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Originally Posted by HBJ
Folks, if I'm going to believe in 1000 years of outer darkness, I might as well become a Catholic and pray for the dead and believe in purgatory! It renders the saving blood of Jesus Christ ineffectual and useless! The word says we will be before the "bema" seat and get a reward based upon what we have done as a Christian. Either gold, silver, precious jewels or wood, hay, and stubble. If all you get is Salvation, but you didn't live a life for Christ, you will get in but you won't have any crowns to throw at His feet. The 1000 years was just a scare tactic to make people afraid of leaving the LC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry but I can't handle what I believe is unmitigated hooey!!! (Yes anyone can disagree with me). If I believe in 1000 years of outer darkness, I might as well join a religion where I flog myself with sharpened sticks to atone for my sins. Everyone ---- 1000 years of outer darkness for Christians is equivalent to having to atone for your sins ==
Jesus' death on the cross == meaningless
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Not to disagree with you, but outer darkness is a
red letter thing, in the gospel of Matthew only.
I'd call it a very important notion, but not enough for anyone else to remark about it ; Mark, Luke, John, nada.
Whoever wrote the gospel that eventually got named Matthew, must have been framing his gospel to appeal to a specific audience, that held a outer darkness doctrine, or saying.
But the entire gospel doesn't toss any of us into outer darkness. We're not Matthew's intended audience.