Outer darkness: A thousand years? or for eternity?

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Originally Posted by UntoHim

"the Spirit they were regenerated with remained in infancy"? I'm sure you probably meant something else. Care to try again?

"their lamp was not burning brightly"? and this is why they were turned away? When they asked to be let in the Lord did not tell them that their lamps were not burning brightly enough - He said "I DO NOT KNOW YOU". This is not an indication of a lack in "growth in life" it is an absolute denial of acknowledgement of their person. Again, this appears to be an indication that this foolish virgins may not have been genuine believers.

However....

Look, this interpretation is not life and death for us in the here and now, and it does not really involve any essential items of the faith. The problem is that when people like Witness Lee are not challenged on these lesser matters of interpretation then it leaves the door open for him to teach things like his Christian purgatory (which can only be avoided by purchasing and pray-reading HIS ministry of course!)

It's not the parable that is simplistic and rather weak it is Lee's interpretations that are simplistic and rather weak....and the vast majority of Christian apologists, teachers and scholars who review his teachings say pretty much the same thing.

You seem too hung up on Witness Lee, but it is your forum ...

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.