The
“Right Eye Plucked Out”
( What Hell is Like.)
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“The Right Eye Plucked Out”
(Matthew 5:29)
Matt. 5: 29
29 “And if thy right eye”offend” thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”
This parable begins the teachings of Jesus regarding Hell. It teaches us that people will be cast into hell “bodily” or to put it another way, they will be burned up as real people having arms and legs, etc. rather than as”spirits”.
In the parable of the “wheat and the tares”, Jesus
teaches that the wicked(tares) will be “cast into hell” at
the end of the world, thus teaching that all the wicked receive their punishment at the same time.
Matthew 13: 40-42
40 “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fires; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
We will use the Concordance to see what the Bible says
about Hell, and then we will look at this Parable.
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THE BIBLE CONCEPT OF HELL
The Bible says that the fire of Hell is not "kindled"
or started until the end of the world.
Matt.13:40
"As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in
the fire; so shall it be in the end of the world."
Deut.32:22
"For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn
unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth
with her increase, and set on fire the foundations
of the mountains."
Luke12:49
"I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will
I, if it be already kindled?"
The fire of HELL is not in the earth or any place else.
Hellfire will come down from God out of heaven
and fall on the earth.
Rev.20:7,9
"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan...
shall go out to...gather them together to battle: the
number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they
went up..and compassed the camp of the saints about,
and the beloved city: and fire came down from God
out of heaven, and devoured them."
Malachi.4:1,3
"For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an
oven; and all the proud, yea, all that do wickedly,
shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn
them up,..it shall leave them neither root nor branch..
They shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in
the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."
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THE BIBLE CONCEPT OF HELL
The Hellfire will not continually burn the wicked
forever but will burn them up and then go out.
Nahum 1:9,10
"What do you imagine against the LORD? he will
make an utter end:..they shall be devoured as
stubble fully dry."
Malachi 4:1,3
"All that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the
day that cometh shall burn them up,..it shall leave
them neither root nor branch...they shall be ashes.."
Isaiah 47:14
"Behold, they shall be stubble; the fire shall burn
them;..there shall not be a coal to warm at,
nor fire to sit before it."
Hellfire destroys both body and soul of the wicked.
Matt.10:28
"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not
able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is
able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
Ezekiel 18:4
"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that
sinneth, it shall die."
Psalms 22:29
"All they that go down to the dust...and none can
keep alive his own soul."
Psalms 49:7,8
"None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
nor give to God a ransom for him: For the redemption
of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever."
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THE BIBLE CONCEPT OF HELL
No one has an "immortal soul" that lives on forever.
Only God has Immortality. Immortality is given to
the righteous as a gift from God when He comes in
the clouds of heaven . The wicked never receive
immortality but are destroyed, never to exist again.
1Timothy :15,16
..”The King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only
hath immortality"
Romans 2:7
"To them who by patient continuance in well doing
seek for glory and honor and immortality,.."
1Corinthians 15:53,54
"For ..this mortal must put on immortality.
...then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up
in victory."
Satan himself is not immortal but will be
destroyed along with all the wicked.
Ezekiel 28:12-14
"..Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God...
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth.."
Ezekiel 28:16,18,19
"I will destroy thee, O covering cherub,..
a fire.. shall devour thee, and I will bring thee
to ashes upon the earth..and never shalt thou be
any more."
Rev.20:10
"And the devil that deceived them was cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone..."
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SUMMARY OF: THE BIBLE CONCEPT OF HELL
1. The Bible says that the fire of Hell is not
kindled" or started until the end of the world.
2. The fire of HELL is not in the earth or any place
else. Hellfire will come down from God out of
heaven and fall on the earth.
3. The Hellfire will not continually burn the
wicked forever but will burn them up and go out.
4. Hellfire destroys both body and soul
of the wicked.
5. No one has an "immortal soul" that lives on
forever. Only God has Immortality. Immortality
is given to the righteous as a gift from God
when He comes in the clouds of heaven . The
wicked never receive immortality but are
destroyed, never to exist again.
6. Satan himself is not immortal but will be
destroyed along with all the wicked.
Now we will continue with the Parable of:
“The Right Eye Plucked Out”
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The Parable of: “The Right Eye Plucked Out”
(Matthew 5:29)
Matt. 5: 29
29 “And if thy right eye”offend” thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”
To “pluck out” an eye is a serious thing, whether the “eye” is literal or Spiritual! Therefore, we need to know clearly what it means to “offend” and what the
“right eye” means.
