The Lake of Fire is only mentioned by name four times in Scripture; each time, it’s in the book of Revelation. It’s described as the Second Death that the wicked are thrown into after the Last Judgment. Some claim that this Lake of Fire is the Holy Spirit. What exactly does that mean? How can the final punishment of the wicked be the Holy Spirit? Join ArieRashelle as she searches for the answer to these questions in her video, Hell Pt. 6: Is The Lake of Fire The Holy Spirit?
Revelation 19:19-21 Revelation 19:11-16 John 1 Revelation 17:14 Revelation 20:1-3 Revelation 20:7-10 Revelation 20:11-15 Psalms 51:11 1 Samuel 16:14-23 Matthew 3:11-12 Acts 2:1-4 Matthew 13:36-43 John 15:26-27 Acts 1:1-4 John 16:7-11 1 Peter 1:1-2 Ephesians 4:30 Hebrews 10:26-31 Mark 3:28-30 John 16:13 John 14:26 Romans 8:9
Hell
The Lake of Fire and The Holy Spirit
The Lake of Fire
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it. From His presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:11-15
The Holy Spirit
11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.
The fifth trumpet blast is one the most mysterious events recorded in the book of Revelation, from the identity of Abaddon, the angel of the bottomless pit, to the identity of the star fallen from heaven. Many believe that the star fallen from Heaven is Satan, but is that true? Is there evidence for the identity of the fallen star? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answers in her video, Who Is Abaddon? Pt. 5: A Star Fallen From Heaven With The Key To The Bottomless Pit.
Revelation 9:1 Revelation 12:3-4 Revelation 8:12 Revelation 12:7-9 2 Peter 2:10-11 Jude 1:8-9 Daniel 8:9-12 1 John 2:18-22 1 John 4:2‐3 Matthew 24:29-31
Who Is Abaddon?
A Star Fallen From Heaven With The Key To The Bottomless Pit
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”
Revelation 8:12-13
1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Revelation 9:1-6
Is there a possibility that Satan is the star fallen from Heaven with the key to the Bottomless Pit (Abyss)?
1And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
The events of the End Times have been long studied, discussed, and debated within the Church. From movies to TV shows, the battle involving Gog and Magog has been portrayed at various times within the End Times timeline. Is Gog and Magog the Battle at Armageddon, or is it a completely different battle? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer to these questions and more in her video, Gog and Magog Pt. 1: When Will It Take Place?
7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. 11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it. From His presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
There are three beasts in the book of Revelation: The Beast Out of The Sea, The Beast Out of The Earth, and the Beast Out of The Bottomless Pit. The Beast Out of The Sea, also known as the Beast of Revelation, will one day rule the entire world, but where will he come from? Does the Bible say where the Beast will come from? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answers in her video, The Beast Out of The Sea Pt. 2: Where Will He Come From?
Revelation 13:1-10 Revelation 13:11-18 Revelation 11:7-8 Matthew 24:15-28 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 2:12-17 Genesis 6:1-4 2 Peter 2:4 Jude 1:6 Daniel 11:21-25
The Beast Out of The Sea
Where Will The Beast Come From?
1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” 5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear: 10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
The Rapture of the Church is one of the most debated topics in today’s Church. There are three main belief systems when it comes to the Rapture, all centering around The Great Tribulation: Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib, and Post-Trib. We, here at HoldToHope, hold to the belief that the majority of the Church has many misconceptions about the Rapture. Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to Biblically address these misconceptions in her video, 5 Common Misconceptions About The Rapture.
Mark 13:24-27 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 24:29-31 Revelation 1:7 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Revelation 20:4-6 Revelation 6:12-17 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Revelation 21:9-14 Revelation 21:22-27 Matthew 24:15-31 Daniel 11:29-35
The Rapture
5 Common Misconceptions About The Rapture
The First Common Misconception Is The Timing of The Rapture
1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only He who now restrains it will do so until He is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of His coming.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-8
The Second Common Misconception Is That There Is The Secret Rapture
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 24:29-31
The Third Common Misconception Is That The Rapture Will Take Place Before The Seven Trumpets of Revelation
51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:51-53
The Fourth Common Misconception Is That There Will Be A Second Rapture After The Great Tribulation
12 When He opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
Revelation 6:12-17
The Fifth Common Misconception Is That The Rapture Has Nothing To Do With The Rebuilding of The Third Temple
15 So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19 And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
There are many prophesied events of The End Times throughout the entire Bible. From the book of Genesis all the way to the book of Revelation, the Bible gives us bits and pieces of the coming events of the world. One of the most frightening events is that of the rise of a mysterious and obscure being named Abaddon, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit. Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to answer the question of when Abaddon will rise, as well as others, in her video, Who Is Abaddon? Pt. 4: When Will He Rise?
