Unfaithul believers???? Hmmmm. I believe all believers enter heaven.
But then,some believe in different rewards. So who knows.
God bless
Outer darkness is mentioned three times in Scripture.
Two out of three of those times it is clear that this is in reference to believers not being faithful.
Matthew 22:13
“Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast
him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 25:30
“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
In Matthew 22:13, we learn that this is from the “
Parable of the Marriage of the King’s Son.” (Matthew 22:1-14).
In Matthew 25:30, we learn that this is from the ”
Parable of the Talents.” (Matthew 25:14-30).
In the Parable of the Marriage of the King’s Son, we can see that this is in reference to Gentile believers (i.e., Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. - Matthew 22:9). When they came to the wedding of the King’s Son (i.e., the wedding of Jesus Christ to His bride, the church), both good and bad were invited to the wedding. One person at the wedding did not have on a wedding garment. They were told to be bound hand and foot and cast away into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Gnashing of teeth is what wolves do. When you see a wolf showing its teeth when it growls, this is the picture of one gnashing their teeth in anger (no doubt in anger at God). So what is this wedding garment?
Revelation 19:8
”And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright,
for
the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.”
Revelation 19:9
”Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed
are those who are called to the
marriage supper
of the Lamb!”
This is the King’s Son. Jesus. The Lamb is the King’s Son In the parable.
Those Gentile believers invited to the wedding who did not have righteous acts in being a saint will be bound and foot and cast into outer darkness (Where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth). The righteous acts is the wedding garment that they did not have on.
Matthew 25:30 is similar in that the unfaithful believer (unprofitable servant) is cast into outer darkness. First, the unprofitable servant is just as much a servant in the parable as the other faithful servants because he is still called a servant. Except the other servants are told that they can enter the Kingdom (because of their faithfulness). Second, the unprofitable servant was not told to enter the Kingdom but he is told to be cast into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. This is a separate compartment or place either in the realm of hell (that is not the place or compartment the rich man went to in Luke 16), or it is an outer darkness totally separate from hell (Hades). But in either case, outer darkness is clearly tied to unprofitable servants of God or a wedding guest that was not faithful by having on a wedding garment. Some Christians have said “outer darkness” is some kind of purgatory in Heaven or God’s Kingdom. But there is no biblical grounds for this kind of thinking. Their fate is weeping and gnashing of teeth in this place, and they are never said to get out of it. Granted, I believe those unfaithful believers in outer darkness will eventually be cast into the Lake of Fire (after the Judgment). For Matthew 13:41-42 says that the Son of Man (Jesus) will send forth His angels and they will gather out of HIS Kingdom all who do iniquity (sin) and they will be cast into the furnace of fire (i.e., the Lake of Fire). Remember, in Matthew 25:31-46 (Parable of the Sheep & Goats): Jesus is going to separate the sheep from the goats. This is Jesus separating faithful believers from unfaithful believers because one group of believers (With both groups calling Him, “Lord”) was told to go away into everlasting punishment (i.e., punishment with everlasting consequences) because they did not help the poor etc. in this life.
