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16 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 25

Abraham will inherit the
promises at the RESURREC-
TION of the just, when the
Messiah returns to establish the
Kingdom of YEHOVAH God on
earth.
And what about Lazarus,
the beggar of the Messiah’s
parable? He, being intimately
RELATED to Abraham, SPIRI-
TUALLY SPEAKING, will also
receive the promises when he is
resurrected at that same time!
Lazarus is a type of Abraham’s
children who are to receive the
promises at the resurrection.
2. But what about the
SINFUL rich man of Yeshua’s
parable? Did he also DIE? Luke
16:22. And is the next picture we
see of him one where he is lifting
his eyes from the GRAVE -- not
from a fiery hell of eternal
torment -- but the GRAVE, and
calling to the resurrected Abra-
ham for a FEW DROPS of water
to COOL ONLY HIS TONGUE,
being in MENTAL torment?
Luke 16:23-24. How could he
lift up his eyes UNLESS HE
WERE RESURRECTED?
COMMENT: The word
“hell” used here is translated
from the original Greek word Wild imaginings of what some artists think “hell” looks like.
HADES, which you know means Dante would have approved of these!
the “grave.” It is NOT from the
25:31-34). Abraham and Lazarus will have
Greek word GEHENNA, which represents the
ESCAPED, through the sacrifice of the Messiah,
future lake of fire that will destroy the wicked
the judgment of eternal death by “hell fire" --
forever. The rich man, at this moment, is
they will have been IMMORTAL FOR OVER
pictured as COMING UP OUT OF HIS GRAVE
1000 YEARS BEFORE the rich man is
through a resurrection.
resurrected to be burned in the lake of fire
When the Messiah comes, the righteous
(Revelation 20:15). Until then, he has been dead
will be resurrected to immortality, and the
in the grave having NO RECOLLECTION of
Messiah will say, “Come ye blessed [who are
the passing of time (Ecclesiastes 9:5). But at his
here Abraham and the beggar] INHERIT the
resurrection from the grave, the rich man sees
kingdom prepared for you..." (Matthew

What is “Hell”?