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Universalism...why not?

Which is it?

  • God doesn't want all men to be saved.

    Votes: 4 8.2%
  • God can't do what he wants to do.

    Votes: 2 4.1%
  • Neither, God will continue to work on unrepentant souls because his love & patience are unending.

    Votes: 40 81.6%
  • Don't know...never thought about this before.

    Votes: 3 6.1%

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ClementofA

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Irrelevant argument. Jesus is not here, neither are the disciples, therefore it is irrelevant what or who anyone followed at that time.

Who did the 12 follow, Jesus or those (Pharisees, Sadducees & scribes) with "qualifications"?

"Jesus warned His disciples to “watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees,” which was their false teaching (Matt. 16:6,12)."

The Pharisees taught everlasting torments.

"Not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth." (Titus 1:14). Jesus said re the Pharisees: "...in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." (Mt.15:8-9)

"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." (Matthew 23:13)

"Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'" (Matthew 23:16)

"Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering." (Luke 11:52)

Jeremiah 8:8 "How can you say, 'We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie. 9 "The wise men are put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD..."

Student: What is a theological cemetery?
MASTER: An institution of higher learning, approved of men.
Student: What's buried there?
Master: The truth of God.

1 Timothy 4:1 "Now the spirit is saying explicitly, that in subsequent eras some will be withdrawing from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons, 2 in the hypocrisy of false expressions, their own conscience having been cauterized;"
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. 11 These things command and teach.

1 Corinthians 1:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (Jn.14:6)

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth (Jn.16:13a)

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

"The Third Law of Theology: For every theologian there is an equal and opposite theologian."
 
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BUMP FOR ClementofA.

Could you please either admit there isn't one, or provide one?
 
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I see that you present the views of the early church just as accurately as you did the references from the Greek Lexicons.
 
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BUMP FOR ClementofA.

There's no need to keep continually bumping your posts. I've seen them. If i find they are worth my time i will answer them along with the others who've responded to my posts.
 
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I don't mind the effort, even if you refuse to answer. I don't perceive any element of "seeking" in your replies, and therefore I view our exchanges more as an opportunity to show the weakness of the universalist's position to any objective reader. In "BUMPING" posts you cannot answer, it underscores those weaknesses, which furthers the truth.
Specifically in THIS case, my "BUMP" reminded those readers that no universalist has EVER ... presented a text that explains the theory.
 
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ClementofA

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No.
It is the same kind of tree, as identified by it's previous use. There is no more need on God's perfected earth, since there is no more curse (Rev 22:3).

What previous use?

Regardless, the tree of life comes with New Jerusalem (Rev.21 & 22), so the leaves are for healing of the people who will live there. Therefore, as i posted:

Rev.21:5a And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.”

Is "all" already made completely new (21:5), immortal & incorruptible when nations still need healing from the leaves of trees (22:2; Ezek.47:12)? Has death and reigning been abolished (1 Cor.15:24-26) while reigning continues (22:3-5 & 21:23,24)?

There is nothing in EITHER passage about the end of "reigning"!

Then cometh the end [order], WHEN He shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; WHEN He shall have abolished ALL rule and ALL authority and power. For He must reign TILL He hath put all His enemies under His feet. THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE ABOLISHED IS DEATH. (1 Cor. 15:22-26, R.V.).

AS in Adam ALL die SO ALSO in Christ shall ALL be made alive (1 Cor.15:22)

1 Cor 15:28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

https://www.tentmaker.org/books/hope_beyond_hell.pdf
 
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For those who cannot understand logic & call the logical illogical, appealing to Scripture may be pointless.
You wouldn't know, since you haven't even attempted to provide ONE Scripture that explains your theory..... in spite of my repeated "BUMPS" requesting such Scripture.
 
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What previous use?
The use in the Millennium explained in
Ezek 47:8-14 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
13 Thus saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.


The borders described, and the restoration of the 12 tribes that inherit those portions, PROVE that this prophecy is a future event. NOTHING like this has happened yet. This is during Christ's 1,000 year reign.
ClementofA said:
Regardless, the tree of life comes with New Jerusalem (Rev.21 & 22), so the leaves are for healing of the people who will live there.
The trees of life are here before the holy city New Jerusalem. And, they are in the holy city. You have NO evidence they "come with" the city... other than your assumption.
 
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My response was in the next post, 1042. ...
Wrong! Saying essentially "I'm right and you're wrong! Am too! Nuh huh!" is not a reasoned response.
 
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Wrong! Saying essentially "I'm right and you're wrong! Am too! Nuh huh!" is not a reasoned response.

That opinion does not ring as being truly objective. Just a hunch ;
 
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You wouldn't know, since you haven't even attempted to provide ONE Scripture that explains your theory..... in spite of my repeated "BUMPS" requesting such Scripture.

I've posted many scripture passages that prove what i believe is biblical.

