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By Lou Coleman-Yeboah
In [Luke 16:23], the rich man begged Father Abraham to send Lazarus to his father’s house, to warn his five brothers, so that they would not end up in the place of torment that he was.” [Luke 16:23]. A place “where worms does not die and where the fire is not quenched.” [Mark 9:48; Matthew 13:41-42]. A place of intense loneliness and sorrow. A place of continual weeping and gnashing of teeth. [Matthew 8:12; 22:13]. A place of everlasting punishment [Matthew 25:46].
I tell you, the parable of the rich man should make us tremble, but as God said through Isaiah the Prophet, I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze. [Isaiah 48:4] And because it is so, your portion will be “severe punishment” from everlasting to everlasting, says the Lord. [Matthew 13:49-50; Romans 2:5].
This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace – for eternity. [Matthew 13:49-50]. “I tell you; NOW is the time of God’s favor; NOW is the day of salvation.” Tomorrow may be too late – [2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 30:15; Luke 12:20; James 4:14]. Do not procrastinate! Because your life just may be demanded from you.” [Luke 12:20].
Listen, none of us know if we will live to see another day. What is your life? A mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” [James 4:14]. Jesus urges you to repent now! As Paul writes in [2 Corinthians 6:2] NOW is the time of God’s favor, NOW is the day of salvation.”
To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die?” [Ezekiel 33:11]
Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the LORD is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it [Jeremiah 6:10]. For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed. How sad! How unnecessary! In all your getting get an understanding!
