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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 6, 2013 5:27:12 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #32
RAY PRINZING TAPES
RAY PRINZING IS MY EARTHLY HERO AND MENTOR
GOOGLE UP RAY PRINZING TO READ SOME REALLY GOOD WRITINGS
During my twelve year nervous breakdown (1966-78) caused by my inability to love a god who would allow anyone to suffer forever, I would listen to a Ray Prinzing tape while I washed the dishes of my family every day, and before I went to sleep at night. Through the years that I repeatedly listened to these tapes I became more and more confident that that I was going to recover from my breakdown.
In the opinion of Rodger Tutt of Toronto, Canada, the following are the best of all of Ray Prinzing’s taped sermons.
6 CHRIST OUR MERCY SEAT 8 NO SUBSTITUTE 9 TRUST 16 SEE NO EVIL 29 THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE 30 GOD’S WONDERFUL VENGEANCE 32 SUFFICIENT THE EVIL 35 CHANGING THY STRENGTH 36 AS KINGS AND PRIESTS 38 REVELATION TO REVELATION 42 THE TREE OF LIFE 48 KEPT IN PEACE 51 GOD’S RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENTS 55 ALLEGORY OF RACHEL 56 NONE SHALL BE LOST 59 REPENTANCE TOWARDS GOD 61 AND GOD REPENTED 63 THE END OF THE LORD 71 URGED ON BY FAITH 76 MINISTRY OF SALT 89 BLESSINGS REWARDED OR INHERITED 90 NO CONDEMNATION 95 NOT SOMEHOW BUT TRIUMPHANTLY 101 PASSING THROUGH 104 THE INTERPLAY OF GOOD AND EVIL 105 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD 109 PLENTEOUS REDEMPTION 111 OF THE SAME LUMP 119 HELD TOGETHER BY LOVE 121 ESTABLISH THE SECOND 122 ESTABLISH THE SECOND, PART TWO 123 ESTABLISH THE SECOND, PART THREE 128 ADVANCE IN ADVERSITY 131 ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT 133 AFTER THE PRESSURES 134 THE POLISHED SHAFT 135 INTERNAL TRIUMPH 136 RECONCILED INTO HIMSELF 138 AT PEACE WITH YOUR CALLING 142 THE HIDDEN ONES 143 GOD’S GENTLENESS TO MAN 147 BEYOND DISCIPLINE 148 BEHOLDING HIM 149 DELIVERANCE 150 ENTER THY CHAMBERS 151 GOD OF THE VALLEY 152 GOD OF THE MOUNTAINS 153 IN QUIETNESS 154 IN CONFIDENCE 158 RENEWED INTO HIS MIND 160 EAT THE BOOK 161 HOLD FAST TO THE HEAD 162 THE SEVENTH MAN 164 SORROW TURNED INTO JOY 165 MAKE READY A PEOPLE 166 DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS 167 THE BIRTHRIGHT CHALLENGE 168 MY FATHER IS GREATER 169 HIS PARTICIPATING PRESENCE 170 CHANGES, TYRANNY OR BLESSING 171 TILL HE PLEASE 172 IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE 173 KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL 174 THE SWORD GUARDED WAY 175 THE HEAVENLY VISION 176 DEFEATING THE ACCUSERS 177 NEITHER TOIL NOR SPIN 178 THE LAW OF CIRCULARITY 180 HE THAT SHALL ENDURE 181 LIFT UP A STANDARD 183 MUCH MORE 186 WHEN GOD HIDES HIS FACE 187 FAITH VICTORIOUS 188 DIVINE CONFIRMATION 189 WAIT FOR WISDOM’S CHILDREN 190 GOD CHOSE OUR FATHERS 192 LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER 194 EARTHEN VESSEL SINKS 196 A VERY PRESENT HELP 197 A NEW COAT, YEAR BY YEAR 198 COME UP HITHER 199 UNDER HIS SHADOW 200 A HUSHED SECRET 201 EXPECTATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 202 RETURNING INTO GOD 203 PUT A DIFFERENCE 204 FROM EAST TO WEST 206 TIME OF YOUR SOJOURNING 207 HIS HAND IS STRETCHED OUT 208 WHAT SHALL I DO? 209 TURN AWAY UNGODLINESS 210 GIVE DILIGENCE 211 LIVING EPISTLES 215 THE LORD THY REARWARD 216 THE ANGER OF THE LORD 217 GOD APPOINTED HORIZONS 218 HOLD FAST TILL I COME 219 ACTIVELY RESTING 221 AN INNER REJOICING 222 BLESS ME INDEED 224 NO MORE ECCENTRIC 225 NOT A SPIRIT OF FEAR 226 FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS 227 AND SUDDENLY 228 THE HEAVENLY HOST ATTENDS 229 FIT FOR THE KINGDOM 230 JUDGEMENT UNTO VICTORY 231 GOD IS IN CONTROL 232 THE LORD OUR HELPER 233 OUR THREEFOLD JUDGEMENT 235 GOD COUNTED THE COST 236 THY LIFE FOR A PREY 237 THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 238 FROM POVERTY TO RICHES 239 ABIDING IN GOD 240 PARTS OF HIS WAYS 241 CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST 242 MASTER OF MYSELF 243 ANOINTED EYE SIGHT 244 FAITH THAT OBTAINS 246 THE FURNACE FOR GOLD 247 RAISE UP THE FOUNDATION 248 SHALL PROSPER IN HIS HAND 250 INWARD REVELATION OF THE SON 251 KINGDOM LIFE TRANSFORMING 252 SO GROWS THE KINGDOM 253 AFTER YE HAVE SUFFERED 254 CHOSEN TO KNOW HIS WILL 255 HEALING THE BREACHES 256 OUR THREEFOLD RESURRECTION 257 A THORN FOR THE FLESH 258 THE MINISTRY OF WAITING 259 THERE IS A RIVER 267 HEARING, LEARNING, COMING 268 THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME 269 HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED 270 GOLD IN THE MAKING 271 MAKE TO LACK, READY TO FILL 273 ACQUAINTED WITH THE ALMIGHTY 274 EACH IN HIS OWN RANK 278 GOD’S UNFINISHED WORK 280 FULLY PERSUADED 285 CONTINUALLY WITH HIM 286 SURRENDERED TO HIS LORDSHIP 295 TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS 296 INIQUITY SHALL HAVE AN END 297 OVERFLOW WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS 298 THINGS BELONGING TO PEACE 301 HIS DESIRE IS TOWARD ME 302 REFINED AS SILVER 303 AND GOD REMEMBERED 304 LOOSE THE PRISONER 305 ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE 306 GOD’S INDWELLING CONTROL 307 OUT OF HIM WE CAME 308 GRACE UPON GRACE 309 JUDGEMENT RESTS FOR A LIGHT 310 HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER 312 THE SURE MERCIES OF DAVID 315 THE DEVIL DESTROYED 316 TOTAL AVAILABILITY 317 VIEWING THE THIRD DAY 326 KINGDOM AUTHORITY
THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE RAY PRINZING TAPES
GOOGLE UP RAY PRINZING TO READ SOME REALLY GREAT WRITINGS
Ray Prinzing’s very best, and his two extra good tapes.
30 GOD’S WONDERFUL VENGEANCE 101 PASSING THROUGH 104 THE INTERPLAY OF GOOD AND EVIL 109 PLENTEOUS REDEMPTION 123 ESTABLISH THE SECOND, PART THREE 138 AT PEACE WITH YOUR CALLING 215 THE LORD THY REARWARD 216 THE ANGER OF THE LORD 217 GOD APPOINTED HORIZONS 226 FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS 230 JUDGEMENT UNTO VICTORY 232 THE LORD OUR HELPER 235 GOD COUNTED THE COST (extra good) 236 THY LIFE FOR A PREY 237 THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 248 SHALL PROSPER IN HIS HAND 255 HEALING THE BREACHES 295 TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS 315 THE DEVIL DESTROYED 339 GOD SO LOVED HE GAVE 352 BUT GOD MUCH MORE 385 FREEDOM OF THE GLORY 387 ESTABLISHED BY GRACE (extra good)
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 7, 2013 4:45:33 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #33 FROM RICHARD CONDON’S GOD’S TRUTH FOR TODAY ARCHIVES THE MAIN LIBRARY AND IN THE GARDEN web.archive.org/web/20110713224225/http://gtft.org/Copy and paste THE ENTIRE link into your browser, not just the "live" portion. If the link won't open, click on the word "impatient?" This is a link to a large library of writings by many believers in universal salvation. I think the sub-section called IN THE GARDEN is especially good.