We will first look at the literal meaning of “offend”:
Offend Mt.5:29 #4624 (scandalize) to entrap or entice to sin, make ** to offend, scandal, snare, cause of sin….
Thus, to “offend” literally means to sin and cause others to sin. Now, let’s see what the Bible says about “offend”.
Matt. 13: 41
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Romans 5: 18,19
18….by the offence of one, judgment came upon all …. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, ….
Thus, the Bible agrees that to “offend” means to sin and cause others to sin.
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Let’s look at the text “Physically” first:
On the surface the text says literally or physically:
Paraphrase:
If our “eye” causes us to sin (“offend”), then it would be better for us to remove that “eye” (pluck out one of the members) and let the “eye” die (perish) than to have our “whole body” (arms, legs, feet, etc.) cast into hell.
Physically, this parable teaches us that what we look at physically will affect what we do physically and it will affect what happens to us physically (cast into hell or go to heaven).
Now, let’s look at the text “Spiritually”:
Paraphrase:
If our Spiritual “eye” causes us to sin (“offend”), then it would be better for us to remove that Spiritual “eye” (pluck out one of the members) and let the Spiritual”eye” die (perish) than to have our “whole Spiritual body” cast into hell.
A (Spiritual) “eye” is used by a (Spiritual) “body” to (Spiritually) guide each of its (Spiritual) “members”
Now we need to discover what the Spiritual meaning of this Parable is by discovering what the “right eye” and other Real Objects mean Spiritually.
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(Spiritual)
Eye = Prophet or Leader
Eye = Wisdom and Understanding
Thus the (Spiritual) “eye” of the church is its Prophet or Minister or Pastor who is supposed to lead the people wisely. In the Parable the “eye” “offended” or was a snare and caused others to sin.
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The Parable stated that the “right eye” (that offended) was to be “plucked out”.
Let’s see what the Bible says about the “right eye”.
(Spiritual) PASTOR Zechariah 11:17
Right Eye = or 17 Woe to the idol
(Darkened) SHEPHERD shepherd that
(That is “blind”) leaveth the flock!
or …his right eye
(Lacks Spiritual shall be utterly
understanding) darkened.
SHEPHERD = PASTOR or MINISTER
DARKNESS = LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
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Thus, the Bible has confirmed that the “right eye” to be plucked out, represents a Pastor or Minister who “lacks understanding” and who “leaves his flock” or fails to properly lead them and so causes them to “go astray” or
be disobedient to God.
Now we will continue on and learn the Spiritual meaning of the other Real Objects in the Parable.
(Spiritual) I Cor.12:27,28
Body = The Church Now ye are the body
of Christ, and members
in particular.
(Spiritual)
Members = Individual Persons
in the church
Conclusions:
To “offend” means to sin and cause others to sin.
A Spiritual “eye” is a Prophet or Pastor that is
supposed to lead God’s people wisely.
- A Spiritual “eye” that “offends” represents a
Pastor that causes his Church members to sin.
4. A Spiritual “right eye” that has been darkened
represents a Pastor that lacks understanding and
so causes his Church members to “go astray” or
sin.
5. A Spiritual “body” represents all the people in a
Church.
6. A Spiritual “member” represents an individual
person in a Church.
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When Jesus said; “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell”, He was Spiritually saying;
Paraphrase:
If your Pastor (right eye) lacks understanding and because of this is causing the Church members to sin because they don’t know Gods will (offend), the Church should remove him (pluck it out).
It is better for the Church that one of the members (Pastor/right eye) should be lost (perish), instead of the whole Church (whole body) being lost or cast into hell.
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Doctrinal Truth (Taught by Jesus in the Parable of
“The Right Eye Plucked Out”)
1. What we look at (physically) will affect what we do (physically) and it will affect what happens to us (physically).
2. We will either be lost (cast into hell) or saved (receive eternal life), depending upon how we control what we look at. (pluck out the right eye if it offends).
3. If we are lost (cast into hell) we will be “cast into hell” as a whole person (bodily) with arms, legs etc. and burned, rather than as a “spirit”.
4. The Pastor of a Church is to be the Spiritual “eye” or leader of the people.
5. The Pastor must have “correct understanding” of Spiritual Truth if he is to properly lead the people of the Church.
6. There are Pastors that lack correct understanding of Spiritual truth and their lack of understanding will cause the members of the Church to sin or disobey God’s will.
7. If a Church discovers that their Pastor lacks understanding of Spiritual truth they are to remove him.
8. The “removal” of a Pastor lacking understanding of Spiritual Truth is very important, in order to prevent the Whole Church from being deceived and lost or “cast into hell”.
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