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So let me get this right... these beatings must be before God annihilates or torments
them. Does it really matter... being they will all be tormented or annihilated anyway...
or is that going to be their judgment.
I know what I did to my son when he was disobedient, and I did it because I loved
him, and wanted him to become a good and responsible person when he got older.
I guess my point is... if God is going to kill them anyway... why beat them... I don't
think God would do something without purpose... like beating them just for the sake
of a beating. Can someone help me understand exactly what God is going to do?
Logabe
Are you really that deceived that you cannot even read that part of the Luke Scripture as to whom He said it to? Can you not understand Jesus was saying that about His servants, and not about the unbelieving?
The idea He used in Revelation about one of His servants losing their 'garments' and appearing in shame doesn't mean He's not going to still save them. The Luke 12 example above is to His servants who believe on Him, yet either fall away or are deceived.
Those of His servants who knew His Will but didn't follow it will be under a stronger discipline by Him when He returns than those of His that were deceived only. Those still belong to Him, but they are going to bear their iniquity in shame during His future Millennium reign.
That is exactly one of the points in Ezekiel 44 about the priests involving the Millennial Sanctuary. Only those who remain faithful to Christ Jesus all the way to the end will be of the Zadok priests. Only they will be allowed to approach Him in that time. But the Levites who went astray when Israel went astray, they will bear their iniquity, yet they are still shown there having been saved, and doing menial service in the Sanctuary. Those Levites will not be allowed to approach Jesus in that time.