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 8, 2013 5:23:40 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #34 THE DESTINY OF SATAN UNIVERSAL RECONCILIATION – MINNIE ALBERTSON “The original scriptures taught final universal salvation; but translators usually rejected that theme. So they added to, or dropped words, to make the text conform to their wrong thinking. They could not eradicate the original theme; but we inherited their wrong thinking in our translations, and so we have the resulting direct contradictions. Unknown time periods they made endless. Salvation is for angels also. ‘All things were created by Him, and for Him’ (Col. 1:16).‘For Thy pleasure they are and were created (Rev. 4:11). So He ‘reconciles all things unto Himself, whether they be on earth, or things in the heavens (Col. 1:16-21). Even the devil is not too evil to be corrected. Note who he belongs to, as well as those he deceives. ‘The deceived and the deceiver are His’ (Job 12:16). (end quote) (Job 12:16). “God delights to reconcile all, whether those on the earth, or those in the heavens (Col. 1:20). Therefore there is no more reason to suppose that Satan is not included therein than that any other certain creature is not included therein. Therefore it must be that that notable creature who had rightly long been termed “the Adversary,” is very much included in the reconciliation of the universe, at which time this title (“Adversary” or “Satan”) necessarily will no longer apply, since he will be reconciled and be at peace.” (end quote) Jim Coram, UNSEARCHABLE RICHES, March 2005. “Ah, I long intently for that day when even the devil himself shall put away his pitchfork, hang up his horns, and come humbly and brokenly to the Father's house! Does that startle you? How else could it be in that glad day when the Christ has finally RECONCILED ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH, including all the PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERE!” (end quote) RECONCILIATION IN THE HEAVENS – J. Preston Eby www.godfire.net/eby/reconcilehvns.html THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL – PAUL SIEGVOLCK “Col. 1: 16-20 teaches us the extent of the reconciliation made by Christ, namely, that it extends itself over the whole creation. Therefore the fallen angels must also necessarily have their share in it, for they do incontestably belong to the invisible things created by Christ, and consequently to all things including the things in the heavens. ‘Jehovah is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works.’ Psalm 145:9 In this passage we are plainly told that the mercy of God, or His tender love, does not only extend itself to men, but universally towards all creatures that have their being and stand in need of mercy; and consequently also towards the fallen angels; which tender love of God must necessarily at last effect or bring about the restoration of all corrupt creatures, for it is not a weak or faint, but an almighty love.” (end quote) AVITUS and BASIL, A GRECIAN (approx. 410 A.D.) together taught “Future torments are not endless; for although they are called everlasting, yet that word in the original Greek, does not, according to its etymology, and its frequent use, signify endless, but answers only to the duration of an age; so that every sinner, after the purification of his conscience, shall return into the unity of the body of Christ.The devil himself will at length be saved, when all his wickedness shall have been subdued.” (end quote) ERSKINE’S SKETHCHES OF CHURCH HISTORY records the words of John Gasper Christian Lavater. “God is not gracious in time and cruel through eternity. Ascribe not to God, what in a human judge all would account a defect in wisdom and goodness, the punishing for the sake of punishing. It is enough my Creator, Thou art love. Love seeketh not her own; Thou seekest the happiness of all, and shouldst Thou not then find what Thou seekest? Shouldst Thou not be able to do what Thou willest? My prayers are comprehensive. I embrace in my heart all men; present and future times, and nations, yea Satan himself. I present them all to God, with the warmest wishes that He will have mercy on them all.” (end quote) CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE – J.S. Taylor I cannot believe that any being will exist in any part of the universe, so steeped in guilt and anguish (no, not Satan himself), as to be beyond the redeeming love and healing power of the Creator. Oh, no; on the contrary, I believe that in this mysterious, but divinely ordained conflict of good and evil, the powers of light are everywhere slowly but surely gaining the ascendancy over the powers of darkness, and that it will continue to be so, even unto the perfect day; yes, that perfect day, wherein all these blessed victories over sin and ignorance shall have been consummated, these transformations completed, and no solitary stain of folly, guilt, or grief, be left to mar the luster of the universe.” (end quote) Gregory of Nyssa (335-390) "What is the scope of St. Paul’s dissertations? That the nature of evil shall, at length, be wholly exterminated, and divine immortal goodness embrace within itself every rational creature; so that of all who were made by God, not one shall be excluded from His kingdom. All the viciousness that like a corrupt matter is mingled in things shall be dissolved and consumed in fire; and everything shall be restored to its pristine state of purity. In 1Cor. 15:22-28, the apostle Paul declares the extinction of all sin, saying that God will be All in all. For God will be truly All in all only when no evil shall remain in the nature of things. All evil must at length, be entirely removed from everything, so that it shall no more exist. For such being the nature of sin, that it cannot exist without a corrupt motive, it must, of course, be perfectly dissolved and wholly destroyed, so that nothing can remain a receptacle of it, when all motive and influences shall spring from God alone. As the devil assumed a fleshly shape in order to ruin human nature, so the Lord took flesh for the salvation of man; and thus He blesses not only him who was ruined, but him also who led him into perdition; so that He both delivers man from sin, and heals the author of sin himself.” (end quote)
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 10, 2013 6:05:15 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #36 SEQUENTIAL LOGIC Can God do anything He wishes? Yes. “All that Yahweh delights He does, In the heavens and on earth, In the seas and every abyss” Ps. 135:6. See Matt. 19:25, 26. Does God wish all to be saved? Yes. “Who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” 1 Tim. 2:4. See Acts 4:12. Therefore, it is apparent that God is able to save what was lost, and since He desires to save all that was lost, He has promised to do just that. Phil. 2:9-11; Col. 1:20; 1 Cor. 15:20-28. Faith in God’s promises, And an acquaintance with His character and power, KNOWING THE REAL JESUS www.godfire.net/eby/godislove.html and sequential logic, and THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHURCH hellbusters.8m.com/updcontents.html all support universal reconciliation. Wishful thinking has nothing to do with it.
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 11, 2013 5:15:21 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #37
THE GRAND ASSERTION – Don Hicks
ALL OF MANKIND WAS DECLARED RIGHTEOUS BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AND ALL OF MANKIND WILL COME TO BELIEVE IN JESUS AS LORD AND GOD AS SAVIOR FOLLOWING THE NECESSARY DISCIPLINE OF THE CONSUMING PURIFYING FIRE OF GOD.
Mal 3:2b "For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap;”
SUB-ASSERTION #1
MANKIND WAS DECLARED RIGHTEOUS BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST HAVING BEEN RECONCILED TO GOD BY HIS DEATH
Rom 5:6-10 “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God's wrath. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?
Note that a summary of these verses could be the following: While we were helpless ungodly sinners who were His enemies, Christ died for us, declared us righteous by his blood, will save us from God’s wrath, and reconciled us to God through His death.
Helpless ungodly sinners who were enemies of God and Christ may be words written to those of Rome who were currently believers, but here Paul is obviously referencing their status with God prior to their becoming believers. Therefore the being reconciled to God and declared righteous occurred prior to belief since these descriptions are hardly of believers.
At the foot of the cross were many helpless ungodly sinners who were the enemies of Jesus, yet He said, “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing”. I believe the Father was in agreement with this prayer of Jesus and so their sins were or will be forgiven on the merits of Jesus alone. Mankind was declared righteous, or justified on that day. Paul reinforces the fact of being declared righteous was for all mankind a few verses later in Rom 5:18, “Consequently, just as one offense resulted in condemnation for everyone, so one act of righteousness results in justification and life for everyone.”
SUB-ASSERTION #2
NO “PUNISHMENT”, “DESTRUCTION”, “PERISHING”, “LOSTNESS” IS ETERNAL; RATHER GOD’S “PUNISHMENTS” OR “DESTRUCTION” ARE CORRECTIVE IN NATURE
Now, we do need His discipline to make us fit for His kingdom. This discipline will not be “eternal”, but it will be “aeonian or eonian”, the English equivalents of the Greek “aionios”. “Aeonian” punishment as referred to in Mt. 25:46, one of the proof texts for those who hold to the heresy of the eternal torment of non-believers, is the type of correction that God will administer to the unbeliever. The noun being modified by aeonian is the word punishment, which is the Greek “kolasis” which has been used in reference to “pruning” a plant for the purpose of better production. “Kolasis” punishment is the corrective type, whereas, “timoria” punishment is the retributive type. The “aeonian” life in Mt. 25:46 is the life given to the believer by God beginning at the point of belief. This is that life we enjoy as believers which blesses us now as we deal with this physical life and also blesses us with the promise of immortality and therefore everlasting communion with our Father.
