Do we ever think about why Jesus said what He said to His Father in… Matthew 11:25 “At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.”? - New International Version To this day there is so much conflict amongst the modern “wise and learned”… and why? Because dissecting the Bible with an egocentric agenda and for tertiary credentials, is keeping endless trivial arguments alive in a whirlpool of dissonance. The lack of consensus amongst them on so many aspects is obvious to the layman. No wonder Jesus made some fun of the Scribes and Pharisees with His humour in… Matthew 23:24 “You blind guides! You strain out the gnat but swallow a camel.” - New International Version It is therefore no surprise that the very church that is supposed to radiate love, peace, hope and joy, miserably fails in this assignment of bringing the good news of ultimate Truth to the world. How can anyone give or show anything that he or she does not have in the first place? Jesus gave a lot of attention to the behaviour of the Scribes and Pharisees and never hesitated to accuse them of hypocrisy in the strongest expressions. Paul was also a very bright Pharisee and Jesus chose him for a very special assignment… to illustrate the futility of all the ‘wisdom’ he acquired in the academy… and to illuminate the glory of its opposite… humility and simplicity. Today we see this scenario repeating itself… not only in the religious arena, but also in others… like the medical one for instance. What’s in today is outdated tomorrow. From there all the denominations in the former… and new adverse reactions in the latter. This is typical where the lie is present. Truth has eternal value… with its only defence being locked-up in reality… peace. Ecclesiastes 1:9 “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” - New International Version The prominent role the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” has played in Eden, is still relevant today… bearing fruit that leads to spiritual death. Academic institutions have a very important assignment… to feed the ego and to embrace loftiness, instead of humility and simplicity. To make people experience both evil and good in order to know the difference. To yearn for the good and to revere God’s Supremacy, His Sovereignty and His Holiness. What better illustration is there than the life of Paul? Arrogance within the church leaders of today has rubbed off on their followers… worldwide. No wonder Gandhi said “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ”. Harsh words, but oh so spot on. Ever thought of this? Ever thought of the possibility that the Christians today are worshipping the wrong Christ… the false Christ? A very very serious thought to ponder upon… especially when we read what Paul says in… 2 Corinthians 11:4 “For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you received a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough”. - New International Version Is it not the spirit within man that determines his/her speech and his/her actions? The internet is saturated with negative comments around the attitude of Christians… and many many times coming from fellow Christians themselves on top of it. Malice, betrayal, slander, sarcasm, Schadenfreude, rivalry and hostility are just a few behaviours running rampant among the ‘Christian’ community. These are usually hidden, until confronted by someone else, hitting home; then the ego kicks in and has to defend itself. Does this sound like the Spirit of Christ featuring here? No, it doesn’t. It is the spirit of the false Christ ‘that will send billions to a hell fire of torture’, that drives people showing these behaviours. A powerful example is that of Judas! Satan had to enter him first before he could betray Jesus ( Luke 22:3-4 and John 13:27 ). And when he realized what he had done, he committed suicide out of remorse ( Matthew 27:3-5 ). Was Judas accountable? No, of course not. He had to do it. Besides… it was written in God’s Plan long before Judas was even born. “Like father like son”, as the saying goes, is not excluded in the ‘Christian’ world today. Worshipping a ‘killer’ god, who will abandon his children in an everlasting fire and mimicking him go hand in hand. Christians today abandon others with their multi- faceted killing words of condemnation. A sad state of affairs. Blame is on the order of the day amongst the members. Had the church honoured the Sovereignty of God in the first place… and thus rejected the silly doctrine of ‘free will’… then there would have been no blame games at all… ever. Only a heart full of the love of [the real] Christ will rejoice in the incorporation of ALL peoples into God’s glory. Only a heart full of love will see God’s love for the unbeliever… for the outcast… for the little one born in a gutter in a third world country. Had ‘Christians’ today believed that God loves all equally ( 1 John 4:8 )… that He has indeed made everybody righteous with Christ’s death on the cross ( Romans 4:5 )… that He had already reconciled the WHOLE world to Himself, not accounting anyone’s sins any more ( 2 Corinthians 5:19 )… and that Jesus died for ALL humanity ( 2 Corinthians 5:15 )… …would they still condemn others and act the way they do? No, they wouldn’t. And to take it even further… Would any father, who has three children for argument’s sake, condemn the one of them who was disobedient to him and abandon him/her indefinitely to a place of utmost torture? If that father is a loving father… this would have been totally unthinkable, let alone possible. Love is love. And the God of the Bible IS Love! That is why John says in 1 John 4:8 that the one who does not love does not know God. This is so easy to understand… so easy to put two and two