ON THE BASIS OF HAVING STUDIED THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO YOU CHOOSE ONE
Choose to believe that the Bible teaches that God will sustain people alive in an inescapable state of eternal suffering.
Or
Choose to believe that God will annihilate (cause them to cease to exist) anyone who does not become a Christian before they die.
Or
Choose to believe what the following expositors reveal about what the Bible teaches.
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THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES
tentmaker.org/articles/savio … /index.htm
godfire.net/eby/saviour_of_the_world.html
Or
If you have been devastated by spiritual abuse this online book is for you.
ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE IN JESUS CHRIST
richardwaynegarganta.com/4Vi … vation.htm
tentmaker.org/books/Absolute … hrist.html
sigler.org/slagle/absolute.htm (the author, Charles Slagle’s personal website containing many other good writings about the subject)
CHRISTIAN BIBLICAL UNIVERSALISM
christian-universalism.com/links.html
Or
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM
christianuniversalist.org
Or
BIBLE THREATENINGS EXPLAINED – John Wesley Hanson
tentmaker.org/books/BibleThr … ained.html
Or
ETERNAL DEATH ANNIHILATION?
tentmaker.org/books/EternalDeath.html
I myself, along with many others with whom I am acquainted, simply cannot love a god who would let anyone choose themselves into an inescapable state of eternal suffering (Arminian), or suffer forever just because they were born into the human race (Calvinist). Neither can we love a god who would snuff us out of existence just because we didn’t hear about Jesus before we died.
But we CAN love a God Who, because of His Son’s death and resurrection, through the power in the blood that He shed for us on His cross, will sooner or later save all fallen creatures from everything from which they need to be saved (including their stubborn wills). That’s the God that the above expositors see in the Bible. And that’s the God to Whom I joyously yield my heart in complete and total abandonment.
WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN DURING MY YOUTH —
How I recovered from a 12 year nervous breakdown (1966-78) I’m 78 years old
My name is Rodger Tutt. I am 78 years old. I could have avoided a horrific twelve year nervous breakdown (1966-78) had I known as a youth about the following information concerning what a correctly (literally, not interpretively) translated Bible teaches.
BOOKS THAT SHOW THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES UNIVERSAL SALVATION,
THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF WHICH CAN BE READ ONLINE
- ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE IN JESUS CHRIST – Charles Slagle
tentmaker.org/books/Absolute … hrist.html - HOPE BEYOND HELL - Gerry Beauchemin (recently published)
tentmaker.org/books/hope_beyond_hell.pdf - CHRIST TRIUMPHANT - Thomas Allin
tlchrist.info/filealin.htm
CHRIST TRIUMPHANT - Thomas Allin
tentmaker.org/books/ChristTriumphant.htm - THE BIBLE HELL - J.W. Hanson
tentmaker.org/books/TheBibleHell.html - THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE OF ENDLESS PUNISHMENT – Thomas Thayer
tentmaker.org/books/OriginandHistory.html - Information they probably won’t have you study in “ETERNAL PUNISHMENT” Bible schools. Your teachers will probably declare the following information to be heresy, and they probably won’t have you study
UNIVERSAL SALVATION UNIVERSITY
richardwaynegarganta.com/universalsalvation.htm - JUST WHAT DO YOU MEAN “HELL” - J. Preston Eby
tentmaker.org/articles/savio … d/hell.htm - ONE HUNDRED SCRIPTURAL PROOFS THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL SAVE ALL MANKIND - Thomas Whittemore
tentmaker.org/books/ScripturalProofs.html - TWENTY-FOUR SERMONS ON UNIVERSAL SALVATION – John Bovee Dods
tentmaker.org/Bovee2.htm#Top - THE SECOND DEATH AND THE RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS – Andrew Jukes
tentmaker.org/books/Restitut … nindex.htm - ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY REASONS FOR BELIEVING IN THE FINAL SALVATION OF ALL MANKIND – Erasmus Manford
tentmaker.org/books/150reasons.html - THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS – J. Patching
tentmaker.org/books/RichMana … ching.html - BIBLE TRANSLATIONS THAT DO NOT TEACH ETERNAL TORMENT – Gary Amirault
tentmaker.org/books/GatesOfHell.html - AION – AIONIOS – John Wesley Hanson
tentmaker.org/books/Aion_lim.html - BIBLE THREATENINGS EXPLAINED – John Wesley Hanson
tentmaker.org/books/BibleThr … ained.html - THE CASE OF JUDAS, ETCETERA - Louis Abbott
tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter16.html - THE PROBLEM OF EVIL – John Essex
AND THE ROLE OF THE ADVERSARY – James Webb
tentmaker.org/articles/TheProblemofEvil.html - HIS ACHIEVEMENT ARE WE – James Coram
