“And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf”

When I was trying to come up with a title for this picture, I was reminded of the story of Dives and Lazurus in Luke 16.

Lazurus was a beggar who lay at the gate of Dives mansion. Every day Dives stepped over that poor man and never even gave him a crumb. When Lazarus died, he was “carried to the bosom of Abraham” but when Dives died, he went to Hell, From the depths he could see Lazurus and Abraham afar off and asked for mercy.

He was told, “There is a great gulf between us, and no one can cross from one side to the other. You had everything you wanted when you were alive, and Lazurus had nothing. You had Moses and the prophets to tell you how to live, and you ignored them.”

Essentially, you chose your path, and this is where it took you.