Luke 16 (NKJV) As stated we believe our Lord’s statements in regards to the Rich man and Lazarus to be a parable, a FIGURATIVE portrayal of events, however some are still insistent upon believing it to be a LITERAL portrayal of events. With this in mind we should like to consider our next verse from the literal perspective and note its inconsistencies. Here we will disregard the sound scriptural teachings (some of which we noted in our last post) in…
Luke 16 (NKJV) Having in our previous posts taken a look at the first four verses of our parable (Verses 19-22) both from the literal perspective as well as the parabolic perspective we are now ready to examine Verses 23-26. Once again in order to prove that this is a parable we must first show that if interpreted literally it would be an absurdity, one which anyone in possession of “the spirit of a sound mind” would quickly denounce as…
Luke 16 (NKJV) In our previous post we considered what the implication would be if we were to have considered these verses as literal statements, now we shall like to see the true meaning of these verses hidden by the Lord from the worldly wise through the use of metaphors and figurative language. VERSE 19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.” In this picture (a figurative portrayal…
In our previous post we took a look at the rich man now let us consider the poor man. There is nothing said about his being a particularly good man a righteous man (there are plenty of poor people who are just as bad if not worse than a lot of rich people), nor is it stated that he prayed a great deal–not a suggestion about his ever praying; in fact nothing is said about his having been a believer…
Our Covenant is: “A Covenant by Sacrifice not the New Covenant” (edited) From our studies thus far as Bible Students we have learned that the New Covenant is to become fully operational by the close of this Gospel Age, when once the Mediator (the Christ, Head and Body) is made complete, and that it is this covenant under which restitution blessings are to come to the world of mankind. This was pointed out to us as the Keturah Covenant–separate and…
Many have difficulty in accepting that this is a parable, in the following study we were attempting to show one of our fellow forum members of a bible study forum we frequent why we believe this to be a parable. Our friend like many professed Christians believing in an actual Hell of fire and brimstone in which they believe is the eternal abode of all the wicked contends that the Parable of the rich man and the beggar proves this,…
Having in our previous posts (which please see) now an understanding of what it means to be “IN Christ Jesus”, the next question naturally would be, How does one get “IN Christ Jesus” in the first place? How do we get into the body of Christ? The Apostle answers that we were baptized into it, and hence are now counted as members of our Lord, members under him as our Head, members of “the Church which is his body.” “But…
A word of Warning, continued In spite of the fact that we presently reside in the “Time of the End” when the book (Daniel’s prophecy concerning the time of the end) has been unsealed and opened (Dan 12:4, 9, 10; Rev 10:2) many still (even among those begotten of the Lord’s spirit) willingly chose to remain in ignorance of the times and seasons and of impending events soon to transpire. The general opinion is that the study of prophecy is…
Deuteronomy Chapter 13 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 1-4 “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying (in essence), ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the…
Being IN Christ Jesus was also explained by the Apostle in another series of word pictures, in the first of which the consecrated followers of the Lord are likened to members of his Body. In the twelfth chapter of the first letter to the Corinthians he used this metaphor to explain how unity in Christ’s Body permits of great variety in the personal qualities and abilities of its members. “Now hath God set the members every one of them in…