concordant.org/expohtml/HisAchie … index.html - THE RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS – Andrew Jukes
auburn.edu/~allenkc/jukes2.html - THE RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS – George Hawtin
godfire.net/restitutionHawtin.html - THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES – J. Preston Eby
tentmaker.org/articles/savio … /index.htm
ESPECIALLY THIS ONE IN THAT SERIES
tentmaker.org/articles/savio … larity.htm - THE PURPOSE OF EVIL – A.P. Adams
thegloryrd.com:80/apadams/evil.html - TEN REASONS NOT TO BELIEVE THE TEACHING OF ETERNAL TORTURE - Thomas Kissinger
gracecentered.com/christian_ … l-torment/ - IS HELL ETERNAL OR WILL GOD’S PLAN FAIL? – Charles Pridgeon
archive.org/stream/willgodsp … 3/mode/2up - THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD – A.E. Knoch
concordant.org/expohtml/TheP … index.html - GOD’S EONIAN PURPOSE – Adlai Loudy
secret-evangel.site90.net/Go … pose00.htm - THE TRUE BASIS OF REDEMPTION – A.P. Adams
tentmaker.org/articles/TrueB … Adams.html - THE OUTCOME OF INFINITE GRACE - Dr. Loyal Hurley
auburn.edu/~allenkc/outcome.html
THREE TREASURE HOUSES OF CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALIST ARTICLES
auburn.edu/~allenkc/articles2.html
tgulcm.tripod.com/cu/univart.html
theherald…org/Library.htm
TRANSLATIONS
Greek scholar William Barclay wrote concerning kolasis aionion (age-during corrective chastisement) in Matthew 25:46
“The Greek word for punishment is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. There is no instance in Greek secular literature where kolasis does not mean remedial punishment. It is a simple fact that in Greek kolasis always means remedial punishment. God’s punishment is always for man’s cure.”
Also see what other Greek scholars say about it
An Analytical Study of Words
tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter11.html
Chapter Eleven
Fifteen literally translated (not interpretively translated) Bibles that reveal what God will do with the sinners in Matthew 25:46
Concordant Literal, Young’s literal, Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott, Rotherham’s Emphasized, Scarlett’s, J.W. Hanson’s New Covenant, Twentieth Century, Ferrar Fenton, The Western New Testament, Weymouth’s (unedited), Clementson’s, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed, The Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible, Bullinger’s Companion Bible margins, Jonathan Mitchell’s translation (2010).
Concerning the duration of kolasis (literally - corrective punishment), Matt. 25:46 says (KJV),
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.”
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Scarlett’s New Testament written in 1792 has “aeonian punishment” in place to “everlasting punishment.”
“And these will go away into aeonian punishment: but the righteous into aeonian life.” -
The New Covenant by Dr. J.W. Hanson written in 1884 renders Matt. 25:46:
“And these shall go away into aeonian chastisement, and the just into aeonian life.” -
Young’s Literal Translation first published in 1898 and reprinted many times since uses the following words:
“And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.”
Professor Young also compiled Young’s Concordance, where one can check the translation of each Hebrew or Greek word as translated in the KJV. -
The Twentieth Century New Testament first printed in the year 1900 has:
“And these last will go away ‘into aeonian punishment,’ but the righteous ‘into aeonian life.’” -
The Holy Bible in Modern English by Ferrar Fenton first published in 1903 gives the rendering:
"And these He will dismiss into a long correction, but the well-doers to an enduring life. -
The New Testament in Modern Speech, by Dr. Weymouth, says:
“And these shall go away into punishment of the ages, but the righteous into life of the ages.”
Dr. Weymouth most frequently adopts such terms as “life of the ages,” “fire of the ages;” and in Rev. 14:6, “The good news of the ages.” It is a matter to regret that the editors of the most recent edition of Dr. Weymouth’s version have reverted to the KJV renderings for the passages containing the Greek word aion, eon, or age. -
The Western New Testament published in 1926 renders Matt. 25:46 as follows:
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.”
The translation, however, has a footnote on Matthew 21:19 on the word “forever” which is the same word for “eternal” which says: "Literally, for the age.” -
Clementson’s The New Testament (1938) shows,
“And these shall go away into eonian correction, but the righteous into eonian life.” -
Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott (1942 edition) translates the verse,
“And these shall go forth to the aionian cutting-off; but the righteous to aionian life.”
