ATONEMENT
God’s Will as Revealed by His
Unrequested, Unmerited, Unlimited, Atonement.
Contents By Common Reason
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1 Preface
2 Acknowledgments
3 Is There A Purpose In Creation?
3 Creation Reveals God’s Majesty.
3 God’s Desire to Reveal His Character.
4 Vanity and God’s Opportunity.
6 All Are Made Alive In Christ.
7 The Ransomed Of The Lord.
9 Chance; Of A Finished Work?
12 God Will Do All Of His Pleasure.
12 Creation’s Destiny.
13 Is Anybody Saved After Death?
15 Salvation For The Nasty Here And Now.
19 There Is Nothing Left To Fear.
21 The Day Of God’s Vengeance.
22 The Fearful And The Lake Of Fire.
24 If He Would But Can’t; or If He Could But Don’t.
26 Summary.
~ Preface
While this book is being Published with the very best of intentions, it is likely to offend many Christians. Why? Because it is a Very Strong Call to Repentance. Why would a Christian be offended by a call to repentance? Because Repentance is a call to, A Radical Change In Thinking; and most Folks don’t want to change the way they think, especially if it calls for a trip against long held, popular, and carnal, views.
The Apostle Peter first preached repentance to; “Devout Men, out of every nation under heaven”. Acts 2:5 & 38. Why would “Devout Men” need to Repent? Because a New Order had been instituted. The Old Priesthood had been replace by the Priesthood of the Son of God, who had just offered Himself as one sacrifice for sins forever. The Lamb of God had takenaway the sin of the world. See John 1:29 and Hebrews 10:1-18. The change in thinking that’s required to go from the Old, to the New, are many, and quite radical, to say the very least. How do we know if we need to repent? Very simple! When our thinking is not in Perfect Alignment with God’s thoughts, as originally revealed in the Bible. (Repent is from the compound Greek word, metanoia. It means: a radical change in thinking. It should never be confused with doing penance.)
The time has arrived when God intends to replace the many Isms and Schisms, and the Thousands of Divisions in Christianity, with Biblical Facts. This will cause Us All to Be One, just as Jesus prayed would happen, in John 17. Jesus’ prayer will be answered, won’t it? These Isms, Schisms, and Divisions has not destroyed the Finished
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Work of The Cross, from God’s perspective; but they have diminished what mankind should be receiving from God in the nasty here and now. Can unity come before the many Bible Contradictions that are now operating in Christianity has been changed by some Very Radical Changes in our thinking?
Since I’m openly Contradicting some Major Church Doctrines, (which I believe are clearly contradicting the Apostles and Prophets; and Jesus, who is the Chief of all the Prophets) at least 3 thousand copies of the first printing of this book will be placed on Church doors, (by 3’s) kindly asking those Pastors, and their friends, for their Help in Correcting Any Errors. There will be a verifiable record kept of these placements. If I am wrong, I will gladly, and quickly, REPENT. For the protection of future readers, no future printings of this book will be made until this project is completed, and these Pastors have been given a chance to reply. SILENCE on their part will be taken to mean that they Consent to what is Written Here-in.
I will make any corrections that anybody helps me with before printing any more hard copies. Then it will be distributed to as many folks as possible to help them see how they are being mislead by present Church Doctrines. Those who have been “Be-Witched”, or more correctly said, “Been Switched”, by these Contradictions, deserve to know what has been done to them and their loved ones over the last centuries, so that they can Truly Repent and enjoy the Life Work of Jesus’ Cross.
~ Acknowledgments
If anybody is qualified to write about unmerited and unconditional love, it should be me. It seems that I’ve always been on the receiving end. First from my parents who were very devoted to each other, then to me as the first of their 8 children. I only have fond memories of going to my kinfolks. Not only did my Grandparents make me feel special and loved, but so did my Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and just about everybody that happened to come along. I have no idea why they did, except that maybe they really did love me.
Then in time I came to know that God loved me. I never did think of His love for me as being anything but Unconditional, even though I was taught to fear His Judgment. I now realize that this fear did effect me much more than I had thought, by operating from the deep recesses of my heart. I want you to know these things, so you can rest assured that my writing is not out of any bitterness on my part. I do sincerely believe that anybody who knows me will tell you that I have Great Peace with God, and with my fellow man. This peace has increased tremendously since I have come to know the Bible Facts that are being communicated to you by this writing.
In my late teens, I fell in love with a precious young lady who became my wife in 1964. I was 19, she was 16. Her devotion to me has been almost beyond belief. We have 5 Children, and over a dozen Grand Children, who seems to think that I hung the stars. I’m very thankful and grateful for all of this, especially considering that I don’t really deserve any of it.
As I write the words of this book my heart goes out to those who are not so fortunate. I do sincerely hope and pray that the many questions contained in this book will have the positive effect that’s intended, by causing you to dig into the Bible for answers. May you be greatly blessed for spending your time and efforts in reading and
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researching. May the rest of your life bring Glory to God, Peace on Earth, and Goodwill to You and all of Yours.
~ Is There A Purpose In Creation?“What is God’s Ultimate Purpose In Creation? Why does a Good God allow all of the evils that are in His creation to exist? Do they serve any purpose? Will they ever come to a complete end?
“What is God’s Ultimate Purpose In Creation? Why does a Good God allow all of the evils that are in His creation to exist? Do they serve any purpose? Will they ever come to a complete end?
Whatever God’s Ultimate Plan is, can it possibly be out of accord with His Character? Jesus said in Matthew 7:17-20; “By their fruits you shall know them. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” So, can God’s Character be out of line with the fruit of His Spirit, which is; “love, joy, peace, faith, (faithfulness) longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, and temperance?” Galatians 5:22-23.
When Moses asked God to show him His Glory, didn’t God show him His Goodness, which causes Him to Be Gracious, and to Show Mercy? Exodus 33:18-19. Aren’t we Saved by Grace? Isn’t that Undeserved, Unmerited Favor? So, Can God’s Ultimate Purpose be out of line with Mercy and Grace, which shows His Glory?
Why is mankind so “Committed to Discrediting God’s Great Character”? Isn’t it because we still fancy the Serpent’s Promise to Eve that we can be, “as gods”. Romans 3:9-18 says; There is none good, no not one. Since we can’t rise to His heights, do we think that we must bring Him down to our low? Selah.
There are some really plain Bible passages and principles that are very clear; easily understood; and can be simply, and briefly, put into written, questioning, order; that will allow us to at least get a glimpse of “God’s Ultimate Purpose in Creation”, and “The Reason for all the Evils that has effected Us All”. Shall we take a look?
~ Creation Reveals God’s Majesty and GloryCreation clearly shows the wisdom, power, and majesty of Almighty God. Not only did He speak and the universe appeared; but He also put great intelligence and order into His creation.
Creation clearly shows the wisdom, power, and majesty of Almighty God. Not only did He speak and the universe appeared; but He also put great intelligence and order into His creation.
The Psalmist said: “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God”. Besides the great vastness and order of the Universe, can you even imagine putting enough wisdom into a little seed so that it can take moisture and nutrients from the soil, combine that with sunlight, and become a tree that bears fruit for us to eat; and/or lumber for us to build with; etc., etc.. And this is just one of the many trillions of the absolute wonders in the All Wise, and Almighty God’s Creation !!!
Can you fathom His awesome ability to: “Declare the end from the beginning”? See Isaiah 46:10. Don’t the fulfilled words of His Prophets, positively confirm His ability to do this? Aren’t these fulfilled words also our very best confirmation that there surely is an All Knowing, and Almighty God? Don’t this also confirm that “He did have A Plan and A Purpose”, for His Creation from the very beginning?
~ God’s Desire to Reveal His Character
Creation does clearly show that God’s wisdom, power, and majesty, are truly awesome, and way beyond our comprehension; but, does the Glory and the Majesty of Creation Reveal His Character? What Is God Really Like? What Spirit Is He Of? Is He Evil, Harsh, Arrogant, Hateful, and a Terrorist? Or, is He Good, Peaceful, Loving, Faithful, Merciful, Gentle, and Kind? (The real question seems to be: “Did man need a Savior, or did God need mankind to save?” Amazingly, it is evident that the latter is the way that it really is!)
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Is there any better or clearer way to know the true meaning, and the real value of anything, than by comparing it’s presence, to it’s absence? Isn’t the absence of light, darkness; the absence of heat, cold; the absence of love, fear; the absence of peace, chaos; the absence of joy, sorrow; the absence of goodness, evil; the absence of fact, error; the absence of understanding, ignorance? Etc., etc.. Isn’t God absent, at least in part, from the heart and mind of anybody that walks in darkness? See 1 John1:5-7. (Isn’t our way, simply our will in action?) Does it really matter whether this absence is real, or just a perception? Aren’t the end results exactly the same? Aren’t our perceptions responsible for all of our beliefs; therefore being the foundation for our actions, our state of being, and our reality?
Could He express “What He’s Really Like”, and “What Spirit He’s Really Of”, without other Intelligent Creatures that could closely relate to Him? Even then, wouldn’t these creatures have to act contrary to His Will, for the fruit of His Spirit to be clearly revealed, and understood? So, could there be any better way for God to Reveal His Character, than by making His Creation Subject to Vanity, as Romans 8:19-39 says; and then put, “The Iniquities of Us All”, upon Himself, as Isaiah 53:6 says? Don’t this Biblical and Historical Fact Firmly Establish His Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement? Selah.
Is there any greater Healing Power than His Unconditional Love? When Anybody comes to Truly Know This God of Infinite Kindness; and the Healing Power that comes out of His Great Love, as Revealed by His Grace, and His Mercy, which Endures Forever, will they Be Able to Resist Relinquishing their Own Will to Him, there-by Making a Total Commitment to Him?
~ Vanity, and God’s Opportunity
Romans 8:19-31 says: For the earnest expectation of creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. (The word creature and creation in this passage, from the KJV, are from the exact same Greek word. So I use creation in every case. It’s evident to me, that “All of Creation”, is what Paul had in mind, not just one creature.) Creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who has subjected the same in hope, because creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not they only, but ourselves also which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
So, how did God make creation subject to vanity? Didn’t He just create a human being with great intelligence, and “A Will of His Own”; put him in the Garden of Eden with two trees, and tell him not to eat from one of those trees? Didn’t God foreknow that man would act out of his “Own Will”, and do exactly what he was told not to do?
