Chapter 21: Myth—Everybody Gets To Go

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Myth—Everybody Gets To Go

However, both group two (2) and group three (3) are derived from the nations being sorted according to Matthew 25. Within all the nations before

Christ’s judgment are righteous and unrighteous people. Those who are righteous are caring people who wisely are doers of the Word. In contrast are the unwise who are unrighteous and uncaring. Group two (2) and three (3) constitute an almost even 50/50 division of souls according to Jesus’

analogy of the five wise and five foolish virgins.

So group one (1) bypasses judgment and group two (2) and three (3) are the outputs of Jesus’ nation sorting. While Jesus claims these people did

not care for him by failing to care for those of the least of our brethren, Jesus also marks them as unrighteous people.

“And these [the unrighteous people] will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 25:46

Ergo, group two (2) to Heaven and eternal life and group three (3) to the lake of fire and the second death. Note that Jesus also refers to this as an

“everlasting punishment.” I’ll take Jesus at his word in these regards, but I will point out that many teachers will argue against his language. Would God condone an “everlasting punishment?” Yes, if you believe in a God who also punishes as I previously taught you. In any case, why take a

chance and does it really matter from a doctrinal point of view?

The most astonishing fact for Christians may be the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 7:21-23. While the groups sorted out of the nations sort are not

identified as to religious affiliation, group four (4) is specifically identified as Christian. The main reason Jesus cites for their rejection to Hell is the fact that they were “lawless.” Yes, I believe everyone in this group will claim to have “believed in Jesus” and even “mouthed” his name countless

times. Yet these people were the insincere believers Paul talked about. They were the hypocrites that Jesus talked about. They engaged in pseudo caring of the needy while supporting immoral court and legislative actions. Where the rubber meets the road, they above everything else were simply

disobedient. They never understood that they had to be wise — doers of the Word.