Interpreting the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: It's Really Good News!
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FreeGrace2 said:
Jesus went to Hades after His crucifixion and took all the saved people from Paradise and took them to heaven.
Sure.
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8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”
9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?
10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
Here, Paul seems to have Psa 68:18 in mind, and even summarizes the entire Psalm.
Also, 1 Pet 3-
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—
Since Jesus made clear that the souls of dead people continue to exist in the afterlife, and His account shows that the saved were in Paradise, or Abraham's Bosom, but now are in heaven, as John recorded in Rev 6, they had to get there some way.
So Eph 4:8-10 reveals that way.
Jesus went to Hades after His crucifixion and took all the saved people from Paradise and took them to heaven.
Sure.
Eph 4-
8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”
9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?
10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
Here, Paul seems to have Psa 68:18 in mind, and even summarizes the entire Psalm.
Also, 1 Pet 3-
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—
Since Jesus made clear that the souls of dead people continue to exist in the afterlife, and His account shows that the saved were in Paradise, or Abraham's Bosom, but now are in heaven, as John recorded in Rev 6, they had to get there some way.
So Eph 4:8-10 reveals that way.
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Isaiah 14:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
9 The place of death is excited
that you are coming.
Sheol is waking the spirits
of all the leaders of the earth for you.
Sheol is making the kings stand up
from their thrones to meet you.
10 They will make fun of you, saying,
“Now you are as dead as we are.
Now you are just like us.”
11 Your pride has been sent down to Sheol.
The music from your harps announces the coming of your proud spirit.
Maggots will be the bed you lie on,
and other worms will cover your body like a blanket.
Easy-to-Read Version
9 The place of death is excited
that you are coming.
Sheol is waking the spirits
of all the leaders of the earth for you.
Sheol is making the kings stand up
from their thrones to meet you.
10 They will make fun of you, saying,
“Now you are as dead as we are.
Now you are just like us.”
11 Your pride has been sent down to Sheol.
The music from your harps announces the coming of your proud spirit.
Maggots will be the bed you lie on,
and other worms will cover your body like a blanket.
Angels go to heaven daily and may make side trips 
You mean they hold a press conference daily???
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All believers will be judged (evaluated) at the Bema (Judgment Seat of Christ) per 2 Cor 5:10.
All unbelievers will be judged (evaluated) at the Great White Throne judgment per Rev 20:11-15.
Both judgments are based on works. But NO ONE gets into heaven based on their works.
Works will determine the level of reward for believers, and will determine how "tolerable" it will be for them in the lake of fire.
All unbelievers will be judged (evaluated) at the Great White Throne judgment per Rev 20:11-15.
Both judgments are based on works. But NO ONE gets into heaven based on their works.
Works will determine the level of reward for believers, and will determine how "tolerable" it will be for them in the lake of fire.
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Characteristics of the risen body
All shall rise from the dead in their own, in their entire, and in immortal bodies; but the good shall rise to the resurrection of life, the wicked to the resurrection of Judgment. It would destroy the very idea of resurrection, if the dead were to rise in bodies not their own. Again, the resurrection, like the creation, is to be numbered amongst the principal works of God; hence, as at the creation all things are perfect from the hand of God, so at the resurrection all things must be perfectly restored by the same omnipotent hand. But there is a difference between the earthly and the risen body; for the risen bodies of both saints and sinners shall be invested with immortality. This admirable restoration of nature is the result of the glorious triumph of Christ over death as described in several texts of Sacred Scripture: Isaiah 25:8; Osee, xiii, 14; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Apocalypse 2:4. But while the just shall enjoy an endless felicity in the entirety of their restored members, the wicked "shall seek death, and shall not find it, shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them" (Revelation 9:6).
These three characteristics, identity, entirety, and immortality, will be common to the risen bodies of the just and the wicked. But the bodies of the saints shall be distinguished by four transcendent endowments, often called qualities.
The first is "impassibility", which shall place them beyond the reach of pain and inconvenience. "It is sown", says the Apostle, "in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption" (1 Corinthians 15:42). The Schoolmen call this quality impassibility', not incorruption, so as to mark it as a peculiarity of the glorified body; the bodies of the damned will be incorruptible indeed, but not impassible; they shall be subject to heat and cold, and all manner of pain."
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm
Characteristics of the risen body
All shall rise from the dead in their own, in their entire, and in immortal bodies; but the good shall rise to the resurrection of life, the wicked to the resurrection of Judgment. It would destroy the very idea of resurrection, if the dead were to rise in bodies not their own. Again, the resurrection, like the creation, is to be numbered amongst the principal works of God; hence, as at the creation all things are perfect from the hand of God, so at the resurrection all things must be perfectly restored by the same omnipotent hand. But there is a difference between the earthly and the risen body; for the risen bodies of both saints and sinners shall be invested with immortality. This admirable restoration of nature is the result of the glorious triumph of Christ over death as described in several texts of Sacred Scripture: Isaiah 25:8; Osee, xiii, 14; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Apocalypse 2:4. But while the just shall enjoy an endless felicity in the entirety of their restored members, the wicked "shall seek death, and shall not find it, shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them" (Revelation 9:6).
These three characteristics, identity, entirety, and immortality, will be common to the risen bodies of the just and the wicked. But the bodies of the saints shall be distinguished by four transcendent endowments, often called qualities.
The first is "impassibility", which shall place them beyond the reach of pain and inconvenience. "It is sown", says the Apostle, "in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption" (1 Corinthians 15:42). The Schoolmen call this quality impassibility', not incorruption, so as to mark it as a peculiarity of the glorified body; the bodies of the damned will be incorruptible indeed, but not impassible; they shall be subject to heat and cold, and all manner of pain."
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12792a.htm
it is no parable. Parables do not use name. It is an actual story. Actually, even a prophetic one, for I believe it describes the same Lazarus that is Christ's find and was resurrected. It was still under the old Covenant. However, it does proof that hell is a real thing. Soul sleep is a lie created by Ellen G. White.
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On such I will not be sure entirely. There is description on judgements for saved and lost. Matthew 25 shows that. The Great White Throne also indicates some in this judgement may still be saved, seeing the judgement according to their works. This shows people in the Millenium may be saved differently from us, for Christ will be on earth and works will play a role, since faith in Christ will no longer be required then. There are many passages that describe life in the Millenium, especially in Isaiah and Zechariah.