It should be noted that the “cutting-off” refers to pruning a fruit tree to make it bear more fruit. The idea behind the word is not destructive but productive! Had Jesus wanted to emphasize a destructive end, He would have used the word “timoria.” -
The Concordant Version (1930):
“And these shall be coming away into chastening eonian, yet the just into life eonian.” -
The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed printed in 1958 says:
“And these shall go away into agelasting cutting-off and the just into agelasting life.” -
Joseph Bryant Rotherham, in his Emphasized Bible (1959), translates this verse,
“and these shall go away into age-abiding correction, but the righteous into age-abiding life.” -
The Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible copyrighted in 1976 has “age-abiding correction” instead of “everlasting punishment.”
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Jonathan Mitchell’s translation (2010) has "And so, these folks will be going off into an eonian pruning (a lopping-off which lasts for an undetermined length of time; an age-lasting correction; a pruning which has its source and character in the Age), yet the fair and just folks who are in right relationship and are in accord with the Way pointed out [go off] into eonian life (life which has it source and character in the Age; life pertaining to the Age)”.
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Even some King James Study Bibles will show the reader in the margins or appendixes that the King’s translators were incorrect in their rendering of "eternal punishment.” The great Companion Bible by Dr. Bullinger is an example of that.
Greek scholar William Barclay wrote concerning kolasis aionion (age-during corrective chastisement) in Matthew 25:46
“The Greek word for punishment is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. There is no instance in Greek secular literature where kolasis does not mean remedial punishment. It is a simple fact that in Greek kolasis always means remedial punishment. God’s punishment is always for man’s cure.”
Also see what other Greek scholars say about it
An Analytical Study of Words
tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter11.html
Chapter Eleven
THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN
Instead of being forgiven, the sinner will suffer the consequences.
But the consequenses are eonian, not eternal.
I found this link helpful.
concordant.org/expositions/human … he-spirit/
The correct literal translation:
Mk 3: 28 Verily, I am saying to you that all shall be pardoned the
sons of mankind, the penalties of the sins and the blasphemies,
whatsoever they should be blaspheming, 29 yet whoever should be
blaspheming against the holy spirit is having no pardon for the eon,
but is liable to the eonian penalty for the sin- (Concordant Literal
Translation)
THE EVENTUAL SAVING OF EVERYONE FROM EVERYTHING FROM WHICH THEY NEED TO BE SAVED
UNIVERSAL SALVATION UNIVERSITY
richardwaynegarganta.com/universalsalvation.htm
An excellent website expounding Christian Biblical Universal Salvation
VERSIONS
Most Christian Bible schools do not preach the word of God.
The per-versions of the Bible that many Christians rely on are not the word of God.
Here are fifteen literal translations of the Bible that are the word of God.
Greek scholar William Barclay wrote concerning kolasis aionion (age-during corrective chastisement) in Matthew 25:46
“The Greek word for punishment is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. There is no instance in Greek secular literature where kolasis does not mean remedial punishment. It is a simple fact that in Greek kolasis always means remedial punishment. God’s punishment is always for man’s cure.”
Also see what other Greek scholars say about it
An Analytical Study of Words
tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter11.html
Chapter Eleven
Fifteen literally translated (not interpretively translated) Bibles that reveal what God will do with the sinners in Matthew 25:46
Concordant Literal, Young’s literal, Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott, Rotherham’s Emphasized, Scarlett’s, J.W. Hanson’s New Covenant, Twentieth Century, Ferrar Fenton, The Western New Testament, Weymouth’s (unedited), Clementson’s, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed, The Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible, Bullinger’s Companion Bible margins, Jonathan Mitchell’s translation (2010).
Up until the time of Augustine, most Christians believed in universal salvation.
Dr. Edwin Abbott, headmaster of the City of London School, wrote in his Cambridge Sermons -
QUOTE: “An argument was introduced by Augustine, and since his day incessantly repeated, that if aionios kolasis does not mean “endless punishment,” then there is no security for the believer that aionios zoe means “endless life,” and that he will enjoy the promise of endless happiness. But Matt. 25:46 shows the “eonian chastisement” and “eonian life” are of the same duration-lasting during the eons, and when the eons end, as Scripture states they will (1 Cor. 10:11; Heb. 9:26), the time called “eonian” is past and the life called “eonian” is finished, but life continues beyond the eons, as Paul teaches at 1 Cor. 15:26: “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” (which must refer to the lake of fire, for the first death cannot be the last enemy). That is, the last, the final one in order. How will it be destroyed? First Corinthians 15:22 gives the answer: “For as IN ADAM ALL are dying, even so IN CHRIST ALL shall be made alive.” Death is destroyed when ALL have been made alive, IN CHRIST.”
