Outer darkness: A thousand years? or for eternity?

[ABrotherinFaith]

Originally Posted by Ohio

First of all the Lord knows everything and everyone, including all sinners, unbelievers, unrighteous, lawless, etc., so when He says, "I never knew you," was He then lying? Or was He voicing His disapproval?

Those foolish virgins took their lamps to meet the bridegroom. The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. They had no oil of the Spirit in their vessels. We are vessels. These foolish ones were waiting to meet the Lord as their bridegroom, but they fell asleep, which means they died. They awoke at midnight, the end of the church day, and resurrected with all the other believers.

Since they were not prudent while alive, they must still buy oil. The Bible says little about how this will occur.

Of course the Lord knows everyone. Of course He does. Of course He wasn't lying. Should the virgins have said then, as you have, "But Lord, you know everyone. You can't say that!" And would their protest have won over the Lord? Of course not.
Jesus was obviously making a point here. A point that is related to the verses I mentioned in John. Those verses lose their meaning if we read them as you would have us. I know my sheep and I am known by mine Nothing special if the Lord just simply knows everyone. No reason for the verse.

So, according to you, after we die if we haven't been prudent enough (and is there a cut off line for an acceptable amount of prudence or should we just keep being prudent and hope we make it?) we'll have another chance to buy oil? And who are the people who sell the oil, both in this life and after death?