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TechnoratiHow do I explain this particular passage of all things being redeemed? Let me use the analogy of Noah and the Flood. Noah, in a sense, redeemed all things on the earth. He took two of every unclean kind of animal into the Ark. He brought seven of every clean kind (two for saving and five for for eating!). Although 99.9% of every living thing died on the earth through the great deluge in a sense Noah “redeemed all things” through the ark. He redeemed every kind of animal on the planet. The only qualification is that they came through the Ark door and were sealed in by God himself.
I Peter 3:20 eludes to Christ being the ark for us. Although much, if not most, of humanity will be destroyed in the deluge of God’s wrath, those who have put their faith in Jesus are sealed in the Ark of his love from the coming judgment.
The gods may not be angry, but there is an entire book of the Bible that details the wrath of the true and living God being poured out in full measure, bowl after bowl after bowl, on sinful humanity. It’s called the book of Revelation. I thank the Lord that I am sealed in the safety of his love through the ark door of Jesus Christ.
To be honest I don’t like the doctrine of hell. It is not enjoyable to me. If I were crafting my own religion I’d leave hell out of it, or at the least, leave it for Hitler and the like. But this thing called Christianity is not ours to tinker with. It is God’s. He is infinitely bigger than us, wiser than us, holier than us and merciful than us. We must trust him to sort it all out even if our puny minds don’t understand.
The first reason I believe that coming apostasy is creeping in is because of the spirit of universalism that is abounding. I’ll give you a second reason soon.
2. A tendency to de-emphasize, question or outright attack core theological truths.
To these spiritual journey mentors theology is more of a rubber band than a brick. It’s elasticity is proof of it’s power. No longer is core orthodox truth viewed as a definite reality but a give-and-take idea that evolves and changes with time.
The problem is that the way that doctrine is presented in the New Testament is always as a brick to build on, not a rubber band that stretches.
I could go on and on but I’m going to deal with some of this stuff in a upcoming Dare 2 Share Uncensored podcast series entitled, “Fighting Words.” Look for it on www.dare2share.org starting on February 1st.
Anyway, here’s a few other signs that I believe are preparing the way for the coming apostasy:
3. An overemphasis on “the red letters” of the Bible.
As if the black letters are any less inspired by Jesus!
4. An increasing skepticism toward certainty about anything.
According to Hebrews 11:1 the essence of faith is certainty about things not seen. In other words without confident certainty about anything we have a faithless Christianity. The unshakeable faith that old man Abraham demonstrated (see Romans 4:18-22) is the brand of faith that God applauds. Skepticism about what God clearly states is more than dangerous. It is diabolical. It is what the serpent in the garden was all about when he asked Eve, “Did God really say….?” Continue »
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