According to Mtt 7:13, the wide road leads to destruction.brakelite said:Where, or to what, according to Jesus, does the wide road lead to that
the majority are heading along on?
The koiné Greek word for "destruction" is from apoleia (ap-o'-li-a) which
basically means ruin or loss. Apoleia is a bit ambiguous. It's variously
translated waste, lost, die, perish, damnable, and perdition. So you have
some choices.
Here's a terrifying prophecy in the Old Testament that might shed some light
on Matt 7:13.
†. Isa 66:22-24 . . All humanity will come to worship me from week to week
and from month to month. And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies
of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will
never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by
will view them with utter horror.
A worm that thrives in flame is pretty amazing, but not unreasonable. The 4
inch Pompeii worm lives in sea water temperatures of 176° Fahrenheit-- hot
enough to kill salmonella and sanitize an egg. So I guess if God could create
a worm like the Pompeii, it shouldn't be too difficult for Him to create worms
that like it even warmer. Fortunately the bodies of the lost will be dead
so they won't feel the worms at work on their remains.
Curiously; the roasting corpses, infested with their fire-proof worms, will be
open to the public like the skeletal remains of prehistoric critters on display in
the museum at La Brea Tar Pits museum in Los Angeles. Pretty ghastly.
Buen Camino
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