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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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God - All In All385stood. It is found in Luke 16. Lazarus was the poor man who wasin Abraham’s bosom. But who is the rich man who is burning inhell? Most people misread the account because some think theword “hell” in Luke 16:23 is “The Lake of Fire” or “Gehenna”- “hell.” Not so! The word “hell” in this verse is “hades” or “thegrave.”In this case, the rich man is just being resurrected from the grave(second resurrection). But, notice, as he is looking up, he feelsthe burning heat from God’s return to the earth as it burns. Thisaccount reveals the rich man’s repentance. But he must still remainin The Lake of Fire until he pays the last farthing - andnothing is left of his carnal heart. This occurs until only truth or(full repentance) remains. The rich man will become as refinedgold.Once the rich man receives his “full stripes” which he deserves, hepasses the “great gulf” and is spiritually resurrected from corruptibleto incorruptible (I Corinthians 15:50-54). Amazingly,this is what Jesus said must happen to the rich man who keptall of God’s commandments in the letter - but had a “wronglymotivated heart.” Jesus said that a rich man can hardly enter intoGod’s “kingdom.” It is easier for a camel to go through the eyeof a needle than for a rich man to get into God’s kingdom. ReadMatthew 19:23-26 carefully. Christ answered by saying, “Withmen this is impossible; but with God all things are possible”(Matthew 19:26). There it is. This is absolute biblical proof.This rich man who kept “the legal works” of The Commandmentsbut not in his heart, is saved by being thrown into The Lake ofFire. This is God’s way of saving the rich man. That is the realbiblical lesson of Lazarus and the rich man.There is another biblical account of Christians who must be

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