ALL
The
teaching of the reconciliation of mankind comes in many forms.
Reconciliation
of man to man is nice, but without reconciliation to God through Christ Jesus
it is futile and utterly meaningless!
In
this teaching, we will look at many Bible verses that mainstream Christianity
does not acknowledge or tries to limit due to the fact that this truth has not
been revealed to them.
Systematic
Reconciliation is based on the fact that Christ Jesus alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life!
Jesus
is the Son of God, and God the Son!
John 1:1 In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
You
that have studied early Christianity know that Peter was allowed to be the
first to carry the message of salvation by grace to the Gentiles (Acts 10), and
both Peter and James defended that message (Acts 15).
However,
most of the Jewish Christians of their day could not grasp the idea of grace
being extended to Gentiles. Many of them insisted that salvation was only valid
when a Gentile first converted to Judaism.
The
reconciliation of all mankind is taught in both the Old and the New
Testaments!
But,
many Christians are so filled with a personal desire for vengeance that they
cannot admit that Christ Jesus shall change most of the spiritually violent
among us as He did with Paul. Paul was, in essence, a prototype of things to
come.
Many
Christians see with spiritual astigmatism!
In
that condition, they see spiritual things with a distorted view!
However,
their spiritual vision shall be corrected!
As
we look around it is evident that many within the social church oppose Christ.
But,
many are also being added to the true
Church daily.
That
is according to God’s plan for the ages.
Some
shall come today, others shall come tomorrow.
Those Christians are added systematically!
“All”
is a good Biblical word.
Sometimes
the Bible qualifies all, and at other times all means all of all.
Jesus
Himself used “all” in explaining the extent of His victory.
John
6:37 “All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”
In
dealing with that statement, we must determine how many the Father gave to Him!
Psalms 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen (Heb. Goyim-Gentiles) for
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession.
As he hung on the cross,
Jesus looked down on the assembled crowd of Jews and Gentiles and asked, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)
All (Heb. kaal-כָּל),
unless otherwise limited within the text, means
all!
All (Gr. pan/pas-pan/paV) (and their variations), unless otherwise limited within the text, means all!
In
dealing with John 6:37, all is limited to those the Father gave to the Son.
To many, the Goyim are those
born outside of Israel.
However…The Bible uses
“Goyim” to describe non-believers in Israel!
Isaiah 1:4a
Ah sinful nation (Heb. goyim-Gentiles),
a people laden with iniquity.
The fact is that all unbelievers are Goyim in the
sight of God!
When Christ was crucified, He
had only 120 who believed in Him, and all others, regardless of race, were
Goyim.
The
fact is that the Father committed all to unbelief in order to have mercy on
all! (Romans 11:32)
The following study of the
“all” verses will point out the complete and utter power of God!
None
of the verses presented here are limited!
Ps 65:2b to You all
flesh will come.
How
many sermons have you ever heard using that verse as a base text?
Probably
none!
Psalm
65:2 is an embarrassment to many mainstream theologians!
And
yet, there it is!
Ps 66:4 All the
earth shall worship You and sing praises to You; they shall sing praises to
Your name.
Did you read that?
All the earth SHALL worship God and sing His
praises!
Most Preachers mistakenly
teach that all that is left of mankind!
That is non-biblical!
Again, all the earth shall
worship God and sing praises to Him!
They shall sing praises to
His name!
All the earth shall serve God (Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit) and sing praises to God, to His “name!”
Phil 2:9-11
9 Therefore God also has
highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those
in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Will all the earth sing
praises to God for casting most of mankind into hell or the Lake of Fire?
I doubt it!
We shall sing His praises
because of His salvation, and not because of any torment!
Ps 72:11
Yes, all kings shall fall
down before Him; all nations
shall serve Him.
All nations shall serve God!
All nations (Heb. goyim-Gentiles), all Gentiles
shall serve God!
Do you understand the
absolute power in that statement?
Psalm 72:11 says emphatically
that all Gentiles SHALL serve
God!
