The Undercover Adventist

 

  The Thief on the Cross Luke 23:43 (NKJV): "And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” " It appears that Jesus told the thief on the cross who was repentant that he would meet Jesus, today, in Paradise. Is that really what that verse is telling us? Again, as in the previous example, we must study this carefully. We could look at punctuation, but this commentary will not do that. Why? Because there was no modern punctuation in The Bible's original writings. So playing around with punctuation can only lead others to not trust The Bible translations. After all, if we can put a comma in a verse we don't like, what gives us the right to tell another that they cannot do the same thing in return to us? Our best choice is to come to an honest, logical conclusion. In Luke 20:37 (NKJV), Jesus says this: "But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the...

  The Rich Man and Lazarus The parable of the rich man and Lazarus can be found in Luke 16:19-31. Many use this for teaching what happens after you die. Lazarus is a poor begger who is filled with sores, longing for even crumbs from the rich man. But the rich man does nothing to help him. They both die. Lazarus goes to the bosom of Abraham, the rich man to Hades. The rich man sees Abraham and Lazarus, and asks if Lazarus could bring cool water for his tongue to ease his agony. Abraham tells him that cannot happen. Then the rich man asks for Lazarus to go and tell his family about this peril so they believe. Abraham answers that they all had a chance to believe the prophets. Not even someone coming back to life will convince them. What is this story really teaching? The afterlife? Many believe so. But let's look at things both sides agree on. In the afterlife in this story, the doomed are conversing with the righteous. Is that in The Bible? No. They most assuredly will not be intera...

  On Death, Dying, and the Future Hope Sabbath School Lesson 9 Contrary Passages? You may use this for presenting and studying the current Sabbath School Lesson. ------------------------------ >   Download the notes for this lesson's video here. ---------------------- >  Download current Sabbath School lesson here. -------------------------------------------