NL-Day288 Ezekiel 8-9; Song of Solomon 5; Matthew 25:14-46

EZEKIEL 8-9:
Terrible destruction is prophesied against Judah and Jerusalem. The trumpet will sound the battle call, but no one will get ready, because they are under God’s wrath.

SONG OF SOLOMON 5:
Yesterday the young man extolled the perfection of his bride.

MATTHEW 25b:
Yesterday in Matthew 25, we heard two parables that speak about being ready for Christ’s return. Something that is repeated in the parables on this topic is that, “outside there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Jesus is by those words teaching an important idea: That the punishment in hell will be conscious punishment (shown by the weeping), and it will be painful (as shown by the gnashing of teeth).

NLT Translation notes:
Mat. 25:14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted [them to do business with//0] his money [0//to them] while he was gone.
21 “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and
faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small
amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. [Come! Celebrate together with me!//Let’s celebrate together!]’
23 ending same as at the end of 21.
25 I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it [a hole in the ground//in the earth]. Look, here is your money back.’
45 “And [I/he] will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’

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