The Difference between Outer Darkness and Hell 8-18-25

BIBLICAL Facts - Not Opinions! My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge (Hosea 4:6)

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 22:13). And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 25:30). Notice that these two scriptures are referring to the ones who are saved and they don’t fulfill God’s purpose for their lives.

When Judgment Day comes, they will not receive rewards because they were not faithful. In other words, when the unfaithful see Jesus’s nail scarred hands and how He suffered to set us free. And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends (Zechariah 13:6). That’s what is going to happen to the unfaithful and that is the reason they will weeping and gritting their teeth.

But the unfaithful will not go through eternity weeping and gnashing their teeth. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away (Revelation 21:4).

 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.” He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.  The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.  Therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, it will be at the end of this age.  

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,  and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:36-42).

The scripture above is referring to those who are unsaved and will be cast into the fiery furnace (hell), they will be at the great white throne judgment for unbelievers.

The Great White Throne Judgment Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before ^]God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.

And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.  The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.  And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-13).

This is what studying will do; it makes one more knowledgeable and they have a better understanding. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15). It is so sad that many Christians are so lazy that they accept whatever is told to them without checking it out.

His handmaiden, Betty A. Burnett ~ burnettministries.org