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The Restitution Of All Things A.K.A. Universalism

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"The crime is, transgressing the commandment of a Holy God. This merits eternal punishment."

My friend you have no idea of what you speak! The fact is if you transgress in one single thing you are guilty of ALL. So in one single variance from the transgression of the commandment of a "Holy God" you friend are guilty of all.

The Holy God has a superior Plan!

"Through the disobedience of one, the polus "were made sinners" SO through the obedience of One (the Last Adam ) the polus are "made righteous."

The mass made sinners is the same mass made righteous! Every last transgressor of a Holy God.

He is the Source, the Guide, & the Goal of the all (the ta panta)
So now, we can stand before God without condemnation, for "there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ, who . . . walk . . . according to the Spirit" (Romans 8:1).
 
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Lynda Mitchell tribute to Gary & Michelle Amirault

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"Consequently, my brothers (family) - loved ones and longed-for folks (people missed with a craving), my joy and winner's wreath (crown) - thus you constantly stand within the Lord (Christ) [as or being] loved ones!" Philippians 4:1

Meeting Gary and Michelle for the first time was during a gathering in New Mexico. You couldn't help but notice the brilliance of their eyes, the readiness of their smiles. These were two who carried an undeniable torch, the kind that kindles your soul and lights up your spirit for Truth.

Gary had told Jonathan about the meeting during a phone conversation and said we should come. It initially wasn't going to be 'an assembling,' but somehow it was quickly turning into one. We were excited to meet people we knew through studies and teaching tapes (70's - 90's era).

The Lord was ushered into our midst in such a profound way and lives were impacted that day. For Jonathan and I, it was the first time to be among so many who believed in the full salvation of all. We were truly blessed and encouraged!

We sat with Gary and Michelle much of the time. During breaks our husbands discussed Greek and various translations, while Michelle and I experienced our own intimate encounter of prayer and worship. I took off my favorite bracelet, brown leather band with silver medallion, and fastened it on her wrist. We had a bond.

The next time I saw Michelle was at The Call in Nashville, the summer of 2007. It was the largest gathering of Christians I had ever attended in Titan stadium that held 70,000 people! Michelle and I had traveled with our own separate group but arranged to meet up. It was over 100 degrees and they were passing out water bottles. Shade was a luxury and we retreated to a narrow slot along side a wall and delighted in face to face again. The venue was anointed; 24/7 worship, acts of reconciliation, a live wedding ceremony, prayer over the nation and nations, and a concluding gathering of 300 men blowing shofars.

Jonathan last saw Gary at a conference in Denver a few years ago. More beautiful fellowship and anointed testimonies including the author of "The Shack."

When you meet trail blazers like Gary and Michelle, you witness what Jeremiah described when he said,

"His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones!" (Jeremiah 20:9)

The fire was His call on their life. They have walked the Way with such a deep and burning love. All who come close know the brilliance of their shine. They are alive forevermore. We love you Gary and Michelle. We are eternally grateful for you! Xx

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"Please forgive me for getting carried away here. I would love to make this publication several hundred pages full of the words written by men and women throughout the last two thousand years who have risked their lives or reputations by declaring their belief that Jesus Christ is truly the Savior of all mankind, (not just some of mankind.)

"I have mentioned enough to hopefully arouse enough curiosity in readers who have a hope in their heart that what I am writing is true, that they will go, seek, research, and discover for themselves, that we are all in truly good Hands -- Hands which undergird all of His creation --

"Hands which are not willing that any should perish -- Hands that are wise enough to have made provision from the very beginning of time, that after a season of suffering which would work great thankfulness and His character into our lives --

"our Father will dry every tear shed, restore every broken heart, heal every wound inflicted, and love every son and daughter who ever walked this earth, back to Himself.