together re our world today… especially the ‘Christian’ world. It is ALL about knowing the God of the Bible. And this goes together with what Jesus said in… Matthew 7:22-23 “ 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” - New International Version Whom is Jesus referring to here? None other than those who indeed thought they preached and did all in His Name…those ‘Christians’ who preached “everlasting hell”. “Everlasting hell” is THE common doctrine shared by virtually ALL 2.2 billion ‘Christians’ worldwide today. How many ‘Christians’ share in my view of everlasting life for all? Very very few. And what does Jesus say about the “many” and the “few”? Let’s see… Matthew 7:13-14 “ 13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” - New International Version Does the message of unconditional everlasting life for all with God I bring on this website flood the internet? No. Quite the contrary. Needless to say I resort to the “few” in the above verse. It is Just a matter of calculation. In the ‘everlasting-hell-believing’ world it is all about the ego. In my world it is all about the Sovereign and Loving God. In the former the ego ‘overrules’ the Sovereignty of God. In the latter the Sovereignty of God overrules the ego. Where the ego is inflated, logic and subjection to God is nowhere to be found. It is just so ridiculous to think that there can be any reconciliation between ‘free will’ and the Sovereignty of God. With its lack of love and peace, the church has zero credibility. Hanging onto anything, besides God’s Sovereignty, is addiction. Hanging onto an ‘everlasting hell of condemnation’ is therefore no exception… being the addiction to fear. And now the scary part… For one to condemn another to an ‘everlasting hell’ (with emphasis on the “everlasting”)… is to take this very route one self! And the ‘backfire’ judgement here is actually more because of the “eternal” lie… the lie, proclaimed by the liars Revelation 21:8 is talking about. “Hell” is the common word used in most Bibles. Hell can be “Tartarus”, “Gehenna”, “Sheol”, “Hades”, “Abyss”, or “grave”. Fact is… hell DOES exist… but not in the time frame capacity virtually all ‘Christians’ attach to it. Please check the Greek text around “everlasting”, “forever” and “forever and ever” in interlinear versions. You will find that this adopted meaning by billions is in fact a false one. Thus good news… hell being NOT an everlasting hell at all… but a temporary one… however a ‘pit stop’ of immense pain. Being held captive with fear is a very dangerous state of affairs, because where there is fear… there is no love… no joy… only irrational thinking. Matthew 2:7 “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” - New International Version And why, do you think, God forbids us to judge another in any case? He forbids us simply because ALL people have already been reconciled with God through Christ… believers and unbelievers alike! Jesus did away with ALL sin! I put exclamation marks here, because it is so paramount important to grasp. Please see for yourself what Paul says… 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 “that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” - New International Version What does the word “implore” mean? It means to beg someone earnestly… or desperately to do something. Why would Paul be so strong in his appeal here? Because he knew its urgency and the implications of not being reconciled to God. Besides, we all know that with reconciliation there are always at least two parties involved. So here we see that God has already done His part in the reconciliation between Him and man through Christ’s sacrificial death. God has already reconciled all of us to Himself. The big question, however… have we all reconciled us to God? To be reconciled, all parties must have consensus. And to have consensus, we have to accept the full impact of Christ’s death on all peoples of the world. But do we all have consensus in that respect? Let’s see what Paul says in Romans 4:5… Romans 4:5 “However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness” - New International Version Whom does Paul address here? The one who is not under the law. And whom does God justify here? The ungodly. No mention about the faith of the ungodly. God justifies the person… not his/her faith. So then… God has justified ALL peoples of the world through Christ… having made them acceptable and righteous. And it goes without saying that if the one, who is not under the law, does not believe in this fantastic all-encompassing gift of Christ… is an UNBELIEVER… a scary truth nonetheless. To recap… the ungodly’s faith is not justified by God, hence he/she has still to have that to happen before entering God’s glory. And where will this take place? If not on earth, then definitely either in Hades/ Sheol, or in “the lake of fire”. But more about this a little later. This is a crucial verse where it explicitly states that faith can only be justified when one believes in the justification of the ungodly and the wicked. No need to mention that Paul’s faith was justified when we read Romans 5:1- 2… Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.” - New International Version And because Paul’s faith and that of his followers was righteous, he confidently said in… 1 Corinthians 11:32 “But we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world” - Berean Study Bible Please note that the “condemn” mentioned in this verse is connected with Strong’s # 2632, “katakrinó”, which means to judge…and NOT condemn! And this has a tremendous impact on Christians who believe in an everlasting hell. Are they aware of this crucial message of Paul? Have they heard this from pulpits? Never when I was still a member