The Restitution Of All Things

[FineLinen]

Big bad Humongous beware ! !

God our Saviour is 100 % SUCCESSFUL.

He is the God of at-one-ment.

Plan A =

“God IS the Saviour of ALL mankind, especially those who believe/ trust in Him.”

Alternate plan =

There is NO alternate plan. NONE!

 

[Shrewd Manager]

Big bad Humongous beware ! !

God our Saviour is 100 % SUCCESSFUL.

He is the God of at-one-ment.

Plan A =

“God IS the Saviour of ALL mankind, especially those who believe/ trust in Him.”

Alternate plan =

There is NO alternate plan. NONE!

God's Plan from Above: Salvation.

Satan's Plan from Below: Damnation.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:38-9)

 

[Lazarus Short]

God's Plan from Above: Salvation.

Satan's Plan from Below: Damnation.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:38-9)

God is above and Satan is below...just not in Hell. Contrary to common, mistaken belief, Satan is restricted to the Earth, as he states in Job, answering God. Later, Satan gets tossed into the Lake of Fire, and he has NO connection to "Hell" whatever - he is not even the Lord of Heck.

 

[FineLinen]

God is above and Satan is below...just not in Hell. Contrary to common, mistaken belief, Satan is restricted to the Earth, as he states in Job, answering God. Later, Satan gets tossed into the Lake of Fire, and he has NO connection to "Hell" whatever - he is not even the Lord of Heck.

Dear Laz: The final analysis of Satan is he can only operate as far as is allowed by the Lord of the universe! He is NOT even lord of heck.

“Any true definition of Christian Universalism MUST INCLUDE THE BELIEF that God is all Sovereign, loving, powerful, wise, just, and ultimately rules over everything. It MUST ALSO INCLUDE the belief that salvation is only by faith in God and was finalized by Jesus Christ “who gave Himself a ransom for all” (1 Tim 2:6). The definition of Christian Universalism DOES INCLUDE THE BELIEF that God “will have all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4).”

No more let sin and sorrow grow, nor thorns infest the ground, He comes to make His blessings flow FAR AS THE CURSE IS FOUND.

"Curse = katathema = an accursed thing

"Curse = anathematizo = devoted to destruction

" No more" = meketi = no further

“Sin” = hamartia = Missing the mark

Death = thanatos = separation from God

Vanity = mataiotes = empty

 

[FineLinen]

The purpose of evil. > > >

The Purpose of Evil by A.P. Adams

Furthermore, the final outcome of God's plan, so clearly revealed in the scripture irresistibly drives us to that view. All the details and every particular of the plan in all its length and breadth are not revealed, but the result is revealed.

And that result, the final outcome, is a perfect and absolute triumph for goodness, truth, and justice.

"Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall give praise to God." (Rom. 14;11; Is. 45:23).

"The whole creation shall be delivered form the bondage of corruption." (Rom. 8:21).

"All things in heaven and earth shall be gathered together in Christ." (Eph. 1:10).

"Death shall be swallowed up in victory." (I Cor. 15:54).

"There shall be no more anything accursed." (Rev. 22:3).

"Every created thing shall praise God." (Ps. 102:18).

This is the outcome! Thank God, it is good enough! To this final result all things are tending. To such a universal victory we are traveling on. We can see it by faith afar off.

 

[Shrewd Manager]

God is above and Satan is below...just not in Hell. Contrary to common, mistaken belief, Satan is restricted to the Earth, as he states in Job, answering God. Later, Satan gets tossed into the Lake of Fire, and he has NO connection to "Hell" whatever - he is not even the Lord of Heck.

Yep.

And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (Rev 12:7-9)

And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (Lk 10:18)

The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." (Job 1:7)

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; (Gen 3:14)

 

[FineLinen]

The purpose of God has always been one of recovery. Sin entered the world by one single act of disobedience. Thru that one act the entire human race has been "made sinners". Our Heavenly Father has a perfect solution, the same mass of mankind made sinners are destined to be "made righteous."

Please note:

Not saved ONLY, made righteous in every last fibre of our manifold nature!

https://www.thebvbs.com/quotes

 

[Saint Steven]

"There remains for our consideration a very important class of passages, supposed, erroneously, to favor the popular creed. These passages are those that speak of the "elect, " and their fewness; of the "many" called, but the "few" chosen. That God's election is a doctrine clearly revealed in Scripture, no impartial reader can doubt: although unfortunately, around few subjects has the battle of controversy been so furiously waged. One party has, in affirming God's election - which is true, so affirmed it as to make Him into an arbitrary and cruel tyrant - which is false. But the truer and deeper views of God's plan of mercy through Jesus Christ - now in the ascendant I trust - teach us to affirm distinctly the doctrine of the divine election of "the few :" and just because we so affirm it, to connect with it purposes of universal mercy. For what is the true end and meaning of God's election? The elect, we reply, are chosen, not for themselves only, but for the sake of others. They are "elect," not merely to be blessed, but to be a source of blessing. It is not merely with the paltry object of saving a few, while the vast majority perish, that God elects; it is with a purpose of mercy to all; it is by "the few" to save "the many ;" by the elect to save the world."

Christ Triumphant by Thomas Allin chapter six --- bold emphasis mine

 

[Saint Steven]

"...as a witness, no less a person than the Apostle S. PETER. The Apostle in one of the very earliest of his addresses, Acts iii. 21, takes occasion to explain the real purpose of God in Jesus Christ There is to come, finally, a time of universal restoration, "restitution of all things." He adds the significant words that God has promised this "by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began ;" and, therefore, we who teach this hope are but following in the steps of all God's holy prophets. Thus S. PETER would have us go to the Old Testament, and weave, as it were, its varied predictions into one concordant whole, till they, with one voice, proclaim the "restitution of all things."

