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Daily Bible Reading Plans x. Recently Popular Pages x. Recently Popular Media x. The Scripture speaks of a place for the dead called "Abraham's bosom" or "Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried in Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side Luke , Place Of Honor Lazarus reclined at Abraham's bosom or side.
This was a position for the guest of honor at a banquet. We read in the gospels that John had that position next to Jesus. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to Him John Jesus said. I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven Matthew What Does It Mean? Where is this place called Abraham's bosom, or Abraham's side?
Synonymous With Death Abraham's side, or bosom, is seen by many as a term that is synonymous with death. Now, let's understand what this Abraham's bosom is. Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man, which, was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously everyday. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : more over the dogs came and licked his sores.
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 was buried. Here, Jesus said that both men died. The beggar was taken by the angels into Abraham's bosom. What is a bosom? Look in your dictionary, a "bosom" is the breast of a human being, with the arms as an enclosure : a loving embrace by the arms of one person about another : an intimate relationship. So Lazarus was carried into an intimate relationship with Abraham!
Lazarus here is pictured as a person, perhaps even a Gentile, who received salvation. Do Gentiles, upon being converted, and becoming Christ's, enter into an intimate relationship to Abraham? They certainly do! To the Gentile-born Galatians, the scripture written by Paul say definitely : "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed [children], and heirs according to the promise" Gal Through Christ they become the children of Abraham.
Through faith we all become the "children of Abraham Gal That is an intimate relationship with Abraham. That is being taken into Abraham's bosom! Now notice an important point. Unique phrase found in a parable of Jesus describing the place where Lazarus went after death Luke It is a figurative phrase that appears to have been drawn from a popular belief that the righteous would rest by Abraham's side in the world to come, an opinion described in Jewish literature at the time of Christ.
The word kolpos [ kovlpo" ] literally refers to the side or lap of a person. Figuratively, as in this case, it refers to a place of honor reserved for a special guest, similar to its usage in John In the case of Lazarus, the reserved place is special because it is beside Abraham, the father of all the righteous.
The phrase may be synonymous to the paradise promised to the thief on the cross Luke Lazarus, therefore, who, in his diseased earthly life had had to beg to maintain his existence in contrast to the rich man who had fared sumptuously, is pictured as feasting in the realms of bliss with the father of the race.
It is seen as the felicitous abode of the righteous poor, while Hades is the place of torment for the wicked rich. The Gr.
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