WILL WE REMEMBER OTHERS IN HELL?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Will We Remember Others in Hell?
a) One of Jesus’ most powerful stories is that of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Let’s read the account to see if this gives us any help as to whether we will recognize people on the other side of eternity, even in hell. It is found in Luke 16:19-31:
1. Will We Remember Others in Hell?a) One of Jesus’ most powerful stories is that of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Let’s read the account to see if this gives us any help as to whether we will recognize people on the other side of eternity, even in hell. It is found in Luke 16:19-31:
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table.
Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’
But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house — for I have five brothers so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’
But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’“
b) Notice that the rich man had memories of his family as he wanted them to know that there truly is a hell but Abraham told Lazarus that he could not return from the dead to go back and warn his family. Abraham told him that they have Moses and the prophets, which means that they had the Old Testament — the bulk of the Old Testament is contained in Moses’ writing’s in the first five books and then the major and Minor Prophets. Not only will those who spend eternity in hell have memories of their friends, family, and acquaintances, they seem to have a passionate desire to warn others of the impending doom of hell.
The End ...
Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’
But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house — for I have five brothers so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’
But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’“
b) Notice that the rich man had memories of his family as he wanted them to know that there truly is a hell but Abraham told Lazarus that he could not return from the dead to go back and warn his family. Abraham told him that they have Moses and the prophets, which means that they had the Old Testament — the bulk of the Old Testament is contained in Moses’ writing’s in the first five books and then the major and Minor Prophets. Not only will those who spend eternity in hell have memories of their friends, family, and acquaintances, they seem to have a passionate desire to warn others of the impending doom of hell.
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