hi ray..you mentioned hell does not exist..Jesus mentions hell in luke 16:23 when referring to abraham talking to the rich man who is in torment...so hell exists..
Joseph
It's a parable, Joseph, its a PARABLE. Parables and not "literal" as written. They use symbols and figurative language to teach a higher spiritual truth. That is why they are called parables. Lazarus and the Rich man is the fifth of a five-part PARABLE:
"And He [Jesus] spake this [five-part] PARABLE..."
[1] "WHAT MAN of you...." (Lk. 15:4).
[2] "Either WHAT WOMAN...." (Verse 8)
[3] "A CERTAIN MAN...." (Ver. 11)
[4] "There was a CERTAIN RICH MAN...." (Lk. 16:1)
[5] "There was a CERTAIN RICH MAN...." (Ver. 19)
Now tell me before God as your Judge that you do not see and
cannot see that this is a FIVE-PART PARABLE? It's one
thing to "read' the Bible, but it is quite another to "understand
and OBEY" the Bible.
God be with you,
Ray
