~ 3 Chapters of Luke
Present 3 Different Real Locations ~
Earth
~ Chapter 14 of the Gospel
According to Luke provides a look at The Gospel Feast, known more commonly as
the Parable of the Great Supper. Sinners are invited and the parable describes
how some neglected their great opportunity while others responded appropriately.
“Now
when one of those who sat at the table with Jesus heard these things, the man
at the table said to Jesus, ‘Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!’ Then Jesus
said to him, ‘A certain man gave a great supper and invited many, and sent his
servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, “Come, for all things
are now ready.” But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first
said to him, “I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask
you to have me excused.” And another said, “I have bought five yoke of oxen,
and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.” Still another said,
“I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.” So that servant came and
reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry,
said to his servant, “Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city,
and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.” And the
servant said, “Master, it is done as you commanded, and still there is room.”
Then the master said to the servant, “Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say to you that none
of those men who were invited shall taste my supper”’” (Luke
14:15-24). This parable was given by Jesus while He walked on a real
place—planet earth!
Heaven ~ Chapter
15 of the Gospel According to Luke provides a look at the return of the
prodigal son and his reception and restoration.
Jesus
continued this parable, “And the prodigal son arose and came to his father. But
when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and
ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I
have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be
called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him,
and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf
here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is
alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry” (Luke
15:20-24). This is a parable of our
heavenly Father and how He loves us and is preparing a heavenly feast for us.
Yes heaven is a real place.
Hell ~ Chapter
16 of the Gospel According to Luke provides a look at a rich man’s life, death,
burial, and eternal doom.
Jesus Christ speaking: “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in
purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain
beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be
fed with the crumbs which fell from the
rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that
the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man
also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes
and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Then 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 tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ But
Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are
tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those
from there pass to us.’ Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you
would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may
testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ Abraham said to
him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No,
father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But
he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they
be persuaded though one rise from the dead’” (Luke
16:19-31). Jesus Christ confirms with no uncertainty that hell is a real place
prepared for the devil and his angels—a place where those who reject Christ’s
offer of salvation will spend eternity in torment.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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