{"id":9675,"date":"2016-11-01T06:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2016-11-01T06:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:39:34","slug":"dont-be-cast-into-outer-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/dont-be-cast-into-outer-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t be cast into outer darkness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/dont-be-cast-into-outer-darkness\/candle-candle-light-background-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9677\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AdobeStock_116418056-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Candle, Candle Light, Background\" width=\"7880\" height=\"5870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AdobeStock_116418056-1.jpeg 7880w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AdobeStock_116418056-1-300x223.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AdobeStock_116418056-1-768x572.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AdobeStock_116418056-1-1024x763.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/AdobeStock_116418056-1-403x300.jpeg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 7880px) 100vw, 7880px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew 8:12,<\/b> <b><i>Children\/Sons of the kingdom.<\/i><\/b> This is a Hebraism or biblical metaphor for the Jewish people. They are the ones who were first presented with the gospel message, but most of them rejected it. The sons of the kingdom will be cast into outer darkness because they didn\u2019t accept Yeshua the Messiah, who is the light of the world (John 1:9; 8:12). It\u2019s rather ironic to be cast into darkness for not accepting the light. Unrepentant sinners prefer darkness over the light because their deeds are evil (John 3:19), so in the end they get what they really want.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Outer darkness.<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i>(Also Matt 22:13; 25:30.) Ancient banquets were held at night in brilliantly lit rooms, and anyone excluded from the feast was cast outside into outer darkness. In his teachings, Yeshua\u2019s uses this term as a metaphor for judgment in reference to those who will be excluded from his kingdom. In the oriental mind, in the days before street lights, it was a dreadful thing to be found outside, late at night with only a lamp or simply a small clay lamp of that day that put out a tiny, dim flame (<i>Manners and Customs<\/i>, pp. 62\u201363). 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