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    An Ugly Hideous Monstrous Interpretation Of Matthew 7:13-14

    An Ugly Hideous Monstrous Interpretation Of Matthew 7:13-14
    By JAG
    May 30, 2021


    Matthew 7:13-14
    "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that
    leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and
    narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."


    Humans put forth their own interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14 and their own
    interpretation has consequences. Their own interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14
    also tells us what they think God is like in His nature. The interpretation of
    Matthew 7:13-14 presented by the three schools of Pessimistic Eschatology.
    which are {1) Amillennialism (2) Premillennialism (3) Dispensationalism present
    God as deliberately choosing to create a race of untold billions of His human
    creatures knowing BEFORE He chose to create them that the majority of them
    would spend an eternity screaming in agony in the pits of eternal Hell. And many
    of these folks tell us not only will the majority of God's human creatures scream in Hell
    for all eternity, but it will be the overwhelming vast majority that scream in agony in
    Hell for all eternity. Then in the next breath they tell us that God is LOVE and full of
    kindness and compassion.

    My view is that their free-will-chosen interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14 is wrong. It's
    not right to do that. It's not a good thing to do that. It's a bad thing to interpret
    Matthew 7:13-14 in such a way that portrays God as the kind of Being that
    would create untold billions of human beings knowing BEFORE He created them that
    the majority would end up screaming in agony in Hell for all eternity, but then knowing
    that, went ahead and created them anyway, but this is exactly and precisely what their
    interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14 means and they cannot escape from this their
    portrayal of the nature of God. Their interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14 tells you,

    that on their interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14, God has done exactly that and
    that God is the kind of Being who would do that and that He actually has done that.

    What is the solution to this? There is an alternative interpretation of Matthew
    7:13-14 that is reasonable and it says Matthew 7:13-14 describes ONLY the very bad
    spiritual conditions of the 1st century when Jesus spoke the words of Matthew 7:13-14
    in that 1st century generation of Jews who ended up rejecting Him as their Savior and
    ultimately murdered the innocent Lord Jesus. Indeed only a relatively few in that 1st
    century generation, did find the Lord Jesus as their Savior. But that 1st century generation
    is NOT representative of the entire human race and all future human generations, and
    there is NOT a single Bible verse that says it is. So? So you don't have to believe that
    it is representative. You can use your free will to choose NOT to believe that it is
    representative of the entire human race. And in fact it is NOT representative of the

    entire human race and all future generations.


    So?

    So the three schools of Pessimistic Eschatology {1) Amillennialism (2) Premillennialism
    (3) Dispensationalism do NOT have to interpret Matthew7:13-14 as being historically
    predictive of the future of the human race. They use their free will to choose to interpret
    Matthew 7:13-14 that way ~~ and it's wrong to do that. It's not right. It's not a good
    thing to do, to interpret Matthew 7:13-14 in such as way that presents God as being
    the kind of Being that creates untold billions of human beings knowing BEFORE He
    created them, that the majority of them would end up screaming in agony in Hell for
    all eternity.

    See also:
    Will Only A Few People Be Saved? No. A Great Multitude Will Be Saved. (thepoliticalforums.com)

    JAG


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    Nevertheless, and regardless of however any single scripture is interpreted by anyone, the idea of an infinitely powerful, intelligent Creator God condemning untold millions of human souls to eternal torment for the "crime" of exercising the free will that he/she/it gave them by rejecting a religion built on the foundation of a 2,000-year-old collection of poetry, fairy tales and pseudo-history is ludicrous by any reasonable standard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAG View Post

    My view is that their free-will-chosen interpretation of Matthew 7:13-14 is wrong. It's
    not right to do that. It's not a good thing to do that. It's a bad thing to interpret
    Matthew 7:13-14 in such a way that portrays God as the kind of Being that
    would create untold billions of human beings knowing BEFORE He created them that
    the majority would end up screaming in agony in Hell for all eternity, but then knowing
    that, went ahead and created them anyway...

    But here's the thing -- if God is omniscient (all-knowing), of course He would have known the ending from the beginning. If the prophecy in Revelations is to be believed, one must accept that God does know the ending. Not just the ending of humanity, but the ending of each soul, even before its conception.

    When Jesus says He is the Alpha and the Omega, He's saying the ending is known.

    To say God doesn't know (or chooses not to know) limits God.
    ""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw

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    Free will, the freedom to choose between good or evil, is not free of consequences.

    God's knowing your free will choice is not deterministic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    But here's the thing -- if God is omniscient (all-knowing), of course He would have known the ending from the beginning. If the prophecy in Revelations is to be believed, one must accept that God does know the ending. Not just the ending of humanity, but the ending of each soul, even before its conception.

    When Jesus says He is the Alpha and the Omega, He's saying the ending is known.

    To say God doesn't know (or chooses not to know) limits God.
    Thank you for your post and for your constructive contribution.

    Best Regards.

    JAG

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