Spiritual Spark 🔥

Abraham told the rich man, "Between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us" (Lk 16:26).

The above verse describes the unbridgeable gap between heaven and hell, which makes crossing from one place to other impossible. The parable of rich man and Lazarus shockingly depicts that the poor will go to heaven and the rich will go to hell for the simple reason that those who have enjoyed themselves on earth will suffer in hell and those who have suffered on earth will be consoled in heaven (Lk 16:25).

God has put a chasm between heaven and earth, because we humans have created walls and boundaries, keeping the poor outside, hungry, naked, exploited, marginalised and suffering. Pakistani economist, Mehbub-Ul-Haq writes, "A poverty curtain has descended right across the face of the world dividing it... into two different worlds, two separate planets, two unequal humanities - one embarrassingly rich and the other desperately poor."

As long as we don't destroy this poverty curtain, we will continue to face the chasm between heaven and hell and will keep longing for a drop of water to cool off our thirsting tongues...

Good day and God bless us all! 🙏🏼⚔️