Soul, Take Ease, Eat and Drink, but the God should Say: "You Fool!"
It is well known that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Raymond Moody studied human death to come to believe the existence of the afterlife through their own spiritual experiences. And, Mauris Rawlings further studied reports of near-death experiences to confirm that there are hells in the afterlife.From the beginning, Christ Jesus assured that the poor and faithful would be welcomed in Heaven but the rich and wicked should go to the hells.
Luke 12Although the Gospels were written about 2,000 years ago, their teachings never lose meaning and significance even today. There are many rich men who say to themselves, "I have accumulated much wealth for many years; I have to take my ease, eating, drinking, and being merry." So, the God should say to them, "You fool, tonight your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall your wealth be, which you have provided?"
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
All through the Gospels, Christ Jesus emphasized that the God hated the rich. And the rich hate Heaven, goodness, and love, so that they voluntarily avoid light in Heaven to hide in the hells where they can freely exercise their evil passions and perform any evil acts, although, under the rule of Satan.
Among human beings, there are more bad men than good men. Therefore, even among those who had near-death experiences, those saw the hells must be more than those who only saw Heaven or Heavenly light in the spirit world. But, most of those who saw the hells should be silent on their experiences of seeing a hell, since they tried to forget about it due to fear of a hell or they were afraid of being identified as evil men. So, only pleasant and happy feeling in near-death experiences has been reported when interviewed on their near-death experiences after enough time has passed to think carefully of their status in this world.
But, if a rich man had a near-death experience, he should surely see a hell.
Christ Jesus came to this world to teach people that wealth in this world has no value compared with love of the God. We should not try to get, accumulate, and store wealth in this world so as to avoid going into the hells after death in this world.
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Matthew 2, King James Version
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.