No mainstream Church leaders
dare approach that verse with any degree of honesty, and still maintain their
teaching of eternal torment or annihilation!
Ps 86:9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship
before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.
This verse is even more explicit!
It says that all nations
(Gentiles) that God made shall come and worship before Him, and shall glorify
His name!
How many Gentiles did God
make?
All of them!
Ps 145:9 The LORD is
good to all, and His tender
mercies are over all His
works.
The Lord (Heb. Yahweh- הוהי) is good to all
His works!
We, both Jews and Gentiles
are part of His works!
Many teach that His goodness
includes Eternal Torment or complete Annihilation.
Many teach death as being
life.
That is ridiculous!
Death is death!
Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the
LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be
exalted above the hills; and all
nations shall flow unto it.
When God brings His plan to a conclusion,
establishing His Kingdom, all nations (Heb. kaal hagoyim), all {the} Gentiles “shall flow unto it.”
That is a simple declaratory statement that
most of Christianity seems to deny!
Isa 25:8; He
will swallow up death forever (1 Cor 15:54), and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from all faces (Rev
21:4).
God will wipe away tears from
all (Heb. kaal-כָּל) faces!
That does not refer to just those who at this time profess, “Jesus is Lord!”
Those who now confess, “Jesus
Christ is Lord,” now live in the joy of the Lord!
But, Christ Jesus shall wipe
the tears brought about by bondage to sin from the faces of all who shall (in due time) profess, “Jesus is Lord!”
And, all shall bow and acknowledge, “Jesus is Lord” (Romans
14:11, Philippians 2:9-11)!
Far too many supposed christians
proclaim that Jesus is “socially” lord without any understanding of what “Lord”
really means!
“Lord,” as used in the New
Testament, denotes proprietorship!
Christ Jesus is our owner!
We are His “purchased
possession!” (Eph. 1:14)
We are the first installment
of all who shall eventually bow and proclaim, “Jesus is Lord!”
Rom 14:11 For it is written: "As I live, says the Lord, every
knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
All mankind shall, one day,
bow and confess openly with joy, “Jesus is Lord!”
That proclamation shall not
keep many from being cast into the Lake of Fire for final purging of
disobedience!
Disobedience is not a satanic
work!
Disobedience is a result of
the sin nature within all mankind!
Paul focused on the sin
nature in Romans chapter 6.
Isa 45:23 (Rom
14:11) I have sworn by Myself; the word has gone out
of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every (Heb. kaal-כָּל) knee shall bow, every
(Heb. kaal-כָּל) tongue shall take an oath.
Every/all with no exceptions!
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone
astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all.
This verse does not refer to
Israelites alone. It refers to each and
every person who has ever or shall ever live.
Christ Jesus took personal
responsibility for each and every sin we commit!
I Jn 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and
not for ours only but also for the whole
world.
Acts 10:11-15
11 and saw heaven opened and an
object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let
down to the earth.
12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts,
creeping things, and birds of the air.
13 And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat."
14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never
eaten anything common or unclean."
15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, "What God has
cleansed you must not call common."
God proclaimed that in
Christ, He had cleansed mankind!
But, Peter never completely
understood.
He is not the only one!
Most Christians do not
understand!
Most of us still refer to
those whom God cleansed as common, defiled, polluted, and unclean!
The human penchant for
rejection of Christ is difficult to explain, or understand!
Only the Holy Spirit can
overcome our ignorance!
The last word Christ Jesus
spoke from the cross is reported in English as, “It is finished” (Gr. Tetelestai-Tetelestai)!
That Greek word means, “Paid
in full!”
The sin debt has been paid,
but in order to receive the benefits of His sacrifice we must openly,
earnestly, and with joy confess, “Jesus is Lord!”
Christ Jesus dealt with the
sin issue “once for all!”
Heb 10:10 By
that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all (Gr. efapax-efapax)
Once for all time!
Once for all sins!
Once for all people!
We do not deal with it, and
He will not deal with it again!
