The Restitution Of All Things

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The forever & evers

Chapter Five

"If the Greek words eis tous aionas ton aionon mean endless time, as translated in the KJV, 'forever and ever,' we have a contradiction in Scripture."
-Dr. William Barclay

"This view (Restitution of All) is so clearly Scriptural that the only surprise is that it has not been more definitely and widely held."
-Dr. A.T. Pierson

Dr. Thomas Talbott

Thomas Talbott- The Inescapable Love of God - 2nd Edition

 

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John H Essex The Grandeur Of God’s Purpose

http://www.theheraldofgodsgrace.org/Essex/TheGrandeurOfGodsPurpose.htm

Every created thing (pan ktisma).

Every creature in a still wider antiphonal circle beyond the circle of angels (from ktizw, for which see 1 Timothy 4:4 ; James 1:18 ), from all the four great fields of life (in heaven, upon the earth, under the earth as in verse James 3 , with on the sea epi th qalassh added.

No created thing is left out.

This universal chorus of praise to Christ from all created life reminds one of the profound mystical passage in Romans 8:20-22 concerning the sympathetic agony of creation (ktisi) in hope of freedom from the bondage of corruption.

If the trail of the serpent is on all creation, it will be ultimately thrown off.

Saying (legonta). Masculine (construction according to sense, personifying the created things) if genuine, though some MSS. have legonta (grammatical gender agreeing with panta) present active participle of legw, to say. And to the Lamb (kai twi arniwi). Dative case. Praise and worship are rendered to the Lamb precisely as to God on the throne. Note separate articles here in the doxology as in Romans 4:11 and the addition of to krato (active power) in place of iscu (reserve of strength) in Romans 5:12 . -A.T. Robertson Word Pictures-

 

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The forever & evers

Chapter Five
"If the Greek words eis tous aionas ton aionon mean endless time, as translated in the KJV, 'forever and ever,' we have a contradiction in Scripture."
-Dr. William Barclay
"This view (Restitution of All) is so clearly Scriptural that the only surprise is that it has not been more definitely and widely held."
-Dr. A.T. Pierson
Dr. Thomas Talbott
Thomas Talbott- The Inescapable Love of God - 2nd Edition

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John H Essex The Grandeur Of God’s Purpose

http://www.theheraldofgodsgrace.org/Essex/TheGrandeurOfGodsPurpose.htm

I guess the native Greek speaking scholars who translated the Eastern, Greek Orthodox New Testament did not get that memo.
…..Greek is now, and has always been, the language of the Eastern Greek Orthodox church. Who, better than the native Greek speaking scholars who translated the “literal” Greek Eastern Orthodox Bible [EOB], know the correct meaning of Greek words, e.g. “Gehenna,””aiōnios” and “kolasis?”
…..In the EOB, footnote pg. 180

Hades is the realm of the dead. The upper part of hades was considered to be luminous and it was called “paradise” or "Abraham's bosom.” Hades is not to be confused with hell (Gehenna) which is the final place of state or place of the damned (“the lake of’ fire”).​

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The Eastern Greek Orthodox Bible EOB—New Testament 96
Matthew 25:46 Then he will answer them saying ‘Amen. I tell you: as much as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' “These [[ones on the left]] will go away into eternal punishment.[κολασιν αιονιον/kolasin aiōnion] but the righteous into eternal life.​

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KJV Romans 16:26 [EOB 14:25]
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting [αιωνιου/aiōniou] God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Paul, the same writer, uses αιωνιου/aiōniou, in Rom 16:26 synonymous with αιδιος/aidios in Rom 1:20, in the same writing, below.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world, his invisible things are clearly seen. They perceived through created things, even his everlasting [τε αιδιος/te aidios] power and divinity. ​

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https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/books/or...tament-(The-Eastern-Greek-Orthodox-Bible).pdf
The Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible EOB—New Testament 96 can be D/L at the link above. If anyone has doubts/questions about the EOB version I suggest they read the 200 page preface which documents the extensive Greek scholarship supporting this translation.

 

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Do you believe the unchanging love of God can be defeated?

"I believe implicitly in the ultimate and complete triumph of God, the time when all things shall be subject to Him and when God will be everything to everyone (1 Cor 15:24-28). For me, this has certain consequences. If one man remains outside of the love of God at the end of time, it means that one man has defeated the love of God—and that is impossible. Further, there is only one way in which we can think of the triumph of our God. If God was no more than a King or judge, then it would be possible to speak of his triumph, if His enemies were agonizing in hell or were totally and completely obliterated and wiped out. But God is not only king and Judge, God is Father—He is indeed Father more than anything else. No father could be happy while there were members of his family for ever in agony. No father would count it a triumph to obliterate the disobedient members of his family. The only triumph a father can know is to have all of his family back home again. –Wm. Barclay-

The Aleph and Tav in the Hebrew Scriptures

 

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Dr. Marvin Vincent Word Studies

Overview - Vincent's Word Studies

A. T. Robertson New Testament Word Pictures

Overview - Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

 

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Please welcome Dr Robin Parry

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The manifold wisdom of God is made up of two words in koine.