Aeonian destruction as referenced in 2 Thess. 1:7-9, “…who will be punished with aeonian destruction from the presence of the Lord,…”, is the kind of destruction necessary for God to administer for the fulfillment of His purposes. Destruction is equivalent to death in that it is “from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power”. Jesus was “destroyed” at the cross, but as in His case, so with all cases of destruction or death, there is no sense of “eternal” associated with them as Jesus rose to life and “the last enemy to be eliminated will be death”.
The “lost” sheep, coin, and son of Luke 15 referred to a condition that did not last forever. The word “lost” is the translation of the Greek “apollumi”, from which we have the translations lose, lost, perish, destroy, etc. As we can see in Luke 15, the sheep, coin, and son were only “lost” until they were found. This harmonizes with the fact that Jesus said He came to “seek and save the lost”.
Note that the following verse tells us that there is a special benefit for becoming a believer now, but that God will save all of the “lost” unbelievers also. 1Tim 4:10 “For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.” The Greek word that got translated “especially” here is “malista”. Checking its usage in other verses makes it clear that especially is a good choice for English since it does refer to extra special attention to something, but not to the exclusion of other items mentioned in the context.
The Hebrew word “olam” has as its Greek equivalents “aion” and “aionios” in the Septuagint. An analysis of the approximately 440 occurrences of olam in the Old Testament suggests that it means a period of time without the end in sight but not necessarily “eternal”, or “everlasting” or “forever”, if it should ever be. Olam was only 3 days in the case of Jonah’s duration in the fish, even though the “traditional” translation has been “forever”. Also, the length of time a person would be the slave has been referred to as “forever”, which we know is literally only for their physical lifetime. Some versions never use eternal, everlasting, or forever for olam. Have you noticed some versions use the phrase “forever and ever”. Have you ever given thought to the absurdity of adding the words “and ever” after you have already said forever? What’s more than forever? That’s like saying something lasts for an eternity and then for another eternity. The absurdity of this should add to our awareness of the bias of those translators who consistently translate olam, aion, and aionios as eternal, everlasting, forever, or the absurd “forever and ever” phrase.
An analysis of the word “hell” is quite revealing. Jesus used the word “geena” or “hades” and tradition (KJV, Catholic church, etc.) has had the ignorant audacity to use this Anglo-Saxon word “hell”, which means “unseen” (a-des), corresponding to the Hebrew “sheol” and attach to it a meaning out of pagan mythology of a place of eternal torment. Dr. Thomas Thayer in his book “The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment” traces this myth of eternal torment that became associated with the word hell to ancient Egypt. Geena (sometimes Gehenna) was the Valley of Hinnom which became a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jerusalem where carcasses of criminals were burned which Jesus metaphorically referenced as a future potential punishment with no sense of “eternal” punishment inherent in its meaning. This refers to aeonian punishment which again is God’s corrective punishment. Gehenna should have been left untranslated because it is a geographical location that the Jews of Jesus’ audience knew exactly what he was referring to. Hades should have also been left untranslated or translated as “unseen” or “the grave” as some versions do, as Hades definitely has no inherent punishment connotation. There are a number of versions that don’t use the word “hell” even once, realizing the bad rap the word has gotten with the erroneous connotation.
SUB-ASSERTION #3
ALL HUMANITY WILL COME TO BELIEVE IN GOD AND WILL WORSHIP HIM SOONER OR LATER The following are 5 witnesses (scriptures) from 4 of God's servants: DAVID, ISAIAH, PAUL, and JOHN. NOTE: Nowhere in the Word do we have any evidence that one must come to belief in this lifetime, which is another myth of man; contrariwise, we have much evidence in the following verses and many others that some will only come to belief after their physical death. At this point some might think of the Rich Man and Lazarus parable, Matt. 13:34. Parables must be discerned spiritually as they are not to be taken literally since they are fictional stories to convey a spiritual message. Consider this, Rich Man = Jews and Lazarus = Gentiles and the spiritual message is that the Jews will be disciplined for their attitude toward and treatment of the Gentiles. Keep in mind that belief is granted by God in His time not in man's. God grants belief to some in this lifetime and others after their physical death. The myth that one must come to belief in this lifetime is something man dreamed up or more than likely got from the pagans and added to his traditions, but God's word does not speak of it. John 6:44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day." Phi 1:29 "For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake." THE MASTER PLAN OF THE MASTER COULD BE SUMMED UP IN A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF HIS WORD AS FOLLOWS AS ATTESTED BY MANY WITNESSES. "ALL IS OUT OF ME AND ALL WILL COME BACK TO ME." --- GOD Rom 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for the ages. Amen. 1Co 15:28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all. GOD WILL BE ALL IN ALL = GOD WILL BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE OUR SPIRIT CAME OUT OF GOD AND WILL RETURN TO GOD DAVID was inspired to write: Psalms 22:27-28 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations ISAIAH was inspired to write: Isa 45:23 By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.' Isa 45:24 "Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him. PAUL was inspired to write: Phi 2:10-11 "…so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow— in heaven and on earth and under the earth — and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father." Rom 14:11 For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God." JOHN was inspired to record: Rev 5:13 "And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for the ages of the ages!" SINCE AFTER A CERTAIN TIME DEATH WILL CEASE TO BE, LEAVING ONLY LIFE AND HENCE NO MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, ALL OF THESE WITNESSES CAN TESTIFY TO THE SAME THING: NOTE: The feeble attempt to downplay this worshipping, bowing, and confessing as somehow "forced", is born out of bias for eternal torment. Note particularly in Phil. 2:11 the phrase "to the glory of God the Father". It is obviously not giving God glory to say Jesus is Lord without meaning it and you might also recall what Paul said about saying that Jesus is Lord, that "…no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit."(1 Cor. 12:3b) EVERY CREATED BEING WILL SOME DAY PRAISE AND GLORIFY GOD
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 12, 2013 4:08:27 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #38 OUR HEAVENLY FATHER According to Jesus, by nature, we are children of the devil (John 8:44). But over and above that are the words that Jesus spoke to the multitude. “For One is your Father, Who is in heaven.” (Matt. 23:1 and 9) As sinners, by attitude and actions we demonstrate that we are children of the devil. But by right of creation, and by right of redemption through Jesus Christ, God is the Heavenly Father of everyone, even Satan (Col. 1:20). For Jesus is the propitiation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole kosmos (Greek). (1John 2:2) Sooner or later, according to His perfect timing for each individual, God will effectively call everyone out of darkness into His marvelous light, first the chosen generation, then all the rest later. (1Peter 2:9; Col. 1:20) A snippet from THE OUTCOME OF INFINITE GRACE – LOYAL F. HURLEY Heb. 11:3 should read, “Through faith we understand that the ages were planned by the Word of God.” The ages will collectively end. A literal translation of Heb. 9:26 is, ‘But now, once for all, with a view to the end of the ages, has He been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.’ Throughout the eons there is sin and evil, condemnation and death. At the end of the eons all will be justified (Rom. 5:18,19), and all will be reconciled through Christ’s blood (Col. 1:20). GOD’S PLAN FOR THE AGES OF TIME THE EONS OF THE BIBLE WITH CONCORDANCE www.saviourofall.org/Tracts/Eons2.html
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 13, 2013 5:15:52 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #39 THE FOLLOWING IS BY BRIAN ON CITY-DATA CHRISTIAN FORUM It is an “0ff-the-cuff” writing that is so good I strongly feel it is worth sharing!! “pcamps has been very scripturally bringing us back to the fact that God is not holding men's sins against them. Can you believe it? Can God just forgive people freely? Is that fair? Is that "just??" Well, it's not only fair. It's GRACE!! Now, from this link here: Sovereignty Scriptures I was truly blessed this morning. Here's what I feel the LORD was showing me this morning, verse-by-verse: Mt. 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Now many refers to the whole world. Just as the "many" in Romans 5 refers to all mankind, so here too, many are indeed called by God, in God's time. However, only a few are chosen in this life (such as Paul the apostle) to declare His Grace and His Glory to the world. Jn. 12:39-40 For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, "He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart; lest they see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them." When God makes the sinner to hear His word, He causes the man to be converted and healed. Without this intervention of God directly in a person's life, there can be no healing and conversion. God does it all, in His time. When one person is "saved," that's God at work. If a person is "not saved," it's simply that God is not yet doing work in that person. Acts 3:26 ...and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways. Again, it is GOD who TURNS us AWAY from our sin. He does it in His time. It is an active work on His part, and until He works in the individual, that person can do nothing. Rom. 5:20 And the law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. See that? God added the Law on purpose, in order to increase the transgression. Do you believe that God is for us? If you do, then you must know by now that God increased transgression, in order that His grace would supercede it. It's all GOD's doing!! Praise God! Let's continue: Rom. 5:18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. Here again we see clearly, that justification is God's gift, brought in by His Own Hand, and has been extended to ALL mankind. That includes Hitler and Bundy, like it or not! Rom. 9:21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor? Rom. 