[CS-FSLUG] 3 Eternal Destinies not 2

[Keli of Coxsackie]

yes that is correct!
thanks David..

Michael Markuson (aka Keli)
Parchment Press
52 S River St
Coxsackie, NY 12051

David McGlone wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 November 2008 10:38:24 am Jason P. Franklin wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 09:10 -0500, Keli of Coxsackie wrote:
>>     
>>> The Bible is very clear that there are 3 Eternal Destinies not 2..
>>> The wicked go to the Lake of Fire prepared for the Devil  and his
>>> angels..
>>> The Righteous go to the Eternal Nations.. where their tears will be
>>> wiped away..
>>> The Holy will rule and reign with the Master as his bride..
>>>       
>> I disagree that the Bible is clear that there are 3 Eternal Destinies.
>> I agree with Jon that you appear to be taking words and verses out of
>> context to construct a false doctrine.  It sounds scarily close to the
>> Mormon doctrine of three heavens (or levels of heaven) - so you have two
>> levels rather than three.
>>
>> I would also agree with Jon that I am extremely leery of needing further
>> illumination outside of revealed scripture to  understand a doctrine.
>> You ought to be able to direct me to copious numbers of passages
>> detailing this doctrine in within the word of God.
>>
>> As with Jon, my searches for a relationship between the words Eternal
>> and Nations has come up dry.
>>     
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> I do not want to get into this debate, I just wanted to point out some things 
> to try and help one way or the other.
>
> Read Revelation 22:11 it shows 3 categories of eternal destination.
>
> The First Category contains Two Classifications of people who do evil: the 
> Unjust and theFilthy. 
> The Unjust take advantage of others for their own selfish gain.
> The Filthy ruin the lives of others with their own moral corruption. 
> The Second Category is made up of those who do good: called the Righteous (or 
> Just). 
> The Righteous are the “good people” of every nation and culture (Acts 10:35) 
> who live according to the dictates of their own conscience (Romans 2:14-16). 
> They fear God and respect other human beings.
> The Third category as I understand is Holy:
>
> Which means "set apart". they live entirely for the one who has redeemed them, 
> read 2 Corinthians 5:15. They are supposed to be part of the Holy Nation where 
> the god of heaven is going to rise up on the earth. Read: 1 Peter 2:9 and 
> Daniel 2:44
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