Heb 9:26 He
then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now,
once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself.
Heb 9:28 so
Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for
Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
His work on the cross, and in
the resurrection, is our guarantee that all, in due time, shall be raised to
life everlasting!
Acts 3:21
"whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth
of all His holy prophets since the world began.
Acts 3:21 contains a Greek
word that is not acknowledged by any mainstream Preachers. That Greek word is translated “restoration”
(Gr. apokatastaseoos-apokatastastasewV).
The reason that no mainstream
Church leaders ever touch on that Greek word is due to its meaning.
That Greek word speaks of a
completely one-sided reconciliation!
It is an agreement by one
side in a certain issue to befriend the violating side by assuming complete
responsibility for the reconciliation.
Our responsibility is not to deal with sin.
Only Christ can, and has effectively dealt with sin.
Our responsibility is to
openly and with joy proclaim, “Jesus is Lord!”
And, all shall do that!
Without that proclamation we
will not receive the benefits of His sacrifice for our sins!
Separation from the presence
of God is impossible! (Ps 139:7-13)
However, separation from His
benefits, due to the sin of rebellion, is a reality!
Rom 5:18 by
the offense of one judgment came upon all
men to condemnation; even so (in like manner) by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of
life.
Many teach that Adam’s gift
to mankind (sin and the sin nature) is greater than Christ’s gift to mankind
(salvation by grace through faith).
I assure you that such is not
the case!
Christ’s sacrifice is greater
than all our sins---combined!
Justification unto life
everlasting is a result of grace through Christ Jesus.
The Bible assures us that
where sin merely abounds, grace superabounds (Romans 5:20)!
Rom 11:32 For
God has committed them all to
disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
The fact is that God placed all of creation under the
condemnation of disobedience so that He may, in due time, have mercy on all His creation.
Rom 8:20-21
20 For the creation was subjected to
futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;
21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
All who attend Church, shout,
“amen,” and sing songs are not now children of God!
That group is limited to
those who are led by the Spirit of God.
Rom 8:14 For
as many as (Gr. hosoi-osoi) are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
The Greek word translated “as
many as” (Gr. holoi-oloi) in Romans 8:14 explicitly means the complete, and
does not indicate a partial.
Only those who are led by the
Spirit of God qualify as sons of God!
Rom 11:36 of
Him and through Him and to Him are all
things,
All of creation was created
by God the Father (with the Son acting as the agent of creation).
All creation must go through
Christ Jesus, God the Son!
And then, by means of the
Holy Spirit, they are reconciled to the Father!
Rom 14:11 (Isaiah
45:23) For it is written: "As I live, says the
Lord, every knee shall bow to
Me, and every tongue shall
confess to God."
Every (Gr. pan-pan) knee shall bow!
Every (Gr. pasa-pasa) tongue shall confess!
1 Cor 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ all shall be
made alive.
Do you actually believe
that?
Most mainstream Church
leaders deny it!
Oh, we freely admit that in
as in Adam all die.
That is no problem!
However, the verse goes on to
say that “even so,” in like manner, in Christ all shall be made alive.
“Shall all be made alive” (Gr. pantes
zoo-opoieetheesontai-pantes zwopoihqhsontai)!
It is 3rd person
plural future indicative. The word “made” has been added.
The correct translation is
“shall all be alive!”
All who are resurrected are
resurrected to life.
No
deceased person is resurrected to death!
That verse does not say that
only those that are now in
Christ shall be alive.
It says that as all mankind is subject to death
because of Adam, because of Christ all
mankind shall be alive!
I Jn 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not
for ours only but also for the whole (Gr. holou-olou) world.
Many say it, but don’t
believe it!
1 Cor 15:28
Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be
subject to Him who put all
things under Him, that God may be all
in all.
At the proper time, according
to God’s plan for the ages, Christ will subject all under Him so that God may
become all in all!
The words translated ‘all” in
1 Corinthians 15:28 are all versions of pan/pas-pan/paV. They mean all!
Eph 1:10
that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together
in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven and which are on earth-- in Him.