Hasn’t the vanity that comes out of “Man’s Will” produced enough chaos, hurts, and evils to allow all of mankind “To Know the Horror of the Darkness Of God’s Absence”? Can’t “The Light of the Glory of God’s Presence” now be Clearly Known, by “Comparing It To the Horror of the Darkness Of His Absence”? Hasn’t It also produced the ideal opportunity for God to “Reveal His True Character”; and to Teach all of His Creation of His Ways, and what Spirit He’s of, by His Own Loving Example? (Blessed is the person who walks in the light of understanding, and in the joy, peace, and love of God’s goodness, and puts his faith in absolute Bible facts. Pity those folks who live in sorrow, evil, chaos, and fear, that comes from walking in the darkness of
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not Knowing and Believing God’s Love. Pity the person who places His Faith in some Popular Error, instead of in absolute and solid Bible Facts, thinking that some how or another, his faith can, and will, Produce a Fact. It can’t, and it won’t.)
So, if God did declare the end from the beginning, as Isaiah 46:10 says, can’t we say that God put mankind on this earth, foreknowing every evil tyrant, murderer, child molester, rapist, thief, liar, and such like, that would ever live; as well as every war, and every case of sickness and disease that would befall mankind? But, can we rightly blame God in any way for any of the problems and evils that has come upon us because of this vanity? Haven’t they all come out of the exercise of Man’s Own Will? (Isn’t there a vast difference between Foreknowledge and Predestination? Couldn’t God have Foreknown these Evils that would come out of man’s will, and His Corrective Involvement, without Him actually Predestining them? Can we Charge God for any of the evils that has come out of man’s own will? But, didn’t He Predestinate A Very Good Ending that is being worked out through His Mighty, and Gracious, Redemption Plan?)
Psalms 90:3 says: Thou turned man to destruction; and said, Return ye Children of men. Aren’t this words being spoken by the same voice that spoke all of Creation into existence? So, isn’t “The Return of the Children of Men”, just as sure as Creation?
Even though we don’t have a just cause to blame God for any of these sorrows and evils, didn’t God have the right to take all of man’s blame upon Himself? Isn’t this what Jesus Christ, or Emmanuel, God With Us, has Already Done? Wasn’t Emmanuel wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities? Didn’t Emmanuel have the chastisement of our peace placed upon Him? Haven’t All we like sheep gone astray, and turned to his own way? Didn’t Father God lay upon Emmanuel, God with us, the iniquities of Us All? Wasn’t Father God Satisfied when He saw the Travail of the Soul of Emmanuel? Isaiah 53. (I’m working on a list of those who’s iniquities have not already been placed upon Emanuel, God with us, by God Himself, at the Cross; even if they haven’t asked, don’t deserve it, and may not even know it. If you know of someone, please let me know so I can put them on my list. So far I don’t have a single name on it.)
Don’t this passage speak clearly of an Unlimited, Unrequested, and Unmerited Atonement, for All of Mankind; which clearly reveals that Father God’s Spirit is of Loving Kindness, Mercy, Goodness, and Peace?
Don’t this also confirm that man’s sins are “Forgiven For His Name’s Sake”, just as 1 John 2:12 says? Wasn’t all of this completely fulfilled already at Jesus’ Cross? Can Anything ever Undo what God has Already Done? Why even try? If We All like sheep have gone astray, and He has already put The Iniquities of Us All on Emmanuel, how can His Atonement possibly be Limited, or Merited, or by Man‘s Request? Is it proper to Ask Father God to do for Us Individually what He has already done for Us All, Collectively? Isn’t that an attempt to make God our, “Errand Boy”? Isn’t a prayer of Thanksgiving much more suitable?
If Father God saw the Travail of the Soul of Emmanuel, and is Satisfied, who, or what, can Un-Satisfy this Satisfied God? Can we Verify, by the Bible, that God has been Angry since the Cross?
So, didn’t God look ahead to the very end of time, and take upon Himself the Iniquities of Us All, and Pay Every Man’s Penalty in Full, for Every Sin and Evil Act that He Foreknew would come out of the Vanity that He has made Us All subject to? Didn’t He do this without Man’s Request or Merit? Don’t this Reveal His True Character, and The Fruit of His Spirit? Can you offer any better explanation for either Vanity and Evil: or for Emmanuel taking upon Himself The iniquities of Us All? Can any Creature who Clearly Understands this Act of Loving Kindness,
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Resist it’s Healing Power; or Resist Relinquishing their Own Will to, and Making a Total Commitment to, this Loving God?
Is there any need to try to dispute what’s already been done by the Finished Work of His Cross; and is also confirmed by history, and a multitude of very clear Bible passages?
What was finished at His Cross? What remains to be finished? This is clearly shown, in type, by the 2 doves that were offered for leprosy, and the two goats for the sin offering. See Leviticus chapters 14 and 16. One dove was killed. The other one was dipped in it’s blood and released, alive. One goat was killed. The other goat was released into uninhabited land, after the Priest had laid his hands upon it and confessed the sins of the people. Without going into details, we can simply say that one dove, and one goat, was A Death Work, and the others were A Life Work. Jesus completed the Death Work for Us All at His Cross; however it’s Life Work is only completed when His Blood is applied to our heart. We will see these two manifestations again and again. One example is the salvation that’s by grace, which was completed at His Cross; and then the salvation that Philippians 2:12 says we must work out, by realizing that it is Christ Jesus that works in us, to will and to do of His good pleasure. Another example is the work that was completed by the Faith that Jesus “Authored and Finished” for Us All in His Death Work on the Cross; and then the work that is finished by Our Faith in His Death Work. Are you trying to finish the Death Work of Jesus’ Cross with your own works? If you are, you will never enter into the Salvation of it’s Life Work. According to Romans 10:1-10, you need to “Get Saved”. Entering into this Life Work will heal and change the sickest and the hardest of hearts; which will change even the worst behavior. The need to distinguish between these two works, and man’s proper response to each of these Works, is without any doubt Christianity’s greatest shortcoming, and the area of our greatest need for, “A Radical Change In Thinking”! We will speak more of these two works later on; yet we will still not dig nearly deep enough into these two Concepts. This is an area that your attention to, would be very profitable.
~ All Are Made Alive In Christ
As in Adam all die; even so in Christ shall all be made alive; every man in his own order. 1 Corinthians 15:22-23. (Both the Hebrew and Greek words that are translated as “ALL”, are also translated as ANY, EVERY, and THE WHOLE. So, this could have been rightly translated to say: As in Adam, EVERY man died, even so in Christ shall EVERY man be made alive. Don’t this confirm that EVERY PERSON will experience His Life Work at some point in time?)God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. (If God is not imputing any trespasses to the world, why are so many folks saying that He is?) For He has made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:19-21. For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8. (Did you notice that it’s not even your own faith, but His, which is given to you by His Grace?)
God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. (If God is not imputing any trespasses to the world, why are so many folks saying that He is?) For He has made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:19-21. For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8. (Did you notice that it’s not even your own faith, but His, which is given to you by His Grace?)
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by the faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe. Romans 3:21-22. (Is our faith important? Sure !!! “Right Standing With God”, is by the Faith of Jesus. This is a manifestation of the Death Work of His Cross, and is Unto All. But it’s only Upon Those Who Believe that His Faith has already given them right standing with God”. This is the manifestation of the Life Work of His Cross. Not understanding the difference in what Jesus’ faith has already done, in His Death Work; and what our faith still needs to do in the Life Work, is a source of much confusion for many, many folks, who are trying to finish what the Death
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Work of Jesus has already completed; there-by preventing them from ever entering into the Life Work that needs to be finished, through our faith in the absolute completeness of His Death Work. Our faith effects our thinking, which effects what we receive from God in this lifetime, and how we live in the nasty here and now. But, does it effect our Final Destination? How can it, if Righteousness, or Right Standing with God, is by the Faith of Jesus Christ, and is Unto All. And if Every Man is going to be made alive in Christ, in his own order, therefore entering into the Life Work of Christ?)
Aren’t these Passages clearly saying that: Every Man will be made alive in Christ? That God is not imputing any sins to The World? That He who knew no sin was made to be sin for us? That We’re saved by grace, through faith that’s not ours, but is the gift of God? That Right Standing with God is by The Faith of Jesus, and is Unto All; and is Upon All That Believe”?
Could God really refer to Himself as A Just God, if He were not also: The Savior of All the Ends of the Earth, as Isaiah 45:21-24 says? Didn’t He establish that He is all of this, and much more, by; Reconciling the World unto Himself, and by, Not Imputing Trespasses to Them; all without any human being Asking Him to, or Meriting it? (There are many lords, and many gods. Do you know “a god”; or do you know “The True God”? But, regardless of what anybody does know, or don’t know, about the True God; or what their experience, or conduct is, in this Lifetime; in the end, won’t the True God still Be, All-In-All, just as 1 Corinthians 15:28 says?)
~ The Ransomed Of The Lord
There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who Gave Himself A Ransom for All, to be testified (witnessed) in due time. 1 Timothy 2:5-6. The Ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (If you know of someone who didn’t get ransomed by Jesus, will you please let me know so I can add them to my list. Until I have a name on this list, I will assume that All got Ransomed, so All will be Returning to Zion with singing and everlasting joy on their heads.) … All they that despised Thee shall bow down at the soles of Thy feet; and they shall call Thee, “The City of The Lord, The Zion of The Holy One of Israel”. Isaiah 35:10 & 60:14.God has concluded them all in unbelief that He might have mercy on all. Romans 11:32. If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and He is the Propitiation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2.
God has concluded them all in unbelief that He might have mercy on all. Romans 11:32. If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and He is the Propitiation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2.
So, Did Jesus give Himself “A Ransom For All”, to be witnessed in due time? Was Jesus Christ “The Propitiation” (The Full Ransom Payment) for the sins of the whole world? Will “The Ransomed of the Lord come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads”? Will All who have despised Him bow at the soles of His feet; and “Be Called The City of The Lord; The Zion of The Holy One of Israel?” (This Hebrew word for bow, is translated 5 times as often as some form of “Worship”, in the KJV, as it is as, “Bow”. So, when the Bible speaks of every knee bowing, isn’t it really speaking of every person who will ever live, coming to Him with “Worship”? So, isn’t Isaiah 60:14 and Revelation 5:13 the very same event? “Every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are under the sea, and all that are in them I heard saying; Blessing, Honor, Glory, and Power be unto Him that sits on the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Does the Bible ever say that any of these Worshippers are Turned Away?)
