Abraham's Lazarus/Rich Man correspondence = Hades temporary

Deeje said:

The rich man and Lazarus is a parable in amogst many others. These illustrations are designed to teach us something....but immortality of the soul is not one of them.

The rich man was not said to be wicked, nor was the beggar said to be righteous....

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The parable has a context, Israel 1st century Jewish culture. The Rich Man is a secular Jew, lives like a Roman King and ignores the law of Moses regarding charity, giving to the poor. That must be inferred from the context, which you aren't doing.

You are overlaying upon the context, your interpretation = eisegesis.

Here is an excerpt of the exegesis found on my blog. Notice I am taking from the context, meaning. Not superimposing it:

Lazarus and the Rich Man are part of Jesus’ response to the Pharisees rejecting His authority to teach (Lk. 16:14-18).They are the main targets. The Rich Man doesn’t fit the Pharisee profile, although he is a Jew calling Abraham “father”, he’s depicted as a secular Jew living large like a rich Roman ruler.

Luke chronicles the change in relations between Jesus and the Pharisees. At first Jesus patiently answers offensive questions (Lk. 6:2-5; 6:7-11; 7:30-35; 7:36-47) while still targeting some of their core traditions. That changed after the Pharisees insulted the Holy Spirit as the power of the Devil (Lk. 11:14-15. Mt. 9:34; 12:24-34).

The Pharisees believed health and wealth indicated God’s favor, like a foretaste of the hereafter. They would consider Lazarus cursed by God because he lay crippled and diseased at the Rich Man’s gate.

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