scottmaciver
Puritan Board Sophomore
I wonder what the thoughts of the board are as to whether or not you would consider the Rich Man & Lazarus in Luke 16 to be a parable and why?
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Jesus said, "Now there was a certain rich man...' Thus I believe that there was a certain rich man.
The personal name for the begger is even given, and such personal naming nowhere occurs in any other parable. I believe this is history, a literal event.
Also, are we to suppose even if this were a parable that we cannot draw out teachings about hell from it (which is the reason many reject it as really happening and consign it to merely the status of a parable).