I think we parted ways when you said Jesus Christ atonement did not accomplish much.
I did not even suggest such a thing!
What I was talking about was the: “The atonement sacrifice on the Day of Atonement”. The reason it is not that significant is because it only atoned for sins you were not even sure you committed and did nothing for rebellious disobedience (which all mature adults are guilty of).
Christ atonement sacrifice is hugely significant.
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Colossians 1:20 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.
This is explaining what Christ did and why He did it, but even though Christ and God did all they could, does not mean: everyone was “reconciled” because reconciliation is not just one sided.
Look at this description of reconciliation:
Matthew 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
If reconciliation was one sided you could just do it at the altar and not have to go to your brother to work things out together.
What in heaven needs to be reconciled to God?
Reconciliation needs to be made between earth and heaven, but heaven does not have to lower itself, so it is earth “humans” who need to do their part.
It is
through Christ this reconciliation can happen, but that does not mean it did happen.
God/Christ: Love everyone, forgive everyone, call everyone, atoned for everyone, made peace with everyone, made us one, redemption for all, unity of all things and reconciled everyone, but that means: God/Christ have done perfectly Their part in all these
transactions. These are not totally one-sided transactions, since the receiver has a part to play. The part the receiver plays is to humbly accept these gifts as pure charity since they pure charity.
Ephesians 2:14 For
He Himself is our peace, who has
made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
Some people are not “one” with God/Christ because they are holding back (it is a transaction requiring parts to be played on both sides), God/Christ have done their part.
Eph. 1: 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
The time has been reached fulfillment (the unity of all things in heaven and earth), but this unity has not happened because some people refuse to humbly accept God’s charity.
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Cor. 5: 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And
he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore
Christ’s ambassadors,
as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf:
Be reconciled to God.
If Paul and the Christians with him are saying: “be reconciled to God”, that would not mean they are all automatically already “reconciled”, but are we to be “appealing” to others “the message of reconciliation” and not the message live right because you are reconcile.
Please, Look at all the sermons/teaching in the New Testament to nonbelievers (not letters written to believers) and see if you can find a Christian teaching a non-Christian: “You have been reconciled”.
One last verse:
Col. 1: 21
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—
Paul is contrasting the time before reconciliation and the time after reconciliation, the time before reconciliation was prior to their becoming Christians (time of their evil behavior which would have gone up to the time they became a Christian) and not just the time before Christ’s crucifixion.
These scriptures disagrees with you
No they do not.
I don't say it scripture does I am just agreeing with the scriptures. ALL things in heaven and earth are reconciled.
Look above to an explanation of that.