– Dr. Edwin Abbott
Note God’s wording
In Christ all shall be made alive
not
All who are in Christ shall be made alive
GOD’S PLAN FOR THE AGES OF TIME
“During the present wicked eon (Gal.1:4), Sin reigns, Satan who is said to be “the god of this eon” (2 Cor.4:4) blinds and deceives mankind, and death swallows up the race (1 Cor.15:22). But notwithstanding, God is over all and is in supreme control. He is the eonian God. In due time He will deliver the entire creation and bring good out of all the suffering mankind is called upon to endure (Rom.8;18-23).”
GOD’S PLAN FOR THE AGES OF TIME
THE EONS OF THE BIBLE WITH CONCORDANCE
saviourofall.org/Tracts/Eons2.html
Universalism:
The Prevailing Doctrine Of the Christian Church During Its First Five-Hundred Years
tentmaker.org/books/Prevailing.html
And they were reading the Bible in its original language!
VESSELS OF DISHONOR
For anyone who may be interested, all of the arguments presented by ETers that universalism is not scriptural have been refuted in detail in this online book.
HOPE BEYOND HELL - GERRY BEAUCHEMIN (published 2007)
It can be downloaded free and read online here
hopebeyondhell.net/
I thank God for being able to see that believers in eternal torment will remain believers in eternal torment for as long as God wants them to.
God needs them as vessels of the grossest dishonor, a foil of contrast against which He will demonstrate the power of His love that never fails and His undefeatable grace.
But after the resurrection God will refashion all believers in eternal torment into vessels of honor because they were marred in the Potter’s hands and they never leave His hands.
The doctrine of eternal torment is part of the black background against which God will paint His glorious masterpiece of universal transformation, using the paint brushes of His love that never fails, and His grace that cannot be defeated.
After believers in eternal torment have done their very best to convince others about what God will not do, God is going to do it anyway.
Believers in eternal torment will probably not want to have anything to do with this link, but others on this forum might.
Why not check it out?
Read the reviews first – just a suggestion.
hopebeyondhell.net/what-others-are-saying/
HOPE BEYOND HELL - GERRY BEAUCHEMIN
hopebeyondhell.net/
HOPE BEYOND HELL BOOK AUDIO - Gerry Beauchemin
hopebeyondhell.net/audio-book-with-text/
VOMIT
On City Data Christian forum, a poster named twin-spin frequently refers to UR as “vomit.”
twin-spin’s “vomit” versus UR’s “vomit”
twin-spin’s definition of “vomit”
Sooner or later, because of what Christ accomplished by His death and resurrection He is going to save everyone from everything from which they need to be saved, including their stubborn will.
UR’s defintion of “vomit”
Sustaining anyone alive in an inescapable state of everlasting suffering.
A snippet from A TREATISE ON ATONEMENT – HOSEA BALLOU
“We are told of a god who created millions of beings whom he intends for endless torments and puts His whole design into execution; and this is called ‘goodness.’
In millions of cases this god finds it most for his glory to make his rational, hoping, wanting creatures endlessly miserable.
We are likewise told of a devil who acts for his own gratification, and who delights in making God’s creatures miserable; and this is called ‘badness.’
Shall we thus represent our kind and merciful Father from Whom streams of goodness continually flow to His wanting, needing creatures? No; let every vibration of sense within us acknowledge His bountiful hand which will never close.”
WE DIFFER FROM ETERS
We differ on what we perceive to be of the Holy Spirit.
Interested students will examine the contents of the links I post, and will decide for themselves whether or not they think what it says is of the Holy Spirit.
Everyone will choose to believe whatever they are convinced is the truth about what the Bible teaches. I post on forums to give people an alternate point of view. Had I known that one existed I never would have had a horrific twelve year nervous breakdown 1966-78 over my inability to love a god who would allow anyone actually prefer to suffer forever rather than eventually reach out for the salvation that God has provided. I’m 78 years old now.
THE FOLLOWING HAS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE TRUE REGARDING THE DEBATE ABOUT ETERNAL TORMENT
The argument about “eternal hell” nearly always gets bogged down with the words, “My Greek scholars are more reliable than your Greek scholars,” and the result is nearly always a stalemate. We also differ about what we perceive to be of the Holy Spirit.
My Greek scholars are Louis Abbott and the many Greek scholars he quotes in chapters three and twelve.
AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF WORDS
tentmaker.org/books/asw/index.html
Also see
TIME AND ETERNITY A BIBLICAL STUDY
tentmaker.org/books/time/
Also see THE SCHOLAR’S CORNER FOR THE STUDY OF BIBLICAL UNIVERSALISM at
tentmaker.org/ScholarsCorner.html
If you think it glorifies God more to let some of His creatures suffer forever, or annihilate them, then you keep believing that.
But if you think it glorifies God more to eventually meet everyone on the level of their greatest and deepest need which is a change in their stubborn will, then know that there is plenty of evidence in the Bible that is exactly what God is like.
WEBSITES (SOME OF THEM WITH MANY LINKS) THAT SHOW THAT THE BIBLE CORRECTLY (LITERALLY, NOT INTERPRETIVELY) TRANSLATED TEACHES UNIVERSAL SALVATION, NOT ETERNAL TORMENT, OR EVEN ANNIHILATION
greater-emmanuel.org/Hope4You/
web.archive.org/web/201107132242 … /gtft.org/ If the link doesn’t open for you, click on the word “impatient”
saviourofall.org
concordant.org/
tentmaker.org/
sigler.org/
auburn.edu/~allenkc/culinks.html
godfire.net/paris/hellnotforever.html
what-the-hell-is-hell.com/
tentmaker.org/books/Bible-Proofs-modern.html
tentmaker.org/books/OriginandHistory.html
people.zeelandnet.nl/wjanse/welcome.htm
savior-of-all.com/
bible-truths.com
tentmaker.org/FAQ/24.html
ocis.net/~rmckay/
willamette.edu/~ttalbott/theol.html
godfire.net/index.html
users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/death.htm
sigler.org/slagle/
concordant.org/expohtml/index.html
ais-gwd.com/~cdevans/
godslastcall.org/rev21-22.html
thenewcreation.com/
godfire.net/eby
hellbusters.8m.com/eby.htm
tentmaker.org/books/ScripturalProofs.html
sigler.org/kingdom/links.htm
tentmaker.org/books/Prevailing.html
tentmaker.org/books/FreeMoralAgent-Eby.html
godskingdomministries.org/free_will.htm
sigler.org/slagle/The%20Gobb … Gospel.htm
tentmaker.org/articles/Lazarus-byHuie.htm
tentmaker.org/books/Lazarus.html
bible-truths.com/part8.htm
godfire.net/elwin.html
godfire.net/reasons.html
godfire.net/FreeWill.html
godfire.net/eby.html
auburn.edu/~allenkc/answers.html
gospelogic.com/
promiseed.com
sigler.org/kingdom/
sigler.org/keith/
godfire.net/paris/
greater-emmanuel.org/jg/jgindex.html
lighthouselibrary.com/
geocities.com/michaelgerardburke/index.html
purposeoflife.org.uk/
pilkingtonandsons.com/hellfactor/indexhf.htm
greater-emmanuel.org
hlom.org/fellowship.html
greater-emmanuel.org/Call_Of_The_Kingdom/
interiorcoveringsministry.org/
ais-gwd.com/~cdevans/recon-7.htm
tgulcm.tripod.com/
goodnewsinc.net/
twsj.ws/news.php
greenwood.net/~cdevans
greater-emmanuel.org/insights.html
geocities.com/tws490/
ais-gwd.com/~cdevans/
hopebeyondhell.net/
hell-fact-or-fable.com
hearingthetruthofgod.com/
haroldlovelace.com/
p199.ezboard.com/bjesusthelightoftheworld
greenwood.net:80/~cdevans/SR.htm
biblicaluniversalist.bravehost.com/
christian-universalism.com/links.html
christianuniversalist.org
presence.tv/cms/index.php
angelfire.com/dc/universalism/form.html
hearingthetruthofgod.com/id2.html
sigler.org/eby/savior_of_the_word_series.htm
haroldlovelace.com/
richardwaynegarganta.com/
notjustnotes.ws/index.htm
lighthouselibrary.com/
gods-kingdom-ministries.org/
greater-emmanuel.org/jg/jgindex.html
willamette.edu/~ttalbott/
sigler.org/sirius8/rpnavbar.html
godfire.net/rayknight/
martinzender.com/zenderature.htm
thegloryrd.com
urincluded2.com/
christaslife.org/
hearingthetruthofgod.com/id2.html
scaredofhell.com/
greater-emmanuel.org/links.html
kingdomstudy.com/OtherKingdomLinks.html
angelfire.com/dc/universalism/form.html
frimmin.com/faith/godislove.php
tentmaker.org/Quotes/uniquotes.htm
boldgrace.com/
biblicaluniversalist.bravehost.com/
auburn.edu/~allenkc/univart.html