Revelation 9:1-12 Revelation 7:1-4 1 Corinthians 15:50-55 Revelation 11:1-8 John 1 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 Psalms 89:47-48 Hosea 13:14 Zechariah 4:11-14 1 Corinthians 15:35-38 John 21:20-23 Acts 3:15 Isaiah 6:1-7 Revelation 13:5 Daniel 7:7-8, 23-24 Daniel 11:31, 38-39 Revelation 17 Matthew 24:15-28 Daniel 7:11-12, 23-27 Luke 10:19
Who Is Abaddon? Pt. 4:
When Will Abaddon Rise?
Prophecy of Abaddon rising out of the Bottomless Pit
1And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them. 7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. 12 The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
Revelation 9:1-12
Prophecy of Abaddon and The Two Witnesses
1Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7 And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
Hell is described as a place of the Second Death, the Lake of Fire, outer darkness, and gnashing of teeth. Hell isn’t Hades, as Hades is thrown into the Lake of Fire, and those who refuse to bow their knee in this life are thrown into Hell. Hell is also described as eternal destruction, but why? How can Hell be eternal? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answers in her video, Hell Pt. 5: Eternal.
Matthew 18:8 Matthew 25:41 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Jude 1:5-7 Hebrews 12:29 Genesis 21:33 Deuteronomy 33:26-27 Isaiah 26:4 Romans 6:23 Matthew 5:36 Ephesians 2:8-9 Matthew 18:31-35 1 Timothy 6:13-16 Ezekiel 14:13-14 Revelation 12 Matthew 25:41
Hell
Hell is Eternal
5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when He comes on that day to be glorified in His saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
Hell is described as a place of outer darkness, the second death, and the Lake of Fire. Hell is also described as a place of gnashing of teeth. The majority believe that this statement means that the people in Hell will be grinning their teeth because of the immense torment they are experiencing. Is this really what Jesus meant when He described Hell as a place of gnashing of teeth? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the meaning of this description in her video, Hell Pt. 4: Gnashing of Teeth.
Matthew 8:5-13 Luke 13:22-30 Matthew 13:36-43 Matthew 13:24-30 Psalms 37:12-13 Lamentations 2:16 Job 16:9 Revelation 14:9-11 Matthew 18:31-35
Hell
Gnashing of Teeth
5 When He had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him, appealing to Him, 6 “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7 And He said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who followed Him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. 11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
Matthew 8:5-13
22 He went on His way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to Him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’ 28 In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out. 29 And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.30 And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
The Book of Revelation is filled with prophecy after prophecy of the End Times. One prophecy that is highly debated in the Church is the identity of the two unnamed witnesses in Revelation 11. Even though these two witnesses aren’t directly named in the Book of Revelation, is there evidence of who these two men are? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he searches through Scripture for the identity of these two unnamed men in his video, The Mystery of The Two Witnesses.
1Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.5 And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the power to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7 And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
Hell is described as the Second Death because everyone who goes to Hell has died first; therefore, going to Hell would be the second death. It’s also referred to as the Lake of Fire because it’s like you have fallen into the hands of the Living God, who is a consuming fire. Hell is also described as a place of Outer Darkness, but why? If Hell is a place of outer darkness, then does that mean there’s no light, or is it a different type of darkness? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer to these questions and more in her video, Hell Pt. 3: Outer Darkness.
Matthew 8:10-12 Matthew 22:11-14 Matthew 25:24-30 John 1:5 2 Corinthians 4:6 Colossians 1:13-14 John 8:44 Ephesians 5:8-11 John 1:4 John 8:12 John 9:5 John 12:46 1 John 1:5 James 1:17 Psalms 143:7 Isaiah 14:15 Ezekiel 31:16 Genesis 4:13-14 Isaiah 59:1-2 Romans 5:10 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Isaiah 66:24 Jeremiah 52:3 Revelation 14:9-11 Revelation 21:3-4
Hell
Outer Darkness
5 When He had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to Him, appealing to Him, 6 “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7 And He said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who followed Him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. 11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
Matthew 8:5-13
1And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, 3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. 7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:1-14
19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
