javajo
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Sorry, I missed this post, and will respond: look at Mathew 25:Goats in the bible always means demons, not humans. The hell you believe in was prepared for demons, not humans. Misinterpitation place humans where only demons are. Matt. 25:41. Why would God place humans in a place prepared, or preordained just for demons? Makes no sense to me.
Phil. 3:21 is how evil humans are reconciled, by Christ power to subject them to himself.
Peace.
The Sheep and the Goats
31 "The Son of Man will come in all his glory. All the angels will come with him. Then he will sit on his throne in the glory of heaven. 32 All the nations will be gathered in front of him. He will separate thepeople into two groups. He will be like a shepherd who separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep to his right and the goats to his left.
34 "Then the King will speak to those on hisright. He will say, 'My Father has blessed you. Come and take what is yours. It is the kingdom prepared for you since the world was created.
41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'You are cursed! Go away from me into the fire that burns forever. It has been prepared for the devil and his angels. '
46 "Then they will go away to be punished forever. But those who have done what is right will receive eternal life."
According to this, nations, PEOPLE are separated as sheep and goats, the sheep go inherit the Kindgom of God, and the goats are punished forever, again it mentions fire. So, the goats are NOT demons, they are people. The place they must go was prepared for the devil and his demons, but now they must go there as well.
As far as Phillipans 3, here is the whole context:
17 Brothers and sisters, join with others in following my example. Pay close attention to those who live in keeping with the pattern we gave you.
18 I have told you those things many times before. Now I say it again with tears in my eyes. Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 The only thing they have coming to them is death. Their stomach is their god. They brag about what they should be ashamed of. They think only about earthly things. 20 But we are citizens of heaven. And we can hardly wait for a Savior from there. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He has the power to bring everything under his control. By his power he will change our earthly bodies. They will become like his glorious body.
Note, he addresses believers: brothers and sisters, citizens of heaven. He has the power to change OUR bodies, those who are waiting for Jesus their Saviour. He rebukes enemies of Christ saying they have death coming to them. In context his bringing everything under his control is for believers, he will make everything right for us, and change our bodies like his glorious body, the enemies of Christ only having death (spiritual, physical, eternal).