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Ephesians 1:10  All come into Him at the fullness of times

1 Corinthians 15:26  Last enemy, death, will be destroyed

Philippians 2:9-11  Every tongue shall confess Jesus is Lord

1 Corinthians 12:3  Cannot confess except by the Holy Spirit

Romans 11:26  All Israel will be saved

Acts 3:20-21  Restitution of all

Ephesians 2:7  His grace shown in the ages to come

Hebrews 8:11-12  All will know God

Titus 2:11  Grace has appeared to all

Romans 8:19-21  Creation set at liberty

Colossians 1:20  All reconciled unto God

1 Corinthians 4:5  All will have praise of God

Revelation 15:4  All nations worship when judgments are seen

II Corinthians 5:17  New creation in Christ

Romans 11:32  All subject to unbelief, mercy on all

Romans 11:36  All out of God, through Him, and into Him

Ephesians 4:10  Jesus will fill all things

Revelation 5:13  All creation seen praising God

1 Corinthians 15:28  God will be all in all

Revelation 21:4-5  No more tears, all things made new

John 5:25  All dead who hear will live

John 5:28  All in the grave will hear and come forth

1 Corinthians 3:15  All saved, so as by fire

Mark 9:49  Everyone shall be salted with fire

Romans 11:15  Reconciliation of the world

II Corinthians 5:15  Jesus died for all

What Pleases God?

1Ti 2:3-6 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

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The Fate of the Wicked

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Christians in the twentieth century have primarily three views of the fate of the wicked:

The Majority View: Eternal Torment

The Minority View: Annihilation, or Eternal Death

The Sound View: Eventual Salvation Through Jesus Christ

The eternal torment view has been the majority view for about the last fifteen hundred years. The main Scriptures used to support that view are:

Matthew 25:31-46

Mark 9:38-48

Luke 16:19-31

Matthew 12:24-36

John 3:35-36

Revelation 19:19-21

Revelation 20:7-10

Revelation 20:11-15

The annihilation view has been the minority view since the beginning of church writings after the disappearance of the apostles. Some of the most ancient of the Christian writings taught this view. The Scriptures used to support this view are:

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

1 Thessalonians 5:3

1 Timothy 6:9

1 Corinthians 5:5

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12

Jeremiah 51:39,57

Jeremiah 18:13-17

Jeremiah 25:8-11

Malachi 4:1-3

Obadiah 1:15-16

Matthew 10:28

Revelation 20:11-15

This may come as a shock to most Christians today, but what is today the sound view was the majority view for the first five hundred years of Christianity. As a matter of fact, of the six theological schools we know existed in the second to fourth century, four of them believed in the salvation of all mankind, only one taught annihilation, and only one taught eternal torment, the school at Rome. The doctrine of eternal torment did not become popular until the fifth century when Augustine began to teach it. Once the doctrine was firmly injected into the church, the church brought about the Dark Ages, which lasted about a thousand years.

Most Christians, when they are told their doctrines do not agree with the views of the early Christians, do not believe it. They are so certain that the Bible does not contradict itself and that their beliefs are based upon the Bible. Those who are in the majority and minority views often have those Scriptures that support their position memorized. Evangelists always use them at revival time to scare people into their church.

Following is a list of Scriptures that early Christians used to support their view that all mankind will be saved. Do they contradict the beliefs that you presently hold? If they do, does the Bible contradict itself? And if it doesn't, is it possible that the present church majority is wrong?

1 Timothy 2:4  God will have all to be saved

1 Timothy 2:6  Salvation of all is testified in due time

Ephesians 1:11  God works all after the counsel of His will

John 12:47  Jesus came to save all

John 4:42  Jesus is the Savior of the world

1 John 4:14  Jesus is the Savior of the world

John 12:32  Jesus draws all to Himself

Hebrews 7:25  Jesus is able to save to the uttermost

Romans 5:15-21  In Adam all condemned, in Christ all live

1 Corinthians 15:22  In Adam all die, in Christ all live

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