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To: daniel1212

The text indicates the stripes are punishment given when the LORD judges that servant. For the myriads of servants in the two millennia since their passing I would read that as the very night of their death. How long the beatings continue depends on what was committed to them, and what they did with it. The parable is a master disciplining his servants upon his return. One servant’s behavior is so egregious he is assigned a portion with unbelievers. Other servants are beaten. Another servant is made master over the entire household. All of this is according to their works mitigated by their understanding of the master’s orders.
The master is the Messiah. The little flock, and others, are the servants.


698 posted on 08/24/2016 8:28:01 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981
The text indicates the stripes are punishment given when the LORD judges that servant. For the myriads of servants in the two millennia since their passing I would read that as the very night of their death. It does not matter what you suppose, for Scripture makes it clear when the judgment of believers takes place, which is at the judgment seat of Christ at/after the Lord's return, as was referenced, and which you yourself confirmed saying, "The text allows for a range of punishment for a servant of the LORD at the coming of the LORD."

Having been shown that this disallows purgatory, you are now trying to make the sentencing of believers to be the same time as the Lord. Give it up! This longsuffering work of showing you your absence of any real support has seen its end.

763 posted on 08/24/2016 7:40:57 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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