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Introduction
So a great question people always ask is what happens after we die.... do we sleep, is it the end, do we go to heaven.... what happens?
Scripture gives us some information about life after death, and from that we can find some truth to comfort us and give us peace about the future.
When you talk to people about death, often people will ask “where are they now”.... and
“What is there state and how is it going for them....”
Those are some of the questions people often ask when they approach the topic of a person’s death, especially someone they know personally and care about...
We want to know… We want to be re-assured and we desperately want to know they are well, safe and secure....
One of the best places see the state of a person in death is in the Bible.
Now I want us to go to Luke chapter 16 and lets look at the story of the rick man and Lazarus.
, verses 19-21
One of the best places see the state of a person in death is in the Bible.
Now I want us to go to Luke chapter 16 and lets look at the story of the rick man and Lazarus.
Jesus tells us a story here of two men who are contrasted in life and death, but something unique here, this is not a parable.
Jesus tells us a story here of two men who are contrasted in life and death, but something unique here, this is not a parable.
Why do I suspect and believe this....
Why do I suspect and believe this....
This passage is set up different than most, we get a lot of detail about two people lives before and after death.
No where in any parable does Jesus uses a real name , this person Lazarus is not the Lazarus of Mary, and Martha in Bethany.
But I would suppose that this is a totally different person by that name, He is a real person.
A person who Jesus knew personally.
So Jesus is really telling us about the life of Lazarus and the Rich man.
So now that this elephant is out in the open....
There are two men....
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There are two men....
Now there is great contrast in the lives of these two men as they lived here on earth.
The rich man had it all so to speak.
Money, wealth, food and drink, beautiful clothes.
He really had it all.
He had it all....
And then the Bible tells us of ole sick Lazarus.
Lazarus was a begger, and he was sick, hungry and in need, covered in sores that the dogs licked open.
Sadly he would have been blessed to have eaten the scrapes from the table.
Lazarus had nothing but compassionate dogs...
2. Next we come to two places..... these men are contrasted in death.
Now the Bible begins by telling of us of the begger death, Lazarus.
Look with me at verse 22.
“The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.”
“The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.”
So Lazarus died, this sick man finally left this world.
Now Lazarus being poor man, well means that he didn’t have a nice funeral.
He didn’t have professional mourners who mourned with family.
Sadly, Lazarus appears to have no one...
So as a poor man it means that Lazarus was buried in a potter’s field or their body was cast into a trash dump outside the city.
Either way, the body of Lazarus was laid to rest in a very poor way...
but we know this about the poor man, he has faith… for the Bible says that the angels carried him to Abraham’s side or bosom.
Have you ever thought about how we get to heaven?
Paul says that to die is gain, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.
But he did not say how the dead made the journey…
Here in this passage the angels carry Lazarus to paradise, to the place where Abraham is at ...
I never really thought of this but the Lord reminded me of a story from a 1st grade teacher.
(Jonathan death and Debbie Colletts story the next morning).
I can tell you why it is possible,… to bring us, to ensure our journey, to introduce us to the presence of the King.
So Lazarus who has been a poor beggar has now found life, peace and comfort in Paradise.
Now what is Paradise?
Well I’m glad you asked.
A. Paradise is the place of the dead, those who know God.
We find that father Abraham is there, the one whom God knows and gave his promise of the covenant too.
Paradise is heaven in a sense, the abode of the dead before Jesus fulfills the promise of
Jesus is talking about getting a place ready for all time, heaven.
… Paradise is the place of those who are dead before Jesus death, burial and resurrection.
Where is paradise… I am not sure but I think it is below… why?
Well when Jesus was on the cross, before his death he tells the thief on the cross, today you will be with me in paradise....
Scriptures tell us that said of Jesus… Ephesians 4:8-10
Now we will talk more of this in a little while.
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Now if we return to the rich man, we read that he died as well.
So just as Lazarus died the rich man died as well, and he was buried…
I am sure that just as he lived and had a good life, that in his death he received a a great burial.
I am sure no expense was spared, I am sure that there were flowers, and spices and oils for his preparation.
I am sure there were many professional mourners, and many other peoples.
He was loved and of course I am sure many loved his money...
But now death has come.... look at verse 22-23
Just as Lazarus was awake and conscience in paradise so by the same measure the Bible tells us that the rich man lifted up his eye in hades… hell, in torment and he lifted up his eyes and saw Lazarus a far off...
So one person is in paraidse and the other is in hell.
What does all this mean...
Glad you asked....
Before Christ dies on the cross, it is considered to be Old Testament times if you will.
Why do I say that…????
Well because the New covenant is not in place yet.
The new covenant is ratified by the blood of Jesus which happens at his death.
Now I say this to remind you of our final destinations… I say final because the word that is important for us is ‘intermediate”.
Before Jesus death on the cross...
We see there are three things in this passage after death...
Paradise
Great Gulf that divides the Two arenas
Hades
These are intermediate places if you will…
A. Paradise______
Paradise is the place where all those who exhibited faith and is justified by God because of their faith like David, like Abraham, like Solomon, like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Noah and so forth and so forth...
Paradise is the place where all those who exhibited faith and is justified by God because of their faith like David, like Abraham, like Solomon, like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Noah and so forth and so forth...
Lazarus open his eyes in paradise with who else, Abraham… He is in Abraham’s lap, bosom, close and comforted by the person who is a symbol of OT redemption and restoration.
It is a place of joy, happiness and rest ..... but it is not their final destination.
why?
Jesus has not died on the cross.
B. Great Gulf that divides the two arenas....
When the rich man tries to seek help from Abraham, from even Lazarus… Abraham told him, no one from where he is can cross and no one from there can change places either...
The Great Gulf is a barrier of separation....
C. Hades - Hell___
This place is listed as a place of torment, a place of suffering if you will.
But it is not the final place of the dead.
It is the place where all the dead will exist until the dead are cast into the final hell.
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