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Article: Go to where?(NOVEMBER 16)(gospel reading)(Brief article)
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- Sojourners Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18; Psalm 123; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30
The gospel of Matthew contains a strong emphasis on judgment and punishment. This week we hear, "As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 25:30). The phrase "weeping and gnashing of teeth" appears six times in Matthew, and three times it is paired with "outer darkness" as the place where those who are punished are cast. In next week's gospel reading, there is "eternal fire prepared for the devil" (Matthew 25:41) and "eternal punishment" (Matthew 25:46). Elsewhere in Matthew we find the word gehenna, from the ...