[61] Rich man and Lazarus

'I have good hope that there is something after death' - Plato

19 But a man, a certain [one] was rich [in spiritual knowledge and opportunity, Pharisee under law], and he used to deck himself with purple [royal position] and linen [priestly position], enjoying himself according to day (literal) with magnificence. 
20 But a certain poor [one] [faithful but lacking in spiritual knowledge or opportunity, sons of the 1AC who never make it into the true church] named Lazarus [he finally gets an FRC name] had been thrown towards (used to be put at) his gate [waiting room for the spiritual surgery], having been ulcerated [fleshly sins]
21 and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich [one]. Yes, too, the dogs [animalistic men] would come and lick his ulcers.
22 Now it occurred [that] the poor [one] died and he was carried off by the angels to the bosom of Abraham [The angels preside over the church of Melchizedek, the church of the 1AC. So he enteres the first death after having completed his 1AC baptism in the angelically run church of Melchizedek, he is therefore guaranteed a place in the kingdom. Indeed this parable is explaining why there needs to be a church run by the angels. It is because man is not interested in the salvation of his brother, he is interested in his glory in front of his brother]. Also, the rich [one] died and was buried [locked into a dead state for a period, having failed to complete his 1AC baptism, he will end up in Gehenna].
23 And in Hades [in the grave, in the first death] he lifted up his eyes [peering into the future in a dream or vision which is what you do in the first death. He dreamt about his future in Gehenna and Lazarus' future in the Kingdom], he existing in torments [the torments of Gehenna], and he saw Abraham [Abraham himself] afar off [in the kingdom of God] and Lazarus in the bosoms of him.
24 So he called and said: Father ['Father' is a noun but is used as an adjective] Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue [the spiritually knowledgable pharisee failed to use his tongue for the benefit of Lazarus unlike the animalistic dogs. The Pharisee wanted to glorify himself with his tongue rather than educate the faithful with it - that is the systemic problem with all true churches. The result is that the faithful are all spiritually illiterate - never moreso than today. The pharisee failed to dip even the tip of his finger in water to baptise Lazarus. Basically were he on fire he would not urinate on him. There is a witness to 5 water baptisms here from the finger. These are the 5 baptisms of the 5 brothers of the rich man], because I am in anguish in this blazing fire.
25 But Abraham said: Child, remember that you received in full your good things in your life, but Lazarus correspondingly the injurious things. Now, however, he is having comfort here but you are in anguish.
26 And besides all these things, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you [people], so that those wanting to go over from here to you [people] cannot, neither may [people] cross over from there to us [Those in Gehenna cannot leave and those in the kingdom of God on earth cannot visit them - this chasm is between Gehenna and the kingdom].
27 Then he said: In that event I ask you, father, to send him to the house of my father, 
28 for I have five brothers [in Isaac, specifically in the ICC. The priests of the law of Moses and of FDS1 and of FDS2 and of FDS3 and of FDS4, 5 true religions], in order that he may give them a thorough witness, that they also should not get into this place of torment [save all true priests from Gehenna].
29 But Abraham said: They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to these [each of the 4 true Christian churches should listen to Moses!!].
30 Then he said: No, indeed, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them they will repent.
31 But he said to him: If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead [sadly too true] (Luke 16).

Hades (1), Abraham (5), Lazarus (4), Moses (2)

Tongue related: Thorough witness, and cool his tongue, dog’s lick with tongues his ulcers

Father Abraham is not a double designation because 'Father' although a noun, is used as an adjective - see The Successive Designations Principle. 

The rich man is standing for a priest, since Lazarus gets to the bosom position of Abraham by sitting at his gate, and this would not occur if he was simply after physical food from the table of the rich man.

Event Symbolism

Abraham himself is in Hades, because he says that: 

26 A great chasm has been fixed between us and you people (Luke 16).

Being physically dead, Abraham would not be able to talk. But in the parable Abraham says that: 

26 Those wanting to go over from here to you people cannot (Luke 16).

When Abraham is resurrected he will be able to talk to those in Gehenna and many Lazarus's would want to go and try and help the rich man. We would all want to go an break our friends and relatives out of Gehenna if we could. But the point of this parable is that we can't. Now if we are seeing Abraham getting his future capabilities early for illustrative purposes in this parable, then we are seeing the Rich man also getting his future predicament early. This predicament is therefore consciousness and being able to lift up his eyes and see, and being able to call to those outside Gehenna, But he exists in fire, which stands for God's judgement and his anger. 

So the Rich man will eventually be able to lift up his eyes in Gehenna, but nothing else. For him, the Kingdom of God will be a soap opera. This is the nature of Gehenna. His tongue is burning because his words are what has judged him:

37 for by your words you will be declared righteous, and by your words you will be condemned (Matthew 12).

So when Abraham's children by covenant are resurrected out of Hades, then those in Gehenna are resurrected to a soulless soap opera existence. It is the old story of sin in haste and repent at leisure. Jesus explains:

28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice
29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of
judgment (John 5).

Those who did good things are the Lazarus class, if you like, they are resurrected to life in the Kingdom of God. Those who practiced vile things, get a resurrection to death, in fact to the second death, which is a soulless existence in Gehenna. A resurrection to death means the end of the first death (physical death) and the beginning of the second death. But we are all nonetheless in memorial tombs. So it is not God's purpose to forget about us or to write any of us off, ever.

But isn't it interesting that Satan has many of us all watching soap opera's now (as one does in Gehenna) whilst we are alive in souls! There may be some sisters who think that 1,000 years of soap operas would be more like heaven than hell - if so, then you guys really are lost! But do not worry, God has just the thing to cure your addiction - a 1,000 year long soap opera!

The word symbolism

The rich man, this time, is resurrected into Gehenna not long after his death, since he is a rotten 1NC saint. So he can actually communicate with 'Abraham' through the resurrected angelic 1NC saints who are Abraham's sons of the 1AC and 3AC (and so are 'Abraham' the way God looks at things). There is therefore no imputing of future capabilities in the word symbolic meaning. 

This parable is a condemnation of uncaring Pharisees and pharisaical new covenant Christians. Do not think that the Jewish religious leaders were Pharisees and hypocrites, but the Christian religious leaders, even the true Christian religious leaders, the spiritual Jews, were not. They were and are just as bad. We are all men. Jesus' knows what is inside men:

24 But Jesus himself was not entrusting himself to them because of his knowing them all 
25 and because he was in no need to have anyone bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man (John 2).

Do you know what is inside man? It is the same thing that is inside bulls in somewhat larger quantity.

Of course the Rich man, the Pharisee is asking Lazarus to do in death for his brothers what he himself was not prepared to do in life for Lazarus or his brothers. He is declaring himself a hypocrite, a typical Pharisee. The next three verses help identify the symbolic meaning of purple and linen in the bible:

29 At that time Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, with a necklace of gold about his neck; and they heralded concerning him that he was to become the third ruler in the kingdom (Daniel 5).

17 And they decked him with purple and braided a crown of thorns and put it on him (Mark 15).

8 Yes, it has been granted to her to be arrayed in bright, clean, fine linen, for the fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the holy ones (Revelation 19).