Let’s say this was the only verse of Scripture you ever laid eyes on. What could you extrapolate from what you read?
Luke 16:22
“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
Don’t say the rich man didn’t have the angels carry him because he was rich, for the verse doesn’t state that. At the same time, don’t say the beggar was carried by angels because he was poor. Again, the passage doesn’t support that. The only thing you can draw from this verse is that they both died, but their final destination was different.
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
Some rich men do make it, like Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Then we have this verse.
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
The notable word is “many.”
Give it some thought.
Gary