“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof . . .” Ecclesiastes 7:8
The Victorious Gospel of Jesus Christ has had many names over the centuries — “a better end” was one I had not heard of before until recently. A man whose father was dying in a VA hospital discovered that the teaching of universal salvation through Jesus Christ was a much better ending than the traditional church gospels which have most of mankind eternal estranged from God for all eternity. Death sometimes has a way of bringing us to better senses.
The early believers in Christ called the Victorious Gospel, apokatastasis, that is, the restoration of all things as spoken by the mouth of the prophets. (Acts 3:21) It has been called universalism, ultimate reconciliation, universal salvation, universal restoration, universal restitution, the restitution of all, the larger hope, the greater faith, doctrine of inclusion, restorationism, gospel of the Happy God, wider hope, Christian Universalism, Biblical Universalism, Paul’s Gospel, the Glorious Gospel and I’m sure many more names. If the reader has heard of another name, please pass it on to me. We’ll include it in this list.
Yes, our heavenly Father, indeed, has “a better end” for the heavens and earth than has been taught by Christendom for close to two millennium. Our Risen Savior did a much better job in reconciling all things unto Himself than what the traditional church has taught. (Col. 1:16-20) Do you want to enter into the joy of the Lord? Learn the meaning of all in “Savior of all.” John 4:42; 1 John 4:14, 1 Tim. 4:9-11. Rejoice in the fact that all means all.
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Hi I would like to comment on the great and real hope you have given me with your good news gospel that teaches all are saved, I recently lost a son to depression and the hope you have given given me that one day I will see him again in a state of happiness is the best counciling anyone could have. Keep up your good work, Regards NEV.
I lost a son too. The message of ultimate reconciliation has been a sustaining force in my life and my wife’s. We will all see each other again in love and not in hate, bigotry, racism, etc. Love wins and transforms all.
Hello,
I just saw this website looking for something else. Anyway, since I did not have time to look around carefully I wanted to know what is your stand on the people who died as unrepented. Will they go escape from Hell? Did Christ sicrifice save them for the future? I don’t know how to say it sice it looks strange to me all of this.
Best regards,
Olti
Jesus is the savior of the whole world. In adam all died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Spend some time on tentmaker.org and you will see the Bible correctly translated teaches that through Jesus Christ, all will ultimately be saved. Much grace upon grace to you, Gary
All means all believers who behaving like the sons of God.
This isn’t necessarily related specifically to this article, but I just wanted to express my gratitude to Mr. Amirault and everyone who helps with tentmaker ministries. Your website quite literally saved my life. I was a ready to self-destruct from all of the chaos and anguish in my soul which resulted from trying to make sense of the “God” I had been introduced to during my formative years in an extreme fundamentalist church. The “God” I knew was one who threatened tortures worse than I could imagine to most of mankind yet claimed to also love everyone. That “God” supposedly made a hell of eternal torment BECAUSE he is loving. To quote my pastor “Hell is the most loving thing God can do for an unbeliever”. That never sat well with me, but it seemed to me like the “traditional” concept of hell had an unshakeable foundation in the Bible so I was stuck with either trying to live with the “fact” of hell or leave christianity (and maybe even all belief in God) entirely. Trying to deal with things caused me to spiral into a deep pit of depression, despair and anxiety. By the Grace of God I never actually attempted suicide though I so often desired to die and thought about it constantly. It just seemed like whenever I was about to end it all there would be this “whisper” (not audible, but that’s all I can describe it as) that would tell me to hang in there. After months of therapy and pills I stumbled onto tentmaker.org and realized that there was a solution to my dilemma. I CAN believe in God without needing to believe that most of my friends and co-workers are destined to suffer unending pains of the most excruciating variety. This has kept me from having another major depressive episode for about 2 months now which I can assure you feels like nothing short of a miracle. I’m facing much opposition from the many eternal tormentalists in my life, but I can have hope that the God who truly loves without bound will see me through it. Thanks and God Bless.
That is a wonderful article! I love thinking of universalism as the doctrine of the Happy God!! I also love calling it trinitarian inclusion, being included in the life of the Trinity forever through Jesus finished work! This is a new idea for me and it has brought me amazing peace! Thank you for your site, which I have just discovered. I am looking for books that talk about how there is no hell, no judgment after death..that all just go straight to heaven…and maybe also explaining how the book of Revelation fits in with that, maybe the lake of fire is already past (at least I hope so!) – can you recommend a book? I have ‘Dropping Hell and Embracing Grace’ and love it. I also have “The Inescapable Love of God.” I am thinking of getting one called “Whatever Became of Melanie” but am not sure if it talks about how Revelation fits in? Anyway, thank you so much for your site! What a relief to know we’ll all be home soon with Papa!
How very true, Think how different things would be if the churches preached. All means all.