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Nashing of teeth and witnessing
Kat:
Hi Chad,
--- Quote ---1)"weeping and gnashing of teeth" What does this mean?
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GNASH'ING, ppr. nash'ing. Striking the teeth together, as in anger, rage or pain.
Where the Bible speaks of this weeping and gnashing of teeth, is in judgment in the Lake of fire.
Mat 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,
Mat 13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
There is one other Scripture where is mentioned the gnashing of teeth and that is when they martyr Stephen.
Act 7:54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
As the definition explained, it is clenching the teeth in anguish or pain. They were so angry with what Stephen said that they killed him.
When Jesus Christ raises everybody back to life in the resurrection of the dead, it will be to judgment. It will not be the heaven many of them are expecting, they will be angry. But there anger will soon be turned into a painful torment in the judgment, as they give account.
Rev 14:10 he also, shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared, unmixed, in the cup of his anger;—and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, before holy messengers and before the Lamb;
Rev 14:11 And, the smoke of their torment, unto ages of ages, ascendeth; And they have no rest day or night, who do homage unto the beast and his image, or if anyone receiveth the mark of his name.
The wrath of God is a fearful thing.
Heb 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Those who are being judged will be brought to righteousness.
Isa 26:9 With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Hopes this helps :)
mercy, peace and love
Kat
musicman:
Hey Chad,
You mentioned Ray unconfort. How bout Kirk the Cameraman. Boy, I'd just love for them to try their blind witnessing with me. I used to try and e-mail them (I still have them saved) begging to be interviewed for their TBN program. They talk about the nashing of teeth thing. Well I'm sorry, but if I was on fire I would do way more than weep and nash my teeth. Those two clowns are clueless.
musicman:
Oh, and Growing Pains sucked!!
Nikoa:
I have been telling my wife that I just want to know the truth no matter what that truth is. I DON"T want to be deceived. Before learning about this site I was studying how to witness like The Way of The Master because I truly wanted to do (what I thought) the will of Jesus and I was tormented by the fact that a lot of my family members would be going to hell. This is a HUGE shift in my thinking so I have a long way to go. What is your story? Did you go through this?
musicman:
--- Quote from: Nikoa on December 21, 2007, 04:29:17 PM ---I have been telling my wife that I just want to know the truth no matter what that truth is. I DON"T want to be deceived. Before learning about this site I was studying how to witness like The Way of The Master because I truly wanted to do (what I thought) the will of Jesus and I was tormented by the fact that a lot of my family members would be going to hell. This is a HUGE shift in my thinking so I have a long way to go. What is your story? Did you go through this?
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Not as much as most on this forum. I never attended a church unless I was payed to play music there. However, we all experience these tormented beliefs to some degree in our lives. I found Ray's site rather quickly. I was tormented by the hell thing for a few months. I told people that I didn't believe in it, but then again. . . . Anyway, one night after watching one of Haggee's circus acts I went on a long walk. I told God that I don't believe that anybody should suffer endlessly for finite sins. How could we possibly be held responsible for our lives when we never even asked to be born? I even expressed that I would want no part of some perfect heavenly existence while others suffered endlessly. I would choose annihilation before living in some heaven while others were in some hell. I begged right then and there for the truth. When I got home, I searched the web for info on Haggee. I wanted to learn that the unrighteous would be annihilated rather than tortured endlessly. I soon learned how selfish I really was when I came up on the title of an article in a search. It said "Exposing Those Who Contradict". So I clicked it. That was 2 1/2 years ago.
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