27 Nov 2019 from children of hell to children of heaven
The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
[39] The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
[40] Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
[43] Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
[20] But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,
[21] desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
[22] 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.
[23] And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
[24] "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.'
[25] 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.
[26] 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.'
[27] "Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house,
[28] for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
[29] Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
[30] And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
[31] 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.'"
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.
[2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?