Studies in Heave and other Issues

6.He offended them because he did not observe their traditions on cleansings. MAT. 10 TO 12, MAT. 23: 24 TO 29, MARK 7: 6 TO 8, 14 TO 23, LUKE 11: 37 TO 42 7.He did not observe the rigid rabbinical laws of the Sabbath but was more interested in its true meaning. MAT. 12: 1 TO 8, MARK 2: 23 TO 28 8. He healed on the Sabbath, a forbidden thing to do according to Oral Law (Talmud/Rabbinical law). MAT. 12: 10 TO 14, MARK 3: 2 TO 6, LUKE 6: 6 TO 11, LUKE 13: 14 TO 16, LUKE 14: 1 TO 5, JOHN 5: 3 TO 16 9.He never taught on hell as a tormenting punishment place the soul goes to upon death if that person was not good according to their standards of good. He condemned them to HELL meaning Gehenna a trash dump outside of Jerusalem for disposing of garbage, dead animal carcasses and dead criminal’s bodies…MAT 23: 15, 33 and a HELL/HADES meaning death /grave. LUKE 16: 19 TO 31 He gave a teachable parable to the Pharisees about Lazarus in regards to their hearts and hypocritical actions. LUKE 16: 19 TO 31. In this parable there are characters that mean something to the religious leaders that Jesus knew they would understand. The rich ruler clothed in purple, representing the royal tribe of Judah, and fine linen representing righteousness of the Levites and Priests. So in a nutshell we are talking about the Israelic nation and the religious lawgivers which led the people spiritually. The rich ruler fared sumptuously everyday. So these followers of the law were sons of Father Abraham who was noted as the father of the faith of the Jewish nation. They were blessed naturally and spiritually abundantly. So it is that the rich man was characteristic of Israel, the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes. Being in Abrahams bosom as taught by the Jewish priests were being in a resting place or the most cherished bosom of God the Father per se ...in heaven.

Lazarus, a beggar represents the gentile nation and the dogs licking his sores represent other peoples not in covenant with God. Here Lazarus was the common humble non accepted, outcasted sinner covered in sores laying outside the gate of this ruler with the dogs or other nations desiring a few crumbs of food from the ruler’s table and trying to care for his wounds or inflictions. As being part of God’s covenantal blessed and chosen people the nation of Israel were to reach out to other nations as God wanted them to do and to feed the poor and sick naturally and spiritually but they were not doing their job and stayed separated and elite to only those of the Israelic nation.

Upon death of the rich ruler and of Lazarus, the rich ruler sees Lazarus in Abraham’s bosom and a gulf fixed between them whereas the rich ruler is in torment of a flame. the rich ruler makes a request of father Abraham or God to send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger into water and cool his tongue from the tormented flame. Here the now dead religious rulers and nation of Israel asks God to allow righteous salvation to come in the form of God’ s authority to give his Holy Spirit or the water to him to cool his tongue. Here the tongue meaning what is actually in the heart, for it is out of the tongue the heart . He no longer wants to be in a torment of a flame, as in the fiery furnace of affliction which brings change . He no longer wants to be separated by this gulf so he is seeking change for the better. The gulf or chasm is the differences of opinions, mindset and lack of faith in regards to one’s understanding of salvation. This was a 33