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Originally Posted by ABrotherinFaith
Well, I can see you're holding onto what you see and that's fine. Again, I am satisfied with Lord's interpretation, with His explaining of the parable. Beyond that is open, too open, to conjecture and leads to things like claiming we'll be able to buy oil after we die. You're comfortable with that. I'm not so comfortable with it. You would think such a big thing like a second chance AFTER DEATH (!) would at least be elaborated on a touch by Paul, Peter, James...someone...
As far as telling you what happens to the unfaithful, you know very well I can't tell you exactly, definitively what will happen to them just as you can't tell me how we'll buy oil AFTER we've died. As YOU said, "The bible is a book for today, the age of faith. It is not a handbook for life after death, and life after the judgment seat of Christ. " And if this is the case (I pretty much agree with you) then why not focus on this life? Why not see an application in THIS life and not after we've died? Why look beyond this life?
The context is right there. It's everything. The disciples want to know when. That's it. And Jesus tells them simply to watch. To be ready. To wait because it will come when they don't expect it, but if they are watching they'll be ready.
Again, I can't tell you exactly, definitively, conclusively what will happen to those who are unfaithful, but it won't be good. Perhaps they'll be shown to have never really believed. Enduring to the end will show what was genuine and what was not.
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Shall I take from this that you are convinced there will be only two classes of people after death -- those in heaven, and those in hell?
Shall I also take from this that Jesus tells us many nice stories, but they really don't mean anything, except for the final admonition to "watch."
If the answer to both questions is a simple "yes," then at least be brave enough to admit it.