auburn.edu/~allenkc/christa.html (scroll down to CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM section)
harvestherald.com/thirtyquestions.htm
tentmaker.org/books/asw/index.html
forgivenforever.org/
godoftheages.com/
not1lost.blogspot.com/2008/09/ag … ction.html
richardwaynegarganta.com/
richardwaynegarganta.com/universalsalvation.htm
restoreallthings.org/downloa … y72804.pdf
tlchrist.info/universl.htm
bible-truths.com/
newbeginningministries.com/
greater-emmanuel.org/
frimmin.com/faith/godislove.php
martinzender.com:80/
knowingtodaysgod.com/
godfire.net/kennedy/
completerestorationinchrist. … s-not.html
completerestorationinchrist.org/index.html
thegloryrd.com:80/
allmadealive.com/quotes.php
www.GraceEvangel.org
completerestorationinchrist.org/index.html
wisefire.tv/
thebeautifulheresy.com/2005/ … nt-it.html
martinzender.com/zenderature.htm
angelfire.com/dc/universalism/form.html
greater-emmanuel.org/Hope4You/links.html
newlifeinternational.faithweb.co … Links.html
scaredofhell.com/
greater-emmanuel.org/links.html
hetbestenieuws.nl/links.htm
home.earthlink.net:80/~btodd2/freewillnote.html
home.earthlink.net/~btodd1/punishment.html
crossfaithministry.org/universalism.html
mercifultruth.com/eternity.htm
sigler.org/mckay/sovereignty.html
gtft.org/Library/miscellaneous/evil.htm
thomastalbott.com/
jesusreligion.com/
archive.org/details/universalrestitu00ston
thetencommandmentsministry.u … e/whence….
harmony-church.net/Correct.htm
purposeoflife.org.uk/other%20docs.htm
hopebeyondhell.net/
christianuniversalist.org/
haroldlovelace.com/
crossandthrone.com/
auburn.edu/~allenkc/articles2.html
mercifultruth.com/
greater-emmanuel.org/Call_Of_The_Kingdom/
greater-emmanuel.org/
pilkingtonandsons.com/bsn.htm
gods-kingdom-ministries.org/default.cfm
kingdombiblestudies.org/links.htm
restoreallthings.org/downloa … y72804.pdf
heavenandhellpage.com/
greater-emmanuel.org/kg/kg.html
savioroftheworld.net/
destinedforsalvation.org/
universalist-herald.net/1BkRev.html
universalistfriends.org/quf2009.html
godfire.net/links.html
greater-emmanuel.org/jm/restoration.htm
studentoftheword.com/StudiesoftheWord.html
godfire.net/index.html
einet.net/directory/974143/Universalism.htm
gods-kingdom-ministries.org/book_list.cfm
absolute-reconciliation.org/
completerestorationinchrist.org/
gospelrevolution.com/
thegloryrd.com/
perfectgrace.org/
purposeoflife.org.uk/other%20docs.htm
euniversalism.forum5.com/index.php
biblicaluniversalism.com/posting1.htm
junkmaster.com/Ministry/cupage1.htm
antinomianuniversalism.com/index.php
biblicaluniversalist.bravehost.com/
ukapologetics.net/1inclusivism.htm
christianheretic.com/hell
dir.crossmap.com/Science_and_Soc … iversalism
christianspiritualism.org/ar … ionios.htm
graceevangel.org/
godquest.org/links.htm
godsplanforall.com/
godfire.net/paris/
thomastalbott.com/
archive.org/details/universalrestitu00ston
thetencommandmentsministry.us/mi … e_eternity
thebeautifulheresy.com/
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A UNIVERSAL SALVATION THESIS THAT SHOULD BE ON
THE REQUIRED READING LIST OF ALL BIBLE SCHOOLS
Click on each highlighted subtitle to read the entirety of each of the seventeen sections
HIS ACHIEVEMENT ARE WE – James Coram
concordant.org/expositions/his-a … nt-are-we/
Click on each highlighted subtitle to read the entirety of each of the seventeen sections
WHO SHALL WORSHIP GOD?
An appropriate snippet from
“ASK OF ME OF THINGS TO COME” – K. ROSS MCKAY
“WHO SHALL EVENTUALLY WORSHIP GOD?
Every creature Rev. 5:13
All flesh Isa. 66:23
All the ends of the world Psa. 22:27
All the kindreds of the nations Psa. 67:7
All the isles of the heathen Zep. 2:11
All the nations whom Thou hast made Psa. 86:9; Rev. 15:4
All the earth Psa. 66:4
The whole earth shall be filled with His glory Psa. 72:19; 97:7.”
WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED? – KENNETH BRIX
“That salvation is of man and HIS works is shared by many of us who are Christians. We’ve portrayed God as having done all He could do to save mankind more than 2000 years ago. So now, supposedly, it’s up to mankind to perform the remaining essential of exercising the good work of faith, or else suffer everlasting consequences.
We have looked upon salvation as a joint effort between man and God, and as primarily what WE do for Him. With this teaching MAN is exalted, self righteousness flourishes, and God is stripped of His sovereignty! But our salvation ‘is not of him that willeth’ (any decision we make of ourselves), ‘nor of him that runneth’ (any effort we put forth of ourselves), BUT OF GOD Who showeth mercy! (Romans 9:16)
Christ was prophesied to take away the sin of the world (Jn. 1:29), so how then can a sinless world suffer everlasting punishment in the lake of fire?! How absurd! Christ is the Saviour of the world (Jn. 4:42; 1Jn. 4:14), and He will save it!"
By Jan Antonsson
Why did Christ have to die such a horrific death? That question was posed to me by an on-line reader of The Glory Road over ten years ago now. I gave it my best shot as did Harry Fox and John Gavazzoni. The reader wasn’t convinced, but I want to share Harry’s one sentence answer to the man: “Crucifixion,” or its equivalent, is INTRINSIC to the kind of love in which God forgave and continues to forgive us, His enemies, who nailed Jesus to a cross (cf. Rom. 5:6-10; Col. 1:21-22).
Romans 5:10, asks this question: “For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life ?” The verse in Col. 1:21 shows the scope of that love: “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”
Jan Antonsson
WILLIAM BARCLAY
Everyone who is cast into the lake of fire which is the second death will be saved out of it.
Greek scholar William Barclay wrote concerning kolasis aionion (age-during corrective chastisement) in Matthew 25:46
“The Greek word for punishment is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. There is no instance in Greek secular literature where kolasis does not mean remedial punishment. It is a simple fact that in Greek kolasis always means remedial punishment. God’s punishment is always for man’s cure.”
See what other Greek scholars say about it too.
AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF WORDS
tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter11.html
Fifteen literally translated (not interpretively translated) Bibles that reveal what God will do with the sinners in Matthew 25:46
Concordant Literal, Young’s literal, Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott, Rotherham’s Emphasized, Scarlett’s, J.W. Hanson’s New Covenant, Twentieth Century, Ferrar Fenton, The Western New Testament, Weymouth’s (unedited), Clementson’s, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed, The Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible, Bullinger’s Companion Bible margins, Jonathan Mitchell’s translation (2010).
Regarding the meaning of aionios, many Greek scholars agree with John Wesley Hanson.
AIÓN – AIÓNIOS
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SEE
THE SCHOLARS CORNER THE CENTER FOR BIBLE STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM
Scholar’s Corner: The Center for Bible studies in Christian Universalism
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Moulton and Milligan in “Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament” write concerning aionios that “In general the word depicts that of which the horizon is not in view, whether the horizon be at an infinite distance, or whether it lies no farther than the span of Caesar’s life.” New Thayers Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament defines “kolasis” as “CORRECTION, punishment, penalty”. It is a linguistically possible to replace “eternal punishment” with “CORRECTION FOR THE AGES.”
YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID – Kenneth Larsen
“You hear that it was declared, ‘You shall be loving your associate’ and you shall be hating your enemy. Yet I am saying to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who are persecuting you, so that you may become sons of your Father Who is in the heavens, for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and makes it rain on the just and the unjust. For if ever you should love those who are loving you, what wages have you? Are not the tribute collectors also doing the same? And if ever you should greet your brothers only, what are you doing that is excessive? Are not those of the nations also doing the same? You, then, shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matt. 5:43-48.
You have heard that it was said, “God hates those people so much He’s going to torment them in the flames.”
But God says, “To no one render evil for evil; rather, conquer evil with good. In doing this, you will be heaping embers of fire on his head.” Ro. 12:17-21.
You have heard that it was said, “God offers salvation to all mankind, but only saves those who believe before they die.”
But God says, “I AM the living God, the Savior of all mankind, especially of believers. These things be charging and teaching.” 1 Timothy 4:10, 11.
You have heard that it was said, “Some people are impossible to save; their stubborn will is just too strong!”
But God says, “With Me nothing is impossible; no one is stronger than Me!” Matt. 19:25, 26; 1 Cor. 10:22.
