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I believe that ALL who ever lived will be in God’s Kingdom

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So Samuel was wrong?
No Samuel wasn’t wrong, that what the lying woman said to king David. She was not a prophet, she was not speaking on God’s behalf, and she was not sent by God to give this message. She was a liar trying to pursue David to forgive his son Absalom for killing Ammon because he raped Absalom’s sister which was a lawful killing according to Jewish law. So no, Samuel wasn’t wrong at all, that’s what the lying woman said.
 
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I'm not assuming anything. Samuel made a statement. Is his statement accurate or not?
Samuel didn’t make the statement, he was quoting what the lying woman said to David. This wasn’t a message from Samuel, he was quoting the lying woman.
 
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So how do you explain Revelation 20:13-15?

“And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
 
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We’re all in Judea coming to John the Baptist to be baptized?

“Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

The term “all things” is a pretty vague term and can mean anything.
 
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I appreciate your honesty. I believe the Bible and that's why I believe that ALL who ever lived will be in God's Kingdom.
Do you believe Matthew 7:21?

““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭21‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
 
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The lake of fire is where souls are destroyed, not corrected.

“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭28‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
 
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In Romans 14 Paul said that every knee will bow and every tongue confess before we stand to be judged according to our deeds. And in Matthew 7 Jesus said “Not everyone who says Lord Lord to Me will enter the kingdom of heaven”. According to this bowing and proclaiming Christ as Lord on Judgement Day doesn’t result in salvation otherwise Revelation 20:15 is a useless statement.

“And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20‬:‭15‬ ‭NASB 1995
 
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The "out of context" usage occurs when the verse is lifted from its specific narrative setting – a manipulative but wise speech by a woman trying to influence a king for a very particular purpose – and then applied as a broad, universally applicable theological truth about God's nature or the afterlife, without considering the speaker's immediate agenda or the larger story. The verse is an argument for reconciliation and mercy, framed within an understanding of human mortality and divine compassion, specifically to bring Absalom back from exile to his father.
 
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The Bible describes that woman as "wise".
 
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I understand that to take scripture as written in the original language undermines your tradition, but the hoops you musts jump through are crazy.
All in Adam is all people but all in Jesus is really all kinds of people? The sentence is a direct parallel the same all in Adam is the same all in Jesus. That's the point to the whole thing, you are distorting the the whole point, with your tradition of men.
1 Tim 4:10 because we trust in the living God, who is the savior of all men,(that is a direct statement not a general providential one ) especially of those who believe. not only the elect. you are adding to scripture.
John 12:32 the Greek word for draw is helko, like a fishing net literally to drag in all men. The draw all people is not even in the Greek , so your adding to scripture again. Greek says " i am lifted up from the earth, all will draw to Myself." the Greek word for all is pas, meaning all,every, whole, entire. So when you read the Greek your tradition falls apart,
I understand tradition is hard to go against but if you want to be true to God you really need to study this stuff from the original Greek and stop listening to reformed tradition that is not from God but from Gnostic roots.
 
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Those verses were not talking about the LOF, I know, they show the heart and character of God, his punishment is always for correction unto reconciliation.
The greek word for destroy is apollumi, it doesn't mean to make something no more or gone, but to destroy is to make it not useful for what it was intended for. Examples the new wine in old wineskins apollumi the wineskin, its still there just can't be used for its intended use. The parables of the lost sheep, coin, these are said to be lost but apollumi is used to show they are no longer of use as intended because they are lost, but later found.
Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by eternal fire, but Ez 16:53-55 God says he will restore them both.
You say " I believe our Father is very long suffering not willing anyone to perish" Is God too weak to get the job done or is mans will stronger than his? 2 Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promises as some count slackness, but is long suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Jer 32:27 I am Yahwey, God of all flesh, is anything to difficult for me.
Is 46:11 Indeed, I have spoken, Indeed I shall bring it to pass! I have formed a plan indeed, I shall do it. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.
 
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No, not at all. Jesus is the Savior of the world because He is the means thru which all can be saved.
John 4:42 Jesus is the Christ, the savior of the world. That is a declaration not a possibility, it doesn't say Jesus is the potential savior. You have to add that in to prop up the pagan idea of eternal hell.
 
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The Greek word for confess is Exomologeo - to acknowledge, openly and joyfully, to celebrate, to give praise to without reservations. the very definition of the word makes a forced confession not possible.
 
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Any man that truly loves Jesus, won't wait until he is His kneeling at His foot to manifest his allegiance.
The disobedient people's last desperate act, before their sentence is read, will be their last, and futile, attempt at salvation.
Salvation by their own doings/without Christ...in a way.
I'ld like to know why you feel Hitler, and all the other sinners, will be glad to see Jesus on the day of judgement ?
I concur.
Thanks for the blessing.
I note this in verse 12..."Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."...
Why so much fear and trembling here and now, if our actions before death will bear no consequences ?
Why not... "Eat drink and be merry, as you will still get one more shot at eternal life" ?
 
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John 4:42 Jesus is the Christ, the savior of the world. That is a declaration not a possibility, it doesn't say Jesus is the potential savior. You have to add that in to prop up the pagan idea of eternal hell.
I’m not actually sure that hell is eternal. There are passages that support eternal torment and others that support annihilation. I tend to lean more towards annihilation but I’m actually undecided on which is actually correct.
 
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I can see from your response you do not understand what the early church taught on Apokatastasis, the Greek word used in Acts 3:21 " In Jesus Christ is the restoration of all things," 2 Cor 5:19 " in Christ God was reconciling the cosmos to himself, not counting peoples trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation."
I have never said anyone gets away with anything. All who go into the LOF will be refined, it will not be pleasant, but there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, all those who go get the second death, death of the soul, all that they have done, built and accumulated will be gone, they will live but as through fire. Gods punishments are alway for correction unto repentance. The idea that it is a place of eternal torment is a pagan idea not from God.
God does not tell us how things are going to work but what we do know is this, all those who go to the LOF lose their inheritance, and suffer loss, God is loving and all his judgement is from love, he will not give out one once more than is needed or one once less than what is needed.
 
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It is written..."41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." (Matt 25:41-46)
That doesn't look 'pagan' to me.
I don't believe your doctrine.
Our chance to repent is now; not after years, or centuries, of suffering.
 
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The Bible describes that woman as "wise".
We must first define what we mean by 'wise' when the Bible describes the woman as such. The word 'wise' never stands by itself; context is crucial in every situation, especially when interpreting words and events in the Bible. In this instance, the woman's speech was 'wise' in its strategic brilliance and rhetorical effectiveness for a particular, manipulative purpose. However, using her statement (2 Samuel 14:14) as a general theological principle for universal salvation is an 'out of context' usage. It divorces the verse from its deceptive origin, its specific narrative function—to bring Absalom home—and the fact that it's part of a human's persuasive argument, not a direct divine pronouncement on eternal destiny. I hope that helps. If you have more to say please provide 'contextual' support to your words.
 
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I’m not actually sure that hell is eternal. There are passages that support eternal torment and others that support annihilation. I tend to lean more towards annihilation but I’m actually undecided on which is actually correct.
Why would Jesus' suffering be necessary if the end result for those who reject Christ's gift of salvation were mere annihilation? If sin's ultimate consequence is simply non-existence, it diminishes the infinite penalty that Christ bore. His agonizing death, separation from the Father, and suffering of God's wrath would seem disproportionate if all it achieved for the lost was oblivion. The depth and magnitude of Christ's suffering only make full sense as an atonement for a penalty that is eternal and conscious, saving believers from an infinitely greater fate than simply ceasing to be. Which passages tell of annihilation?
 
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