Hebrews speaks of those who reject Christ as deserving a "sorer" punishment than death by Moses' law, i.e. stoning:

10:28 A man that hath set at nought Moses' law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Stoning to death is not a very sore or longlasting punishment. People suffered far worse deaths via the torture methods of the Medieval Inquisitionists and the German Nazis under Hitler.

Therefore, if the writer of Hebrews believed the wicked would be punished with something so monstrous as being endlessly annihilated out of existence, he would not have chosen to compare their punishment to something so lame as being stoned to death. Clearly he did not believe Love Omnipotent is an unfeeling terminator machine who abandons forever the beings He created in His image & likeness so easily.

https://www.tentmaker.org/books/hope_beyond_hell.pdf
 
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Did you really think no one would notice you reworded my request?
I specifically requested; ONE Scripture that explains your theory. You have never provided even one .... and we both know why. None exist.

No one is surprised that it is your opinion that the Scriptures you posted "prove" what you believe is biblical.

Your argument here doesn't make sense on multiple levels!
1) You are making a case for a WORSE punishment than stoning. What do you think that "worse" punishment is?? And, how does a WORSE punishment fulfill your "Love Omnipotent" theory??
2) Your assumption that God causing the wicked to cease to exist is "monstrous" has zero Scriptural support.... and the fact that you see it as "monstrous" would VERY handily fulfill "much sorer punishment".... which makes your points contradictory!
On the one hand you are demanding "MUCH worse"... on the other hand you are complaining it is TOO "MUCH worse"!
 
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Did you really think no one would notice you reworded my request?
I specifically requested; ONE Scripture that explains your theory. You have never provided even one .... and we both know why. None exist.

You complain because i gave you more than one scripture supporting what you call "my theory", whatever that is supposed to refer to, since you didn't state what it is. How would anyone know, especially if they haven't been following the conversation.
 
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1. My argument doesn't require that i state what the punishment is. But only what i've told you already. Hence your point number 1 is irrelevant & does not support your claim about it not making sense. What didn't you understand? No one else has had a problem comprehending it.

2. There is no contradiction. The passage speaks of a sore punishment (death by stoning) & implies a sorer punishment for Christ rejectors. Like i said:

Therefore, if the writer of Hebrews believed the wicked would be punished with something so monstrous as being endlessly annihilated out of existence, he would not have chosen to compare their punishment to something so lame as being stoned to death. Clearly he did not believe Love Omnipotent is an unfeeling terminator machine who abandons forever the beings He created in His image & likeness so easily.

P.S. are you going to respond to the subject of reigning in post 1511?
 
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1) It's YOUR theory, I have no obligation to state your theory for you.
2) Again, you reword my request. I specifically requested "Scripture that explains your theory."
3) Your reply is merely stalling. You KNOW there is no "Scripture that explains your theory", and by contrast there are MANY that explain the judgment, and subsequent destruction, "burned up", death, "ashes", the entire separation of the the righteous and wicked, and subsequent throwing them in the lake of fire. Your theory amounts to a groundless contradiction of a major theme of the Scriptures;
Eccl 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
 
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There is nothing in this text that supports your theory that "reigning" ends. In stead, Jesus "reigns" until his God places all enemies under Christ's feet, which takes more than 1,000 years, and then Jesus turns the "reigning" over to his God.
 
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Why are you refusing to state this "WORSE" punishment? And, why won't you answer the question: "how does a WORSE punishment fulfill your "Love Omnipotent" theory??" THESE questions illustrate what "doesn't make sense on multiple levels".

ClementofA said:
2. There is no contradiction. The passage speaks of a sore punishment (death by stoning) & implies a sorer punishment for Christ rejectors.
Your acknowledgment that Hebrews proves there are worse punishments than mere stoning, but this contradicts your "Love Omnipotent" theory. You are going to have to do better than just deny the obvious, you are going to have to actually answer the questions.

This statement is pure speculation, and is therefore an attempt to reason away the actual statement of the passage.
Heb 10:30-31 For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
 
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Actually, "no hope" means "no hope". The passage does not say even one being "will recieve endless annihilation". In fact, it doesn't even mention the subject at all. That's what you've added to it.

If someone has "no hope" they will live until tomorrow, that doesn't mean they won't. If God has predetermined that they will live, then they will live. Whatever they hope or don't hope won't stop God from doing what He is going to do.



What "day" is Mal.4:1 referring to?

Does "all the proud" refer to every proud person that ever lived? Or only some of them?

Does "burn them up" mean endless annihilation? No.
 
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1. What theory?

2. See 1

3. You don't know what i am thinking, will be thinking or have thought. All you have to go on are a few words on a screen. Neither do you know what i know, will know or have known. You are not a mind reader. Neither can you read the hearts of men. You are not omniscient. And you are wrong.

You haven't provided a single scripture that supports endless annihilation. I've responded to every relevant verse you've posted in context with a scripture reference, unlike your above out of context quotes without references.
 
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