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? Rom. 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? Yes, God made vessels of wrath. But He doesn't show His wrath on them, but brings them unto salvation by grace, according to His timing. 11:32 For God has shut up all men in disobedience that He may show mercy to all. Here is God's final plan. He has made all people sinners, in order to have mercy upon them all! His grace is what saves us, not any works we have done. It is G-R-A-C-E which He bestows upon each sinner, one-by-one, reviving each one as He sees fit! Grace means that man has no part in it whatsoever. Grace means that, one day, God comes to you and draws you unto Him, giving you conversion and healing. It is by grace that we are saved. As He called Saul, so He will do to each one, in His own time. Praise God!! I hope someone out there can hear this!! Blessings, brian A little more on grace: Jesus told His disciples that no one would be able to come to Him without the Father's drawing power. (Like a spiritual tractor beam..) ET denys this. ET says that man can draw himself to God at any time. But that is not scriptural. Grace means that it is God's doing, not man's. Here's more: Quote: "Lk. 8:10 To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand." God purposely opens the eyes of some people, and blinds other people. Why? To show His Grace in His time! Quote: "Lk. 10:21-22 No one knows who the Father is except the Son...and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." Here again, Jesus shows us plainly that it is the decision of the Father and the Son, not man. Quote: "Mk. 4:10-12 To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but those who are outside get everything in parables.… lest they return again and be forgiven." Question: Have you repented and been forgiven?? If yes, then you must know that it was GOD who made you to understand it. Men who have not been drawn yet do not understand that they have been forgiven! Hallelujah! BUT, when the Father DRAWS you, He spontaneously converts and forgives and heals you!! It is HIS doing, not man's. This is what is so important to understand. Otherwise, you cannot understand what is meant by God's grace. Quote: "Jn. 6:65 For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." Does the Father "grant" it to everyone? Yes, but not at the same time! That's why some are saved now. "Many are called, but few are chosen." That doesn't mean that most are rejected! That means that a few are chosen in this life. But all are called eventually. Quote: "Jn. 12:32 And if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to Myself." Here's the promise! Jesus will indeed draw all men. Some now, the rest later. Count on it! Quote: "Jn. 17:2 Even as Thou gavest Him authority over all mankind, that to all whom Thou hast given Him, He may give life eonian." Does Jesus have authority over all mankind? YES, and He knows how to use it to our advantage, folks! It's called GRACE! Quote: "Acts 3:26 ...and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways." Did God do something here without man's permission?!? YES! He BLESSED us by turning us from our wickedness! Does that include Ted Bundy?? YES! (But Bundy didn't know it, poor fellow.. But by now he probably already knows it! ) THAT is God's GRACE. He reveals His Power to us individually, according to when He so chooses. Individually. And when He does, we are set free! Quote: "Acts 11:18 God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life." Repentance IS GRANTED, NOT CHOSEN. By GRACE we are saved. God's decision, NOT ours! Quote: "Acts 18:27 On arriving, he [Paul] was a great help to those who by grace had believed." and this: Quote: "Acts 16:14 And the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul." Now do you see it? Oh, I do hope so!!! Blessings of God's grace to all!!! Brian Men are afraid of God. And death. Why? Because they haven't yet been shown by the Father that they have been blessed with Life! And when He draws them to Himself, they will automatically convert and be revived from the dead! All this, by God's grace! Jesus told the centurion that he would be "thrust down to hell." Was he? I believe he was. But not in the afterlife, but while on Earth, when he saw people receiving God's grace to know Life! What Life? Eternal Life? It is a quality of life. And others were receiving it, and he was tormented because he was not yet drawn by the Father. But when the Father decides to draw him individually, he will spontaneously repent, be healed and revived into that same Eternal Life. All according to God's grace. May God's grace touch each of us today!” brian
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 14, 2013 5:39:21 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #40
MYTHS
“…they will be turning their hearing away from the truth, yet will be turned aside to myths." 2 Tim. 4:4
Scripture: “And if you are loving those loving you, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are loving those loving them. And if you should be doing good to those doing good to you, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are doing the same. And if you should ever be lending to those from whom you are expecting to get back, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are lending to sinners, that they may get back the equivalent. Moreover, be loving your enemies, and be doing good, and be lending, expecting nothing from them, and your wages will be vast in the heavens, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.” Luke 6:32-35. Myth: “God expects something from us (to exercise our free will) before His grace will be of any benefit to us. God loves His enemies, and will give the most ungrateful and wicked among them the wages of sin (death) forever.”
Scripture: “For to vanity was the creation subjected, not voluntarily, but because of Him Who subjects it, in expectation that the creation itself, also, shall be freed from the slavery of corruption into the glorious freedom of the children of God.” Romans 8:20, 21. Myth: “Satan and Adam subjected the creation to vanity. The creation will be freed from the slavery of corruption by the Almighty, by granting incorruptibility to a few, and annihilating the rest.”
Scripture: “…Not one is seeking out God. All avoid Him…” “Consequently, then, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who is racing, but of God, the Merciful." Romans 3:11, 12; 9:16. Myth: “Seek God and you’ll be saved. Your salvation depends on how you exercise your free will. If you’re lost, it will be your own fault.”
Scripture: “For God locks up all together in stubbornness, that He should be merciful to all.” Romans 11:32 Myth: “It was Lucifer’s doing, and Adam’s. God is merciful to all us humans because He gives us a chance to escape the consequences of their sins.”
Scripture: “and through Him to reconcile all to Him (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens. And you, being once estranged and enemies in comprehension, by wicked acts, yet now He reconciles" Colossians 1:20, 21. Myth: “God wishes He could reconcile all the estranged on earth and in the heavens, but He has to have cooperation from those on earth; He can’t do it alone. As for those estranged in the heavens, they’re hopeless.”
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 15, 2013 5:45:26 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #41
THE MANY
Some ask, Why does it say "the many" instead of "all" in Roman 5:19?
This is because the one disobedient man (Adam), and the One righteous Man (Christ) are put in a class by themselves. They are in contrast with "the many."
We may put it as follows: The one disobedient man plus "the many" equals all mankind made sinners. The One obedient Man plus "the many" equals all mankind made righteous.
That "the one" plus "the many" made sinners includes all mankind no one will deny.
Even so, "the One" plus "the many" made righteous is all-inclusive and guarantees the salvation of all mankind.
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 16, 2013 6:19:02 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #42 THE MILLENNIAL AGE “We have seen that the Millennial age with all its glory is filled with judgment and with an iron rule; and that notwithstanding its unspeakable blessings and Israel's preeminence, it is far from a perfect state. It can not be the final age. The final age must come with the New Heavens and the New Earth "wherein dwelleth righteousness." THE MILLENIAL AGE www.tentmaker.org/books/is_hell_eternal/ch7millenial_age.html
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 18, 2013 6:37:23 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #43
THE SECOND DEATH
THE JUST JUDGMENT OF GOD – JAMES CORAM “The main point which we seek to impress upon our readers is to accept God’s declaration that, for those who are judged before the great white throne, the lake of fire is the second death, not a second lifetime.
While the ‘injury’ (literal translation) sustained by those who are cast into the lake if fire (in Revelation 20:14,15) will be fatal (since to these the lake of fire is the second death), it will not be permanent. We may be certain that this is the case, for, at the consummation, death will be abolished and all will be vivified, that God may be All in all. God is the Saviour of all mankind, and this includes all who enter the second death.”
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 19, 2013 5:40:44 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #44 Answers to hundreds of questions raised by partialists about universal reconciliation: www.urqa.com/
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 21, 2013 5:09:05 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #45
The “Offer” – Kenneth Larsen
Imagine this scenario. An automobile manufacturer builds a vehicle model which it hopes will become a great success. During testing, however, it becomes apparent that the car suffers from a severe design flaw and would pose an imminent danger to the public were it released for sale. Instead of correcting the flaw, the manufacturer decides it has a better idea; it mentions the flaw on page 122 of the owner’s manual and explains there how the owner can have the defect corrected at the nearest dealership “free of charge”.
Does it appear rather lopsided that the vehicle is sold to unsuspecting customers with little if any mention of the design defect? Does it appear rather absurd that the responsibility for discovering the dangerous defect and having it corrected falls upon the buyer, when the builder could have fixed the problem before taking the car to market?
Imagine this scenario. Because of the sin of our forefather, Adam, we all inherit sin and mortality. None of us are tested as he was, in order to see if we will be a righteous person or a sinner; we are all given mortality. Our choices have nothing to do with our present condition as sinners; we are born that way. As for salvation from sin and death, that will depend on finding the proper message and acting on it in an effective manner; otherwise the condition we inherit at birth will be our everlasting downfall.
