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VBVMI StaffI encounter the Bible term “Outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” in various places in the scripture, but I don't know what this phrase means. For example, where does the wicked servant in the story of talents in Matthew 25 actually end up?
In Matthew’s parables, he occasionally records Jesus describing an individual going to a place of outer darkness. This phrase is a description of Hell (and eventually the Lake of Fire) based on the context. For example, Jesus declared that the unbelieving Jews would go to this place instead of the Kingdom:
In Matthew 25, the lone slave who goes to outer darkness represents the unbeliever who never truly knew the Lord, in keeping with Matthew 7:
There will be some who claim to know the Lord but are not truly born again. The parable in Matthew 25 is an example of one such person. You can learn more about the parables in Matthew 25 by listening to Lesson 5D & 5E of our Revelation Bible study.
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