"As in the past, so also today, there is a host of Christians who believe in the ultimate restoration of all. There are writing ministries all over the world whose audience reaches all the continents of the world. Kingdom Bible Studies, Letters of Truth, The Pathfinder, Unsearchable Riches, Dew From Mount Hermon, Promised Seed Ministries, The Idle Babbler, and dozens of other periodicals declare the everlasting gospel to all mankind."
1 Peter 2:15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
 
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He Comes; He Calls; We Follow
By John Gavazzoni



One of the many fundamental truths hidden in plain sight in the Bible, is the truth that when God calls we come, and when He commissions, we go forth in His name....PERIOD! The general and popular concept that God's call is a matter of an offer to come, and His commission is an offer to go forth serving, each respectively subject to our agreement, is the height of contrariety in respect to how Jesus, as Lord, operates administratively in matters of the kingdom of God. Jesus' choice of a word to indicate the effect of the call of God sets the scene for our understanding: In Jn. 6:44, Jesus testified that, "No man can come unto me, except the Father who hath sent Me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." (KJV)

Though the Authorized Version (King James Version) makes it clear that the action of coming to Christ is not set in motion by our choice to do so, but by the action of the Father, without which NO MAN can come to Christ, yet it, along with other conventional translations, does not make clear the force of the Father's "call." The "call" is really not merely a "call." The Greek word has a far greater force than "call." The force of the Greek word falls nowhere short of "drag." What Jesus really said, in the choice of His wording, was that no man is able to come to Him unless the Father drags that one.

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The Judgment of God
By John Gavazzoni



I dare say that, for the average person, the thought of facing the judgment of God is not a pleasant one. Even with those who, by their own estimation, expect to be greeted with glowing commendation by the One who has the final say as to the worth of our works, beneath their facade of self-righteousness, lies an insecurity that drives their attempts at self-assurance: create said facade so it, in effect, will speak back to them, "see all the good things you have amassed; they prove you're a good person whose goodness will be recognized by God." It's the constant pressure of keeping such insecurity suppressed that made the Pharisees of old, and makes the contemporary versions, so really miserable and unattractive.

In contrast, there are those, oppositely, so convinced of their badness that their assurance is that they will face final, terrifying rejection, as in "you're just not heaven's kind; no place for you here. Go to hell with your kind." In spite of the contrast, both types suffer from the same thing: Neither knows God as He is. That's the origin of all our sin-sickness, whether it be the sin of self-righteousness or self-condemnation. Becoming the person that God has set out to make us (which He will most certainly finally accomplish) is about having the revelation of God's love reach us at our being's cellular level. He has shown us what kind of God He is in Christ. It's in relationship with His Son that we learn about our own divine sonship. That's the only Way, and God is determined that Jesus get through to us with that revelation, understanding, and assurance.

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The Judgment of God
By John Gavazzoni



I dare say that, for the average person, the thought of facing the judgment of God is not a pleasant one. Even with those who, by their own estimation, expect to be greeted with glowing commendation by the One who has the final say as to the worth of our works, beneath their facade of self-righteousness, lies an insecurity that drives their attempts at self-assurance: create said facade so it, in effect, will speak back to them, "see all the good things you have amassed; they prove you're a good person whose goodness will be recognized by God." It's the constant pressure of keeping such insecurity suppressed that made the Pharisees of old, and makes the contemporary versions, so really miserable and unattractive.

In contrast, there are those, oppositely, so convinced of their badness that their assurance is that they will face final, terrifying rejection, as in "you're just not heaven's kind; no place for you here. Go to hell with your kind." In spite of the contrast, both types suffer from the same thing: Neither knows God as He is. That's the origin of all our sin-sickness, whether it be the sin of self-righteousness or self-condemnation. Becoming the person that God has set out to make us (which He will most certainly finally accomplish) is about having the revelation of God's love reach us at our being's cellular level. He has shown us what kind of God He is in Christ. It's in relationship with His Son that we learn about our own divine sonship. That's the only Way, and God is determined that Jesus get through to us with that revelation, understanding, and assurance.

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For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20
 
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God: the help of the helpless

Daring to extrapolate the full implications of Jesus' statement, "Without Me, you can do nothing," I reached the conclusion years ago that the point of intersection of the sovereignty of God and the collective believers' subjective state is an intersection of the Father's decision to act, and our fully recognized state of utter helplessness until He does.

I expect to see indication of the impending, final, consummate move of God in an accelerated realization of our poverty of spirit; that is, of having no autonomous spiritual resources in ourselves. As long as we imagine that God is awaiting our facilitating of His purpose, we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are not, in fact, spiritually bankrupt in and of ourselves and bereft of any ability to contribute to the doing of God.

Nowhere are we told that we are to be God's helpers, but rather, God is "our help in time of need." But we must face how great is our need. Does the Lord simply step in to add His strength to ours? Is that the meaning of the Lord as our Helper? No, certainly not! He is the Helper of the utterly helpless, not of those who merely need Him to supercharge their efforts.

