Most Christians claim that anyone who doesn’t do the right thing(s) before they die will be punished forever, maybe even consciously. Does possibly losing our loved ones forever, maybe even to be tortured, sound like good news to anyone who isn’t selfish? Well, here’s actual Good News: Christ died for our sins, He was buried (He was, not just His body while He went elsewhere), and He rose again the third day, and so everyone who is mortal because of what Adam did will be made immortal (and sinless) because of what Christ did, although each in their own order — believers first, then everyone else. Because God was in Christ, making peace with the world and not imputing our trespasses unto us, all will come to a knowledge of the truth and be reconciled to God eventually, but you can be at peace with God now and have a special, early experience of salvation, because God truly is the Saviour (not just the potential Saviour) of all humanity, especially of believers (not exclusively of believers) of this Good News.
Scriptural references: Romans 5:12-21, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 1 Corinthians 15:22-28, 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, 1 Timothy 4:10, Colossians 1:16-20
If you’d like to learn more about the above Good News, I’ve written a number of articles that explain it in more detail, which you can find here:
- What the Bible really says about heaven, hell, judgement, death, and salvation (perhaps the most comprehensive study you’ll ever read on the topic of what the Bible says the destiny of both believers and unbelievers really is, and quite possibly the most important article you’ll ever read)
- Heaven isn’t what you think it is (why the dead can’t go to heaven, at least not in a conscious state)
- What the Hinnom? (find out what the “hell” Jesus warned about the most actually is)
- What is death? (find out what the “hell” the dead end up in actually is, as well as what death itself really is)
- Considering context, chronology, and consistency when reading passages about judgement (a breakdown of why the judgement of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25 isn’t what most Christians assume it is)
- How long did “for ever” last in Bible times? (a look at the terms “for ever” and ”everlasting” in the Bible)
- The “Old Testament” proves Infernalism is unscriptural (how the ”Old Testament” books of the Bible help prove that nobody will suffer without end)
- Immortality and the second death (why no human can suffer without end in the lake of fire)
- Who ends up in the lake of fire? (why less people than you might think will end up in the lake of fire)
- How Paul used parallelisms to teach the salvation of all (a look at passages from Paul’s epistles that prove everyone will eventually experience salvation)
- “…all men, especially…” (why the term ”all men” means everyone will eventually experience salvation)
- To be “in Christ,” or not to be “in Christ”? Is that the question? (find out if only those ”in Christ” will get saved)
- Each in their own order (what the order of salvations will be)
- Not everyone will be saved, and yet everyone will be saved (why passages which tell us that not everyone will be saved don’t actually contradict the truth of Universal Salvation)
- What Christians don’t understand about unbelievers (what the Bible actually says about unbelievers)
- If everybody will be saved, what’s the point…? (a look at common misunderstandings about the salvation of all)
- Myths and misunderstandings about Universal Reconciliation (a look at even more of the popular, yet mistaken, ideas about the salvation of all)