Life after death is not jumbled and indistinct it does not consist in an impersonal melding of individual identities with that of God. Emerging from a sort of no man’s land, with unclear boundaries and habitations, a sharpening vista presents physical distance and separation, self-conscious awareness of status and station, and a clearly graded bundle of rewards and punishments.
More than any other account in the Gospels, the Savior’s story about Lazarus, the rich man, and Abraham opens an intriguing window onto the life to come, particularly the period between death and the resurrection. Rather, should someone from the dead come to them, they will repent.’ 31 But he said, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been placed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor from there might they pass over to us.’Ģ7 “But he said, ‘Then I beg you, Father, that you send him to the house of my father, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may bear witness to them, that they might not also come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets let them listen to them.’ 30 But he said, ‘No, Father Abraham. 24 And calling out, he said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger with water and cool my tongue, because I suffer in this blaze.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you received your good things in your life, and likewise Lazarus bad things but now, here, he is comforted and you suffer. And the rich man also died and was buried.Ģ3 “And in Hades, when he raised his eyes, being in torment, he saw Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom. 22 And it came to pass that the poor man died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. Further, even the dogs, when they came, kept licking his sores. 20 A certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gates, covered with sores 21 and wanting to be fed from what fell from the rich man’s table. It contains the New Rendition, Analysis, and Notes on each verse.ġ9 “There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen and made merry in splendor every day. This is extracted from The Testimony of Luke,by S.
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