Why would Jesus tell a parable that appears to reveal, that after the first death, which is that of the body, the spirits/minds of the good are separated from the spirits/minds of the wicked, where the good spirits/minds enter into a state of rest within the bosom of Abraham, while the wicked spirits enter into a state of terrible mental torment as they await the great day of Judgement, when the unrepentant will suffer eternal oblivion in the lake of fire?
You do realize that parables are not real...they are illustrations with a lesson to teach.
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is not about the characters themselves but who they represented.
The rich man was not said to be wicked, nor was the beggar said to be righteous. The rich man pictured the Pharisees as a group, happy with their lot and uncaring about the starving sheep that God placed in their care, not even throwing them a crust of bread.....whereas the beggar represented the spiritually impoverished "lost sheep" scrambling for a few crumbs. Their deaths signaled a change in status...they exchanged places. The "bosom of Abraham" was the place that pictured friendship and favor with God...something Christ's disciples gained, whilst the Pharisees lost their place in the Kingdom arrangement.
We know it was an illustration because heaven and hell are hardly within speaking distance to one another, and a drop of water on someone's finger is not going to be of benefit to someone burning in flames. The torment experienced by the rich man was created from the condemnation they received from Jesus. The dead are not capable of communication or even thought. (Ecclesiastes 9:5; 10; Psalm 115:17; Psalm 146:4)
Perhaps Jesus had read Isaiah 57: 1-2, where it is written; "Good people die and no one understands or even cares. But when they (Good People) die, no calamity an hurt them. Those who lead Good Lives find peace and rest in death.
But you (Deeje) appear to believe that even those who lead wicked lives will find peace and rest in death.
If you mean that eternal death is resting in peace, then I'm afraid you have that a bit wrong....annihilation is not resting in peace.....it is spending eternity in the same place that one was before their parents conceived them, God will send them back to non-existence, just like Adam.....they will become part of the dust of the earth....no will remember that they ever existed. That is what "gehenna" represented....not eternal life in a torturous prison, but eternal death.....total extinction.
Eternal life was promised only to the righteous....in order to torture the wicked forever, God would have to grant them eternal life.....that is NOT what the Bible teaches.
Ah well, I suppose it takes all kinds, doesn't it?
Yes, I guess you are proving that with every post.