There is no positive place in the administration of God for joint-enterprise; no place for, "If you will do your part, God will do His"; "God helps those who help themselves"; 'God is waiting for you to......"; "You need to let God...."

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God: the help of the helpless

Daring to extrapolate the full implications of Jesus' statement, "Without Me, you can do nothing," I reached the conclusion years ago that the point of intersection of the sovereignty of God and the collective believers' subjective state is an intersection of the Father's decision to act, and our fully recognized state of utter helplessness until He does.

I expect to see indication of the impending, final, consummate move of God in an accelerated realization of our poverty of spirit; that is, of having no autonomous spiritual resources in ourselves. As long as we imagine that God is awaiting our facilitating of His purpose, we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are not, in fact, spiritually bankrupt in and of ourselves and bereft of any ability to contribute to the doing of God.

Nowhere are we told that we are to be God's helpers, but rather, God is "our help in time of need." But we must face how great is our need. Does the Lord simply step in to add His strength to ours? Is that the meaning of the Lord as our Helper? No, certainly not! He is the Helper of the utterly helpless, not of those who merely need Him to supercharge their efforts.

There is no positive place in the administration of God for joint-enterprise; no place for, "If you will do your part, God will do His"; "God helps those who help themselves"; 'God is waiting for you to......"; "You need to let God...."

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Amos 8:11-14
"Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord GOD,
"That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the LORD.
(12) They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD,
But shall not find it.
(13) "In that day the fair virgins
And strong young men
Shall faint from thirst.
(14) Those who swear by the sin of Samaria,
Who say,
"As your god lives, O Dan!"
And, "As the way of Beersheba lives!"
They shall fall and never rise again."
 
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In memory of Gary Amirault founder of Tentmaker

Dear friends: A dear friend of ours has passed away. His life, and Michelle his precious wife impacted many lives across the world.

"I am He that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore and have the keys of death & deaths domain."

Testimony of Gary Amirault

Coming Home to Father -Gary Amirault Testimony

Memorial Service for Gary

Obituary for Gerhard "Gary" Amirault | Toedtmann & Grosse Funeral Home
 
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Coming Home to Father -Gary Amirault Testimony

Memorial Service for Gary -11/9/18-

Obituary for Gerhard "Gary" Amirault | Toedtmann & Grosse Funeral Home

"Even if I could speak the languages of men and of angels, if I am without love, I am no better than a clanging gong or a clashing cymbal. Even if I have the gift of prophesy, even if I understand all the secrets which only the initiates know; even if I am wise with all knowledge; even if I have faith so complete that it can move mountains, if I am without love, it is all no good to me.

Love is patient; love is kind. There is no envy in love; there are no proud claims; there is no conceit. Love never does the graceless thing; never insists on its rights, never irritably loses its temper; never nurses its wrath to keep it warm. Love finds nothing to be glad about when someone goes wrong, but is glad when truth is glad. Love can stand any kind of treatment; love's first instinct is to believe in people; love never regards anyone or anything as hopeless; nothing can happen that can break love's spirit. Love lasts for ever. Whatever prophesies there may be, they will some day be ended; whatever utterances of ecstasy there may be, they will some day be silenced; whatever knowledge there may be, it will some day pass away. We have but fragments of knowledge and glimpses of prophetic insight; but when the complete will come, the fragmentary will be ended. When I was a child, I had a child's speech; I had a child's mind; I had a child's thoughts. But, when I became a man, I put away childish things. Now we see bewildering shadows in a mirror, but then we shall see face to face; now I know a fragment of the truth, but then I will know as completely as I am known. The truth is that these three things last for ever-

faith, hope, and love-

and the greatest of them is love."

(1 Corinthians Chapter 13, Dr. William Barclay Translation)
 
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"If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a swelled head, Doesn't force itself on others, Isn't always "me first," Doesn't fly off the handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of others, Doesn't revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.' -The Message-
 
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Reconstituting All in Christ -Winslow Parker-

An amoeba splits. Its double-helix DNA divides into two single strands, each the mirror image of the other. The cell membrane thins along an axis parallel to the divided DNA. Then the Great Schism occurs. The cell membrane snaps shut around the two separated DNA halves and each goes its merry way. We can say that neither of the two new cells is the original, but it is equally true that both are the original. After millions of replications, the "nth" replication, barring mutation, is the same as the first. What was in the first cell is carried forward into all subsequent cells. None are the original but it can be truthfully said that all are the very first cell. In that first cell, all future amoeba were held in potential, awaiting their own brief reality.

