Today, we take a look at a warning to aspiring billionaires as is embedded in our lessons from Richie Rich and Mise Lazi.
“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. Jesus’s gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus…” ~ Luke 16:19-20
First thing I’ll like you to note is this: * Jesus’ story of Richie Rich and Mise Lazi is not a parable.
Why do I believe so? Well, Jesus shared numerous parables with the disciples but not in any of those parables did He mention names; not one of them: “There were 10 virgins…; A farmer went out to sow…; There was a man who had two sons…; A woman had 10 silver coins…; etc.” No names in any of them.
But in this story, Jesus mentions two names:Lazarus and later Abraham. So these are real people. And this helps us know that this is a true occurrence; it happened; and Jesus was recounting it for us. He gives us perhaps the most reliable account of life after death.
* Poor Mise Lazi died before Richie Rich:
Now this is simply a pattern here on earth: the poor usually die before the rich. In other words, there are many more things that can kill the poor person but the rich will survive them and live longer. However, Richie Rich, who lived long, went to hell, while Mise Lazi, who lived shortly on earth, went to Heaven..This shows us that living long does not indicate or guarantee a good place when we die.
* From Jesus’ story, we know that there is, at least, one rich man in hell: Richie Rich.
This implies there could be several other rich men in hell. As such, this story serves as a warning to all rich people and all of us who want to be billionaires some day.
Who wants to be a billionaire(I want to be a billionaire some day). Well do not despair, we have another rich man, Abraham, who is in Heaven; so yes, there’s hope for us but this is also a big warning to us all.
(To be continued…) Stay blessed and do share with others.
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4 responses to “A WARNING to all aspiring billionaires”
I believe being rich doesn’t mean you’d go to hell or being poor guarantees heaven. In both cases the most important thing is not loosing your salvation while you go through those faces in life.
You’re not wrong about that; we believe neither riches nor poverty guarantees heaven or hell; we continue on it tomorrow.
A great piece. We’re indeed reminded of the fact that in our quest to become billionaires we may lose focus. Thus, we’re to be vigilant in all life changing seasons. Blessings.
That’s it Prophet, you’ve said it better! Thank you and Amen!