Does it appear rather lopsided that the condemnation is universal and our choice has nothing to do with it, but our salvation from that condemnation requires our active participation? Does it appear rather absurd that the responsibility for obtaining salvation depends, in the final analysis, upon each individual, while we are in no way responsibe for our needing that salvation in the first place? Doesn’t it seem strange that perdition is an inherited condition, while salvation is only an “offer” made to those fortunate enough to stumble upon it?
Fact is, salvation is not an offer we happen upon; it’s a gift. And a Savior is One Who saves. In 1 Timothy 4:9-11, we read, “Faithful is the saying and worthy of all welcome (for for this are we toiling and being reproached), that we rely on the living God, Who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers. These things be charging and teaching.” God is the Savior of all mankind, for salvation is the destiny of all. 1 Cor. 15:20-28; 1 Tim. 4:10; Jn. 12:32; Col. 1:20; Eph. 1:10; Ro. 5:18, 19; Phil. 2:9-11. God is the Savior of believers especially because He prefers some from the beginning for salvation now and during the eons of the eons (2 Thes. 2:13; Rev. 20:4, 5). Others are vessels of indignation, as indicated in Romans 9, and will not be saved until the consummation mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:24. Salvation is not an “offer”; God enlightens all, at the time He chooses. John 1:9-13.
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 22, 2013 10:42:35 GMT -8
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 23, 2013 5:07:30 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #47 CHOOSING – part 1 Everyone will choose to believe whatever they are convinced is the truth about what the Bible teaches. I post on forums to give people an alternate point of view. Had I known that one existed I never would have had a horrific twelve year nervous breakdown 1966-78 over my inability to love a god who would allow anyone actually prefer to suffer forever rather than eventually reach out for the salvation that God has provided. I'm 74 years old now. THE FOLLOWING HAS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE TRUE REGARDING THE DEBATE ABOUT ETERNAL TORMENT The argument about “eternal hell” nearly always gets bogged down with the words, “My Greek scholars are more reliable than your Greek scholars,” and the result is nearly always a stalemate. My Greek scholars are Louis Abbott and the many Greek scholars he quotes in chapters three and twelve. AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF WORDS www.tentmaker.org/books/asw/index.htmlAlso see TIME AND ETERNITY A BIBLICAL STUDY www.tentmaker.org/books/time/ Also see THE SCHOLAR’S CORNER FOR THE STUDY OF BIBLICAL UNIVERSALISM at www.tentmaker.org/ScholarsCorner.html If you think it glorifies God more to let some of His creatures suffer forever, or annihilate them, then you keep believing that. But if you think it glorifies God more to eventually meet everyone on the level of their greatest and deepest need which is a change in their stubborn will, then know that there is plenty of evidence in the Bible that is exactly what God is like.
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 24, 2013 5:44:05 GMT -8
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 25, 2013 4:00:37 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #49 TRANSLATIONS Fifteen literally translated (not interpretively translated) Bibles that reveal what God will do with the sinners in Matthew 25:46 Concordant Literal, Young’s literal, Wilson’s Emphatic Diaglott, Rotherham’s Emphasized, Scarlett’s, J.W. Hanson’s New Covenant, Twentieth Century, Ferrar Fenton, The Western New Testament, Weymouth’s (unedited), Clementson’s, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed, The Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible, Bullinger’s Companion Bible margins, Jonathan Mitchell’s translation (2010). Concerning the duration of kolasis (literally - corrective punishment), Matt. 25:46 says (KJV), "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal." 1. Scarlett's New Testament written in 1792 has "aeonian punishment" in place to "everlasting punishment." "And these will go away into aeonian punishment: but the righteous into aeonian life." 2. The New Covenant by Dr. J.W. Hanson written in 1884 renders Matt. 25:46: "And these shall go away into aeonian chastisement, and the just into aeonian life." 3. Young's Literal Translation first published in 1898 and reprinted many times since uses the following words: "And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during." Professor Young also compiled Young's Concordance, where one can check the translation of each Hebrew or Greek word as translated in the KJV. 4. The Twentieth Century New Testament first printed in the year 1900 has: "And these last will go away 'into aeonian punishment,' but the righteous 'into aeonian life.'" 5. The Holy Bible in Modern English by Ferrar Fenton first published in 1903 gives the rendering: "And these He will dismiss into a long correction, but the well-doers to an enduring life. 6. The New Testament in Modern Speech, by Dr. Weymouth, says: "And these shall go away into punishment of the ages, but the righteous into life of the ages." Dr. Weymouth most frequently adopts such terms as "life of the ages," "fire of the ages;" and in Rev. 14:6, "The good news of the ages." It is a matter to regret that the editors of the most recent edition of Dr. Weymouth's version have reverted to the KJV renderings for the passages containing the Greek word aion, eon, or age. 7. The Western New Testament published in 1926 renders Matt. 25:46 as follows: "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal." The translation, however, has a footnote on Matthew 21:19 on the word "forever" which is the same word for "eternal" which says: "Literally, for the age.” 8. Clementson's The New Testament (1938) shows, "And these shall go away into eonian correction, but the righteous into eonian life." 9. Wilson's Emphatic Diaglott (1942 edition) translates the verse, "And these shall go forth to the aionian cutting-off; but the righteous to aionian life." It should be noted that the "cutting-off" refers to pruning a fruit tree to make it bear more fruit. The idea behind the word is not destructive but productive! Had Jesus wanted to emphasize a destructive end, He would have used the word "timoria." 10. The Concordant Version (1930): "And these shall be coming away into chastening eonian, yet the just into life eonian." 11. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed printed in 1958 says: "And these shall go away into agelasting cutting-off and the just into agelasting life." 12. Joseph Bryant Rotherham, in his Emphasized Bible (1959), translates this verse, "and these shall go away into age-abiding correction, but the righteous into age-abiding life." 13. The Restoration of Original Sacred Name Bible copyrighted in 1976 has "age-abiding correction" instead of "everlasting punishment." 14. Jonathan Mitchell’s translation (2010) has "And so, these folks will be going off into an eonian pruning (a lopping-off which lasts for an undetermined length of time; an age-lasting correction; a pruning which has its source and character in the Age), yet the fair and just folks who are in right relationship and are in accord with the Way pointed out [go off] into eonian life (life which has it source and character in the Age; life pertaining to the Age)”. 15. Even some King James Study Bibles will show the reader in the margins or appendixes that the King's translators were incorrect in their rendering of "eternal punishment.” The great Companion Bible by Dr. Bullinger is an example of that. Greek scholar William Barclay wrote concerning kolasis aionion (age-during corrective chastisement) in Matthew 25:46 "The Greek word for punishment is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. There is no instance in Greek secular literature where kolasis does not mean remedial punishment. It is a simple fact that in Greek kolasis always means remedial punishment. God's punishment is always for man's cure." Also see what other Greek scholars say about it An Analytical Study of Words www.tentmaker.org/books/asw/Chapter11.html Chapter Eleven
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Post by rodgertutt on Feb 27, 2013 5:44:55 GMT -8
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 3, 2013 5:08:58 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #51 VESSELS OF DISHONOR For anyone who may be interested, all of the arguments presented by ETers that universalism is not scriptural have been refuted in detail in this online book. HOPE BEYOND HELL - GERRY BEAUCHEMIN (published 2007) It can an be downloaded free and read online here hopebeyondhell.net/ I thank God for being able to see that believers in eternal torment will remain believers in eternal torment for as long as God wants them to. God needs them as vessels of the grossest dishonor, a foil of contrast against which He will demonstrate the power of His love that never fails and His undefeatable grace. But after the resurrection God will refashion all believers in eternal torment into vessels of honor because they were marred in the Potter's hands and they never leave His hands. The doctrine of eternal torment is part of the black background against which God will paint His glorious masterpiece of universal transformation, using the brushes of His love that never fails, and His grace that cannot be defeated. After believers in eternal torment have done their very best to convince others about what God will not do, God is going to do it anyway. Believers in eternal torment will probably not want to have anything to do with this link, but others on this forum might. Why not check it out? Read the reviews first – just a suggestion. www.hopebeyondhell.net/what-others-are-saying/HOPE BEYOND HELL - GERRY BEAUCHEMIN hopebeyondhell.net/
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 4, 2013 7:30:20 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #52
On City-Data Christian forum there is an ETer named twin-spin who frequently likes to refer to universal reconciliation as “vomit.”
twin-spin's "vomit" versus UR's "vomit"
twin-spin's definition of "vomit" Sooner or later, because of what Christ accomplished by His death and resurrection, He is going to save everyone from everything from which they need to be saved, including their stubborn will.
