{"id":36191,"date":"2022-09-13T12:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/if-hell-is-just-the-grave-why-did-jesus-say-and-shall-cast-them-into-a-furnace-of-fire-there-shall-be-wailing-and-gnashing-of-teeth-matthew-1342-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:45:20","slug":"if-hell-is-just-the-grave-why-did-jesus-say-and-shall-cast-them-into-a-furnace-of-fire-there-shall-be-wailing-and-gnashing-of-teeth-matthew-1342-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/if-hell-is-just-the-grave-why-did-jesus-say-and-shall-cast-them-into-a-furnace-of-fire-there-shall-be-wailing-and-gnashing-of-teeth-matthew-1342-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"If hell is just the grave, why did Jesus say: "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth\u2026" Matthew 13:42? (Nigeria)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The context of this scripture is Jesus\u2019s explanation of the wheat and tares parable. He identifies the wheat as \u201cchildren of the kingdom,\u201d the tares (which look like wheat) as \u201cchildren of the wicked one,\u201d and the field as \u201cthe world.\u201d The reason for the destruction is in verse 41, \u201cThe Son of Man will send out His angels (messengers<\/em>), and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness (iniquity<\/em>)\u201d. The tares are burned because they are not in harmony with God\u2019s kingdom.\u00a0 Similarly, if you had weeds in your garden you would remove and destroy them so they would not ruin your garden.<\/p>\n

The \u201cfurnace of fire\u201d is symbolic just as the wheat and tares are symbolic.\u00a0 It symbolizes<\/strong> difficult experiences<\/strong>. The Apostle Peter wrote, \u201cThat the trial of your faith<\/strong>, being much more precious than of gold that perishes though it be tried with fire<\/strong>,\u201d 1 Peter 1:7.\u00a0The \u201cfurnace of fire<\/strong>\u201d for the tares is for unbelievers<\/strong> and the trail of faith is for those who have faith, i.e., believers.<\/p>\n

The trial for believers is now. Difficult experiences develop a Christian\u2019s faith and character. James 1:2, \u201cCount it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials\u201d.<\/p>\n

For tares, or pseudo-Christians, they experience hard trials without<\/strong> the comfort and grace of God. The trials serve to challenge their status as true Christians<\/strong> within their own minds and as viewed by the world. There is anger (gnashing of teeth) and sorrow (wailing) associated with this.<\/p>\n

Additionally, in the resurrection, they will learn they lost their heavenly reward<\/strong> and grieve greatly. Jesus said, \u201cNot everyone<\/strong> who says to Me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven<\/strong>, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?\u2019 And then I will declare to them, \u2018I never knew you<\/strong>; depart<\/strong> from Me, you who practice lawlessness (iniquity<\/em>)!\u2019\u201d, Matthew 7:21-23.<\/p>\n

Additionally, in Matthew 13:42, Jesus does not mention Hades or Gehenna, words used to describe \u201chell\u201d in the New Testament.<\/p>\n

Scriptures on Hell should be studied as a unit or topically. The King James Version would often translate the Old Testament Hebrew word\u00a0 \u201csheol\u201d as \u201cgrave\u201d or \u201chell\u201d or \u201cpit\u201d.\u00a0 Clear statements also should be harmonized. Ecclesiastes 9:5 is an example. \u201cFor the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

For a more detailed study about hell, please download\u00a0the free\u00a0PDF:“The Truth About Hell”<\/p>\n

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The context of this scripture is Jesus\u2019s explanation of the wheat and tares parable. He identifies the wheat as \u201cchildren of the kingdom,\u201d the tares (which look like wheat) as \u201cchildren of the wicked one,\u201d and the field as \u201cthe world.\u201d The reason for the destruction is in verse 41, \u201cThe Son of Man will … Continue reading “If hell is just the grave, why did Jesus say: "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth\u2026" Matthew 13:42? (Nigeria)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}