I had recently been talking with a friend about the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus and whether or not this showed a spiritual heaven; yet, I do not believe this is the purpose of the parable. The purpose of the parable is at the end of it. The parable is about a rich man that was captive by death and the other man was brought up by Abraham into what I would presume was heaven. That being said the man tries to negotiate with Abraham to warn his brothers to live right so that they could be saved from death. Abraham tells the rich man that his brothers can learn from Moses and the prophets. But the rich man exclaims that if a dead person were to raise from the grave that they would truly change their heart and believe. Metaphorically this is speaking of Christ and his resurrection; one would think that after this event all would truly believe. Yet Abraham makes a statement, that if people will not believe Moses or the prophets, then they still will not believe one who comes back from the dead. In the parable Jesus was making a statement about himself exclaiming that there will still be people who won’t believe, even after his resurrection and these people will truly be lost just as the Rich Man was. This is the point that Jesus was telling through the parable.

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