I don't think Elizabeth Taylor or Michael Jackson care how much their estates are earning these days. I think they have much bigger things to worry about. In fact, if God were to work a miracle, and let them out of the grave for just one day, I think they would go back to their rich, shallow, Hollywood friends, and scream at the top of their lungs, "Fire! Fire!"
The Bible says:
"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivest thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented. And besides this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from hence.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house: For I have five bretheren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." (Luke 1:19-31)
One of the Puritans, commenting on these verses, said, "If you go on in sin, this book will testify against you as much, if not more so, than if one were raised from the death. If 2 or 3 devils or damned wretches came from hell and yelled "Fire! Fire!" it might startle you. But if you believe not Christ and his apostles, and Moses and the prophets, it would do you no good." (Ralph Venning, 1621 - 1643, The Sinfulness of Sin)
Recommended Listening:
The Burning Hell Which Jesus Preached, by Dr. Ian Paisley
