The Meaning of the Rich Man and Lazarus Story

a. To establish whether their beliefs about death and the afterlife were accurate or not

b. To explain what happens in afterlife

c. To predict who was going to hell and who was going to heaven

d. To teach and/or remind them how their way of living would affect their afterlife

e. To teach a lesson on how they should treat each other

f. To warn them of the fate of their nation if they refuse to repent

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