Matthew 25:41 · World English Bible
Matthew 25:41 Meaning Then He Will Say Also to Those
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
What does Matthew 25:41 mean?
The fire was furnished for someone else. "Prepared" renders the same word given to the kingdom readied for God's people before the world was made.
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The fire was furnished for someone else. "Prepared" renders the same word given to the kingdom readied for God's people before the world was made. Both stand waiting; only one was ever built with people in view.
He will pronounce it Himself, face to face, and "you cursed" names a standing He declares, not a mood He is in. Being sent away from Him is the loss at the center of it, and He does the sending. "Eternal" here is the same word given to the life the others receive, so neither outcome runs shorter than the other.
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Live Matthew 25:41 today
- Look at one road you are walking that you would rather not look at, the drinking, the scrolling, the way you talk to your wife. Just look, honestly, for a minute.
- Say something to one person today that you would want said if it were the last chance. Nothing dramatic, just true and warm and out loud instead of assumed.
- When you are tempted to write someone off today, in traffic, in the thread, across the table, remember nobody was ever built to be thrown away. Act like you believe that for the next five minutes.
If the road you are on simply continued, where would it put you?
The same truth in other traditions
Hinduism · Katha Upanishad
Two roads lie open, the pleasant and the good, and a person takes one. The teaching does not soften the fact that the roads lead to different places.
Buddhism · Dhammapada 1
Mind leads, and act follows, and the consequence trails the act like a shadow or a cart's own wheel. Nothing arbitrary arrives at the end of a life.
Stoicism · Seneca
He wrote that for a man who does not know which harbor he is sailing toward, no wind is the right one. Where a life lands is the sum of the direction it was already holding.
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