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Both the sheep and the goats belong to the same flock; otherwise, they need no separating; the whole flock of sheep and goats belongs to the one same Shepherd. The sheep and goats represent the obedient and the disobedient; the goats DO NOT represent the non-elect as many woolly folks imagine. |
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November 27,
2013
Mt 25
v1-13: the
bridegroom's virgins, some wise, others foolish.
v14-30: the
master's servants, some faithful, others aren't
v31-46: the
shepherd's one flock, some sheep, others goats.
In all three, there is a common theme.
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Adam Wells
It all ends
with these words "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal."
Sing F Lau
Unto the
foolish virgins:
"Verily
I say unto you, I know you not."
Unto the
unfaithful servant:
"Thou
wicked and slothful servant... And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Unto the
goats:
"Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels."
Yes, all speaking on the same theme.
Adam Wells
If we take
everlasting as continuing until its appointed end, wouldn't that mean we should
take life eternal in the same way? It is the same word in Greek only translated
differently in KJV.
Sing F Lau
The term
"life eternal" is used a total of 4 times in the KJ.
Mt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Joh 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Joh 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Joh 17:3 And
this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Looks like much WORK is involved in attaining that!!! Don't you think?
How do you read the above?
Sing F Lau
It is
specifically stated that both the virgins and the servants are about the
kingdom of heaven...
25:1 ¶ Then
shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins...
25: 14 ¶ For
the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his
own servants.
Both are
intended to tell us some truth and reality about these people in the kingdom of
heaven.
I do believe
the SAME applies to the one on sheep and goats! The foolish virgins and the
unfaithful servants are the Lord's goats!