They are poikilos & polupoikilos.

The first applies to the varied trials of saintdom.

The second, the much varied wisdom of the inexhaustible God of Glory.

"And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ." Eph. 3:10

 

[Shrewd Manager]

I Believe:

Through Abraham's offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed. (Gen 26:24, Acts 3:25, Gal 3:8)

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will worship before Him. (Ps 22:27)

All the earth shall fear the LORD; All the inhabitants of the world will stand in awe of Him. (Ps 33:8)

All kings bow down before him, all nations serve him. (Ps 72:11)

All nations shall call Him blessed. (Ps 72:17)

All nations shall come and worship before the Lord, and they shall glorify His name. (Ps 86:9)

The nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth His glory. (Ps 102:15)

All flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever. (Ps 145:21)

All the nations will come and worship before Him, because His righteous acts will be revealed. (Rev 15:4)

The nations will walk by Heaven's light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. (Rev 21:24)

The leaves of the tree of life will heal the nations (Rev 22:2)

 

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I Believe:
(1) Through Abraham's offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed. (Gen 26:24, Acts 3:25, Gal 3:8)
(2) All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will worship before Him. (Ps 22:27)
(3)All the earth shall fear the LORD; All the inhabitants of the world will stand in awe of Him. (Ps 33:8)
(4)All kings bow down before him, all nations serve him. (Ps 72:11)
(5)All nations shall call Him blessed. (Ps 72:17)
(6)All nations shall come and worship before the Lord, and they shall glorify His name. (Ps 86:9)
(7)The nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth His glory. (Ps 102:15)
(8)All flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever. (Ps 145:21)
(9)All the nations will come and worship before Him, because His righteous acts will be revealed. (Rev 15:4)
(10)The nations will walk by Heaven's light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. (Rev 21:24)
(11)The leaves of the tree of life will heal the nations (Rev 22:2)

There are no "nations" in the grave.
There are no "families" in the grave.
There are no "kings" in the grave.
There is no " blessing" in the grave.
Nobody "remembers" anything in the grave.
There are no "ends of the earth" in the grave.
There is no "light" in the grave.
There are no kings bringing anything into the kingdom in the grave.

 

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“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”

Being born again/ born anew = verb anagennao

Present progressive tense.

John 3:3 =

"Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.."

"be born" = verb gennao

"again" = adv. nothen

"see" = verb eido

Eido =

To perceive with the eyes/ by any senses.

To discern/ perceive/discover.

To pay attention/ observe.

To experience a state or condition.

To understand/ perceive.

 

[Saint Steven]

Two persons, two acts, and two sentences affecting ALL MEN are brought before us in this passage. Adam's act of disobedience and its race-wide, life-destroying result, bespeaks the universal tragedy that has befallen all men because of Adam. Christ's act of obedience and its race-wide, life giving result, bespeaks the glorious hope and consolation we have for ALL MEN. Is it not strange that the negative side of this passage is usually believed without hesitation, while the positive side is strongly denied by nearly all Christians? In order to understand the effectiveness, the success, and the scope of the saving work of Jesus Christ set forth in this passage, it is only necessary to believe implicitly what it states. In the following arrangement the two parts of the passage are placed in parallel columns as an aid in comparing them:

AS
Through one trespass. The judgment came. Upon ALL MEN. To condemnation.
EVEN SO
Through one righteous act. The free gift came. Upon ALL MEN. To justification of life.

Source: The Savior of the World, by J. Preston Eby
Kindgdom Bible Studies Savior of the World Series Part 1

 

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Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”

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Did you happen to notice that Peter has defined the word "aionios" as "eternal" in this verse by pairing it with"incorruptible." If the word of God is incorruptible it cannot exist for only a finite "age."

 

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Two persons, two acts, and two sentences affecting ALL MEN are brought before us in this passage. Adam's act of disobedience and its race-wide, life-destroying result, bespeaks the universal tragedy that has befallen all men because of Adam. Christ's act of obedience and its race-wide, life giving result, bespeaks the glorious hope and consolation we have for ALL MEN. Is it not strange that the negative side of this passage is usually believed without hesitation, while the positive side is strongly denied by nearly all Christians? In order to understand the effectiveness, the success, and the scope of the saving work of Jesus Christ set forth in this passage, it is only necessary to believe implicitly what it states. In the following arrangement the two parts of the passage are placed in parallel columns as an aid in comparing them:

AS
Through one trespass. The judgment came. Upon ALL MEN. To condemnation.
EVEN SO
Through one righteous act. The free gift came. Upon ALL MEN. To justification of life.

