This is about the idea of light and darkness, of seeing and not seeing, of understanding and not understanding until The Light is shed.

This particular piece while inspired by the rich man in Hades from one of Jesus's parables, also goes beyond that in that...in the end every person will finally see The Truth before them... hence it's title.

We, like the rich man will no longer rely on wealth and the tangible of this world, but will finally see and experience the spirit realm either saved by the blood of Christ or damned in Hell by the disbelief upon His plan of salvation.

I chose to illustrate this piece with a jazzy blues feel for the lament. This is loosely based on a mix of cool "Old School" jazz and a touch of New Orleans funeral style music.

Here is the text I'm drawing from:

Luke 16: 19“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20“And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, 21and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22“Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23“In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24“And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’ 25“But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 26‘And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’ 27“And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house— 28for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ 29“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30“But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ 31“But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

*Photo courtesy of Stephanie Newman.
**All Music composed, performed, and produced by James Newman.