Matthew 8:12

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“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

What does this mean? Who are “the children of the kingdom…cast out”?

Revelation 22:15 defines the types of people who are disqualified from entering the kingdom—left “without” (outside). Matthew 8:12 refers to the Jews, who had access to the knowledge of, and entrance into, the kingdom. They were one-twelfth of the “chosen people”—one-twelfth of the twelve tribes of Israel. Christ directly warns that many of them could miss out on what they once had free access to, because they were not properly responding to the knowledge that they had been given.

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