Heaven and the Hell
There is one vivid story Christ Jesus told: A beggar was sitting by the gate of a rich man's house.
As time went by, both the beggar and the rich man died to leave this world. Then the rich man came to God, asking Him to mitigate his pain and thirsty. Indeed the beggar was in Heaven held by Abraham, looking so satisfied. The rich man asked God to have the beggar give him water even using the tip of his finger. But God said, "You enjoyed fine and nice foods, clothes, articles, houses, and so on. But now the beggar is given everything he needs. Between you and the beggar a deep crevasse you cannot jump over lies."
It is so simple. A rich man who simply neglects the poor is condemned to falling into the hell. A poor man who doesn't do any things bad but just sits before the gate of a rich house can be allowed to enter Heaven.
The key to understanding this story is existence of Heaven and the hell. And it tells Heaven is a good place for human souls whether they are good or bad. The hell is a place where human souls suffer so much. And human souls cannot freely move between Heaven and the hell. The fate is decided by God who takes into account a state of living of each man.
So, it is very strange that no schools in this world teach Heaven and the hell to children and students. No serious professors study Heaven and the hell to present results of his study to make people who are stupidly trying to be bad and rich repent.
However, in old days, or specifically in the Middle Ages in Europe people were told about Heaven and the hell so often in homes, communities, and churches. Accordingly, there must have been more people who entered Heaven in those eras than in today.
Luk 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luk 16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
Luk 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luk 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luk 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luk 16:24 And 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.
Luk 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
He said,
“I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house; for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.”
But Abraham said to him,
“They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.”
He said,
“No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.”
He said to him,
“If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.”
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Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.