We disagree with the commentator who said that “whatever elements of man’s ultimate destiny are present in this story are of secondary application.”42 The eternal fate of the righteous and the wicked are clearly spoken of by Jesus in this text, and several general principles may be discerned. Those principles find support in other passages of the Word of God, as we shall see. A Righteous Reckoning The first principle is that after death one receives perfect judgment based on an infallible evaluation