In a similar way, Adam contained, in his DNA, the blueprint for all humanity to follow. Within him, therefore, all humanity abode. Eve was a part of Adam so contained his DNA with the one change to one chromosome. What was XY in Adam became XX in Eve which she passed to all her daughters. Nevertheless, all humanity comes from that one original pair, actually, from the one first man, Adam.

The consequence of this is that what happened to Adam, happened to all mankind. If Adam's DNA were damaged then all humanity would bear that same damage. If Adam died before having at least one boy and one girl, none of us would be here. If Adam ate of the Tree of Life, then all would have had immediate eternal life within Adam.

My point is this: What happened to Adam happened to us all. We are mere copies of him. Our DNA is ragged and frayed, our lifespan is shorter by far. We suffer diseases and the results of millennia of wear and tear but we are still, at core, children of Adam.

We were "in Adam" as he woke from dust into physical life, staring up into the face of his, and our, Creator. Then he took and ate the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. That changed everything. Now death reigned. He became a rebel. He broke the covenant between him and God:

1 And, in Adam, we all die, we are all constituted sinners, we are all held within that broken covenant. Adam brought death and Death into humanity by his one act.

2 His act condemned his descendants to both physical death and spiritual Death. It's in our genes.

Then Jesus came. He changed everything. He became Adam Last. Paul says that Adam First was the "type" of Him who was to come:

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"That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.

Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!
There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?

Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!

One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.

All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn't, and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that's the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life - a life that goes on and on and on, world without end." -The Message-

Questions=

1. Relations with God were disturbed by who?

2. What dominated the landscape of this huge abyss of disturbance?

3. The one who got us into this points ahead to another One, who will get us out of this.

4. Is the rescuing gift of the One, comparable to the wrong doing of the other one?

5. Is the recovery of the One, comparable with the other one?

6. What does breath taking recovery mean?

7. What does wildly extravagant life-gift mean?

8. Sin versus grace: which prevails?

9. Prevails by how much?

Never ever limit the One who does exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think!

Wildly=

Definition of WILD

Extravagant=

Definition of EXTRAVAGANT

Breathtaking=

Definition of BREATHTAKING

Recovery=

Definition of RECOVERY

Prevails=

Definition of PREVAILS
 
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"That sin disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn't sin precisely as Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of it.

Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man's sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God's gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!
There's no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man's wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?

Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!

One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.

All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But sin didn't, and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that's the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life - a life that goes on and on and on, world without end." -The Message-

Questions= Recovery= Definition of RECOVERY

Amos 8:14 "They shall fall and never rise again."
 
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Dear he-man: One day you will awaken to the Mighty God of Glory. He opens deaf ears, eyes that are blind & raises the dead.

"The life of grace is not an effort on our part to achieve a goal we set ourselves. It is a continually renewed attempt simply to believe that someone else has done all the achieving that is needed and to live in relationship with that person, whether we achieve or not. If that doesn't seem like much to you, you're right: it isn't. And, as a matter of fact, the life of grace is even less than that. It's not even our life at all, but the life of that Someone Else rising like a tide in the ruins of our death.” -Robert Farrar Capon-

"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; and only he who sees takes off his shoes." -Eliz. Barrett Browning-
 
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The Greek Meanings of the Greek Words
Normally Translated "Judge; Judgment"

The verb is krinó:

