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After reading through these passages, I still don't follow you. Our inheritance IS eternal life, is it not?

No, al. This is the theology I can figure out from these folks. We are all given, for free, the gift of "salvation" just for the asking. We are then judged and given a "reward" based upon what we did with our gift. What this reward is, or how it manifests itself is unclear. Jesus talked about His Father's mansion having many rooms.

So I reckon that we all will go to Heaven like if we all went to the Super Bowl. Some of us will stay in the top flight hotels on the "President's" floor, eat steak dinners and sit in a luxury box while watching the Steelers win.

Others have to stay at the Day's Inn out by the airport, take the city bus to the game, find out our ticket is standing room only behind the giant scoreboard and eat bologna sandwiches while rooting for the Cowboys.

It's still Heaven, but the rewards are different. Any place in Scripture where there is talk of being judged it is this judgement, of our place in Heaven, not our admittance to Heaven.

(It has to be the Steelers, Cowboys, Packers, etc. Why? Cause the Lions will lie down with the Rams.)

in essence that is what it is, although its not as "quaint" as you put it. Christ did say that his disciples would judge the tribes of Israel. He did not say that of you or I or others who have been saved. So obviously there will be those who have greater responsibilities/rewards in heaven than others and that is determined by what we do with our lives while on this earth.

JM

(It has to be the Steelers, Cowboys, Packers, etc. Why? Cause the Lions will lie down with the Rams.)

Oh! Now I get it! < /sarcasm >

Hey ... did you know Jones is wanting a new stadium? I think he might need to get a winning team first and quit firing all his starters. A quarterback that can stay healthy would be nice, too. Wright is now gone for the season and Stoerner is the starter with Leaf as back up. It's going to be a long season. :o(