UR's defintion of "vomit" Sustaining anyone alive in an inescapable state of everlasting suffering.
A snippet from A TREATISE ON ATONEMENT – HOSEA BALLOU
“We are told of a god who created millions of beings whom he intends for endless torments and puts His whole design into execution; and this is called ‘goodness.’
In millions of cases this god finds it most for his glory to make his rational, hoping, wanting creatures endlessly miserable.
We are likewise told of a devil who acts for his own gratification, and who delights in making God’s creatures miserable; and this is called ‘badness.’
Shall we thus represent our kind and merciful Father from Whom streams of goodness continually flow to His wanting, needing creatures? No; let every vibration of sense within us acknowledge His bountiful hand which will never close.”
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 5, 2013 3:56:07 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #53
WHO SHALL WORSHIP GOD?
A snippet from “ASK OF ME OF THINGS TO COME” – K. ROSS MCKAY
“WHO SHALL EVENTUALLY WORSHIP GOD? Every creature Rev. 5:13 All flesh Isa. 66:23 All the ends of the world Psa. 22:27 All the kindreds of the nations Psa. 67:7 All the isles of the heathen Zep. 2:11 All the nations whom Thou hast made Psa. 86:9; Rev. 15:4 All the earth Psa. 66:4 The whole earth shall be filled with His glory Psa. 72:19; 97:7.”
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 6, 2013 5:15:04 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #54
A TRIBUTE TO MY FATHERS WORK by Steven Tutt
Rodger Tutt has taken it upon himself to address and confront one of the central ideas of many Christians and of one most misused and misdirected tools of Christianity; that of controlling people through the fear of endless hell. His heart-felt knowing of God let him ask something like - If God Loves us, and is omnipotent, how could/would God determine that any being suffering endlessly would/could serve Loves purpose? Even with the imposed threat of his eternal d**nation looming over his head, his spirit could not accept this distortion of Gods Love He was taught that even to question the teachings, or consider another perspective was a sin. He had to swallow and believe everything he was told, no questions. This type of "fear-control" of a persons free thought and freedom to consider and evaluate other options is a very destructive, controlling, and blatant misuse of mind control and manipulation. Even with no one else to back him up and no other alternative idea to comfort him, he knew, if only through its absence that there was another way. So he set out into the emptiness of total blind faith, alone, with no map, and no cane, only the pure faith and knowing that God is Love, to find the description or view of God that gave the true picture of a loving God. I'm sure if you ask him he will tell you something like " he had no faith or knowing that God was Love at all, and that he had a nervous breakdown, and could only hope there was a better way". But his inability to accept that a loving God would let any being suffer forever shows me that even though he had no words to describe what he felt, he knew this was not the way of Love or a loving God. Nervous Breakdown, whatever, call it what you will. I think it was the true loving God taking hold of him in the only language he had been taught, fear. I think it said to him in a voice he only could hear inside himself, something like: "This that you call a nervous breakdown, is my loving hands stopping you from a life lived in fear. Those that you love will d**n you, as those that I loved betrayed me. But they do not know me as you do, they think I am a cruel God, but even though you have no words to protest your heart knows me and knows that I am a God of Love. You may not understand what I am doing in your mind, or know that this fear is my hands loving you, because I talk to you with the grip of fear, and deep inside you know I am love. But, know in your soul where you have not words for it, that when this fear passes you will be free to live in the knowing of my Love. Know that none will need to suffer forever, or even for a moment more than must be. Those who d**n you are d**ning themselves to a life lived in fear, for they choose to believe that their God would allow a being to suffer eternal extreme cruelty with nothing good ever coming from it. In their minds they live in a world which is ruled by a cruel God. When they are drawing their final breaths they may still believe they are being delivered into such cruel hands. They will not live in the peace knowing of my unconditional Love until they accept that none will be lost, none will be left behind. I am assisting you through this temporary fear for it stops you from swallowing the poison of accepting that I am a cruel God. Here I set you free. I set free to find the way of my love which is unconditional, and if one loves without condition, none can be turned away."
Rodger’s experience was of terror, immobilizing, paralyzing. He did not have the comfort of realizing what was said to him at the time. But he went on anyway, and searched as in the dark for people with other answers, as one would search for needles in a haystack. The people-needles would help him burst the bubbles of illusion and fear people had blown into his brain. In time he found these people amongst the billions that live on this earth and from each he took and preserved each little needle they gave and from them he fashioned a sword of truth, a sword of Love and Light that he would use to cut away the bonds of control, fear and guilt from others, and let them see the Love of God. Someone had to make the sword, and working metal is a hot and tiresome job. The sword had to be very strong. Much time was needed to be put into its making. Its strength had to be of the highest integrity, so many tests were put upon it. Rodger Tutt was commissioned by God to make this sword. He is his own testament to himself that everything will be better that it happened. For if he did not go through what he did he would never have known how the sword must be made or had the persistence to see its completion. His spirit is the essence of the sword.
The words of his book, the actions of his life, his thoughts and speech, make up the blade. When I was growing up I remember hearing the forging of that sword. For many hours of many days, behind the door of his sword making shop that he called his room, I heard him forming its shape and perfecting the details on the forge he called his typewriter. I hear he still sits sharpening his sword. He is generous in letting others use it. I'm sure he will share the sword with you if you ask. The proud son of a spiritual warrior called Rodger Tutt. Steve P. Tutt
(HE HAS COMPILED AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF LITERATURE THAT SUPPORTS HIS VIEWS)
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 7, 2013 6:06:43 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #55 REGARDING THE SET OF EIGHT 90 MINUTE TAPES BY JAMES CORAM CALLED “HUMAN CHOICE AND THE DEITY OF GOD” #240-#247 These can be obtained online HERE www.concordant.org/recorded/index.html About these tapes Rodger Tutt says, “I have listened to this set of tapes many times. I would rather have knowledge of the contents of these tapes than have millions of dollars. These tapes will help you “unlearn” all the indoctrination that prevents you from embracing the truth of universal transformation.”
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 8, 2013 6:14:35 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #56
YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID – Kenneth Larsen
“You hear that it was declared, 'You shall be loving your associate' and you shall be hating your enemy. Yet I am saying to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who are persecuting you, so that you may become sons of your Father Who is in the heavens, for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and makes it rain on the just and the unjust. For if ever you should love those who are loving you, what wages have you? Are not the tribute collectors also doing the same? And if ever you should greet your brothers only, what are you doing that is excessive? Are not those of the nations also doing the same? You, then, shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matt. 5:43-48.
You have heard that it was said, “God hates those people so much He’s going to torment them in the flames.” But God says, “To no one render evil for evil; rather, conquer evil with good. In doing this, you will be heaping embers of fire on his head.” Ro. 12:17-21.
You have heard that it was said, “God offers salvation to all mankind, but only saves those who believe before they die.” But God says, “I AM the living God, the Savior of all mankind, especially of believers. These things be charging and teaching.” 1 Timothy 4:10, 11.
You have heard that it was said, “Some people are impossible to save; their stubborn will is just too strong!” But God says, “With Me nothing is impossible; no one is stronger than Me!” Matt. 19:25, 26; 1 Cor. 10:22.
You have heard that it was said, “God wishes He could reconcile all the estranged on earth and in the heavens, but He has to have cooperation from those on earth; He can’t do it alone. As for those estranged in the heavens, they’re hopeless.” But God says, “Through Christ I will reconcile all to Myself (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens.” Colossians 1:20, 21.
You have heard that it was said, “For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, all those who are in Christ shall be vivified.” But God says, “For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, in Christ, shall all be vivified.” 1 Cor. 15:22.
You have heard that it was said, “Seek God and you’ll be saved. Your salvation depends on how you exercise your free will. If you’re lost, it will be your own fault.” But God says, “No one is seeking Me. All avoid Me. Consequently, then, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who is racing, but of My mercy.” Romans 3:11, 12; 9:16.
You have heard that it was said, “The second death will be eternal; there’s no escaping the lake of fire.” But God says, “The last enemy is being abolished: death.” 1 Corinthians 15:26.
You have heard that it was said, “When God doesn’t give the person the chance to hear the Gospel, it’s because He knows they would have rejected it anyway.” But God says, “My saving grace makes its advent to all humanity. Jesus enlightens every soul who enters the world, and He will draw all to Himself.” Titus 2:11; Jn. 1:9; 12:32.
You have heard that it was said, “The subjection of all to Christ will, in many cases, involve compulsion, rather than the reception of a body of glory.” But God says, “Christ will transfigure the body of humiliation, to conform it to the body of His glory, in accord with the operation which enables Him even to subject all to Himself. Every tongue will acclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, by Holy Spirit.” 1 Cor. 12:3; Phil. 2:9-11; 3:21.
