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The parable is to teach believers to be ready by watching and praying and living a life worthy of his sudden appearing. The bride of the bridegroom is not in the parable. The virgins are young women who are not yet married who are friends of the bridegroom, in a Jewish wedding custom...

If he wanted to make the point that the beggar was a gentile he would have said a "gentile beggar" or mentioned his nationality in order to make that point as he did with other stories when that point needed to be made like the Samaritan or the Syrophoenician woman. But in this case dogs...

Already answered. You're being stubborn. Your interpretation is not what most readers would get. They would get that "moreover the dogs licked his sores" was the point. An "add insult to injury statement" Not a hidden mystery allegory code that needed to be deciphered. Give it up. Your'...

Not only have I presented a more logical hermeneutic that the the beggar is a Jew humiliated by being licked by dogs on top of all else he has suffered, but it is also clear that the parable has the rich man in torment while his 5 brothers are still living. Assigning the rich man an allegorical...

The answer is found in the main Lesson in the "parable" of the rich man and Lazarus. 29But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31He said to him, ‘If they do not...

It does not say he was outside the gate with the dogs. You made that up to make it fit into your invented allegory. 20And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked...

Two main reasons: 1) Sin. They're sinning. They need to repent and quit it. 2) They think they are battling with false teachers and doctrines of demons and are supposed to "contend for the faith" but they are really just arguing with a knucklehead and have fallen into sinning again and they...

We always find time to do what we really want to do.

Exactly. Like flat earthers. They don't really believe the earth is flat, they just get entertainment from the debate. Especially if they can get you to question what you know.

That makes no sense. The beggar is not called a dog in the parable. You are trying to say that he is but it's not there. The dogs licking his sores would be humiliation on top of everything else because AS A JEW that would be humiliating and others would consider him unclean for the dogs...

They don't believe that, they are just pushing peoples buttons. It's a hobby. A mentally unhealthy and immoral hobby.

The combination of masks, and more people getting flu vaccinations and other efforts to avoid the spread of COVID has resulted in light flu years most likely. I mean wouldn't that be expected?

There is a big elephant in the room as regards to his interpretation of the beggar being allegory for gentiles. There is nothing in the "parable/allegory" as to suggest that he is identified as a gentile. The fact that dogs licked his sores does not make him a dog. Therefore saying that the...

Prison?

As we are taught in first year of bible school concerning biblical literature, parables usually have a statement in them that could stand alone but by being included in a parable the parable serves to make the point more clear, or give it more impact. The main lessons or points in a...

I think it refers to something other worldly, that will happen to the wicked dead. It is described as fire and worms because Jesus is using earthly frames of reference in order to communicate to our finite earthly and natural understanding. We can't know what it is that is described as...

Of course the Holy Spirit given to us to become comforter and constant guide, directing us into the will of God is better than an audible voice. Much better for God to speak to you and guide you in the minute details where people can't hear his voice talking to you as that would be awkward on...

Because you have not been told you are one of the two witnesses. That is probably when something like that would happen. If that is how the two witnesses get called, and I am not saying that it is. If God were to speak audibly and lots of people heard it that would sort of seal the...

I believe that when this happened in the OT it was rare. And significant events in the lives of Abraham or Moses, etc as they were part of redemption history and needed to be supernatural events to mark them as clearly God intervening in the lives of these men. We have examples in the NT also...

You can Google "History of the NIV, or Current NIV editors, contributors, etc." I think you will easily find plenty of credible resources to learn about instead of what you posted. Keep learning. There is still much you don't understand about the NIV and how it works. It does not change...