Raising Hell | Ep 5: Lost Forever or Found Eventually? @RaisingHell | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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In Luke 15, Jesus details three parables back to back—the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son (prodigal). What’s most interesting is that, in all three, the owner of that which is lost never stops looking UNTIL the item that is lost is found and brought safely home.
If even one sheep out of 100 is lost, the shepherd goes out looking and does not return home until he has found it. And even then, he brings it home on his shoulders, rejoicing.
The woman who loses the coin sweeps the house carefully until she finds it and puts it back where it belongs in her purse.
The lost ("dead" even) son comes home.
And get this. No one ever pointed this out to me in church teachings before. Before the lost son ever uttered a word of remorse or repentance, the father had been scanning the horizon for him, never ceasing to look for him. When he finally saw his son "a long way off," he had compassion for him, and ran and embraced him. The father’s heart of welcoming him home had nothing to do with the son first repenting. He was a beloved son, always.
The father says my son was lost and is found. He was dead and is alive. The Greek word for “lost” here is the same one translated in the NT to indicate people are destroyed. I offer a great discussion on this Bible word (apollumi) in my book, Raising Hell, on page 252 (see link to free download below). I show why sheep, coins, and people are sometimes lost but never utterly lost, destroyed or banished. They are always brought home.
We are all lost sheep (Is. 53:6), all prodigal sons and daughters. But we are all brought home safely!
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Find this info helpful? Want to make this knowledge available for countless others? Buy me “a cup of coffee” (or help change the world for just $3/month!): patreon.com/RaisingHell. Free links to book below!
In Luke 15, Jesus details three parables back to back—the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son (prodigal). What’s most interesting is that, in all three, the owner of that which is lost never stops looking UNTIL the item that is lost is found and brought safely home.
If even one sheep out of 100 is lost, the shepherd goes out looking and does not return home until he has found it. And even then, he brings it home on his shoulders, rejoicing.
The woman who loses the coin sweeps the house carefully until she finds it and puts it back where it belongs in her purse.
The lost ("dead" even) son comes home.
And get this. No one ever pointed this out to me in church teachings before. Before the lost son ever uttered a word of remorse or repentance, the father had been scanning the horizon for him, never ceasing to look for him. When he finally saw his son "a long way off," he had compassion for him, and ran and embraced him. The father’s heart of welcoming him home had nothing to do with the son first repenting. He was a beloved son, always.
The father says my son was lost and is found. He was dead and is alive. The Greek word for “lost” here is the same one translated in the NT to indicate people are destroyed. I offer a great discussion on this Bible word (apollumi) in my book, Raising Hell, on page 252 (see link to free download below). I show why sheep, coins, and people are sometimes lost but never utterly lost, destroyed or banished. They are always brought home.
We are all lost sheep (Is. 53:6), all prodigal sons and daughters. But we are all brought home safely!
Share:
Youtube Channel: youtube.com/raisinghell
The book: Raising Hell: Christianity's Most Controversial Doctrine Put Under Fire
Free PDFs of all versions at: raisinghellbook.com
Purchase or Review:
Full length version Amazon: amzn.to/2y4jCsc
Abridged version Amazon: amzn.to/2x58bBp
Spanish version (Controversia infernal) Amazon: amzn.to/2JlNwA4
