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Sometimes, I just cannot make any sense out of what you're talking about. This is one of those times. I don't see any hint in Matthew 25:31-46 at all of it only being people who were saved along with people who lost their salvation and no one else.Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Why can't it be about what something like this was about?
I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn----And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left(Matthew 25:32-33).
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me---For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not(Matthew 25:42)---Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me(Matthew 25:45)
and they shall not enter into the land of Israel---And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:
Why would this not be the same concept? Why would the rebels per Ezekiel 20:38 not be representing all of the wicked since the beginning of time, but in Matthew 25 the goats would be? Since you agree with NOSAS, why can't the goats in this context be referring to the ones in the body of Christ that lose their salvation in the end? How can anyone, if paying attention to the texts, miss the fact, that from at least Matthew 24:45 through Matthew 25:30, there have been two types of servants in view, profitable servants, and unprofitable servants? When Christ returns where is it that both types of servants will be found? Is it not throughout all the nations in the earth? They are all not going to be found in just one location, right? There will be some in this nation, some in that nation, so on and so on, maybe the reason that before him shall be gathered all nations.
To me, Matthew 25:31-46 is very obviously portraying the day of judgment talked about in passages like these:
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Is there any reason to think that Matthew 25:31-46 is not referring to the day that this passage from Acts 17 is talking about? What basis is there for thinking that there will be more than one judgment day?
Romans 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Is there any reason to think that Paul was talking here about some other judgment than the one portrayed in Matthew 25:31-46?
Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Was Jesus speaking here of some other day of judgment than Matthew 25:31-46?
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Is the above speaking of some other judgment day than Matthew 25:31-46? What day will be "the last day"?
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