Question: “IS LAZARUS, AND THE RICH MAN
IN HELL, A PARABLE?”

Luke 16:19-22,23-26,27-30,31
Answer: “Yes … if you are not saved!” 

And that’s it isn’t it Folks? It is NOT a parable but the unsaved will deny it like crazy.

The simple fact of the matter is this … “You don’t give a brass razoo (a non-existent coin of trivial value) about how HOT the EVERLASTING fires of hell are if you are saved … correct?

I was witnessing to an SDA the other day who believed that “The Rich Man and Lazarus in Hell” account in Luke 16 is a parable.

Now why would he do that?

Simples! He’s going there … because he’s not saved.

Here are a few Bible accounts ofREAL PEOPLE, REAL NAMES, REAL PLACES, REAL EVENTS AND REAL NUMBERS … connected with the word “certain” in the Bible..

To wit:

a. Jacob lighting upon a certain place (Genesis 28:11)

b. Judah and the certain Adullamite (Genesis 38:1)

c. Judah and Shuah the daughter of a certain Canaanite (Genesis 38:2)

d. Moses and the bread from heaven to be gathered at a certain daily rate (Exodus 16:4)

e. Certain men defiled by a dead body (Numbers 9:6)

f. Certain men of Israel rising up before Moses
(Numbers 16:2)

g. Certain men of Belial (Deuteronomy 13:13)

h. A certain numbers of beatings for a wicked man (Deuteronomy 25:2)

i. A certain woman casting a piece of millstone upon Abimelech’s head Judges 9:53)

j. A certain man called Manoah, of Zorah, had a barren wife (Judges 13:2)

k. The certain man called Elkanah from Ramathaimzophin (1 Samuel 1:1)

l. A certain man called Doeg, an Edomite, a servant of Saul (1 Samuel 21:7)

m. Anyone passing over the Kidron brook can know for certain they will die (1 Kings 2:37)

n. Hanai and certain men of Judah (Nehemiah 1:2)

o. Certain of the scribes of the Pharisees (Matthew 12:38)

Yes Dear Reader … there are 196 mentions of the word “certain” in the Bible … that means you can be certain that the word “certain” represents REAL PEOPLE, REAL NAMES, REAL PLACES, REAL EVENTS AND REAL NUMBERS!

Now last, but not least …

“There was a CERTAIN rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a CERTAIN beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:19-22,23)

REAL PEOPLE, REAL PLACES, REAL NAMES AND A REAL EVENT.

Your SDA will NOT dispute the other 195 accounts of real people, events, names and places … but for a particular reason will vehemently believe that the rich man and Lazarus is a parable … not true but a made story to represent a truth.

WHY? BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE THEY ARE GOING

WHY? THEY ARE NOT SAVED.

Oh yes! They’ll believe that there is a cooler and temporary hell … like the burning rubbish dump outside the city of Jerusalem … a temporary place.

Oh yes! The SDA will admit they might be temporarily punished for a little while in a very cooled down hell … not real hot and only for a while.

Summary:

So the real account of the rich man and Lazarus is not a parable … but about two real people … one of which … ends up in a real hot place … hell … and never to get out … and then cast into the real everlasting lake of fire

So when an account in the Bible starts with “There was a certain man …” indeed … the mention of the word “certain” … you can bet your bottom dollar on the fact it’s not fiction!

Harley Hitchcock
January 2025

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