The Evangelical Universalist Forum

Challenge

I do agree with this. The Pharisees had seen and recognized the fullness of Yahweh in Yeshua and had still rejected Him. If one has no desire to yield to the divine will in this life, one will not necessarily yield in the next (this especially goes for Christians, including myself – hence why we must all endure purgatory). It is certainly conceivable that one’s heart could become so saturated in contempt for Yahweh that any further revelation would not save them; that they could eternally reject Him and become increasingly adverse to Yahweh. However, I no longer believe this is a possibility, because Yahweh (in the knowledge that His love cannot fail) has sworn to Himself that all will turn to Him and be saved.

Hi Lefein

Something had to happen to get our names written in the book of life. Who gives life? Jesus. Is it safe to assume before accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior and receiving life from him you don’t have it? Of course. (Eph 2:1;5) Your name is recorded in the BOL when you receive this life and accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.

Books (plural) are open those you will be judged by your works and the book of life was opened…why? because this book determines your eternal destiny. If your name is found recorded you spend eternity with God…If your name is not found recorded you are thrown into the lake of fire and you are separated from God for eternity. Rev 20:11-15.

Show this final judgement in Rev 20:11-15 being reversed and recorded in scripture or UR’s foundation is built upon sinking sand and not the solid ROCK. Matt 7:24-27.

Please re-read OP for more details. God bless.

Yay, someone finally agrees with something I said…woot woot…we are making some progress :smiley:

This life is receivable, I believe, pre and post mortem. Christ’s redemptive purpose, and the will of God the Christ is not defeated by Death - Christ defeated Death and Grave, it will not defeat him the second time, third time, or any time - hence Death does not defeat his will, neither physical death nor any sort of death. For Death to defeat The Lord’s purpose, would be for Death to defeat The Lord - an impossibility.

Eternal destiny? The translation is arguable. Separation from God for eternity? Arguable.

It is neither the will of God, nor is it in the power of Man to separate the loved one from the love of God who loves him. There is no separation from God, who is Love, when love is constantly, and ceaselessly being expressed upon a person, maintaining the life of the person, and drawing the person by that influence. For the will of a finite creature such as man to be capable of resisting God’s will for ever, is for that creature’s will to be overpowering the omnipotent will of God; an impossibility, the creature would be god above God - his will and being exceeding and overpowering that of The Being (God).

I already have. The reversal is the redemption achieved by Christ for the person through Spirit and Fire. The reversal is in the achievement of the judgement’s end, which is that reversal unto redemption.

Revival,

Your name is recorded in the BOL when you receive this life and accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.

Is it, really? Or was it there, already, “from the foundation of the world”?

I love my children. That’s why I let them play with my shotgun. Godly parents never violate their children’s free will.

“All that the Father gives me will come to me.” “You have **not **chosen me. I have chosen you.” “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy.” “Men make their plans, but the Lord directs their path.”

Choose the good God who gives life to all, not life to some. “In Adam, all die. In Christ, all shall be made alive.”

Yes. We will die and face God in mutual judgment. Is that verse supposed to challenge UR?

Paul plainly teaches that all things that have come from God through Christ will return to God through Christ. “For from him and through him and to him are all things.” The symbolism of John’s Revelation must be made to harmonize with Paul’s plain teaching. Not the other way round.

I will try to be more clear. Show recorded scripture after the final judgment of actual people receiving redemption through the Spirit and Fire. huh? :confused: Notice the word final before judgment :smiley: If you don’t believe that Rev 20:11-15 is not the final judgment…show me where there is another judgment that occurs after this one.

Used to believe that too before my eyes were enlightened to the fact that wouldn’t make sense with the believers who get blotted out of the book of life.

Every knee shall bow, every tongue confessing unto the glory of God (which is obviously in Spirit and in Truth, backed by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and done in free-will) isn’t a good enough reference? Christ making all things new? As in Adam all die (spiritually separated from God especially), as in Christ all shall be made alive (united to God especially)? And multiple other verses and verse references presented by your opponents in other posts?

I for one, don’t plan on insulting your intelligence in quoting verses you already know, and have already been quoted and posted by others in this thread and in the thread that I linked to you. However, I will give you such quotes as I’ve mentioned at least.

From the KJV;

Isa_45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Rom_14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Php_2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Rev_21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

1Co_15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

On a side note, I find it odd (and a rather bit illogical) to ask for documentation of the reversal of a judgement when that judgement was specifically for the achievement of an end; the purification of an individual, and the reunification of that individual unto God through Christ - The Judge.

The documentation of the reversal of the judgement, to me, would sound rather much like asking for a documentation concerning God re-drossing silver he had already previously de-drossed in fire…

But for the sake of what I believe is your intent…I’ll stick with the phraseology for now.

Are you sure you know what my asking you to do? shotgunning scriptures is not actually following the OP.

I read the OP, and unless you’ve written it in an obscure language unrelated to English (which I don’t believe to be the case :smiley: ) - I’m certain I understood it to mean - in summary; “give me a verse that tells me exactly where in the Bible the final judgement is reversed and everyone is saved; if you don’t give me exactly what I want, then Universal Reconciliation isn’t built on Christ, but is a sinking sand theology and that’s that, and that’s final”.

If that is not what what the original post is saying, forgive me, but more so I’d have to respectfully ask that you please write in English…or at least explain what you actually meant.

Revival,

Used to believe that too before my eyes were enlightened to the fact that wouldn’t make sense with the believers who get blotted out of the book of life.

So the Book of Life’s contents can be added to, then?

Show recorded scripture AFTER the final judgment of actual people receiving redemption through the Spirit and Fire. huh? Notice the word final before judgment If you don’t believe that Rev 20:11-15 is not the final judgment…show me where there is another judgment that occurs after this one.

Sure, only up to the end of the millennial reign of Christ before the final judgment Rev 20:11-15 when roll call starts. :wink:

I think the “all” and “every” in the verses I’ve shown are pretty sparkling clear on the fact that “all” and “every” are saved and made new, and alive in Christ. Which by default necessitates that they have been redeemed, received redemption, even and especially after the final judgement - a judgement of whose end was for that redemptive purpose; a theology which I have shown to have valid, Biblical backing.

To be honest, I can’t really give a verse and chapter quote from the Book of Common Sense Exegesis. :confused:

Though if you’re looking for Chronological records, someone here, I am sure, has a verse from (Paul’s letters?) regarding the “After Judgement” and Salvation of All.

Thanks Lefein. :wink:

You are welcome.

Revival,

Sure, only up to the end of the millennial reign of Christ before the final judgment Rev 20:11-15 when role call starts.

How interesting. And I assume you have a verse that says something along the lines of, “And after the judgment, no more names will ever be added to the Book of Life that weren’t there before”? Because if you don’t have a verse that says that explicitly, then why should I believe it?

Of course not. Just read Rev 20:11-15 for yourself and see if there are any more names added to the book of life after the final judgment. If you don’t see this happening that is because it doesn’t. And if names were added after final judgment God would of recorded it. I have already addressed Rev 21:24. Pray about this snitzel, and ask the Holy Spirit to either confirm or deny what I’m saying. I pray that your eyes are enlightened. God bless.