You have heard that it was said, “All mankind is condemned in Adam, but only some of them will receive justification in Christ.” But God says, “Consequently, then, as it was through one offense for all mankind for condemnation, thus also it is through one just award for all mankind for life's justifying. For even as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners, thus also, through the obedience of the One, the many shall be constituted just.” Romans 5:18, 19.
You have heard that it was said, “God wills all mankind be saved, but that’s really just wishful thinking.” But God says, “The Lamb of God takes away the sin of the world, annulling the acts of the Adversary! My will is to save all, and I operate all in accord with the counsel of My will.” John 1:29; 1 Jn. 3:8; 1 Tim. 2:1-6; Eph. 1:11.
You have heard that it was said, “God expects something from us (to exercise our free will) before His grace will be of any benefit to us. God loves His enemies, and will give the most ungrateful and wicked among them the wages of sin (death) forever.” But God says, “And if you are loving those loving you, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are loving those loving them. And if you should be doing good to those doing good to you, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are doing the same. And if you should ever be lending to those from whom you are expecting to get back, what thanks [grace] is it to you? For sinners also are lending to sinners, that they may get back the equivalent. Moreover, be loving your enemies, and be doing good, and be lending, expecting nothing from them, and your wages will be vast in the heavens, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.” Luke 6:32-35.
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 9, 2013 4:57:48 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #57
INFANT SALVATION
Believers in “eternal torment” are divided in their opinion about the fate of infants who die. Some, who believe in God’s sovereign election of the “few,” also believe that non-elect babies who die will spend eternity suffering in hell. I have heard that John Calvin wrote, “There are babies a span long in hell”.
Others (Arminians) consider this unfair, and assert that infants who die will spend eternity in heavenly bliss. This of course is true, but not because the child is innocent. It’s true because the Scriptures teach that God intends to save everyone from everything that they need to be saved from.
A few years ago there was a story in a Montreal paper about an Ohio lady who drowned her baby in the bathtub. Her defense was that she loved the baby so much that she wanted to make sure that her child would not have to suffer forever in hell. After serving a sentence she remarried, had another child and drowned it for the same reason. She trusted that God would forgive her because her intention, though warped by false theology, was for the good of her children. The jury decided that she was mentally ill, BUT WAS SHE? The simple pragmatic fact, if Arminians are right, is that her two infants will spend eternity in heavenly bliss because she loved them so much that she insured, by killing them, that this will be so. Apparently they believe that there is a magical split-second in time before which a child, if they die, will go to heaven, and after which, if they die will spend eternity suffering in hell. They call this “the age of accountability”.
If I believed this nonsense I might take a gun into the largest maternity ward in Toronto and before the police arrived, kill every infant who had just been born. This would cause an enormous amount of suffering to the parents, but this wouldn’t matter much in the long run, because probably most of them (according to Arminian theology) are destined to suffer forever in hell anyway, so why not save their babies from the same fate? Don’t try to argue that what I would be doing would be wrong (Thou Shalt Not Kill). The fact remains that my act would, in fact insure the baby's eternal salvation. If Arminians are right, then infanticide would certainly be one of the most effective ways of “saving souls”. Besides, God forgives murder, especially when it is done for such a noble, though misguided cause. Sure, they would lock me away in an institution, but I would spend my life reveling in the glow of the emotional high of knowing that I had, beyond any shadow of a doubt (even in the mind of Arminians ) guaranteed the salvation of the babies that I had killed. Besides, Christians kill others in war for less worthy causes than preventing others from suffering forever.
Folks, the actual truth about the matter is much more sane and blessed. The Scriptures teach that salvation is all of the Lord, and He will not fail to save everyone of us according to His own timing. No one will be able to boast in His presence and say “I have saved my self from eternal hell by exercising my faith in God’s provision.” God will get all of the glory for everyone’s salvation.
The important issue never should be “what is right or what is wrong”. The only really important issue is, “What is God going to do with the person who is wrong?!” The Scriptures teach that God will fit every one of us into His master-plan in a positive way, and He will use our temporary involvement with sin to teach us the lessons that He wants us to learn. As my 100 year old Dad often said, “That’s what makes Him God!” (Afterthought) - If abortionists are, for all practical purposes, among the most effective “soul-savers” in the world, why do Arminian Christians get so upset with them?!
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 10, 2013 4:38:33 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #58
The Intimate Sovereign Control Of God
The Bible: God is in intimate sovereign control over what the Bible means to each individual. God also controls the extent to which we will try to change the mind of others about the meaning of the Bible, and He controls the extent to which we will be successful in changing the mind of others. I personally believe that the Bible teaches the following things about -
THE WILL: God is in intimate sovereign control over the will of every created being. The only “free will” that anyone has is to choose in the direction of the strongest influence. Every choice we make is the product of influences that have been brought to bear upon us in the past, plus the influence that is being brought upon to bear upon us right now, and God sovereignly controls these influences. We are accountable for every choice but we are not responsible for it; God is. Every choice we make is the only one we could have made, and God will see to it that the result of every choice will be used to fit us into His master-plan in our own unique way. All loss is temporary. Even Esau’s loss was only a loss from the human point of view. From God’s point of view Esau was fulfilling His predetermined plan. Esau’s apparent loss was God’s way of fitting Esau into His master-plan in His own unique way. Even rewards are predetermined, and are the result of responses to God’s undefeatable grace. God’s grace can only be resisted temporarily, for the purpose of teaching us lessons. We are not robots, but we do have one thing in common with robots. Everything we are is the product of causality. The Bible calls us “vessels,” some of honor, and some of dishonor, with most of us somewhere in between. Satan’s greatest delusion is that he thinks he has a free will. Many believers in Christ suffer from this same delusion, but God is in intimate sovereign control over every delusion. God will never influence His creatures against their will, but in every case He will influence their wills to change, for their own good, and for His own glory. Any suffering that follows the great white throne of judgment will be for the purpose of influencing our will for our own good. Everyone is believing what they are supposed to be believing at any given point in time, and they will not change their beliefs until God wants them to.
SALVATION: God is in intimate sovereign control over everyone’s salvation. The essential meaning of salvation is that God will change every negative thing that happened into something better that it happened than if it had not happened. And God will do it for every human and every evil spirit, including Satan. Salvation is a process that will be completed for the first fruits of election at the first resurrection, and for the rest of us after the second resurrection. God is in intimate sovereign control of the timing of that process, and He will not fail to fit everyone in a positive way into His master-plan. All of the negative consequences of sin and evil will be transformed for everyone. God will not just make it up to us. He will not just do a patch-up job. He will not just bring things back to where they were before sin came on the scene; but He will see to it that a far greater glory will result for everyone because sin temporarily prevailed than if it had not. I count it a great privilege and a gift from God that He has allowed me to see these things in the Bible. Only a comparatively few people see these things, so I consider myself especially blessed. I also believe that God is in intimate sovereign control over the reaction of everyone who reads these words. GOD IS IN INTIMATE SOVEREIGN CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME. What a wonderful thing to be able to believe.
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 11, 2013 5:03:19 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #59
MY OPINION
In my opinion, people who feel motivated to defend the doctrine of endless hell have been chosen by God to be vessels of the grossest dishonor, regardless as to how righteous the rest of their life appears to be. They have already sunk to the lowest level possible of moral debauchery. In my opinion, the greatest of all manifestations of God’s grace in action is that people can believe in endless hell and not go stark-raving mad. In my opinion, the Bible teaches universal transformation. In other words, it teaches that God will change every second of everyone’s suffering into something better that it happened, including the sufferings that Satan must yet endure. In my opinion, at some point in the future, God will reveal to everyone that the evangelical doctrine of endless hell is the blackest part of the canvas upon which God will paint the exceeding richness of His undefeatable grace. In my opinion, everything that a person does is because they have to do it. In other words, everyone always responds to the strongest influence at any given point in time. It is God alone Who controls the interplay between good and evil, and He will work everything out for everyone’s good in due time. In my opinion, Satan, and all wicked beings are only doing what God wants them to do within the wise counsel of His decretive will (that which must occur). He wants everyone to rebel against His revealed will to the extent that He allows them to. Everyone will try to influence others to the extent that they feel they should, but they will only be as successful as God wants them to be. In my opinion, people who claim to be “saved” are mistaken when they think they will not receive corrective punishment after their resurrection from the dead. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ removed the enmity between God and His creatures. But wrong attitudes cannot be forgiven. Wrong attitudes must change, and both people who claim to be “saved”, and the rest of us, will receive corrective punishment for a length of time that God will decide for each individual. In my opinion, people who read this page will say, “You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but it’s what the Bible says that counts.” And my reply is, “These opinions of mine are an expression of what I see in the Bible, and are an expression of the kind of God that I see in the Bible.” In my opinion, it is God who controls how each person interprets the Bible. In this great truth, I relax.
