Hi William,
Mat 12:32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Jesus is light, Jesus is truth, so truth is light.
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
When we love and obey Jesus, we are in the light... to be in darkness is the opposite. When a person is so carnal minded as to despise the truth - the Word of God - Jesus, that is evil.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
When a person's heart is so dark and they embrace that darkness to such a degree, that when the light has been shown to them, that they blasphemy in the face of the truth - Holy Spirit, then that person has made their choice. That's what the Pharisees did, they knew Jesus was from God...
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
v. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "
Rabbi, WE KNOW that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."
This is what Ray said about who those are that are cast into "outer darkness"...
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"And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and the west [Gentiles], and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven, but the children of the kingdom [Judah--the Jews] shall be cast into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Mat. 8:11-12).
Christ is not telling us that "Jews" from the East and "Jews" from the West will sit down with Abraham, but that the "Jews" shall be cast out." That’s contradictory. It’s the "Jews" who are the "children of the kingdom" who are "cast out." And those from the East and West are "GENTILES." Christ is telling us who these "many" are because He is commenting on the faith that God has given to this Centurion Gentile.
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What the Pharisees did was carry their wickedness to another level, they actually went up against the person of God, Jesus... now I wonder if they will be among the last to receive their salvation.
Matt 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.
There are many things we don't know now, we don't know how many ages there are yet to come, and how judgment will be completed for those not receiving it in the next age or for the angels either. We know that Satan must yet be released at the end of the next age and deceive the nations...
What we do know is that Christ will not stop until He has put ALL things in subjection under His feet, not if, but "WHEN all things are subjected to Him." So lets not worry about what we don't understand yet.. your fears may be pointless, all you can do is seek to obey the best you can by God's grace granted to you.
1Cor 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
1Cor 15:28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to Him who put all things in subjection under Him, that God may be all in all.
Hope this helps.
mercy, peace and love
Kat