Part 1 comes from an Evangelical perspective and attempts to indirectly show that Abraham's Bosom no longer exists by arguing that it never existed to begin with. NOTE: Paradise is not mentioned in the above Luke 16.Īdditional Information Provided by Thomas Shields My tongue for I am tormented in this flame.Ģ5 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but nowĢ6 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neitherĬan they pass to us, that would come from thence.Ģ7 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:Ģ8 For I have five brethren that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.Ģ9 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them.ģ0 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.ģ1 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Does this place known as Abraham's Bosom or Paradise still exist after Jesus's death and resurrection?ġ9 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:Ģ0 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,Ģ1 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.Ģ2 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 wasĢ3 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.Ģ4 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool My understanding is that Abraham's Bosom was the Saint's portion (Paradise) of Hades while on the other side of a great chasm (gulf) was a portion of Hades described as torment.

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