When you put Eph 2:15-16 And having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances;
for to make in Himself of two, one new man, so making peace; And that
He might reconcile both (Jew and Gentile) unto God in
one body(Christ as a body), by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;
We have a picture again of all things, Jew and Gentile, being reconciled in one body (Christ as a group) to God.
It is only when the body(Christ) has come to its fullness that the reconciliation will be complete. That will not happen at
the end of the first age. That ending is nothing more nor less than a Sabbath rest for the earth to begin the next age.
Everything in this age will be put back in its existing form. Satan is there, the beast(governments), the false prophet(religions)
death, the grave etc....
The outer darkness is the separation from God that we already exist in, as condemnation, mainly in our own minds.
The fire and the furnace are found in Zion/Jerusalem (the heavenly city)
Isa 31:9 And He (satan) shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD,
whose FIRE is in ZION, and
His furnace in Jerusalem.
Oba 1:21 And saviors shall come up on Mt Zion to judge the mount of Esau(non-elect); and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
The saviors are the first fruits unto God and the lamb, the first group to be resurrected and enter life (perfected).
They judge the mount of Esau, the non-elect in this TIME, but not to torment, but rather to help in their perfecting.
This is how the BODY increases with the passing of each age or dispensation of time (Eph 1:10 ) It's a slow process according
to a mans perspective.
Isa 30:33.............the breath of the LORD, like a stream of BRIMSTONE, doth kindle it.
Now consider Rev 21:8 and reconcile that with Col 1:20-21 And
having made peace by the blood of His cross to RECONCILE ALL
things to Himself (the body of Christ); by Him, I say, whether they be things on earth or things in heaven. And you that were sometimes
alienated and
enemies IN YOUR OWN MIND by wicked works, yet now HATH HE RECONCILED.
If you have been reconciled, and not by your making the right choice, for salvation is a gift initially but must be worked out, you
do not lose it as it is irrevocably given to you by God, (the calling). The time it takes to work it out is the issue most fail to perceive.
Then the rest are to receive the same Gift bought and paid for by Jesus Christ Rom 5:18 and 1 Ti 2:6 Who gave Himself a ransom for
ALL to be testified in due time.
He gave Himself a ransom for ALL, then He bought ALL, the timing of them coming into life is all thats left to figure out.
And that is according to Gods election of them, not their choice, not their deserving, as it is according to grace, nobody can earn
or deserve this. It was bought and paid for by the cross of Jesus Christ.
It is impossible to take Rev 21:8 as a literal interpretation given Col 1:20-21 and Eph 2:15-16 and 1 Co 15:21-23 and Rom 5:18 and Rom 11
ALL Israel could not be saved if Rev 21:8 is literal. We need spiritual lenses to see what is actually being said. Sure it sounds scary if
literal but it isn't, it's spiritual language.
The simple fact that life eternal was promised before the foundation of the world should make one stop and think, why would God
make that promise only to eternally torment? He knew what He was/is doing and how it would all turn out when finished, so why
start if it was gong to be up to man to make the right choices? God never abdicated His throne to man, it always was His
plan and He is seeing it through to completion. And when done ALL peoples ever born or made will be alive in the one Body of
Christ with Jesus as head of, and in this way all will have been reconciled back to God in the same Spirit.
Only man and his carnal mind can see God as a never ending punisher of a lower than an angel creation created with a mind that
separates the created from the creator. All words Jesus spoke were Spirit and they are Life. When seen through a carnal lense they
appear as only death and destruction. We need some glasses! But one must be born of the Spirit to obtain them.
But all mankind is NOT "in Christ" unless they make a conscious choice in this life.
I think you don't even understand the salvation process to begin with so I will not respond further to you on this issue as I might as
well bang my head against a brick wall. I do not say that as a snub on you, but you really just don't know or are deceived.
Your choice has nothing to do with the election process, if it did then you would have a reason to boast. I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE!
That is self righteousness and has no place in the discussion of salvation ever.
And you are correct, not ALL mankind is in Christ YET, but when God is finished they will have been made alive In Christ. As we do not
yet see ALL things under His feet. But we know that will happen.
Rom 3:22 Even
the righteousness of God which is by faith(imputed) of Jesus Christ
UNTO ALL and UPON ALL those that believe for
there is NO DIFFERENCE. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
You should read Pauls account of his own conversion in 1 Ti 1:12-16 He states that he was "filled with the faith and love that come from
Jesus Christ", that would be His fullness that we all receive of, if elect in this age. You do not have that faith or love in and of yourself
thats why it is a GIFT. You cannot with head faith grab ahold of that, it must be given to you by God. Election process.
That is the number one problem in the so called church today. Plenty of head faith believers that have not been born of the Spirit
and muddy the water so that everyone else looking into it sees nothing but mud.
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