Source: The Savior of the World, by J. Preston Eby
Kingdom Bible Studies Savior of the World Series Part 1

The math is clear, Steve, the nasty result of one mans single act of disobedience has brought devastating results for all of creation.

Look around your little world and the results are obvious. We are broken and lost creatures requiring extra-ordinary intervention!

The scope of His Intervention exceeds the situation with "all the more."

God is not the God of limited, He is the God of UN (limited.)

He meets limited with MORE!

 

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“I thank God that He has at last brought me to a lively sense of His infinite goodness and mercy to all, and that I now see it in all His works, and in every page of His Word. It has taught me to love every man and to rejoice in the happiness which our Heavenly Father intends for all; and has dispersed all the gloomy and melancholy thoughts which arise from the apprehension of eternal misery for myself or friends.

How long, or how much God will punish wicked men, He has nowhere said, and therefore I cannot tell. But this I am sure of, that in judgment He will remember mercy; that He chastens only because He loves, and His tender mercies are over all His works. God will conduct the wicked through all the afflictions which He thinks fit to lay upon them for their good, with infinite tenderness and compassion.” - Dr. David Hartley-

“ Christ Jesus will deliver all mankind out of bondage.

This I see to be a truth by testimony of Scripture, as God is pleased to teach me. But this mystery of God is not to be done all at once, but in several dispensations, some whereof are past, some are in being, and some are yet to come. The whole creation of mankind, which is God’s work, shall be delivered from corruption, bondage, death, and pain. Mankind shall be by Christ reconciled to his Maker and be made one in spirit with Him; i.e. the curse shall be removed, and the power of it killed and consumed.

Truly this is according to the current of the whole Scriptures, that everyone shall be made of one heart and one spirit, i.e. that all shall be brought to obey the Father, walk humbly before Him, and live in peace and love in Him. This is the doctrine of Christ and the gospel. This is glad tidings to hear of. When you are made to enjoy this doctrine as yours, then you shall know what it is to know the Son, and what it is to be set free by the Son.” – Gerard Winstanley- (The mystery of God)

 

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The transcendent love of God. =

koine huperballo=

To throw over or beyond.

Exceeding/ excelling/ surpassing.

English=

Definition of TRANSCENDENT

"The gospel of a God found in broken flesh, humility, and measureless charity has defeated all the old lies, rendered the ancient order visibly insufficient and even slightly absurd, and instilled in us a longing for transcendent love so deep that-if once yielded to-it will never grant us rest anywhere but in Christ." -David Bentley Hart-

 

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The transcendent love of God. =

koine huperballo=

To throw over or beyond.

Exceeding/ excelling/ surpassing.

English=

Definition of TRANSCENDENT

"The gospel of a God found in broken flesh, humility, and measureless charity has defeated all the old lies, rendered the ancient order visibly insufficient and even slightly absurd, and instilled in us a longing for transcendent love so deep that-if once yielded to-it will never grant us rest anywhere but in Christ." -David Bentley Hart-

"That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."

What a glorious Saviour is ours.

His love & grace exceeds all limits into abundantly beyond anything we can begin to contemplate.

Welcome to the God of Un & more!

 

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“This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.” -Karl Barth-

Karl Barth: The Epistle to the Romans | Mercy Upon All

 

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“This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.” -Karl Barth-
Karl Barth: The Epistle to the Romans | Mercy Upon All

At the end of the Church Dogmatics: The Doctrine of Reconciliation, Vol. IV/3.1 §70, Barth explains his rejection of universalism as follows:
First, if this is not the case, it can only be a matter of the unexpected work of grace and its revelation on which we cannot count but for which we can only hope as an undeserved and inconceivable overflowing of the significant, operation and outreach of the reality of God and man in Jesus Christ. To the man who persistently tries to change the truth into untruth, God does not owe eternal patience and therefore deliverance any more than He does those provisional manifestations. We should be denying or disarming that evil attempt and our own participation in it if, in relation to ourselves or others or all men, we were to permit ourselves to postulate a withdrawal of that threat and in this sense to expect or maintain an apokatastasis or universal reconciliation as the goal and end of all things. No such postulate can be made even though we appeal to the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Even though theological consistency might seem to lead our thoughts and utterances most clearly in this direction, we must not arrogate to ourselves that which can be given and received only as a free gift.
https://postbarthian.com/2016/08/18/karl-barth-rejection-of-universalism/​

 

