02-01-2014, 11:55 AM
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Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον For God So Loved The World
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Re: Outer darkness: A thousand years? or for eternity?
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Originally Posted by Ohio
You seem too hung up on Witness Lee, but it is your forum ....
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You know me...always wanting to keep on topic!
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But, one more question, how can an unbeliever be a "virgin," and how can the unbelievers be resurrected at His coming back, and why would an unbeliever go forth to meet the bridegroom, and how can the Lord say He never knew them, when He knows everything and even formed us in the womb, and if they are unbelievers, why didn't the Lord exhort them to repent and believe the gospel
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I thought you said "one more question"...this looks like five or six
An unbeliever can be anything the Lord wants to call him. In a sense EVERYONE is going to be "resurrected"...EVERYONE is going to appear before God at the Judgment, the Jews, Christians and all unbelievers. To go forth and meet the bridegroom could very well be interpreted as the Judgment, and as I just said everyone is going to be there. "I never knew you" seems to mean "I will not acknowledge you", or maybe "I will not accept you". (But of course you knew this, you just were on a roll with your question binge) The Lord didn't exhort them to repent and believe the gospel because it was too late...they had already died and were appearing before him for Judgment.
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αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν - 1 Peter 5:11
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