Play it backwards.
In the end of the parable the tares are burned.
Where do we see a gathering and heathen burned?
I see gathering of still-living people in Matthew 25:31-34, do you agree?
I believe that is at His Second Coming to the earth [where "nations" ARE] (not at our Rapture), do you agree?
I see some being "punished," do you agree? Do you agree that the "goats" do not enter the MK? But the Sheep DO? (or do you see this as not taking place "on the earth" where "nations" are [Rev19:15b and the like], but UP IN Heaven?)
Here's a post I just made in another place (slightly different convo, but may help here):
[quoting my post]
I'm saying that the
Isaiah 24:21-22[23] passage (with its "
TWO 'punish' words") correlates like this:
--Isaiah 24:
21-22a ("
punish" ['pit' and 'prison' (I'm
not saying this doesn't mean 'death')])
correlates with Revelation 19:19/16:14-16/early-part-of-Rev-20 (at the time of of His Second Coming
to the earth--here it says "SLAIN")
[
see "And it shall come to pass in that day,
thatthe LORD
shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high,
and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as
prisoners are gathered in
the pit, and shall be
shut up in the prison..."
correlates with Rev19:19/16:14-16/early-parts-of-Rev20 at the time of His
"RETURN" to the earth (only the "righteous" [the "BLESSED"] will ENTER the MK time period; those later
born to them are
not "born
automatically righteous" however)]
--[then] Isaiah 24:
22b ("
and AFTER MANY DAYS shall they be punished" [that is,
after the MK time period])
correlates with Revelation 20:11-15's GWTj (
after ppl have been "dead"--"And I saw THE DEAD" ['__ gave up
the dead']--which I believe is "the dead, unsaved" of all times--for the final carrying out of the sentence [eternal separation from God, the "second death," the "lake of fire"]; and the only ppl who die in the MK time period are the rebellious, death will be
much more rare during that time period! And they won't be being "
left alone / let be UNTIL the 'harvest'" but dealt with summarily! and individually! as I see it [during His "reign" and this with His "rod [sceptre] of iron" (righteousness and strength)])
So, I am
NOT saying that the
first "punish" word (where "the weeping and the gnashing of teeth" takes place, time-wise [in all of its contexts where used]) means ANYTHING like [something that] can reverse one's status (as some are wanting to think I mean). No.
And I AM pointing out the
TWO "
punish" points in time (of this passage, which I believe correlate to these other passages in Rev19-20 [and other places])
...and I AM saying that the words
"tormented" and "in this
flame" are used in a context that shows "[still ALIVE] brothers" still have time to change where they are headed (meaning, when the rich man
died, his brothers
hadn't yet--this is both then [back in that day] and now--in the here and now!--when
death occurs for some and not others--and the "rich man who had died" can NEVER change his status as forever separated from God/unsaved--I'm not suggesting he could!)
[end of that post]
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Please let me know if anything needs clarifying.
I believe NO "unrighteous" ENTER the MK time period, but only the "BLESSED"/"righteous" (this doesn't count those later BORN to them)… and that Satan is imprisoned DURING the 1000-yrs, so hasn't "sown tares" then/throughout, and is only "loosed out from his prison" when the 1000-yrs are completed, and only then for
"a little season/time" (
compare "
a little season/time" in Jn7:33 & 12:35, to the somewhat contrasted phrase "[been with you] for
so long a season/time" [referring to His 3.5yr earthly ministry, MAX], and how the other "
a little season/time" usages did not mean something like 50 years or anything like that...). The "[Satan] shall go out to deceive the nations" [and] "to gather them together to battle" [and] "
fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them" doesn't seem to me to be the same thing as what "shall send forth His angels" ("and
they shall GATHER
OUT") does, to me.
[note to readers: I'm pre-trib, so these are not "Rapture" contexts either]