Hasn’t God purposed according to His own good pleasure, to gather “All Together In One, In Christ”, in the dispensation of the fullness of times. as Ephesians 1:9-10 says? Can
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the God who has, Purposed To Gather All Together In One, be the same God who is going to have a second gathering place? (Would a True Christian attempt to Contradict what God has Purposed To Do, as revealed in this Very Clear Bible Passage, by saying there will be Two Gathering Places? Or, wouldn’t that be an Augustinian, who is Only Posing as a Christian? Who are the Augustinians? Aren’t they followers of the teachings of Augustine? Don’t they worship a god who they say will gather all together in two places; one of Never Ending Bliss; and then one of Never Ending Torment? Don’t this openly and arrogantly contradict the Sure Foundation of True Christianity, which is the Apostles and the Prophets, with Jesus as the Chief Corner Stone? Ephesians 2:20. Don’t they also teach a Limited, Requested, and Merited, Atonement for Sins? Haven’t they established themselves as a Major World Religion by Posing as, and by Calling themselves Christians? Didn’t the Apostle Paul, and Dr. Luke, warn us in Acts 20:30 that men would arise from among us who would draw away disciples after themselves by speak perverse things? Haven’t these Augustinians “Been-Switched”, from being True Christians? I believe that their honest intentions is to be a True Christian; but would a True Christian ever deny what the Prophets and the Apostles have repeatedly said about the Unlimited, Unrequested, and Unmerited Atonement for Sins? Would a True Christian openly contradict this “One Gathering Place” for All of mankind; and God finally “Being All, In All”?)
Has He concluded us all in unbelief so He could have mercy upon Us All, just as Romans 11:32 says? So, is God Merciful to Believers, or to Unbelievers? What could be more merciful than Jesus giving Himself a Ransom for Us All, and then bringing Us All into Zion with songs and everlasting joy, whether any of us deserves it or not? Does any of us really deserve it? (Where does the concept come from that any man could ever be good enough to get God’s favor? Jesus said; There is none good, except God. Matthew 19:17 and Luke 18:19.)
Does Knowing the Truth Make you Free, as John 8:32 says? Is there Liberty, where the Spirit of the Lord is, as 2 Corinthians 3:17 says? Will We All Be Judged by, The Law of Liberty, as James 2:12 says? (The Greek word “eleutherwoo”, from which Free and Liberty were translated, means; to exempt from moral, mortal, and ceremonial liability.) Isn’t being Exempted from All of these Liabilities possible only because Jesus became Fully Liable, in Ever Man’s Place, at Pilate’s Judgment Hall, and was The Full Ransom Payment for the Sin Debt of the Whole World, at His Cross? Isn’t being Ransomed from These Liabilities what makes it possible for a person to Walk in the Spirit; and to Be Judged Righteous? If any Doctrine brings Moral, Mortal, and Ceremonial Liability back upon Us, can it possibly produce a “Walk In The Spirit”; or bring folks into “The Truth”? If we know what “The Truth Does”, won’t it be much easier to recognize and to accept what, or who, “The Truth Is”?
So, are “The Ransomed of The Lord” going to come to Zion with singing and everlasting joy upon their heads? Was Jesus; “The Ransom For All”; and, “The At-one-ment”, for the sins of the whole world? Did He conclude Us All in Unbelief so He could have Mercy upon Us All? Does “The Truth” make Us Exempt from Moral, Mortal, and Ceremonial Liability? Is “The Law of Liberty”, or Exemption from Moral, Mortal, and Ceremonial Liability, the basis for All Judgment, as James 2:12 says?
If these passages are True, don’t common sense tell us that “All, All, All, were Ransomed, Ransomed, Ransomed, by Jesus Christ; so we All, All, All, are Going, Going, Going, To Zion, Zion, Zion,” with Songs, Songs, Songs, and Everlasting Joy, Joy, Joy, upon our heads: and that Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrow, and Sighing, Sighing, Sighing, shall Flee, Flee, Flee, Away, Away, Away, from us All, All, All?
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~ Chance … Or A Finished Work?By the offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so, by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Romans 5:18. So, according to this passage, didn’t the offence of one bring judgment on “All Men”, to Condemnation, while the Righteousness of One, brought the Free Gift of Justification unto Life, upon All? Isn’t all of this Past Tense? Was Man’s Choice involved either way? Don’t Even So, mean Equally So? Can any requirements for membership be added to only one side of this equation, without destroying it’s “Evenness”? If participation “Was Not By Choice” in Adam, would it be Truly Equal, if it “Was By Choice” in Jesus? Where is the Evenness, if Adam’s Sin is in any way Greater than Jesus’ Gift of Right Standing?
By the offense of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so, by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Romans 5:18. So, according to this passage, didn’t the offence of one bring judgment on “All Men”, to Condemnation, while the Righteousness of One, brought the Free Gift of Justification unto Life, upon All? Isn’t all of this Past Tense? Was Man’s Choice involved either way? Don’t Even So, mean Equally So? Can any requirements for membership be added to only one side of this equation, without destroying it’s “Evenness”? If participation “Was Not By Choice” in Adam, would it be Truly Equal, if it “Was By Choice” in Jesus? Where is the Evenness, if Adam’s Sin is in any way Greater than Jesus’ Gift of Right Standing?
Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive; but every man in His own order. … That God may be all in all. 1 Corinthians 15:21-28. Does this passage say “All will be given A Chance to Be Made Alive in Christ? Or does it say that “Every Man Will Be Made Alive, in his own order? Didn’t Adam’s unfaithfulness cause sin’s penalty, which was never more than death, to pass upon all men, “Without Their Choice”? In the end of time, will Almighty God be given A Chance to be All In All? Or will He be All In All, by His Own Purpose and Work? (Isn’t Jesus the example of what it means for God to be All there is in a person? So, in the end won’t We All be Conformed to the Image of the Son, just as Romans 8:29 says? More about this being “Conformed to the image of the Son”, later on. )
Did God tell Abraham that He was going to give all the Families of the earth, “A Chance To Be Blessed”, through his Seed, which is Christ? See Genesis 22:18, 28:14, and Galatians 3:16. Or, didn’t He say, “They Would Be Blessed”? If God didn’t say that His Blessing for All the Families of the Earth would be by Chance, does the Augustinians have a right to add it? Aren’t the plagues added to those who add to “This Book”? Revelation 22:18.
Does 1 Timothy 2:4 say that God Wills that All men Be Given A Chance To Be Saved? Or, does it say that; God Will Have All Men To Be Saved? Is Almighty God so Puny that He must Abandon His Will that All Be Saved because of Man’s Lack of Co-operation in this lifetime? If He is this Puny, then He is not really Almighty, is He? So, what about the 57 times that the Bible refers to Him as Almighty?
Does 1 Timothy 2:5 say Jesus gave himself, so that folks would Have A Chance to be Ransomed? Or, does it say that, He Gave Himself A Ransom For All, To Be Testified in Due Time?
Does Isaiah 35:10 say that The Ransomed of the Lord will be given A Chance To Return to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy on their heads? Or, does it say that; The Ransomed Of The Lord, Will Return To Zion, with singing and everlasting joy on their heads, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away?
Does Isaiah 45:21-24 say that every knee will be given A Chance To Bow? Or, does it say that God has Sworn by Himself, that Every Knee Will Bow, and Every Tongue Will Swear, saying; In the Lord I have Righteousness (right standing) and Strength? (Since it was God who made creation subject to the vanity that has caused all of the evils in the earth, could He rightly refer to Himself as “A Just God”, if He were not also; “The Savior of All of the Ends of the Earth”, just as Isaiah 45:21-24 says? Would it be Justice for God, if He didn’t get All that Jesus Ransomed?)
Does 2 Corinthians 5:19 say that the world is being given “A Chance to be Reconciled to
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God? Or, does it say that “God in Christ, Has Reconciled the World unto Himself”, and by His Own Choice Is, Not Imputing Trespasses To The World?
Does 1 John 4:14 say that the Father sent the Son to give the world “A Chance To Be Saved”? Or, does it say; The Father Sent The Son To Be The Savior Of The World? Is the world saved because of Man’s Choice; or, because of God’s Own Purpose and Choice?
Does 1 Peter 1:4-5 say that mankind is given A Chance To Be Begotten Again? Or does it say that By His abundant mercy He Has Begotten (fathered) Us Again, unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. 1 Peter 1:4-5. (The root Greek word for begotten is genos; which means to procreate, properly of the fathered, and by implication, of the mother. It’s also translated as born, and it is the root word in regeneration. The term fathered again, will give us a much clearer picture of what Peter means here; what Paul means in Titus 3:5-7; and also what Jesus meant in John 3:3-8. Did you Choose who your earthly father would be; or when you would be fathered? So, are we Begotten Again; or Fathered Again; by Our Choice? According to the Apostle Peter, wasn’t the Entire Human Race Fathered Again, by the Resurrection of Jesus’ from the dead? Didn’t this complete the Death Work that’s involved in our New Birth? If Jerusalem which is from above, which is the City of Peace, is the Mother of us all, as Galatians 4:26 says, isn’t the Life Work, or the Mothering part of our New Birth, completed only when we enter into the Peace of Knowing and Believing, without any shadow of doubt, that our inheritance, which is incorruptible, undefiled, and fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us, is now totally secure? Aren’t “We All” the Heirs of the Son, as Psalms 2:8 and Hebrews 1:2 says? If we are, how can this process not be completed in everyone of us, by God’s own Purpose and Choice? Is this how The Child who was born; and, The Son who was given; becomes, The Everlasting Father, of Isaiah 9:6?)
Does Acts 3:21-22 say; All of the Holy Prophets have said that All will be given A Chance To Be Restored? (Didn’t Moses say that Jesus would be the Chief of all Prophets? Isn’t this also what Peter is saying in Acts 3:22?) Or, does it say that All of the Holy Prophets, including Jesus, has said; “All Will Be Restored”? (Can All Be Restored to a state of being either good, or very good, as Genesis 1 & 2 says, while even one is in Eternal Torment? Can the God who has spoken of restoring all, be the same god whom the Augustinians say is not going to restore all; but is going Torment billions Eternally? Wasn’t it Dr. Luke who wrote that; “All Will Be Restored”; in Acts 3:21? If the Rich Man of Luke 16:19-31 was in a place of Never Ending Torment, wouldn’t Dr. Luke be contradicting himself? Would A True Christian Accuse Dr. Luke, who Wrote Acts 3:21-22; and the Apostle Peter who spoke the words of Acts 3:21-22; and Jesus, “Who is the Chief All of the Holy Prophets”; of Contradicting Themselves, and All of the other Holy Prophets; by “Speaking of The Times of Restitution of All; and also of “Eternal Torment”? Would a True Christian openly contradict the many Bible passages quoted here-in? Would they place the Final Outcome of God’s Creation in the Hands of Chance, or Man’s Choice, when the Apostles and Prophets have repeatedly placed it in the Hands of God’s Purpose? Wouldn’t this have to be from Augustinians, who have been Been-Switched, and Deceived into Posing as Christians? Isn’t the Cross, which clearly reveals God’s Unconditional Love for Us All, “A Finished Work”, Completed by God’s Will, not by Man’s Request or Merit? So, isn’t every man’s final response to that “Finished Work” what’s not yet complete?)
