Listening to Prophets

"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'" ~Jesus

There is nothing you can do to make someone believe in God. This verse was from the parable of the rich man that was burning in hell who begged to go back from the dead and warn his brothers. He's told that even if he were to go back from the dead, they wouldn't believe. They didn't listen to God and they wouldn't listen to him. In fact, they wouldn't listen to anyone that was raised from the dead!

I relish the fact that Jesus told this parable since he was the one that rose from the dead and knew that no one would be convinced of his victory if they had not listened to Moses and the Prophets. I also like the fact that he didn't say, "the Law". He said Moses.

"The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming-not the realities themselves." ~Paul