of the ‘church’ anyhow.. Too dangerous… too much at stake. And what is the dreadful impact of being an unbeliever? Please see… Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." - NASB 1995 And the second death…will that be forever? No, it won’t. The proof is in… 1 Corinthians 15:26 “The last enemy to be destroyed is death” - New International Version Death is death…first and second alike. So what is the parable about the rich man and Lazarus all about? It clearly indicates a real conversation between the fully compos mentis rich man in Hades with Abraham (this being part of ALL other Scriptures God intended to be part of the Bible… since He was, is and will be in control of everything). Here goes… Luke 16:23-31 “ 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire. 25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ 27 He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers, Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment. 29 1” Abraham replied, 1 They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them. 30 1 “No, father Abraham, 1 he said, 1 but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent. 31 1 “He said to him, 1 If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” - New International Version Did Jesus not go down to Hades/Sheol to bring the good news to the spirits of those unbelievers in Noah’s days? We see this in… 1 Peter 3:19-20 “ 19 After being made alive, he went down and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits- - 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,” - New International Version And those in Hades/Sheol… will they be confined there indefinitely? No, not according to the Bible… 1 Samuel 2:6 “The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up” - English Standard Version It is time for Christians, with their folded arms in complacency, to wake up from their hibernating sleep. It is time to start questioning their own convictions around salvation in consultation with the Holy Spirit alone… and to stop relying upon man to make up their minds FOR them. To deny God’s Sovereignty is to deny Him. Proverbs 1:32 “For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;” - New International Version Does this ‘doom and gloom’ eschatology of the [so-called] Christian church hold any water? No! Let’s see what God Himself said to Abraham in… Acts 3:25 “And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;” - Young’s Literal Translation Who is the “seed” this verse reflects? In no uncertain terms does the Bible point to Christ as being the main eschatological Role Player. Galatians 3:16 “The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.” - New International Version And the “all families of the earth”… does Acts 3:25 reflect only a few elected families? No. God explicitly said “ALL” the families of the earth! All is all… irrespective of their current beliefs. All will have the righteous faith eventually… since Jesus is the Perfecter of faith *. All will eventually bow before Him. The “shall be” in this verse reflects indicative mood in future tense… with the future of course being a GOOD one. God said ALL the families shall be blessed. So then… since when have the two concepts “be blessed” and “be eternally condemned” been synonymously used? Since never. But the ‘Christian church’ gets away with it… with hardly any questioning it. Sadly, this is the folly reasoning of the church over centuries portraying the Adversary’s most staggering success in deception in human history. *Hebrews 12:2 “looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” - English Standard Version Let us for a moment stand still at the “founder and perfecter of our faith”, reflected above… What does “founder” mean? It means creator, originator, architect, designer, institutor… doesn’t it? Needless to say that Jesus created ALL faiths of the earth! And what about the “perfecter” part here? What does “perfecter of faith” mean? It simply means the one who makes out faith faultless and flawless… not so? And the “who for the joy that was set before him”… what joy? Only for Himself… at the cost of billions in and ‘everlasting hell’? Would that be joy to Jesus? Paying the ultimate price and then have the satisfaction in the ‘eternal’ suffering of billions upon billions? Can you see just HOW infantile- and ridiculous such reasoning of ‘learned’ people on this earth is? Jesus gave all peoples of the world their faiths… in ORDER to restore that unto purity in the grand finale… in the “Lake of Fire”. If this is not good news… then what is? Jesus ONLY came to be good news to all humanity. The doctrine of eternal condemnation is directly rejecting what the Bible says… making that doctrine-believer an UNBELIEVER in God’s eyes. Please read what Revelation 21:8 says re unbelievers… then repent and praise Jesus Christ for His unfathomable gift to ALL mankind! Now, having read all the verses above… …does this still look like there will be any everlasting hell of condemnation? No, it doesn’t. And to add more to this message of HOPE… those who will afterwards be in these places of great torment will never be alone, because our loving God will be there with them… with His corrective hand… His preserving ‘salt’… and His Presence being the Purifying Fire (“pyri”) Himself. This is the God of the Bible… …the God of love… the God who will never let anyone of His children perish! THIS is why we are not to condemn anyone. This is why there is NO free will, nor freedom of choice… only the loving control of a loving Father… with an incredible Plan and an awesome outcome for ALL! This is the good news of Jesus Christ for all humanity. This is the true eschatology. HALLELUJAH! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!