Aren’t All of these Passages a part of “The Foundation of The Apostles and Prophets”? Ephesians 2:20-22. Is “A Choice, or A Chance”, mentioned in any of them? If it’s not there, do the Augustinians, or anybody else, have the right to add it? If God has Purposed It, and Spoken It, can Anybody Resist Father God’s Will to the point of stopping it from happening? (If God has spoken of Restoring All by Jesus and all of the other Holy Prophets, is it even possible that anybody
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will not come to an agreeable, final response to it? Can we deny God’s Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement; and His Unconditional Love for Every Man; Or any other part of “The Finished Work of His Cross”, without expressing “Unbelief in Jesus”? So, Aren’t All Augustinians really, “Unbelievers”?)
Isn’t Chance, which comes out of Man’s Will, what has made Creation subject to vanity, evil, and chaos? Isn’t it the very heart of the sin and evil problem? How could it ever be the solution? Isn’t the Relinquishing of Our Will to the Lordship of Jesus, the only way for Creation to ever be free of vanity, evil and chaos? More about this later.
Is God so puny that He can’t direct, or change man’s will? Have you ever considered the story of the Prophet Jonah? Didn’t he rebel against God’s call, and head away from Nineveh? But, didn’t he cry out to God from the belly of hell, then go into Nineveh and preach to it the message that God had given him? Didn’t the wicked inhabitants of that city, from the greatest of them, to the least of them, believe God, and proclaim a fast, and humble themselves before God? Didn’t they turn from their evil ways? Didn’t God Repent (Change His mind, or thinking) of the evil that He had said He would do to them? Didn’t Jonah do this preaching after he was brought up out of hell? See Jonah 2:2. Don’t the Hebrew word for hell, mean the place or state of the dead? Wasn’t he in hell forever? Wasn’t this “Forever” really just three days? Didn’t he relinquish his will to God while he was in hell? Didn’t God deliver him from hell (The place of, and/or state of death) in spite of his acts of disobedience before his death, after he acknowledged that: They who observe lying vanities, forsake their own mercy, and then, Spoke to God with the Voice of Thanksgiving? Is it possible that the folks of Nineveh believed Jonah because they worshipped the fish god; and they knew that Jonah had been vomited out of the mouth of the fish? If the will of Jonah, and All of the Inhabitants of Nineveh could be so easily led to relinquish their will, to the will of the Almighty, and All Wise God, what makes anybody think that God can’t finally cause every man to relinquish their will to Him? Selah!
Yes, we’re all given “A Certain Degree of Chance”, to do well, or to wreck our life, in This Lifetime; but can anything Invalidate God’s Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement, which Secures Everybody’s Afterlife? As we sow, we will reap, in this lifetime. But, by Knowing and Believing the Love that God has for Us All; won’t God’s Love be Perfected in us; as 1 John 4:16-18 says, then we will sow seed by measuring out this love to others, and reap fruit out of the light and love of the glory and goodness of God’s presence?
Hasn’t God sowed abundantly by having His Son give Himself A Ransom For Us All. So, won’t His harvest include Us All? Would it be Justice for Him if He didn’t Get All that Jesus has Ransomed?
How do we know that chance will surrender to God’s Purpose? Because God has Spoken of the Times of Restitution of All, by The Prophet Jesus, and All of the other Holy Prophets since the world began. Because Every tongue will swear, saying in the Lord I have righteousness and strength. Because In Christ, All shall be made alive. Because God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing trespasses to them. Because the man, Christ Jesus gave himself a Ransom for All to be testified in due time.” Because the Ransomed of the Lord will return to Zion with singing and everlasting joy upon their heads. Because “God will have All Men to Be Saved”. Because “Father God sent the son to be the Savior of the World”. Because “God will bring His Purpose to Pass”. We love Him Because He First Loved Us. 1 John 4:19.
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~ God Will Do All His PleasureIsaiah 46:9-11 says; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My council shall stand, and I will do all of my pleasure. … I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Don’t this passage reveal the very essence of what it really means to be “The Almighty, All Knowing, God”? Don’t it also confirm that God has A Predetermined Destiny for His Creation, as many other Bible writers have said? Would He be “Almighty and All Knowing”, if He could not, or did not, “Declare the end from the beginning; and if He did not Speak of, and also Do, All of His Pleasure?”)
Isaiah 46:9-11 says; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My council shall stand, and I will do all of my pleasure. … I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Don’t this passage reveal the very essence of what it really means to be “The Almighty, All Knowing, God”? Don’t it also confirm that God has A Predetermined Destiny for His Creation, as many other Bible writers have said? Would He be “Almighty and All Knowing”, if He could not, or did not, “Declare the end from the beginning; and if He did not Speak of, and also Do, All of His Pleasure?”)
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior: Who Will Have All Men To Be Saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:3-4. Some Greek scholars say this passage should say; God Will Have It No Other Way, Except That All Men Be Saved. The Apostle Paul, who wrote this, was one of the most Learned men in the Scripture. Timothy was also “A Learned Teacher”. Both men were very familiar with what “All The Holy Prophets”, had spoken. Wouldn’t these men have surely known from the writings of All The Holy Prophets, the many, many places where God has spoken of “The Times of the Restitution of All”, by the mouth of “All The Holy Prophets” (of whom Jesus is surely the Chief) since the world began? So, “Will God Have It Any Other Way, Except That All Be Saved”?
Is God’s Will that “All Be Saved”, just “A Dreamy Wish”, as the Augustinians, who are Posing as Christians, seem to be saying? Wouldn’t Any Wish of God Be His Pleasure? Can anything stop Him From Doing All Of His Pleasure? Is Mankind’s Final Destiny really left in the Hands of Religious Systems that are Full of Many Questionable Isms, Schisms, Divisions, and Evils? The Apostles and Prophets say, Not!!! Paul speaks very plainly of God’s Plan for “Creation’s Destiny” in Ephesians 1, and Romans 8. Is Almighty God so Feeble that He can’t accomplish any part of what He has spoken of as, “His Will”?
What thinking person could even imagine, that for any reason what-so-ever, the All Wise and Almighty God “Can Not”, or “Will Not”, accomplish His Will that All Be Saved, just as the Bible has repeatedly said?
~ Creation’s Destiny
Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He has purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in Him: in whom also we have an inheritance, … The fullness of Him that filleth all in all. Ephesians 1:9-11 & 23.
Will there be really be Two Gathering Places; One of Peace and Joy; and One of Never Ending Torment; as the Augustinians, who are Only Posing as Christians, are saying, in clear contradiction to this Bible Passage? Or, according to His Good Pleasure, which He has Purposed in Himself, will God Gather Us All Together in One, in Christ, and, Fill All-In-All, as this Bible Passage says? If He can’t Gatherer Us All in One, how can it be said that He is All Wise and Almighty?
Whom He did foreknow, (The Greek word proginosko means to fore-know; not, fore-chosen.) He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, whom He did predestinate, them He also called; and whom He called, them He also justified; and whom He justified, He also glorified. (Will
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you please help me with my list of those whom God didn’t Foreknow. Until I do get at least one name on this list, I will assume that God did Foreknow, and has Predestined “Us All”; therefore “We All” will be Conformed to the Image of His Son; and also be Called, Justified, and Glorified? If We All were Foreknown, and if the Apostle Paul is right in the words of this passage, aren’t We All Fore-Chosen?) If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all? (I leave out the word “Things”, because it’s not in the Greek text here, nor about 97% of the other places that it’s used in the KJV.) For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, … nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:29-39. (So, why do the Augustinians, or anybody else, say that God’s love for a person ends at death?)
If God did Foreknow Us All as this Bible Passage clearly says; won’t We All be Conformed to the Image of His Son; and be Called, Justified, and Glorified? Will anybody go into Everlasting Torment who has been Conformed to the Image of Jesus; and has been “Called, Justified, and Glorified”? Selah.
There would be a long list of things necessary for any person to be “Conformed to the Image of Jesus”; but, wouldn’t the “Relinquishing of Our Will” to Father God, just as Jesus did when He prayed, “Father, not my will, but thine be done”, surely top any list?
Didn’t vanity began with “Man Expressing His Will”? Can it’s sin and evils ever end without “Us All Totally, and Willingly, Relinquishing Our Will to The Lordship of Jesus Christ”? Isn’t this what Isaiah 45:22-24, 60:14, Psalms 110:1, Acts 2:35, Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:10-11, Hebrews 1:13, 10:13, and many, many other Bible passages which says; Every knee will bow to God; every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord; and every enemy will become His footstool; are all telling us will finally happen? If we don’t do this relinquishing of our will to Him in our mortal lifetime, is there any other possibility than after we die? Didn’t Jonah relinquish his will to God from the belly of hell? Wasn’t he delivered from hell? Is this why “Good News”, is Preached to the Dead, as 1 Peter 4:6 says? If death can’t separate Us All from God’s Love, as Romans 8:39 says, will all of this bowing and confessing Jesus as Lord count, if it’s done after death? Does any of these Bible Passage say it will be too late? If the Bible don’t say it, who has a right to add it?
~ Is Anybody Saved After Death?
Of Course Not ! God Had A Much Better Plan Than That !
God has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world (or time) began. 2 Timothy 1:9. If God ignored Man’s Works; and “Saved Us According to His Own Purpose and Grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus Before the World Began”, wasn’t Salvation for the Afterlife a Finished Work, at least in the Plan of God, Before He Created the World? (If it was Already Done, in His Plan, before the world, or time, began, how can it ever be to late? If it’s by God’s Purpose, can Man’s Will, or Works; or Lack There-of, Cancel it, as the Augustinians who are Posing as Christians are saying? Can you believe that the Augustinians, who are Posing as Christians, are contradicting this passage, and many, many others, based on the very Questionable Translation of one Greek word, aionios?)
The Greek word aionios, is translated here as, WORLD, and is exactly the same word that the KJV also translates as Everlasting, Eternal, and Forever. Aionios is the adjective form of the Greek noun, aion, which means; an age, and/or a period of time. Can any adjective ever mean
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something completely different than the noun it modifies? The rules of proper grammar says it can’t. If a noun means TIME, can it’s adjective ever truly mean, THE ABSENCE OF TIME? Isn’t Eternity best described as the Absence of Time? Did they translate aionios as the Time Word, World, in this passage, instead of Eternity, because there is no such a thing as “Before Eternity”, so a TIME WORD is the only thing that would rightly apply here? If ever, under any circumstances, aionios means TIME, can it ever, under any conceivable circumstances, also mean; THE ABSENCE OF TIME?