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 14, 2013 4:52:03 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #60
CALVINISM / ARMINIANISM
Calvinism is a cruel and unloving profanity. Arminianism is a proud and self -righteous profanity. Calvinism is cruel and unloving because it claims that God allows beings to come into existence that deserve to suffer endlessly, and will suffer endlessly, except for a few that God will rescue from such a fate by His irresistible grace.
Arminianism is proud and self-righteous because it claims that only those who receive the proper information, and act on it properly before they die, will avoid suffering endlessly. They claim that God is unable to successfully influence anyone’s will, unless they let Him. The Calvinist’s god allows millions of beings to come into existence and either can not, or will not, do anything to stop them from suffering forever. The Arminian’s god lets us down just when we need Him the most. Our greatest need is a change in our stubborn will. The Arminian god either cannot, or will not meet us, on this, the level of our greatest need.
A profanity is an idea conceived by our sinful hearts. Both Calvinism and Arminianism are profanities. Against the black background of these profanities God will paint the glorious masterpiece of Universal Transformation.
The truth of Universal Transformation solves all the irreconcilable differences between Calvinism and Arminianism. It recognizes that our “free will” is the freedom to choose only in the direction of the strongest influence, and that God is in intimate sovereign control over all influences. Each person is being fitted into God’s master-plan in God’s own special way for them. Each person responds to their own unique set of “strongest influences.” And ultimately, when the time period of the ages has ended, God will have transformed the consequences of everyone’s choices into something glorifying to Himself, and beneficial to the chooser.
It is unavoidable that how we think about God will affect our state of being. We tend to become like the god we worship. The one who puts their faith in Calvinism, tends to become cruel and unloving. The one who puts their faith in Arminianism, tends to become proud and self-righteous. If a Calvinist is not cruel and unloving, or, if an Arminian is not proud and self-righteous, it is entirely due to the intervention of God’s undefeatable grace. God often operates through people in spite of what they believe.
God’s grace can only be resisted if God wants to teach us lessons that could be learned no other way. But ultimately, God’s grace is undefeatable.
Both Calvinism and Arminianism are built upon the false foundation of “endless hell”. When this foundation has been replaced, the differences between them become irrelevant. The profanity of the doctrine of “endless suffering in hell” is also part of the black background upon which God will paint His glorious masterpiece. Without fail, God will, in due time, transform all deceptions, delusions, and false doctrines, into something better that they temporarily prevailed than if they had not. And He will do this for everyone, without exception.
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 15, 2013 5:00:18 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #61
Consequences
I, Rodger Tutt, had a horrific twelve year nervous breakdown (1966-78) over my inability to love or respect an endless - hell god. My breakdown was caused by my fear of what God might do to me since I was unable to love or respect Him.
One of the great comforts that helped me to recover was learning that many other people have suffered with the same problem. The following quote is from THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL HELL TORMENTS OVERTHROWN by Samuel Richardson, edited by Thomas Whittemore, and published by him in 1833. On page 85, Whittemore says that Richardson wrote this book nearly 200 years before 1833.
First of all, there is what Richardson wrote nearly 200 years before 1833: “The doctrine of endless hell torments hath caused many to murder themselves, taking away their own lives by poison, stabbing, drowning, hanging, strangling, and shooting themselves, casting themselves out of windows, and from high places, to break their necks and by other kinds of death, that they might not live to increase their sin, and increase their torments in hell.” Now here is what Whittemore the editor, wrote at the bottom of the page nearly 200 years later in 1833: “Here we see the same dreadful effects attended the doctrine of endless misery nearly 200 years ago which attend it now. It was then the cause of anxiety, despair, and suicide, as we suppose it always was before, where fully believed, and as we know it has been of late years. Let posterity know, that within the last ten years, there have been a large number of suicides, which must be attributed to the doctrine of endless torment. That doctrine makes men melancholy; it drives them to despair; they know not what to do; and they sever the brittle thread, Fathers and Mothers, in repeated instances in the United States, have murdered their children, lest they should grow up, and commit sin, and be d**ned. Can a doctrine which produces such dreadful consequences be the doctrine of God?” End of Quote.
Note that the victims of this theology found no consolation in the Christian gospel. This was my problem too! The question I kept asking myself was, “How can I find comfort in the Christian Gospel when I can’t even love or respect its God?” In my library, I have several dozens of books, most of which I have read, and several hundred cassettes, by 29 different speakers, all of which I have listened to, some of them many times, by men who believe that the Bible (correctly translated) teaches universal transformation; that is, that God will eventually change all suffering into something better that it happened. These books and tapes answer, many times over, the arguments that I have read in seven, (plus parts of other) books in support of the idea that the Bible teaches never ending suffering for part of God’s creation.
In addition to these sources, Hurley Books, Westmoreland, New Hampshire, lists 463 universalist books that can be purchased from them. It will be a comfort to many, as it was to me, to learn that there are so many people who see this kind of God in the Bible. It is my great joy in life to make this information available to many people. God will use all my efforts as He sees fit. In this great truth I relax!
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Post by rodgertutt on Mar 16, 2013 5:52:37 GMT -8
FROM THE DOCUMENTS OF RODGER TUTT #62
Good News
Many people are unable to believe on a Lord Jesus Christ who would allow anyone to want to, or have to suffer endlessly in hell. Because they cannot love or respect such a Christ, they are unable to put their trust in Him in a way that produces assurance of salvation. For these people, the following information will be good news: GOD IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW ANYONE TO WANT TO, OR HAVE TO SUFFER FOREVER!
Some versions of the Bible have been mistranslated. The Greek noun “aion” means “age”, not eternal. And the Greek adjective “aionious” means “of the ages”, not forever or everlasting. The Greek text clearly teaches that the ages were made by God for a purpose. Ephesians 3:11 (“eternal purpose” should read “purpose of the ages”). They had a beginning, 11Tim 1:9 (“before the world began” should read “before times eonian”). And collectively, they will have an ending, Hebrews 9:26 (“in the end of the world” should read “at the conclusion of the eons”). The context of a verse doesn’t necessitate the use of the word “eternal.”
Even when referring to the attributes of God, the use of the word “eonian” doesn’t mean that His attributes will change at the end of the ages. But at that point in time He will cease to be the “eonian God.” He will no longer need to manifest mercy, longsuffering, or forgiveness, for His “eonian purpose” will have been completed and God will be “All In All” 1 Corinthians 15:28.
The phrase “forever and ever” is a mistranslation. In the Greek, the phrase sometimes reads “for the age of the ages” which refers to the last age, probably the one following the millennial age. It could appropriately be called “the age of consummation.” In other verses, the phrase reads “for the ages of the ages” which probably refers to the millennial age and the age of consummation together. In the same way that “King of kings” and “Lord of lords”: separate one from others, so does the phrase “age of ages.” And in the same way that *“holies of the holies” would separate the holy place and the most holy place from the rest of the tabernacle, so does the phrase “the ages of the ages” separate the last two ages from the previous ones. The Sinaitic manuscript actually says “holies of Holies” instead of “Holy Places”.
The true, Biblical teaching about the ages has been obscured through faulty translating. The translators introduced their own ideas into the text instead of using the proper English equivalents, “eon” and “eonian.”
Not until the sixth century, did the belief in endless hell become prevalent within the Christian church. It is true that modern Greeks use “the ages of the ages” to denote an endless succession of ages, but this is due to the influence of the Greek Orthodox Church.
That this expression “the eons of the eons” does not mean an endless succession of ages is established beyond doubt by comparing Revelation 11:14,15 with 1 Corinthians 15:22-28. In Revelation 11, Christ is said to reign “for the eons of the eons.” In 1 Corinthians 15, the reign of Christ is said to end. Therefore, if He reigns for the eons of the eons and His reign ends, the eons of the eons cannot be endless. Furthermore, Hebrews 9:26 says that the eons, collectively, end, so regardless of their number, they will collectively end.
To be sure there will be judgment. Wrongs will be righted. To those who have sinned much it will mean much indignation and fury, affliction and distress, Romans 2:8-9. But God corrects and disciplines only for good. Even hardened sinners who have often cursed Him, will be thankful for the strokes that bring them back to God. Each one gets only what is good for them in the judgment, not to d**n them forever, but to prepare them for God’s salvation.
If necessary, God will use a negative manifestation of His love, but negative or positive, He will keep loving, and keep loving until He has elicited a loving response from everyone.
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