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Why did the angels carry Lazarus away in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus?
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The story of Lazareth is a parable by Jesus, in Luke 16:19-31. When Jesus spoke of the angel carrying away Lazarus to the bosom of Abraham, this was intended allegorically, to mean that he died and went to heaven. In the parable, it was important that Lazarus be clearly understood as taken to heaven, to create a contrast to the fate of the rich man.
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Why did the angel carry Lazarus to the bosom of Abraham and where else in the Bible did an angel carry away the dead?
The story of Lazareth is a parable by Jesus, in Luke 16:19-31. When Jesus spoke of the angel carrying away Lazarus to the bosom of Abraham, this was intended allegorically, to mean that he died and went to heaven. In the parable, it was important that Lazarus be understood as taken to heaven, to create a contrast to the fate of the rich man.This is the only parable that contains the allegory of an angel taking a dead man to heaven.Answer:Prophecy speaks of angels gathering God's saints at the time of Jesus' return. The first to be gathered will be "THE DEAD IN CHRIST." [Like Lazarus]"And He shall SEND HIS ANGELS with a great sound of a trumpet, and THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Matt.24:31)"...we WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD SHALL NOT PREVENT [precede] THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP [dead, like Lazarus]. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST [like Abraham and Lazarus]: then we which are alive and remain shall be CAUGHT UP [by the angels] together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall be ever be with the Lord." (I Thess.4:15-17)Jesus' parable of "Lazarus and the rich man" is speaking of two separate resurrections: the "first resurrection" at the time of Jesus' return... and the second one, at the conclusion of Christ's thousand year rule on earth. Abraham and Lazarus is resurrected among the "dead in Christ" -- the rich man, on Judgment Day a thousand years later."But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the FIRST RESURRECTION: on such the SECOND DEATH hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years." (Rev.20:5-6)Abraham will be one of the "dead in Christ" who shall RISE FIRST at Jesus' return... along with Lazarus... and be transported into the Kingdom of God to rule the nations of the earth with Christ a thousand years.This is what the rich man saw at the time of his resurrection to Judgment: Christ and His saints after their thousand year rule on earth set up for the "Great White Throne Judgment" [Rev.20:11-]. He sees them across the great gulf of their immortality and the Lake of Fire that is about to consume him."There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when YE SHALL SEE ABRAHAM, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out." (Luke 13:28)Jesus' parable of "Lazarus and the rich man" contains no "time frame of reference" as to WHEN each man was resurrected from his grave.The "timing" of "angels carrying the resurrected righteous dead" from their graves must be found elsewhere in scripture. It's found in the prophecies of Jesus' return to earth with the Kingdom of God.
What does Lazarus mean?
In Luke's Gospel, Lazarus was the name of a figurative person in a parable about his death and hypothetical resurrection. He is not portrayed as a real person.John's Gospel, chapter 11, says that Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha, and tells of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This became the trigger for the arrest and trial of Jesus, when the chief priests and Pharisees said (John 11:47-48), "What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation." Then in John 12:10, the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death.New Testament scholars notice that the two sisters, Mary and Martha, and Lazarus occur only in Luke's Gospel and John's Gospel. In Luke, Mary and Martha are not even the sisters of Lazarus, although the two accounts contain some important parallels.
What is leprosy in the book of Luke?
It is a generic term applied to a variety of skin disorders. Luke 16:19-31 tells of a rich man and Lazarus. Jesus here presents a conversation between Abraham and Lazarus after death. It implies angels are on hand at the death of saints to bear them away to glory while others are lost in torment and that death ends our opportunity for salvation.
What actors and actresses appeared in They Looked Away - 2003?
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