Is there even one single place in the Bible where Never Ending Torment is not tied to This Very Questionable, Translation? Translate aionios as the time word that it always is, and every hint of the god of, and also the Doctrine of Never Ending Torment, simply disappears from the entire Bible. Is this why “Getting Saved from Never Ending Torment” is not taught about even one single time, by any Apostle, or any Prophet, in the entire Bible?
If any word could mean one thing, and also mean the absence of, or the total opposite of, that exact same thing, how would you know for sure whether light, means light, or darkness? Or if hot, means hot, or cold? Or if up, means up, or down? Or if in, means in, or out? Isn’t it just as wrong, and confusing, to translate a WORD that clearly means TIME, as a WORD that means, THE ABSENCE OF TIME?
Wouldn’t this way of using Any Word Create a Lot of Confusion? Yes it would !! Yes it has !! And yes it is !! (Isn’t Babylon, the Great Mother of Harlots, of Revelation 17 & 18, simply, “A State of Confusion”? Don’t Confusion cause Unfaithfulness to God, which is called Adultery; while Understanding leads to Faithfulness. Did you know that Babylon is not conquered nor subdued; but simply falls? Revelation 18:2. Can Babylon fall without confusion being replaced by understanding? Is this what is about to happen? I sure hope so!!! Don’t You?)
Why do Augustinians, who are Posing as Christians, contradict what’s so often written, and spoken of as God’s Will that All Be Saved, based on such a Questionable Translation of this One Word? Is this why they have so many Isms, Schisms, and Divisions?
Eternity is being confused with what the Bible calls; “The Ages To Come”. If you don’t know to separate The Ages to Come from Eternity, there are many Bible Truths that won’t make any sense at all to you. This diagram helped me to Separate Time, or Aions, from Eternity. An Endless line represents eternity. The circle represents “The Ages, or Aions”.
No end. O No end
Time came out of Eternity at The Beginning, and will go back into eternity at The End. All Vanity and Evil will certainly be dealt with in “The Aions, or Ages To Come, not In Eternity”; because at the end, God Will Be, All In All. 1 Corinthians 15:22-28. Can there be any Vanity or Evil left Anywhere in Creation, when God Is, All In All?
Did the Rich Man die and go into Eternal Torment; or did He go into hades? (The Greek word hades means; the unseen. It is the equivalent of the Hebrew word, sheoul; which is where Jonah was. Both words are said to mean; The place of, or the state, of the dead.) Did this Rich Man call out to Jesus for help; or to Father Abraham? Is Abraham man’s Savior? Was it Jesus who said this Gulf could not be passed over, or Father Abraham? Wasn’t that before the Cross? Don’t
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Revelation 20:14 tell us that death and hell is cast into the lake of fire? (We will look into The Good News about this “Lake of Fire”, right from the Bible, later on.)
In Matthew 16:18 Jesus said: Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. The Greek word for church is ekklesia; which means; out called. The prefix ek, always means out of, denoting the origin of the action. Aren’t gates for going into, or out of? Since ekklesia means “Out Called”, isn’t the only thing that this passage could possibly mean is that Jesus will call folks out of hell; and hell’s gates will not be able to stop them from coming out? Did Jesus know what He was saying? Do you?
Why do so many folks want to give God the right to torment folks after they die, when this is totally against His Purpose and Character; But they don’t want to give Him the Right to Be Good, Loving, Kind, Peaceful, and Merciful; which is totally in line with the Fruit of His Spirit? Does God’s Character and Purpose Change just because a person’s mortal body dies? Aren’t there many, many more Bible references about “God’s Mercy Enduring Forever”, than there are about His Enduring Anger? In fact, don’t Psalms 103:9 say; He will not always chide, neither will He keep His Anger Forever?
Your understanding, and final response, to God’s Salvation for the Afterlife, which was completed by His Death Work, might be after you die, causing you to miss out on Salvation for This Lifetime; but Salvation for the Afterlife, for Us All, was in fact A Finished Work in the Mind and Plan of God, Before He Created Time. Isn’t that why; Every Knee Will Bow, … and Every Tongue Will Confess that Jesus is Lord to the Glory of God. Philippians 2:10-11.
~ Salvation For The Nasty Here And Now
1 John was written for the sake of Developing Fellowship with others, and with God; and also that man’s Joy can be Full. This comes from Walking in the Light of Knowing and Believing God’s Love that was revealed by Jesus being the atonement for the sins of the whole world; and has to do with Salvation in the Nasty Here and Now. (Don’t Light, Love, and God, always lead; while Darkness, Fear, and the Enemy, Seeks to Control? Don’t you strengthen to lead? Don’t you weaken to control? Does anything weaken anybody more than Doubting God’s Love? Is there anything more Strengthening than Knowing and Believing God’s Unconditional Love? If John is right, isn’t this “Knowing and Believing God’s Love, the key to Salvation for the Nasty Here and Now.) This is the Life Work of His Cross, which is very often being Prevented by Religious Systems. (If all of mankind was “Fathered Again at the Resurrection”, as 1 Peter 1:4 says; and if Jerusalem, or the City of Peace, which is from above is the Mother of Us All, as Galatians 4:26 says; is the New Birth complete until we have entered into the Peace that can only be had when All Fear has been Cast Out? So, isn’t the Message of Fear, Preventing folks from coming into Jerusalem, the “City of Peace”, which is to be the Mother of Us All?)
If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our sins only, but also for the sins of the whole world. … Your sins are forgiven you for His Name’s Sake. 1 John 2:1-2 & 12. (The Greek word for advocate is “parakletos”. It means, one who stands by you as an “intercessor, or consoler”. The Greek word for propitiation is “hilasterion”; which means, expiation, atonement, at-one-ment; or, the full payment. Summed up, don‘t they simply mean, “Sin Bearer“? Does this passage say that We, or Anybody in the Whole World, has to Ask For, or Merit, this Atonement for Our Sins? If so, I’ve completely missed it.)
If Jesus is the Intercessor, and Consoler, of Any Man that Sins; and is the Atonement for the Sins of the Whole World, could there possibly be any stronger, or any clearer witness to God’s Unlimited, Unmerited, and Unrequested At-one-ment? There are dozens
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of others also, if you care to look !!!
Yes, 1 John 1:8-10 says we are lying if we say that we don’t need a “Sin Bearer”. The problem is, Most Folks don’t Know and Believe that Jesus is the Sin Bearer for the Sins of The Whole World, thanks to the Augustinian Ministry. A Lack of Faith in Jesus as the “Sin Bearer” for the sins of the whole world, will certainly limit, and/or ABORT a person’s relationship with God, and the salvation, and/or deliverance, that they should receive in this lifetime; but; Can anything ever Void, or ABORT, the Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement of God, as it pertains to the Afterlife? Romans 3:3-4 says: What if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid. (Not knowing the difference between what Jesus’ Faith has Already Finished For Us All, and what man’s faith still needs to accomplish, is surely another source of much confusion. This is another example of the Death Work of His Cross, and the Need for the Life Work. Romans 5:1 is about both. We’re justified by, “The Faith of Jesus”. Our Faith in this Justification gives us Peace with God; which makes us Citizens of the Jerusalem which is from above. See Hebrews 12:2, Romans 3:9-23, Galatians 2:16, Ephesians 2:8, and Philippians 3:9.)
1 John 4:8-18 says: Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (Are we saved because we love God; or is it because He Loves Us? I asked God about this. He said: “Son, I could measure any man’s love for me with a tea cup; but, my love for every single one of my children is way beyond mankind’s ability to measure” ! So, isn’t the Law about Man Loving God; while Grace is about us Knowing, Believing, and Receiving God’s Love for Us All; and then passing it on to All Others? Isn’t this how God writes His Law in our heart? Isn’t what a person “Is”, determined by what they think in their heart? If We’re Believing and Receiving God’s Love by the tank car loads, will we ever have any trouble giving away a few gallons, or barrels; even to our enemies? Is there ever any evil involved when this happens? Does love ever cause a person to harm themselves or others? Is it folks who have God’s Love Made Perfect in them that are doing evil, and filling our prisons?) We have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. … (So, is a person saved because They Ask Jesus To Save Them? Or, were We All Saved because Father God Asked Jesus to Save The World?) We have known and believed the love that God has for us. (Love, as used here is not just affectionate or conditional love; which would be from the Greek work phileo; but is from the Greek word, agape; which Paul says suffers long, is kind, and, “Never Fails”. 1 Corinthians 13. Furthermore, this passage is about being made “Perfect in Love”. Isn’t Love also the very essence of God?) … Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear; because fear has torment. (Did you know that this is the only place in all the KJV New Testament that the Greek word for torment really means, penal infliction. In every other case it’s from Greek words that mean; to be brought down, or abased. The Rich Man was not actually tormented in hell; but was brought down and abased. You should look this one up for yourself. So, Penal Infliction comes from not Knowing and Believing the Love that God has for Us All, so that our love could be made perfect, and cast out the Fear that Causes Penal Infliction.) He that fears is not made perfect in love. (The fear spoken of here-in, is not the fear of falling out of a tall building; nor is it the fear that indicates reverence, as in “The Fear of God”. These fears are healthy and necessary. The Apostle John narrows it down to, “The Fear of Judgment”; which was used by Pagan Religions to Control Folks through Doctrines of Limited, Requested, and Merited Atonement. Isn’t Augustinian Christianity just a Remake of these Errors? Haven’t they reduced the Cross to a limited, requested, and merited, atonement?)
Don’t we know that God’s Love and Atonement for “Us All“”, is Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited, because it’s; “Not that we loved God, but that He Loved us; and sent His Son to be; the Atonement, the Sin Bearer, and also the Savior of the Whole World”?
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Can the forgiveness of sins ever be anything but past tense? Leviticus 4:20, 4:26, 4:31, 4:35, 5:6, and 5:10, says that sins are forgiven “When the Priest makes the Atonement”. Also, it was not the sinner, but the Priest who did the confessing, just as Jesus did on our behalf when He said; Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Luke 23:34. Yes, it does take True Repentance, or a Radical Change in Thinking, to Confess that Everybody’s Sins Were Forgiven, Regardless of how they Live, When the High Priest, Jesus Christ, Offered Himself as One Sacrifice for Sins Forever, for the Sins of the Whole World. Hebrews 10:12. If salvation for the Afterlife was In Any Way the Results of Man’s Faithfulness, would there be any hope for any of us? The difference between Salvation for “The Afterlife”, and the Salvation which effects “This Lifetime”, has been obscured by Augustinians, who have replaced True Bible Repentance; which comes from the Greek word metanoia, and means to radically change your way of thinking; to Repeating Penance; which means Confessing Sins and submitting to penalties imposed. This Darkness is the Source Much Confusion, and Many Hurts, and Sorrows. See 1 John 1:6. “Salvation for The Afterlife” is a finished work of God’s Mercy and Grace. It can’t be added to, nor taken away from, by man. However, “Heart Salvation, for This Life Time”, depends on Our Faith in that Finished Work. We can enter into His Finished Work of being The Propitiation, or Atonement, for Our Sins, and The Sins of The Whole World, without Any Request, or Limit, or Merit, simply by Thanking Him for “Including Us”; Not by asking Him to do for Us Individually, what He has already done for The Whole World, Collectively. This Giving of Thanks is Sure Evidence of our Faith in His Finished Work; and is the Final Results of True Bible Repentance. If remission of sins, from God’s perspective alone, brought peace, wouldn’t the whole world have peace right now? Isn’t it evident that peace only comes when sins are also remitted from our heart, by Our Knowing and Believing that God’s Love caused Jesus to be, “The Propitiation for the sins of the whole world”? Doing Penance and/or Repeatedly Confessing Sins shows a lack of Faith in His Finished Work.