You have heard that it was said, “God wishes He could reconcile all the estranged on earth and in the heavens, but He has to have cooperation from those on earth; He can’t do it alone. As for those estranged in the heavens, they’re hopeless.”
But God says, “Through Christ I will reconcile all to Myself (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens.” Colossians 1:20, 21.
You have heard that it was said, “For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, all those who are in Christ shall be vivified.”
But God says, “For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, in Christ, shall all be vivified.” 1 Cor. 15:22.
You have heard that it was said, “Seek God and you’ll be saved. Your salvation depends on how you exercise your free will. If you’re lost, it will be your own fault.”
But God says, “No one is seeking Me. All avoid Me. Consequently, then, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who is racing, but of My mercy.” Romans 3:11, 12; 9:16.
You have heard that it was said, “The second death will be eternal; there’s no escaping the lake of fire.”
But God says, “The last enemy is being abolished: death.” 1 Corinthians 15:26.
You have heard that it was said, “When God doesn’t give the person the chance to hear the Gospel, it’s because He knows they would have rejected it anyway.”
But God says, “My saving grace makes its advent to all humanity. Jesus enlightens every soul who enters the world, and He will draw all to Himself.” Titus 2:11; Jn. 1:9; 12:32.
You have heard that it was said, “The subjection of all to Christ will, in many cases, involve compulsion, rather than the reception of a body of glory.”
But God says, “Christ will transfigure the body of humiliation, to conform it to the body of His glory, in accord with the operation which enables Him even to subject all to Himself. Every tongue will acclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, by Holy Spirit.” 1 Cor. 12:3; Phil. 2:9-11; 3:21.
You have heard that it was said, “All mankind is condemned in Adam, but only some of them will receive justification in Christ.”
But God says, “Consequently, then, as it was through one offense for all mankind for condemnation, thus also it is through one just award for all mankind for life’s justifying. For even as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners, thus also, through the obedience of the One, the many shall be constituted just.” Romans 5:18, 19.
You have heard that it was said, “God wills all mankind be saved, but that’s really just wishful thinking.”
But God says, “The Lamb of God takes away the sin of the world, annulling the acts of the Adversary! My will is to save all, and I operate all in accord with the counsel of My will.” John 1:29; 1 Jn. 3:8; 1 Tim. 2:1-6; Eph. 1:11.
You have heard that it was said, “God expects something from us (to exercise our free will) before His grace will be of any benefit to us. God loves His enemies, and will give the most ungrateful and wicked among them the wages of sin (death) forever.”
But God says, “And if you are loving those loving you, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are loving those loving them. And if you should be doing good to those doing good to you, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are doing the same. And if you should ever be lending to those from whom you are expecting to get back, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are lending to sinners, that they may get back the equivalent. Moreover, be loving your enemies, and be doing good, and be lending, expecting nothing from them, and your wages will be vast in the heavens, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.” Luke 6:32-35.
WORTH REPEATING
#1 - A SNIPPET FROM REDEMPTION ALL IN ALL - RAY PRINZING (my earthly hero and mentor)
“Aionian punishment means of the age, or age during. It is a period of time designated by God for the bringing to naught that which is wrong. God will mete out exactly the amount of time necessary for correction, but it will not be prolonged beyond that which is needed. All of God’s punishments are corrective in nature, motivated by His love, and used to work into our good and His praise.”
#2 – A SNIPPET FROM ALL IN ALL – A.E. KNOCH
“The terms translated ‘forever’ and ‘everlasting’ and ‘never’ are human perversions which could never have deceived us if they had been consistently rendered. They denote definite divisions of time called ages or eons. All together they form a distinct portion of time called eonian times. Destruction, like salvation, is eonian. It is not the end or aim of God. God destroys nothing that He will not restore. He loses nothing that will not return to Him laden with praise and glory for Himself. Destruction is a passing process, not a finished goal. Through God it will work out the welfare of all of His creatures and the glory of our Saviour."
(Editor’s note: Scriptures that seem to disagree with this conclusion are addressed in chapter four of his book ALL IN ALL)
#3 – A SNIPPET FROM THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD – A.E. KNOCH
“I, for one, freely confess that, without a knowledge of the consummation, when God will reconcile all and become All in all, I could not have confidence in a deity who allowed the world to work itself into such a mess, and who can do little more for most men than to sweep them into destruction, extinction or torment.
But now, how can I distrust God? Mankind is just where He has brought it. The effect of all the present evil and distress will be salutary. God will get glory out of it, and men will be prepared by it to appreciate the gifts He has in store for them all.”