In the last days, the mountain of the Lord will rise up above all the other mountains, and the word of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. I believe the Lord WILL roar forth from Zion and restore this foundation, the foundation of eternal judgement, to the body of Christ- or at least to a remnant bride clothed in the sun and bearing a manchild who will wage war on the dragon.
Heb 6:1-3 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity,
not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and
eternal judgment. And this we will do, if God permits.
The terminology-"eternal judgment" is a bit deceiving because of what we were taught it means. Most hear the words and think, eternal condemnation. The doctrine of eternal judgment is the doctrine of "WHY". Why God has done all He has done. His eternal reasons, His eternal counsels, His eternal wisdom.
Sort of like the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead is the "WHEN".
Sort of like the doctrines of repentance from dead works and faith towards God are the "WHAT"
and the doctrines of baptisms and laying on of hands are the "HOW"
A framework for the doctrine of eternal judgment is contained in Colossians 1-16-20, Ephesians 1:4-11, Romans 11:32-36 and 1Corinthians 15:21-28, just for a bare minimum, there are many more(like Ro 8:18-21;Jn 12:27; 1Tim 2:3,4 and 1John 2:1,2)-but these verses are all disregarded, untaught, or simply denied by twisting the word in the temples made with hands, the "churches" of men.
It is impossible to go on to maturity unless the full foundation is laid. "If the foundations be destroyed what shall the righteous do" (Ps 11)
Isa 58:12 "Those from among
you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.
When he says, "not laying again" he presumes the foundation has been laid. When he says, if God permits, the prerequisite for this permission is that the elementary teaching about Christ, which includes these foundations, is established. Therefore God will not permit, as Zero7 so aptly pointed out.
Heb 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
Certainly the fact that God will have all men to be saved is an elementary principle, because the Logos is the expression of the divine nature- a Saviour. For Jesus to die for a few who will rejoice in the judgment of the vast majority is a TREMENDOUS MISREPRESENTAION of the heart of the Father.
1Co 2:12-15 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.
The Spirit blows where it wills and you hear the sound of it but you don't kno where it came from or where it is going, so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. We all have such a long way to go- don't we?
1Co 3:1-4 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?
