![]() On their part, poor persons must likewise meet a set of burnished expectations, which evidently Lazarus does. unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment” (D&C 104:18 see 2 Ne. To drive home the point more sharply, we read in a passage that plainly alludes to Luke 16:23: “if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion. For the divine requirement, based on the concept that all belongs to God, obliges the wealthy to share their substance rather than to keep it for themselves: “Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for your riches will canker your souls” (D&C 56:16). Such a course of action, as the story illustrates, influences where former rich persons land in the next life, including Jesus’ current critics, certain Pharisees (see JST 16:23). ![]() Why? Because, like the rich man, many wealthy people spend their goods solely on themselves and on those closest to them-they have “wasted substance” (15:13). ![]() Even though Jesus opens wide the door to allow the wealthy to enter his kingdom (see JST 18:27 the Notes on 16:11 18:27 the Analysis on 16:1–12), the warnings hold their place: “the rich hath sent empty away” (1:53) and “ye have received your consolation ” (6:24). But the surface paves over a deeper set of issues such as why poor Lazarus ends up in the bosom of Abraham and the rich man finds himself in Hades. On the surface, the story concerns the matters of rich and poor, of caring and neglect. Rather, the next world offers an existence not only fitly framed in accord with a person’s actions in this life but also textured by the character that people have forged in their mortal lives. Life after death is not jumbled and indistinct it does not consist in an impersonal melding of individual identities with that of God. Emerging from a sort of no man’s land, with unclear boundaries and habitations, a sharpening vista presents physical distance and separation, self-conscious awareness of status and station, and a clearly graded bundle of rewards and punishments. More than any other account in the Gospels, the Savior’s story about Lazarus, the rich man, and Abraham opens an intriguing window onto the life to come, particularly the period between death and the resurrection. Rather, should someone from the dead come to them, they will repent.’ 31 But he said, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been placed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor from there might they pass over to us.’Ģ7 “But he said, ‘Then I beg you, Father, that you send him to the house of my father, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may bear witness to them, that they might not also come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets let them listen to them.’ 30 But he said, ‘No, Father Abraham. 24 And calling out, he said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger with water and cool my tongue, because I suffer in this blaze.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you received your good things in your life, and likewise Lazarus bad things but now, here, he is comforted and you suffer. And the rich man also died and was buried.Ģ3 “And in Hades, when he raised his eyes, being in torment, he saw Abraham from afar and Lazarus in his bosom. 22 And it came to pass that the poor man died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. Further, even the dogs, when they came, kept licking his sores. 20 A certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gates, covered with sores 21 and wanting to be fed from what fell from the rich man’s table. It contains the New Rendition, Analysis, and Notes on each verse.ġ9 “There was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen and made merry in splendor every day. This is extracted from The Testimony of Luke,by S.
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