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“Whatever we say about hell must be said under the rubric of a universal and effective reconciliation of all things in Christ. If we choose to say where hell is, it must somehow be inside Jesus' reconciliation. If we choose to explain how hell can be, we must somehow say that Jesus accepts our choosing of it without willing us into it in any deterministic way. If we want to say what hell does, we must somehow leave it with no detrimental effect on the universal picnic. And if we are so bold as to attempt to say what hell is like, we must somehow make it even more of a nothing than our first death, which is its master image.” - Robert Farrar Capon-


“You all belong to God! Whether you are godless or devout, under judgment or under grace, blessed or damned, you belong to God, and God is good and wants what is best for you.” - Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt-

“The theological function of hell … is to be a sacrament to the ultimate and real element of risk by which alone we can recognize a world ruled by love. Universalism, as an overriding theological principle, is a false start.

On the other hand, if you ask whether there is in fact a hell - whether specific persons will actually go so far as to insist on a second death in the face of their resurrection by the supreme Lover himself - that's another matter altogether.” - Robert Farrar Capon-

“Whatever we say about hell must be said under the rubric of a universal and effective reconciliation of all things in Christ. If we choose to say where hell is, it must somehow be inside Jesus' reconciliation. If we choose to explain how hell can be, we must somehow say that Jesus accepts our choosing of it without willing us into it in any deterministic way. If we want to say what hell does, we must somehow leave it with no detrimental effect on the universal picnic. And if we are so bold as to attempt to say what hell is like, we must somehow make it even more of a nothing than our first death, which is its master image.” -Robt. F. Capon-

“But at length, O God, will you not cast Death and Hell into the lake of Fire - even into your own consuming self? Death shall then die everlastingly. ... Then indeed will you be all in all. For then our poor brothers and sisters, every one - O God, we trust in you, the Consuming Fire - shall have been burnt clean and brought home. For if their moans, myriads of ages away, would turn heaven for us into hell - shall a man be more merciful than God? Shall, of all His glories, His mercy alone not be infinite? Shall a brother love a brother more than The Father loves a son? - more than The Brother Christ loves His brother? Would He not die yet again to save one brother more?” -George MacDonald-

“God's love strides unswerving through everything, like a hero, and will not be insulted, despised, if rejected; it marches through the world with the helmet of hope on its head.” -Christoph F. Blumhardt-

 

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“Whatever we say about hell must be said under the rubric of a universal and effective reconciliation of all things in Christ. If we choose to say where hell is, it must somehow be inside Jesus' reconciliation. If we choose to explain how hell can be, we must somehow say that Jesus accepts our choosing of it without willing us into it in any deterministic way. If we want to say what hell does, we must somehow leave it with no detrimental effect on the universal picnic. And if we are so bold as to attempt to say what hell is like, we must somehow make it even more of a nothing than our first death, which is its master image.” - Robert Farrar Capon-
“You all belong to God! Whether you are godless or devout, under judgment or under grace, blessed or damned, you belong to God, and God is good and wants what is best for you.” - Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt-
“The theological function of hell … is to be a sacrament to the ultimate and real element of risk by which alone we can recognize a world ruled by love. Universalism, as an overriding theological principle, is a false start.
On the other hand, if you ask whether there is in fact a hell - whether specific persons will actually go so far as to insist on a second death in the face of their resurrection by the supreme Lover himself - that's another matter altogether.” - Robert Farrar Capon-
“Whatever we say about hell must be said under the rubric of a universal and effective reconciliation of all things in Christ. If we choose to say where hell is, it must somehow be inside Jesus' reconciliation. If we choose to explain how hell can be, we must somehow say that Jesus accepts our choosing of it without willing us into it in any deterministic way. If we want to say what hell does, we must somehow leave it with no detrimental effect on the universal picnic. And if we are so bold as to attempt to say what hell is like, we must somehow make it even more of a nothing than our first death, which is its master image.” -Robt. F. Capon-
“But at length, O God, will you not cast Death and Hell into the lake of Fire - even into your own consuming self? Death shall then die everlastingly. ... Then indeed will you be all in all. For then our poor brothers and sisters, every one - O God, we trust in you, the Consuming Fire - shall have been burnt clean and brought home. For if their moans, myriads of ages away, would turn heaven for us into hell - shall a man be more merciful than God? Shall, of all His glories, His mercy alone not be infinite? Shall a brother love a brother more than The Father loves a son? - more than The Brother Christ loves His brother? Would He not die yet again to save one brother more?” -George MacDonald-
“God's love strides unswerving through everything, like a hero, and will not be insulted, despised, if rejected; it marches through the world with the helmet of hope on its head.” -Christoph F. Blumhardt-

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All this bloviation espousing UR doctrine, quoting UR gurus Capon, Blumhardt, MacDonald and not one single verse of scripture.