Christ Triumphant by Thomas Allin chapter seven --- bold emphasis mine

Acts 3:21
Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

 

[Shrewd Manager]

"...as a witness, no less a person than the Apostle S. PETER. The Apostle in one of the very earliest of his addresses, Acts iii. 21, takes occasion to explain the real purpose of God in Jesus Christ There is to come, finally, a time of universal restoration, "restitution of all things." He adds the significant words that God has promised this "by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began ;" and, therefore, we who teach this hope are but following in the steps of all God's holy prophets. Thus S. PETER would have us go to the Old Testament, and weave, as it were, its varied predictions into one concordant whole, till they, with one voice, proclaim the "restitution of all things."

Christ Triumphant by Thomas Allin chapter seven --- bold emphasis mine

Acts 3:21
Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

Now that's what the gospel is all about! That Jesus Christ died for our sins to seal God's promise to ultimately restore all of creation to his image. By overcoming the world, death and the devil, he showed God is love, abundant grace, and the victory of true love as eternally willing to go further to save than sin can ever go to condemn.

That's why it's good news for all, not just the elect. The guarantee of God's Omega Plan is even good news for the reprobates who love doing evil and despise God - they just don't know it yet, because it's the perfect package of divine justice, wrath, wisdom, grace and mercy that burns up the chaff of falsehood and creates the new man in Christ.

 

[Shrewd Manager]

God is above and Satan is below...just not in Hell. Contrary to common, mistaken belief, Satan is restricted to the Earth, as he states in Job, answering God. Later, Satan gets tossed into the Lake of Fire, and he has NO connection to "Hell" whatever - he is not even the Lord of Heck.

I suspect that's why the devil loves arson down here, it's his attempt to replace the theology of divine fire with the natural, and of course to use it as an instrument of evil. Probably why he's come to be associated with 'ruling in hellfire'.

It may be that satan will experience the lake of fire as though it were earthly fire, as he'll resist God so hard and for condign punishment.

 

[Shrewd Manager]

Big bad Humongous beware ! !

God our Saviour is 100 % SUCCESSFUL.

He is the God of at-one-ment.

Plan A =

“God IS the Saviour of ALL mankind, especially those who believe/ trust in Him.”

Alternate plan =

There is NO alternate plan. NONE!

Plan A is the alpha and the omega, bonded in heaven and earth by the blood of the Lamb.

 

[FineLinen]

Universal Restoration

"The shape of creation must somehow mirror and reveal the shape of the Creator. We must have a God at least as big as the universe, or else our view of God becomes irrelevant, constricted, more harmful than helpful. The Christian image of a torturous hell, and God as a petty tyrant, has not helped us to know, trust, or love God in any way. God ends up being less loving than most people we know. At this point in history most Christians have been preconditioned by a cheap story line of retributive justice, and no one told them about the much more profound Biblical notion of restorative justice. Those attracted to the common idea of hell operate out of a scarcity model, where there is not enough Divine Love to transform, awaken, and save. The dualistic mind is literally incapable of thinking any notion of infinity, limitlessness, or eternity." -Richard Rohr-

Continued > > >

Richard Rohr's Meditation: Universal Restoration.

 

[Saint Steven]

I suspect that's why the devil loves arson down here, it's his attempt to replace the theology of divine fire with the natural, and of course to use it as an instrument of evil. Probably why he's come to be associated with 'ruling in hellfire'.

It may be that satan will experience the lake of fire as though it were earthly fire, as he'll resist God so hard and for condign punishment.

Your post reminded me of this quote found in Thomas Allin - Christ Triumphant.

"As the souls of heretics are hereafter to be eternally burning in hell," such was the reasoning of Queen Mary in defense of her awful persecution, "there can be nothing more proper than for me to imitate the divine vengeance, by burning them here on earth."

 

[Shrewd Manager]

Your post reminded me of this quote found in Thomas Allin - Christ Triumphant.

"As the souls of heretics are hereafter to be eternally burning in hell," such was the reasoning of Queen Mary in defense of her awful persecution, "there can be nothing more proper than for me to imitate the divine vengeance, by burning them here on earth."

Queen Mary obviously saw herself as God's handmaiden. Therein lies the fruit of damnationism. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

"They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. (Jn 16:2)

"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. (Jn 4:23)

Imagine a heaven full of Queen Marys. Funny thing is that most of the Protestants she had executed would have been convinced damnationists themselves. What a mess!

 

[Saint Steven]

Imagine a heaven full of Queen Marys.

Ships ahoy. - lol

 

[Shrewd Manager]

Ships ahoy. - lol

Headed for Tarshish, but God's prepared the big fish.

 

[Saint Steven]

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Headed for Tarshish, but God's prepared the big fish.

Hmm...???
Did you mean Nineveh? (reference to Jonah) ???

Saul of Tarsus was know to go overboard at times. - lol

 

[Shrewd Manager]

Hmm...???
Did you mean Nineveh? (reference to Jonah) ???

Saul of Tarsus was know to go overboard at times. - lol

Yes, a Jonah reference lol. It's fresh in my mind. I don't know if Paul ever voluntarily went overboard?

Could Tarsus and Tarshish be related?

 

[Saint Steven]

Yes, a Jonah reference lol. It's fresh in my mind. I don't know if Paul ever voluntarily went overboard?

Could Tarsus and Tarshish be related?

I think Tarsus and Tarshish are two different places.
Now I realize you were right.
Jonah got on a boat headed for Tarshish. The fish took him to Nineveh. - lol

Paul was in a shipwreck when he sailed for Rome. See Acts 27.