God’s
Systematic
Reconciliation
Unless
otherwise indicated all verses are taken from the New King James Version (NKJV)
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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!
In
this article, 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, George F. Howe’s TURA (The Ultimate Reconciliation of All), and
Michael Burke’s Christian Universalism are all based on the fact that Christ
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life!
He is the Son of God and God the Son!
If
you have studied early Christianity, you know that although Peter was allowed
to be the first to carry the message of salvation by grace to the Gentiles, and
both Peter and James defended that message. Most of the Jewish Christians of
their day could not grasp the idea of grace being extended to Gentiles.
The
reconciliation of all mankind is taught in both the Old and the New
Testaments! However, many Christians are
so filled with a need for vengeance that they cannot admit that Christ Jesus
shall change the most spiritually violent among us as He did with Paul.
As
we look around it is evident that many 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.
All (Heb. kol-כָּל) and
its variations, unless otherwise limited within the text, means all!
All (Gr. pan/pas-pan/paV) and the variations, unless otherwise limited within the text, means all!
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 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!
Not as some mistakenly teach,
all that is left of mankind!
All the earth shall worship
You and sing praises to You; they shall sing praises to Your name.
All the earth shall worship
God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and sing praises to God His name!
Will all the earth sing
praises to God for casting most of mankind into hell or the
I doubt it!
We shall sing His praises
because of His salvation, and not for His 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- םיוג/Gentiles), shall serve God!
Do you understand the absolute
power in that statement?
Psalm 72:11 says emphatically
that all Gentiles SHALL
worship God!
No mainstream Church leaders
dare approach that verse with any degree of honesty!
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, Jew and Gentile are part
of His works!
Many teach that His goodness
includes Eternal Torment or complete Annihilation.
That is ridiculous!
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!
Not just those who now profess,
“Jesus is Lord!” But from the faces of all
who shall 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! He has
become our owner!
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
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!
We still
refer to many whom God has cleansed as common, defiled, polluted, unclean!
That human penchant is
difficult to overcome!
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!”
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. It 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 in
dealing with sin. Only Christ can and
has effectively dealt with sin. But, our
responsibility is to openly and with joy proclaim, “Jesus is Lord!” Without that proclamation we will not receive
the benefits of His sacrifice for our sins!
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) is greater than Christ’s gift to mankind (salvation by grace
through faith). I assure you that is not
the case! Christ’s sacrifice is greater than all sins!
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 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 is out of God
the Father and through God the Son and the Holy Spirit, then back 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
this?
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 the “even so,” in like manner, in Christ all shall be made alive.
That verse does not say that
only those that are now in
Christ shall be made alive. It says that
in the same manner as all mankind is subject to death because of Adam, because
of Christ all mankind shall be made 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!
The Greek word translated
“whole” (Gr. holou-olou) in 1 John 2:2 explicitly means the complete, and
does not indicate a partial.
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 His plan for the ages, God shall 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, in Christ! That gathering may not now appear to be a
reality, however it shall!
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 of us are working at odds to Christ!
This 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.
Peter did not fully
understand grace, but he was allowed to give out some truth. He was the first to preach Christ to
Gentiles. He wrote that God’s desire is
for all (Gr. panta from paV) to come to repentance.
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!
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 says here?
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!”