Thayer:
1) to separate; pull asunder; to pick out, select or choose
2) to approve, esteem
3) to deem, be of opinion
4) to determine, resolve, decree
5) to judge
a. to pronounce an opinion
b. to pronounce judgment; to subject to censure
6) Hebraistically: to rule; govern; preside over
7) to content together; to go to law, have a suit at lawBauer, Arndt and Gingrich add to the above:
1) to prefer
2) to reach a decision, propose, intend
3) to administer justice
4) to express an opinion about
5) to pass judgment on
6) to criticize, find fault withAnalytical Lexicons:
1) properly: to separate off
2) to make a distinction between
3) to evaluate
4) to determine
5) to decide
6) to resolve
7) to judge
8) to condemn (when the judgment is negative)
9) to administer justice
10) Hebraistically: to rule; to govern
The noun krisis:
Thayer:
1) a separating, sundering, trial, contest
2) selecting
3) a judging, giving an opinionAnalytical Lexicons:
1) properly: the making of a distinction
2) a deciding (or: a decision)
3) discrimination (or: a discriminating)
4) a judging or an awarding
5) a sentencing
The noun krima:
Thayer:
1) a decree (literally, "an effect of a decision" - JM)
2) judgment ("the result of judging" - JM)
3) a matter to be judicially decided; a lawsuit; a case in courtAnalytical Lexicons:
1) judgment
2) a sentence
3) an award
4) an administration of justiceBased on the -ma ending
1) the effect of meanings 8-10 of the verb krinó, above
2) the result of a decision or a sentence or an award or a ruling by the court or judge
The noun kritérion:
Thayer:
1) the instrument or means of trying or judging anything; the rule by which one judges
2) the place where judgment is given Analytical Lexicons:
1) a standard or means by which to judge
2) a criterion
3) a court of justice
4) a lawsuit Taking this semantic range into view, my basic conclusion that in any situation the general process is:
1) to separate all the pieces of evidence and testimonies (to separate the parts of the case)
2) to evaluate everything
3) to make an appropriate decision, a right conclusion, and to administer what is just and fair (or: what in the end will be advantageous for all concerned)
 
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The way for all is through the fires, for fire is the great uniter and reconciler of all things; and things which without fire can never be united, in and through the fire are changed and become one.

Therefore every coming of Christ, even in grace, is a day of judgment. Therefore there are fires even for the elect both now, (1 Pet. 1:7, and 4: 12) and in the coming day; (1 Cor. 3:. 13, 15.) for "our God is a consuming fire;" (Heb. 12: 29.) and to dwell in Him we must have a life, which, because it is of the fire, for fire burns not fire, can stand unhurt in it.

Therefore our Lord "came to cast fire into the earth," and desired nothing more than "that it should be already kindled;" (S. Luke 12: 49) therefore He says,
Mark 9: 49-
For this is the very "baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire," (Matt. 3: 11) that "spirit of judgment and burning," promised by the prophet, "with which the Lord shall purge away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and cleanse the blood of Jerusalem; after which He will create on every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and on all her assemblies, a cloud of smoke by day, and the brightness of flame of fire by night; and upon all, the glory shall be a defence; (Isa. 4: 4, 5) for "He is like a refiner's fire, and like a fuller's soap; and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He shall purify the sons of Levi as gold and silver are purged, that they may offer to the Lord an offering of righteousness." (Mal. 3: 3). And as by the hidden fire of this present life, shut up in these bodies of corruption, we are able by the wondrous chemistry of nature through corruption to change the fruits and flesh of the earth into our blood, and from blood again into our flesh and bone and sinew; so by the fire of God can we be changed, and made partakers of Christ's flesh and blood. In and through Christ we have received this transmutation; (Rom. 5: 11) and through His Spirit, which is fire, is this same change accomplished in us.

NOTE:

Numbers 28: 6. By this double sense a veil covers the letter, veiling yet revealing God's purpose; for His purpose to the creature is through destruction to perfect it, and by fire to make it a bride unto the Lord. For a kindred reason some of the angels are called Seraphim, that is burning ones; for like the Lord, whose throne is flames of fire, (Dan. 7: 9,10.) they also are as fire; as it is written, "He makes His angels spirits, His messengers a flame of fire." (Heb. 1: 7, and Psalm 104:4)
And as with the first-fruits, so with the harvest. The world to be saved must some day know the same baptism. For "the Lord will come with fire," and "by fire and by His sword will He plead with all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many." (Isa. 66: 15, 16.) The promised baptism or outpouring of the Spirit must be judgment, for the Spirit cannot be poured on man without consuming this flesh to quicken a better life;

NOTE:

James 1: 20) works both righteousness and life, and is set forth in that "warfare of the service of the tabernacle" (See Numbers 4: 23, 30, and 8: 24, 25; margin: and compare 1 Tim. 1: eighteen) by which that which was of the earth was made to ascend to God through fire a sweet sacrifice.

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Amos 8:14 "They shall fall and never rise again."

They shall fall, be consumed by famine, sword, and captivity,

and never rise up again; never return out of captivity, nor recover of this consumption.

