a discreet, angry voice in the third chapter of Luke,Īnd “the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” + Mary declaring her praise of God in the first chapter of Luke: So why wouldn’t he be continuing the theme here?Īnd a rich man, commonly known as Di-ves.Ī pinnacle of successive stories Jesus usesĬonsider these words echoing in the background: Luke has been talking about money, treasures, and riches. We recognize that this parable follows the passage of:Īnd the Dishonest Manager’s handling of debt. Is this a parable meant to convey essential truth about heaven and hell, and what happens to you after you die?įrom which we’ve been reading these past few Sundays, That the hope for life resides on in the resurrection Through the lens of personal, eternal salvationĪnd believe that it is the intent of Jesusĭoes death deliver us to our eternal fate? It would be fully understandable for one to examine these words of Jesus There are opportunities for the faithful Christian to make choices. Our Gospel lesson for this morning provides options He said, ‘No, father Abraham but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” He said, ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house- for I have five brothers-that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets they should listen to them.’ The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am in agony in these flames.’īut Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
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