If Love always fulfills God’s Law; as Romans 13:10 says; and if Knowing and Believing the Love that God has For Us, Makes Our Love Perfect, and Casts Out the Fear of Judgment; isn’t it a Simple Fact, and a Necessary Conclusion, that Every Sin, and All Evil Conduct must Originate In, and Come Forth as the Fruit of a Heart that Perfect Love has not yet Cast The Fear of Judgment Out Of? Are there any other options to chose from?
So, isn’t this Fear of Judgment the Symptom of Mankind’s Greatest Problem? Can there be any other possible conclusion? How can folks ever get saved from “The Fear of Judgment”, when those who are suppose to be Ministers of Salvation, are the very ones who are Promoting this Fear, instead of Perfect Love, which would Cast out this Fear, and would solve All of mankind’s problems?
Can any person completely lay aside the sin that so easily besets them, until their heart has been made Perfect in Love? (Sin is missing the mark, so missing the prize. This definitely cost the sinner; but that cost and payment is about this Lifetime; not the Next. It’s called, “The Law of The Harvest”. As you sow, so shall you reap, in This Lifetime, not, The Afterlife. Don’t the hurts and sorrows that’s rampant in our present evil society clearly reveal that sins are very costly? How much more cost, and payment for sin, can our mentally anguished and hurting society possibly stand? The great need for having our Love Made Perfect, which produces “Heart Salvation in This Life Time”, can not be stressed strong enough. Can anybody have True Peace and Full Joy in the nasty here and now, until they Know and Believe that Salvation for “The After Life” has already been taken care of by God’s Unmerited, Unrequested, and Unlimited Atonement?)
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If a person thinks they don’t have any reason to fear judgment for themselves, but they do for others, don’t it still have exactly the same effect on their heart? Can we measure out Fear of Judgment to others in any manner, if Perfect Love has already cast it out of our heart? A person may deny and/or try to hide their lack of Freedom from this Fear; but won’t it still cause them to bring forth fruit out of Fear, instead of out of Perfect Love? Selah. Won’t the whole world be radically changed into a caring, loving, and giving society, when The Unconditional Love Message has finally made Everybody Perfect in Love, and Cast out All Fear of Judgment?
Did Adam ask God to place the Judgment for his sin on the animals that died to clothe him? Wasn’t this the type and shadow of God’s plan for Delivering All of His Creation from the Bondage of Corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God? Did anybody ask God to place the Judgment for the Sins of the Whole World upon His Son? Don’t both cases speak very clearly of God’s Unrequested, and Unmerited Atonement, which was completely fulfilled for Us All, when Jesus offered His own body, without Man’s Request or Merit, as “The Perfect Lamb of God”?
Did Adam resist God’s Mercy and Grace? Will Anybody Resist God’s Mercy and Grace when they come to know it in it’s fullness; whether in this lifetime, or in the next? Can a thirsty person resist a good cool drink of water? Don’t We All have a great thirst for Unmerited, Unrequested, Unconditional Love? Will anybody be able to resist God’s Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement, regardless of what they’ve been, or done; when they come to know that He loves Us All so Unconditionally that He “Paid Our Debt, Which We Couldn’t Pay”, when He Tasted of Death For Every Man? John 12:30-33 Hebrews 2:9.
Isn’t it “Total Unbelief”, to ask God to do for Us Individually, what He has already done for the Whole World? But, isn’t a prayer of thanksgiving very much in order? Have you prayed: Dear God, I Thank You that All of My Sins were Forgiven before I was even born, when Jesus, who is The High Priest, made the Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement, for the Sins of the Whole World.
Wasn’t Adam’s False Perception that God no longer Loved him the Real Problem; while Fear was just the Symptom? (Don’t our present evil society confirm that we still have this same Problem with False Perceptions today? As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Aren’t our perceptions, whether true or not, the very foundation for our beliefs, which produces our actions, both good and bad.) Wasn’t “Removing this False Perception”, God’s first order of business with Adam? Didn’t He return him to “Right Standing” with Him through a substitutional animal sacrifice, which completed the Death Work, and then clothed him with their skins, which brought forth the Life Work?
Right Standing With God would be from right actions; but only Jesus has ever achieved this. James 2:10 says “one sin”, even just the respect of persons, make us guilty of all. Titus 3:5-6 says; Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He has saved us, by the washing of regeneration, (re-fathering) and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by His Grace, we should be made heirs of eternal life. So, isn’t “Positional, or “Imparted Right Standing With God” the only hope that we mortals have since Adam’s fall? Of course we should do right for the sake of those who are effected by our actions; including our own self. But, does that give us Right Standing with God? Romans 10:1-11 says that Right Standing with God is not by man’s efforts; but is a gift that we submit to, and believe unto. Would it be a gift if we had to ask for it; or wouldn’t that be God responding to our request? Can you
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submit to, or believe unto something that’s not already there? How do you submit to something if it’s not through giving the of thanks? Where does the idea come from that God only accepts good folks, and always rejects bad folks? Is a man who sends his mistress and young son into the desert alone and unprotected, with only one skin of water, like Father Abraham did, a good person? Is a man who sends another man to the front line of battle to be killed, so he can add his wife to his harem of wives and concubines, like King David did, a good man? Did God Reject these men; or, weren’t they in fact Bible Heroes, who were greatly used by God? Is there a greater mortal man in the Bible than Abraham; or a greater Prophet than King David?
~ There Is Nothing Left To Fear
Hebrews 2:9,14-15 says: “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste of death for every man. … As the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all of their lifetime subject to bondage. So, did Jesus really, Taste of Death For Every Man? Did He do this at any Man’s Request? Can it Be Limited, or Merited, if it’s was for Every Man? Isn’t this past tense? Or, will Jesus Have To Die Again? Is there any other Biblical Penalty for Sin, except death? Did He Destroy the Devil, who had the Power of Death, in order to deliver them who through Fear of Death are all of their lifetime subject to bondage?
2 Timothy 2:8-10 says: God has saved us, according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the world (Time) began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light, through the gospel. So, Don’t “The True Gospel” Reveal that Death, “Has Already Been Abolished”? Can anything that any person ever does, or ever says; or don’t ever do, or don’t ever say, “Un-Abolish Death”?
Isaiah 25:8 says: “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away the tears from off all faces”. Isaiah 28:18 says: Your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand. Did Isaiah know what he was saying? Do you hear, and understand, what he was saying?
In 1 Corinthians 15:55 Paul asks “O death where is thy sting? O grave, (hades) where is thy victory? Paul wrote at least 2/3 of the New Testament, yet this is the only time that he ever uses any Greek word, which is usually translated as hell. (Why was hades translated as grave in this passage, in the KJV, when it was translated as hell in every other case? Is it because the question: “O hell, where is your victory”, would be to obvious?) If the only time the Apostle Paul ever spoke of hell was to question it’s victory, don’t this confirm God’s plan to disannul man’s covenant with death; to swallow up death in victory; to cancel man’s agreement with hell, and to wipe the tears off of all faces? (Are you Aware of the Absence of the Apostle’s Teaching on Hell? Does the Bible say even one time, that Peter, Paul, or John ever taught folks to avoid going to hell; or to get other folks saved from hell. If this was an issue, why didn’t at least one of these Apostles, or Prophets, ever inform us of it? Wasn’t most of Jeremiah and Ezekiel’s ministry all about warning One Little Nation about a Time of Captivity that would carry Israel into other nations of the world? Wouldn’t there surely be at least as much Biblical time and space devoted to give us A Fair Warning, if Eternal Torment in a burning hell, for billions of folks, many of whom have lived in the very worst of circumstances in this lifetime, was in fact going to happen? Why, Why, Why, is Augustine’s Remake of this Pagan Teaching being Vigorously Taught, and Believed without even Being Questioned, by Folks who claim to be Christians, in spite of the Absence of
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this Teaching by the Apostles of Our Lord, who were Chosen and Trained by Jesus Himself? Do most folks, including ministers, really believe in their heart that Hell will have any Eternal Victims to Torment? If they did, would there be any relaxation, or sports, or recreation, or high living, or savings accounts; etc., etc.. Wouldn’t all available time, money, and every possible human effort be spent getting folks saved from hell. The sad thing is that this Fear is left in many simple hearts to fester, and to torment the feeble minded, like the mother who killed her children to keep them from going to hell. All that’s needed for this evil to continue is for those Who Understands this Message, to Do Nothing.)
O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your Victims?
Who gave Augustine the right to change “The Biblical Penalty For Sin From Death”, to “Eternal Torment”? Could any such penalty ever be paid in full? If The iniquities of us all, were laid upon Emmanuel, wouldn’t “The Never Ending Torment Penalty” require that He still be; “Being Tormented For the Sins of the Whole World”? Something about this don’t quite add up, does it? Acts 2:31 says that His Soul was not left in hell. (So, evidently that gulf can now be passed over.) Revelation 1:18 says that Jesus has the keys of hell and death. (Did Augustine really know more about aionios punishment; or geenna; or hades; than these Apostles and Prophets? Isn’t True Christianity built on the Foundation of the Prophets and Apostles, with Jesus as the Chief Corner Stone? Can the Augustinian god be the same god as the God of the Apostles and Prophets? By contradicting these Prophets and Apostles didn’t Augustine Lay Another Foundation? Which Foundation are you on?)
