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geomic1 said:
In the passage of Luke 16:19-31; could it be possible that this isn’t a literal story and the “rich man” represents the Pharisees (Jews) and "Lazarus" represents the Gentiles? What implications are there, if this is indeed a parable, to what many believe is a major text to conscious eternal punishment?
Geomic


I don’t believe [color:"FF0000"]HELL[/color] <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/mad3.gif" alt="" /> in Luke 16:19-31 is a parable for it would be the only parable in the Bible that uses proper names (Lazarus, Abraham).