Amos 8:14 Commentaries: "As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again."

Mt.1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Mt.2:6b ...my people Israel.

Taking away the world's sin (Jn.1:29) shall make the world sinless. So, yeah, all will be saved.

https://www.tentmaker.org/books/hope_beyond_hell.pdf

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They shall fall, be consumed by famine, sword, and captivity,

and never rise up again; never return out of captivity, nor recover of this consumption.

Amos 8:14 Commentaries: "As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again."

Mt.1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Mt.2:6b ...my people Israel.

Taking away the world's sin (Jn.1:29) shall make the world sinless. So, yeah, all will be saved.

https://www.tentmaker.org/books/hope_beyond_hell.pdf

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Dear Clement: The Father most glorious will not only "save" every last broken wreck of Adam1; He has destined to make the mass (the same mass/ polus) "righteous". This, for some reason escaping my wee grasp appears to disturb some individuals (especially those who have earned so much of God's favour).

The entire Plan lays firmly within the Father who cherishes bringing His creation home to Himself. Thank you again for declaring the One who loses NOTHING! Not leftover pieces of fish, not morsels of bread, and most assuredly those for whom He made atonement!

"He made known to us the secret of His will. And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him."
 
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The way for all is through the fires, for fire is the great uniter and reconciler of all things; and things which without fire can never be united, in and through the fire are changed and become one.

Therefore every coming of Christ, even in grace, is a day of judgment. Therefore there are fires even for the elect both now, (1 Pet. 1:7, and 4: 12) and in the coming day; (1 Cor. 3:. 13, 15.) for "our God is a consuming fire;" (Heb. 12: 29.) and to dwell in Him we must have a life, which, because it is of the fire, for fire burns not fire, can stand unhurt in it.

Therefore our Lord "came to cast fire into the earth," and desired nothing more than "that it should be already kindled;" (S. Luke 12: 49) therefore He says,
Mark 9: 49-
For this is the very "baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire," (Matt. 3: 11) that "spirit of judgment and burning," promised by the prophet, "with which the Lord shall purge away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and cleanse the blood of Jerusalem; after which He will create on every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and on all her assemblies, a cloud of smoke by day, and the brightness of flame of fire by night; and upon all, the glory shall be a defence; (Isa. 4: 4, 5) for "He is like a refiner's fire, and like a fuller's soap; and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He shall purify the sons of Levi as gold and silver are purged, that they may offer to the Lord an offering of righteousness." (Mal. 3: 3). And as by the hidden fire of this present life, shut up in these bodies of corruption, we are able by the wondrous chemistry of nature through corruption to change the fruits and flesh of the earth into our blood, and from blood again into our flesh and bone and sinew; so by the fire of God can we be changed, and made partakers of Christ's flesh and blood. In and through Christ we have received this transmutation; (Rom. 5: 11) and through His Spirit, which is fire, is this same change accomplished in us.

NOTE:

Numbers 28: 6. By this double sense a veil covers the letter, veiling yet revealing God's purpose; for His purpose to the creature is through destruction to perfect it, and by fire to make it a bride unto the Lord. For a kindred reason some of the angels are called Seraphim, that is burning ones; for like the Lord, whose throne is flames of fire, (Dan. 7: 9,10.) they also are as fire; as it is written, "He makes His angels spirits, His messengers a flame of fire." (Heb. 1: 7, and Psalm 104:4)
And as with the first-fruits, so with the harvest. The world to be saved must some day know the same baptism. For "the Lord will come with fire," and "by fire and by His sword will He plead with all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many." (Isa. 66: 15, 16.) The promised baptism or outpouring of the Spirit must be judgment, for the Spirit cannot be poured on man without consuming this flesh to quicken a better life;

NOTE:

James 1: 20) works both righteousness and life, and is set forth in that "warfare of the service of the tabernacle" (See Numbers 4: 23, 30, and 8: 24, 25; margin: and compare 1 Tim. 1: eighteen) by which that which was of the earth was made to ascend to God through fire a sweet sacrifice.

HERE

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They shall fall, be consumed by famine, sword, and captivity,

and never rise up again; never return out of captivity, nor recover of this consumption.
Taking away the world's sin (Jn.1:29) shall make the world sinless. So, yeah, all will be saved.
2 Corinthians 3:9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
 
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