Outer darkness
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Sep 10, 2026
JB HicksonHOST
But let's jump in today.
JB HicksonHOST
We're going to be talking about outer darkness.
JB HicksonHOST
What is outer darkness? Now, this may be a new topic to you.
JB HicksonHOST
I'm guessing it probably is for a lot of you.
JB HicksonHOST
But there is a somewhat obscure phrase that's used just a handful of times in the New Testaments.
JB HicksonHOST
and actually outer darkness is only used three times in the New Testament, and some folks have sort of latched on to this and assigned it a very dark doctrinal meaning.
JB HicksonHOST
Dark, I guess, is appropriate since it's talking about outer darkness, but they've misunderstood the context and created essentially an entire viewpoint that really Not only is it wrong, but it really invokes fear and trepidation, and it's not at all what God has for His children.
JB HicksonHOST
We're never going to face judgment as His children.
RyanHOST
yeah and we don't want to i believe
speaker_8AUDIENCE
that there's no such thing as a hell i believe that there's a such thing as an outer darkness but not a hell
RyanHOST
okay what's the difference between a hell and an outer darkness
speaker_8AUDIENCE
Outer darkness is where you're in a tiny little circle, a tiny little ball, where you're stuck in there for literally life, for eternity.
speaker_8AUDIENCE
Stuck in your thoughts.
speaker_8AUDIENCE
You're stuck in all the bad thoughts, all the bad things, and it's just pure black.
RyanHOST
To me, that sounds like a hell.
speaker_8AUDIENCE
I don't believe that hell exists.
Makelle BistlineGUEST
Yeah.
Shelise Ann SolaHOST
Outer Darkness, right? Did you guys learn about Outer Darkness in the FLDS? Oh,
Makelle BistlineGUEST
yes.
Makelle BistlineGUEST
Yes.
Chuck SmithHOST
Now, Gehenna is described as the place of the eternal abode of Satan and his followers.
Chuck SmithHOST
Jesus described Gehenna as existing in outer darkness.
Chuck SmithHOST
Our scientists have discovered galaxies that they estimate to be some 12 billion light years from the earth.
Chuck SmithHOST
But they, at the present time, believe that that is the edge of the universe.
Chuck SmithHOST
But to get out that far into the universe, you would get out into total darkness, right? What a fitting place for God to put the people who hate the light.
Chuck SmithHOST
Jesus said they will not come to the light because they hate the light.
Chuck SmithHOST
Outer darkness, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
Chuck SmithHOST
Now that would be awesome.
Matt WarrenGUEST
Um, And then Realm of Satan below.
Matt WarrenGUEST
And we'll talk a little bit about Outer Darkness there.
Matt WarrenGUEST
We'll just kind of zoom in and out as we talk about these various sections.
Matt WarrenGUEST
And I want to get your guys' thoughts too.
48 MINS LATER
Matt WarrenGUEST
Um, there've been various, um, commentary on how exactly it's split.
Matt WarrenGUEST
Um, whether there's a paradise, a prison, and then a place called hell within there as well.
Matt WarrenGUEST
Um, I, I read some opinions from, uh, church leaders who, you know, apostles who said that they thought maybe it was four, split into four to kind of match, you know, their progression to one of the three kingdoms or outer darkness.
Matt WarrenGUEST
So I don't know.