Didn’t Jesus say; Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge,… it shall be measured to you again? Matthew 7:1-2 & Luke 6:38. If Jesus is right, won’t measuring out this “Fear Message” to others, put Fear into the person’s heart who’s measuring it out, and keep Perfect Love out? Won’t this cause that person to bring forth Evil Fruit, or Evil Works, out of Fear, instead of Good Fruit, which Never Works any Evil to a Neighbor, which Always Comes Out of Perfect Love? Is there any evidence anywhere that folks will live better lives through Fear, than they would through Perfect Love? After 100’s of years under the Threat of Eternal Torment, (which very certainly is not from the Prophets or Apostles, nor from True Biblical Christianity; but is from Augustinians, who, through a lack of Biblical Understanding, are Only Posing as Christians;) are we improving morally; or is this Fear of Never Ending Torment responsible for the chaos, sorrow, sins, and evils, that’s in our present society? (Remember, fear is not the Problem, but the Symptom; so, let’s not work on Eliminating the Symptoms, but on Solving the Problem of Not Knowing and Believing God’s Love.)
Won’t measuring out “The Message of God’s Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unconditional Love For Us All, to All Others, bring you, and those who hear and believe you, into “Perfect Love”, which always bears good fruit? If a person is receiving God’s Love into their heart, (their thinking) by the barrels, will they be able to resist measuring out, and giving away, a few gallons to those who are around them? Won’t it just happen out of the sure overflow? Can a Love Thirsty world resist receiving from this over flow, and it’s Positive Changes? Wouldn’t a World Wide Flood of Knowing and Believing God’s Love, cause Love to be made Perfect in Every Recipient? Wouldn’t the fruit of such an event Solve Every Single Problem in our Present Evil Society? Shouldn’t God’s People quickly abandon the Fear Message, and get busy spreading this Unconditional Love, Message?Why wouldn’t God Love His enemies, and measure out kindness to the unthankful, and to the evil? Luke 6:27-38. Didn’t God make Us All? Aren’t we All His Children, and Sheep of His Pasture? Psalms 100. Don’t the plain Biblical Fact that He’s already measured out Judgment for the Sins of the Whole World to His Son, clearly Establish this Loving Kindness?
Why wouldn’t God Love His enemies, and measure out kindness to the unthankful, and to the evil? Luke 6:27-38. Didn’t God make Us All? Aren’t we All His Children, and Sheep of His Pasture? Psalms 100. Don’t the plain Biblical Fact that He’s already measured out Judgment for the Sins of the Whole World to His Son, clearly Establish this Loving Kindness?
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~ The Day of God’s Vengeance
In Luke 4:16-21, Jesus began His ministry by reading from Isaiah 61:1-5. What’s so strange is just before reading about The Day of God’s Vengeance, He Closed the Book right in the middle of the sentence. Why? Wasn’t it because He didn’t come to Proclaim that Day; but to literally Suffer God’s Vengeance?
Yes, vengeance is spoken of after the Cross; but it has to do with those who don’t obey; that is; heed and conform to the gospel. So, this vengeance of flaming fire will be towards those who reject the Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement, in this lifetime. It sounds like they go into the Lake of Fire; which is Very Good News. The Vengeance being referred to by Isaiah had to do with sin’s penalty; which the Bible tell us was Paid in Full at the Cross. Isaiah 53:10-11 says: It pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when His soul was made a offering for sin, … He shall see of the travail of His soul and be Satisfied; by His knowledge shall my righteous servant justify the many, for He shall bear their iniquities. If His offering for sin has Satisfied Father God, why would He still need to take out vengeance? Has the anger of the Lord been said to be kindled since the Cross? Don’t Isaiah 54:7-10 answer this question by saying: Thy maker is thy husband; thy redeemer; the God of the Whole Earth shall He be called. For a small moment have I forsaken the; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee. As I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth; so have I shorn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed. Does this say that this is for those who Request it; or Merit it? Or does it say that it would include the Whole Earth, who’s Maker had forsaken them for just a small moment; but who would show Mercy with Everlasting Kindness? Didn’t He say that He would not be Wroth, or Angry with Us any more; and that His kindness, and Covenant of Peace will not be removed? Wasn’t this Time of Peace on Earth, and Goodwill Toward Men Proclaimed by the Angels, at Jesus’ Birth?
Jesus made an awesome statement in John 12:31-33. Speaking of His Coming Judgment, and of being lifted up on the cross to die. He said that He would not just draw, but according to the Greek word helkuo, He would Aggressively Drag All Men’s Judgment to Him-self. (Isn’t this exactly what happened at Pilate’s Judgment Hall? Isn’t this where Emmanuel had The Iniquities of Us All Laid Upon Him; and where He Dragged All Judgment, past, present, and future, to Himself? Didn’t Our High Priest, who had the iniquities of Us All laid upon Him, Confess the Sin of Us All, when He prayed, Father forgive them for they know not what they do; and then offer Himself as; “One Sacrifice for Sins Forever”, on The Cross? See Hebrews 10:12. Weren’t sins always forgiven when the Priest made the proper Atoning Sacrifice? See Leviticus 4 & 5.) If Jesus has already Literally Dragged All Judgment, for Us All, to Himself, Why should Anybody Still Fear Judgment?
Twice the Apostle Paul says that We must all appear before “The Judgment Seat of Christ”. In Romans 14:7-14 he says: Whether we live or die, we are the Lords. Why do you judge your brother? Why do you set at naught thy brother? For we shall all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ. As I Live saith God, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So, whatever a person experiences at The Judgment Seat of Christ, don’t it cause them All to Bow, and Worship God? Won’t this surely cause much Thanksgiving, which will bring folks into God’s Presence where there is Fullness of Joy? See Psalms 16:11 and 100:4.
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2 Corinthians 5:10-21 sums up the whole subject by saying; The love of Christ constrained (arrested) us. We thus judge that if one died for all, then were all dead. … To wit that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing trespasses to them. … He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us. If the Love of Christ has Arrested us, and if God is not imputing trespasses to the world since He was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself; what sins would anybody be Judged for at some Future Judgment? Or, is this “Appearing Before The Judgment Seat Of Christ”, solely for the sake of Us All coming to know for sure that “All of Our Judgment”, was placed upon Jesus Christ, at Pilates Judgment Hall; where He who knew no sin was made to be sin for Us; where Emanuel had the Iniquities of Us All laid upon Him; and then “Suffered God’s Vengeance for All Sin, Past, Present, and Future; and became The Advocate, and The Sin Bearer For Any Man That Sins; and The Propitiation, or Atonement, or The Full Payment, For The Sins of The Whole World; causing Us All to Know and Believe the Love that God has for Us All, which will cast out all fear of judgment. Weren’t We All found guilty then and there, and sentenced to die; which we All did in the body of Jesus Christ, on the Cross?Won’t “The Fear of Judgment” be in a person’s Heart until they come to Know the Full Significance of The Judgment placed upon Jesus at Pilate’s Judgment Hall?
Won’t “The Fear of Judgment” be in a person’s Heart until they come to Know the Full Significance of The Judgment placed upon Jesus at Pilate’s Judgment Hall?
1 Corinthians 15:26 & 55 says; The last enemy to be destroyed is death? If Our Savior Jesus Christ has, “Abolished Death”; and “Has Tasted of Death for Every Man; and if The Devil, Who Had the Power of Death, was Destroyed by Jesus’ Death; what could be left to be destroyed, other than “The Fear of Death”? I conclude this because I see so many folks living in bondage to this fear, and openly measuring it out to others. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45. Can even a tiny hint of The Fear of Death come out of anybody’s mouth if it’s not still somewhere in their heart? Going to The Judgment Seat of Christ, and Seeing God’s Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement, is the Foundation of Salvation for both the Afterlife, and also as it pertains to Salvation for Man’s Heart, in the Nasty Here and Now. Some will experience this in this lifetime. Others won’t until they come to the White Throne Judgment, where death and hell, and those who’s name is not written in the Lamb’s book of life, are cast into the lake of fire. Still Very Good News!!!
My last enemy has been destroyed already, because I’ve been to The Judgment Seat of Christ, in the Spirit of my own mind. I Know that Jesus has tasted of death for me, and every man. That the devil, who had the power of death, has been destroyed. That death has been abolished. That the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces.
~ The Fearful And The Lake Of Fire
The Fearful, and Unbelieving, are first on the list of those who are cast into the Lake that Burns with Brimstone Fire. Revelation 21:8. Obviously, Fear and Unbelief had not been Cast Out of These Folks in their Natural Lifetime, by Knowing and Believing God’s Love, The others on this list had obviously not had God’s Love Perfected in them either, or they would not have been doing those evil things, because Love works no evil to it neighbor. (The Greek word that’s translated as brimstone in the KJV, is theion; from Theios; which means, “God Like”. Can this God Like Fire possibly be anything more or less than, Holy Ghost Fire? On the day of Pentecost, didn’t the Apostle Peter say that the Holy Spirit would be poured out on everybody; and that it would come to pass that; Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved? See Acts 2:14-21; and Joel 2:28-32. When this happens, will there be any Fearful, or Unbelievers, left?) Selah.
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Can anything about the Lake of Fire, of Revelation 21:8, negate the preceding message of verses 4-6, which says: God shall wipe all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. … I will give to him that is athirst, of the water of life freely. Can the Lake of Fire cause any tears, or crying, or sorrow, or pain, if The Alpha and Omega has just said; there will be no more crying, or sorrow, nor pain? Don’t this fulfill the Prophecy of Isaiah 25: 8 and 28:18? Can there be any better way to End Death and Hell, than by Casting them into This Lake Of Holy Ghost Fire where there is NO MORE CRYING, or SORROW, nor PAIN?
In Luke 6:31-38 Jesus says; Love your enemies, and do good, for God is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.” Romans 12:20 says; “If your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirst, give him a drink. In so doing, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Aren’t these prime examples of Theion, or Holy Ghost Fire? Hebrews 13:8 says: Jesus Christ is the same Yesterday, Today, and Forever.
Wouldn’t acts of loving kindness be the best approach to cause these folks to Know and Believe God’s Love, which Casts Out Fear? Wouldn’t the Revealing of God’s Unconditional Love as Revealed by His Unlimited, Unrequested, and Unmerited Atonement, Solve this Problem for All Concerned? Is this when The Gospel is Preached to the Dead, as 1 Peter 4:6 says? (Is there any bad news in the gospel?) Why would God use Eternal Torment on any of these folks; which is totally and completely out of line with His Character, and His Purpose; when this entire problem can be so easily solved by simply Preaching them the Gospel; which would be completely in line with His Character? If they had already heard the True Gospel, instead of Augustinianism, would they be Fearful and Unbelieving? Can Anybody Resist Receiving, and Giving Thanks for His Unrequested and Unmerited Atonement for their Sins? Wouldn’t This, “Good News Approach”, Produce Faith in the Heart of the Fearful and Unbelieving in the Nasty Here and Now? Are you willing to put it to the test by proclaiming it right now?
Is this Theion Fire what Paul had in mind in 1 Corinthians 3:15, when he said that the fire would try every man’s work? His works may be burned up, but he shall be saved, as by fire?
