"There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left."(Luke 17:35)

"There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left."(Luke 17:35)
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Jesus said these words when He was giving His message about His second coming.

The good ones will inherit Heaven and the bad ones hell.

What does Jesus mean when he says that one person will be taken and another left?

We will be  judged   on on the basis of  how we have  responded to his gracious mercy and invitation to accept his Son as Lord and Ruler over all.

Jesus has  given us personal freedom to accept or reject Him as Lord and Saviour.

We are free to choose the eternal kingdom of God or that of everlasting darkness.

No one can pass off their personal responsibility to someone else - no matter how close their relationship may be in this present life.

Just because two persons are  together it does not mean that both of them will go to Heaven.

The saved will be taken,  the other left.

Suppose husband and wife are living together for many years.

Each will be responsible for his or her salvation. 

One cannot guarantee his salvation just by entering a religious order.

He must work out his own salvation by cooperating with God's grace.

Jesus freely offers each one of us the grace, strength, and help we need to turn to him to receive pardon for our sins.

The head of our government rules over India as a whole, without knowing us individually.

But, God  takes care of us individually.

His love for every individual is so great that even if there is only one sinner in the world He would undergo all the sufferings that He underwent for the whole human race, for that one sinner.

True,  Jesus second coming will be for our final judgment.

But that judgment must be viewed through the mirror of His unlimited love.

The saved will be rewarded with everlasting union with God.

But the sinners rejected God using their freedom of choice.

So by themselves they will
enter into everlasting loss of God.

The saved will be rewarded with everlasting bliss.

The sinners will enter into everlasting suffering.

Lourdu Selvam.