The Father is at this time
gathering all things, in
heaven and on earth, into Christ!
That gathering may not now
appear to be a reality, however it shall become apparent!
Many Church leaders do not
understand the sequence or the plan.
Phil 3:21
who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious
body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
The Church does not bring all
into compliance with Christ, He brings all into compliance!
Many christians
are now working at odds to Christ!
True reconciliation is not
man to man, but man to God!
Do you understand and accept
that statement?
Most Church leaders do not!
1 Tim 4:10
the living God, who is the Savior of all
men, especially of those who believe.
This verse is a statement of
fact that most “Christians” do not now accept!
2 Pet 3:9 The
Lord is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
It is the sovereign will of
God that ALL should come to
repentance!
Christ Jesus gave His life
for that purpose!
Peter did not fully
understand grace (2 Peter 3:16), but he was allowed to give out some
truth. He was the first to preach Christ
to Gentiles.
Peter wrote that God’s will
is for all to come to
repentance.
Isaiah told us that God’s
counsel shall stand and that he will do all that He proposes to do!
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
things that are not yet done, saying, `My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,'
God shall accomplish all that He desires!
He does all that gives Him pleasure!
His desire is for all to come to Him!
Rev 21:5
"I make all (Gr. panta-panta) things new."
Do you actually believe what
God said that?
Do you actually believe that
God will make ALL THINGS new?
Many speak of types and
shadows without any discernable knowledge of reality, and shadows.
Isa 66:23
And it shall come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one
Sabbath to another, all flesh
shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD.
With all these wonderful
“all” verses; let me show you one that does not fit the mold.
Rev 21:8
"But the cowardly (Gr. deilois-deiloiV/faithless),
unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and
all liars shall have their
part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death."
Notice that all those who do
not acknowledge Christ as Lord shall be cast into the lake of Fire!
That lake burns with “fire
and brimstone.”
It is a sulfur fire!
A few years ago, I had a
sinus infection.
My Doctor gave me a
prescription.
When I filled it, I asked the
Pharmacist what it was.
She replied that it was a
sulfa drug, one of the most popular in fighting infections.
We call them sulfa drugs
because sulfur is the main ingredient!
Did my Doctor want to harm me
or heal me?
Is the lake of Fire for
harming or healing?
Is it punitive or remedial?
Christ came to heal the sin
sick!
John 3:17-18
17 "For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be
saved.
18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not
believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.
All people live under sin’s
condemnation UNTIL Christ
chooses each for healing!
All of us had to be called to
the healing that is in Christ Jesus!
Recently a personal friend
emailed my about Systematic Reconciliation.
He asked if I thought that
Lucifer and his demons would be saved.
I told him that I did not
know the answer to his question.
Some teach that but I do not!
The reason I do not teach or
believe that is found in Jude.
Jude 1:6 And
the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He
has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great
day;
That verse
contains the word “everlasting” (Gr. aidiois-aidioiV).
That is the only single word
in the entire Bible that may be accurately translated “Eternal!”
It is used in Jude only once
and only once in Romans 1:20.
The reason I do not accept
that Lucifer and his demons may be reconciled to God is that their chains are
eternal!
They will never come to the
place where they will admit or confess, “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
They cannot admit what they
have personally witnessed—that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead!
I hope this will start your
study of God’s Word.
Please understand that
regardless of your current situation, you
are part of the all that shall bow to Christ Jesus and with joy
proclaim, “Jesus is Lord!”
Although Paul gives us many
truths about grace and faith, James gives us the key to understanding judgment
and mercy.
James 2:13b
Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Mercy triumphs over, or
supersedes judgment just as grace triumphs over sin!
Rom 5:20-21
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where
sin abounded, grace abounded much more (Gr. hupereperisseusen-uperereperisseusen/
super-abounds),
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so
grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
All
mankind shall bow to God and publicly with joy confess, “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
How many is all…ALL