Is it ever in line with God’s Character to Literally Burn any of His Children? In Jeremiah 7:31, God says that Judah had Done Evil in His sight by building the high places to Tophet, in the valley of Hinnom, and were burning their children in the fire, there. He said that He had never commanded any such evil behavior; neither had any such evil thought even entered into His heart. If even the thought of burning His Children has never entered into God’s heart, how could Jesus have possibly had Burning Folks Eternally in mind, when He spoke of Geenna? (Geenna is 1 of 4 words translated as hell in the KJV. It was literally the valley of the Son of Hinnom, where Jerusalem burned their garbage. Yes, that fire has ceased; the worms are all dead; and that place is now a beautiful garden. However, The Principles For Good Clean Living that Jesus was teaching and encouraging in these geenna passages, are as valid, and valuable, today as they were back then.)
Who are God’s Children? In the 100th Psalm, David, the Great Israelite King, addressed, “All Ye Lands”, saying; God has made Us All. … So; We are All His People, (Simply because He made us.) and the Sheep of His Pasture. Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving, and into His Courts with Praise. If “1 sheep is lost”, won’t “The Good Shepherd” leave the “99”, and look for the “1” that’s lost, until that “1”, is found? Jesus is “The Good Shepherd, isn’t He? Would a True Christian Deny the Total Success of our Good Shepherd?
Ephesians 4:6 & 10 says; “One God is the Father of all, who is above all, through all, and in you all. … He that descended is the same that ascended up far above all heavens, that
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He might fill all. If Jesus ascended To Fill All, what can prevent Him from Filling All? Will any-body who is Full of Jesus be Tormented Eternally in a Literal Fire? I don’t think so. Do you? So, if Jesus is going to Fill All, who will be left to be Tormented Forever?
If One God is the Father of us all, aren’t we all brothers and sisters? Does God really favor any person, or group, above another? From my youth I was led to believe that folks needed to be baptized into, and remain a part of our group, for God to really accept them. Yes, some folks may receive more from God, and may live better lives in this lifetime; but won’t God still Restore Us All, just as Jesus, and All of the other Holy Prophets have said? See Acts 3:21-22. Will All be restored until All are made alive in Christ; All enemies are under Jesus’ feet; and until God is All In All? (Genesis 1 & 2, Ephesians 1:23, and 1 Corinthians 15:28.) After God is All there is In All, just as He was All there was in Jesus, can there be anything left in all of creation except something Very Good?
~ If He Would, But Can’t; or Could, But Don’t.
Jesus said He came to seek and to save that which was lost. Did He fail? The Apostle John gave his testimony that “The Father sent the Son to Save the World.” John also quotes Jesus as saying: “Father, I’ve finished the work which you gave me to do.” Luke 19:10, John 17:4 and 1 John 4:14. Did Jesus finish the work of Saving The World, as Father God had sent Him to do? If all but one is saved, wouldn’t that make Him just, “Almost the Savior of the World, and A Failure, in Part? Can God ever really Fail, even In Part?
God will have all men to be saved. God has spoken of the Times of Restitution of All, by the Chief Prophet, Jesus Christ, and All of the other Holy Prophets since the world began. According to His good pleasure,… He will gather together All in One in Christ, in the dispensation of the fullness of times. I could go on and on repeating what’s already been said here-in; and much, much more besides. I sincerely hope you will be able to comprehend what the Spirit and God’s Word is clearly saying about Us All.
If God would save everybody, but He can’t, aren’t the 57 times that the KJV refers to Him as Almighty, simply not true? If God is not Almighty and All Knowing, how did He create such a Vast Universe with such Great Order? Can the God who made this Mighty Universe with such Great Splendor and Majesty; and with Trillions of Absolute Wonders, really Fail to Accomplish Any Part of His Good Pleasure?
Is the Ultimate Destiny of God’s Creation really Subject to Chance, and Eternal Torment, as the Augustinians, who are Posing as Christians or saying? Or, will All of Creation be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the Children of God, just as The Apostle Paul said, in Romans 8:19-26?
Wasn’t it God Himself who made Creation Subject to the Vanity that has caused all evils? If He Could Save Everybody from this vanity that He has made Us All subject to, but don’t; and then Torments Billions of His Own Children Endlessly, with No Hope for Escape, what would that say about His Character? Would that show Love for His enemies? Would that be in line with the fruit of His Spirit, which is; love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance? Would that be fruit from a good tree? Can a good tree bring forth anything but good fruit? Jesus said it couldn’t.
Hasn’t The Son been made The Heir of All? Don’t He Uphold All by the Word of His Power? Didn’t He Purge our sins; then sit down at the right hand of the Majesty on High, waiting for His Enemies to become His Footstool? Hebrews 1:1-13.
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Hasn’t God concluded us all in unbelief that He might have mercy upon us all? Romans 8:32. Does, “God’s Mercy Really Endure Forever”, as the Bible plainly says so many times?
Don’t Romans 8:39 say that death can’t separate a person from God’s love? Don’t 1 Corinthians 13 tell us that love suffers long and is kind, and that love never fails? Will God “Recall” the Love that has already caused Jesus to be “The Sin Bearer” for any man that sins; and “The Atonement For The Sins of The Whole World”? Will He “Recall” Jesus as, “The Savior of The World”?Isn’t it “Pure Augustinianism”, to think for even one second, that God Would Save Everybody if He Could, but He Can’t; or, That He Could Save Everybody if He Would, but He Don’t?
Isn’t it “Pure Augustinianism”, to think for even one second, that God Would Save Everybody if He Could, but He Can’t; or, That He Could Save Everybody if He Would, but He Don’t?
Wouldn’t every Denomination of Christianity have everybody to be saved? Otherwise, why collect money for missions, and then labor to make converts? But why do they limit the end results with, “The Fearful Message of Limited, Merited, and Conditional Love; and, Eternal Torment”; which clearly contradicts the Apostles, and All of the Holy Prophets, (which includes Jesus as the Chief Prophet) instead of, “The Unlimited Potential of The Comforting Message of Unrequested, Unlimited, and Unmerited Atonement, which has come out of Unconditional, Never Ending Love”; which rests solidly on what the Bible Clearly Declares as, “God’s Will”? Isn’t it because they would rather; “Control A Few With Fear”, than to “Lead The Masses with Love”? Don’t sheep need to be led? Wouldn’t just a little common reasoning be enough for anyone to see that this is not Biblical, and that It Is Not Working?
What will God’s Mercy and Grace do to a Person? When a person comes to Really Know the Biblical God of Unconditional, Unlimited, Unmerited, Unrequested Love that has been presented in this Writing, won’t they quickly, and willingly, relinquishing their will to Him, in Total Commitment, and Worship? Can any thirsty person resist a glass of pure, cool, water? Can A Love Thirsty Humanity Resist Receiving Love out of God’s Unmerited, Unrequested, Unlimited, and Unconditional Love?
What person with a little common sense, and A Good Sound Mind, would ever Willingly, and Whole Heartedly, Commit themselves to a Loving Relationship with a Terrorist god, who is very Temperamental; who’s Love must be Merited, and is very Limited and Fickle; who’s Mercy is short lived, and always ends with a person physical death; like the one the Augustinians are proclaiming?
Won’t the whole world, including every Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Agnostic, and Atheist, etc., etc., be converted to “Faith In Jesus Christ” in a very short period of time when those Augustinians who have “Been-Switched”, becomes “True Christians”, and begins proclaiming the True Gospel of God’s Unrequested, Unmerited, and Unlimited Atonement, which confirms His Unconditional Love for All of Mankind?
Habakkuk 2:14 says that; The Earth Shall Be Filled With The Knowledge of The Glory of God, just as The Waters Cover The Sea. (That’s 100%, isn’t it?) This Victory for the Gospel is being Delayed by Blindness; but it’s Coming is Very Eminent. Isaiah 29:9-24 says: God has poured out on them the spirit of slumber and deep sleep. The prophets, your rulers, and the seers have been covered, and the Vision of All has been A Sealed Book. When this Vision is Unsealed, which I believe is what’s now happening, Lebanon (The Heart) will become a fruitful field. The deaf will hear and the blind will see. Fruitfulness and Joy will be Increased. They who Erred in Spirit shall come to Understanding.
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Babylon has often been thought of as an institution; but in reality isn’t she simply A State of, or A Condition of, Confusion? Revelation 18:2 says that Babylon is not conquered, nor subdued. She simply falls. I’m not saying that the Institution of Christianity is Babylon; nor that Christianity is about to fall. (I certainly hope that’s not what’s in store; but she has been very adulterous.) But I am saying that her Condition is Babylon, which is clearly witnessed by Her many “Isms, Schisms, and Divisions”; many of which “Clearly Contradicts God’s Will, and His Revealed, Ultimate Purpose In Creation”, as spoken of repeatedly by All The Holy Prophets, and the Apostles of our Lord. She is being led mostly by an Augustinian Priesthood, so most of Her present members are not really Christian in their Beliefs; but are Augustinians, who are only Posing as Christians. Don’t this clearly fit the profile of A Babylonian Condition? Don’t “This Babylonian Condition” need to fall? I think it does!!!
~ Summary
No, I don’t have any problem with what any Bible writer has really said; but I do have a major problem with what many of the translators, and interpreters, are saying that the Bible writers have said. We have “Been Switched” much more than we have comprehended.
Do you still have questions about: Repentance, Remission of Sins, Faith, Salvation, Judgment, Water Baptism, Being Born Again, Righteousness, The Lake of Fire, or Eternal Torment? It’s not possible to answer every questions that’s been raised here-in, in any degree of detail, in this brief writing. But believe me, I’ve thoroughly looked into every question, and contradiction, that my own religious raising has put into me; which covers just about all you can imagine. By leaving all preconceived ideas behind; and looking to God, and His written word, for answers; always looking at what the Bible Writers were saying, instead of what some Interpreters and/or Translators are saying they said; and always allowing the Bible to answer Bible questions; every question raised by this writing can be clearly and simply answered in complete harmony with the “Bible Message” that has been presented in this writing.
The Test for any Concept is: Is it Built on the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, with Jesus Christ as the Chief Corner Stone? Ephesians 2:20. If it’s true, there will be A Great Abundance of Clear and Undisputable Evidence, from both the Old and New Testaments. From both Prophets and Apostles.
I will attempt to answer all serious inquiries, either by snail mail, e-mail, or as an addendum to my web site; or, if it’s at all possible, by telephone, or, a personal meeting and Bible Study, to those who so request in writing.
May God Richly Bless You. I Bless You, Also!
P.S. I have used a Pin Name because it is The Message that is important here-in; not the Messenger. May all Praise and Glory go to the Almighty, All Wise God!
Amen, and Amen!!!
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