Timtofly
Well-Known Member
Now the stuff you make up become absolutes?Let us establish a few absolutes about this familiar passage before progressing further. This is referring to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Christ is coming in final and majestic glory to execute judgment.
- The Lord only encounters two types of people when He returns.
- These are both judged at His appearing.
- One group is portrayed as righteous and is the subject of blessing and reward.
- The other group is portrayed as wicked and is the subject of God’s wrath and punished.
- They are before the exact same throne at the exact same time.
- There is no gap of time in-between the judgment of the righteous and the judgment of the wicked.
- The good receive eternal life.
- The bad obtain eternal punishment.
- There is absolutely no mention of, or allowance made for, a third group.
Must seem nice to be able to make up absolutes out of thin air.
The word final is not found in Matthew 25.
• Christ's coming is majestic, and He sits on an earthly throne.
• The Lord only encounters one kind of human on earth: Adam's dead corruptible flesh.
• Adam's dead corruptible flesh is judged out of all nations on earth. But only those chosen to come to this judgment, are judged. Many are still left across the earth.
• Out of those called to this judgment Jesus chooses some to be sheep, and the majority remain goats. They all are unrighteousness, until Jesus declares the sheep righteous.
• This is the judgment of Israel as Jerusalem is their capital, and Jesus is an Israelite and King of Israel. They are all being called home out of the nations.
• This is the final judgment of Israel, as Jesus' mission was to gather the lost sheep of Israel. Not all are chosen. Many are called, but few are chosen.
See how easy it is to post absolutes? I even put the word final back in there for you.