SNIPPETS FROM THE HARD COPY UR LIBRARY OF RODGER TUTT

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THE CONCEPT OF CIRCULARITY – JACK E. JACOBSEN

"Coming to the close of the last age, we find the earth filled with God's righteousness. All know Him from the least to the greatest. The earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Through His own blood, Christ has reconciled all back to God. We see every tongue confessing in love and adoration Christ as Lord. This can only be done in obedience and love as it is a unanimous Praise of the Universe to the glory of God the Father (Colossians 1:20).

It is little wonder that all gladly proclaim redemption's story. God now rises in everyone, bringing the consummation of God's plan of the ages – a complete circle, from God in Himself to GOD ALL IN ALL." 70

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GOD'S PERFECT PLAN – AUTHOR UNKNOWN

"Many attempts have been made to prove that eons are eternal. The Greek word aion and the Hebrew olam, both meaning age or eon, have been translated by terms meaning endlessness. This is a grave error, for the divine Author, Himself has not used them in this way. He has indicated that they were not eternal in the past by informing us that they had a beginning (1Cor. 2:7), and, again, that they cannot possibly be everlasting in the future, for they are to end (Heb. 9:26; 1Cor. 10:11).

God's plan for creation is confined to time. It is not an 'eternal' purpose' but a 'purpose of the eons' (Eph. 3:11). Beyond the ages there will be naught but bliss and perfection for every member of creation (Rom. 8:19-22). Sin and evil and death will then be past; all will be saved and reconciled, and God shall be All, not in a few, but in all (1Cor. 15:28)." 71

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#72 - A snippet from GOD'S METHODS WITH MAN – G. Campbell Morgan (pages 185-186)

"Let me say to Bible students that we must be very careful how we use the word 'eternity.' We have fallen into great error in our constant use of that word. There is no word in the whole book of God corresponding with our 'eternal,' which, as commonly used among us, means absolutely without end. Men have divided the church, separated from each other, and persecuted one another, upon a though conveyed by an English word which has no equivalent in the Bible."
G. Campbell Morgan

In response to that statement, the SCRIPTURE STUDIES CONCERN editor (unnamed) wrote in 1956
"We cannot conceive of a Creator Who knows the end from the beginning, One Who is Love, Who has infinite wisdom, and infinite power, giving to any being life, life which is never to end, but to continue in suffering to all eternity. The Bible does not teach it anywhere in the original languages. God's punishments are remedial and take place within the span of the ages. Punishment will last no longer than is necessary to bring man to hate his sin and be reconciled to his Saviour."
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NOTES FROM ROMANS 5 – W.H. GRIFFITH THOMAS

"In Romans 5:18,19 we have on the one side as the cause one lapse and the effects extending to all mankind for condemnation. We have on the other side one just sentence of acquittal, and the effect extending to all mankind for a justifying that carries with it LIFE.
Since 'the many' were involved in sin and death through the agency of one man, Adam, 'much more' may we believe that 'the many' will be involved in righteousness and life through the agency of the One Man, Christ Jesus."

EDITOR'S NOTE:
Some ask, Why does it say "the many" instead of "all" in Roman 5:19?

This is because the one disobedient man (Adam), and the One righteous Man (Christ) are put in a class by themselves. They are in contrast with "the many."

We may put it as follows:
The one disobedient man plus "the many" equals all mankind made sinners.
The One obedient Man plus "the many" equals all mankind made righteous.

That "the one" plus "the many" made sinners includes all mankind no one will deny.

Even so, "the One" plus "the many" made righteous is all-inclusive and guarantees the salvation of all mankind. 73

[eaglesway]

Awesome for sure.

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Awesome for sure.

 

AGES OR ETERNITY AND THE KING JAMES VERSION – JOHN DOKAS

"By examining the texts of the Greek manuscripts we find the word AIONIOS or AGE LASTING in place of the word eternal of the King James version. AIONIOS the adjective modifies its noun AION or AGE and means lasting during the AGE, or AGE-LASTING.

For that meticulous student of the Word of God that was penned by the inspired writers, I am including this concordance of the Greek noun AION and its adjective AIONIOS for your reference in your studies of the mistranslations of the King James version versus the text of the Greek manuscripts." 74

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THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION SEEN FROM GOD'S VIEWPOINT – DORA VAN ASSEN

"Many do not understand the extent and purpose of God, that He is the propitiation for our sins, AND NOT OURS ONLY, but ALSO for the sins of the whole world (1John 4:10).
God is calling us to come up higher into Him and begin to see from His eyes, from His position.

God never loses! HE WINS ALL! He said, 'Pick up the fragments, let NOTHING be lost.
This is seen from His side of the picture. We do not have a tired and frustrated God unable or unwilling to save His own creation. He will vindicate His own character and nature of love and power. Praise His Name!" 75

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Pore God. First He made the angels, then the angels rebelled. Then He made the man and the woman, and they rebelled because and angel tricked them. The He chose a nation from one man(Abraham) and gave them the Law so they could enjoy happy prosperity, but they would not receive it. Then He sent the prophets to warn them about the cliff they were running off of, and to win their hearts back into justice, mercy and love- and they KILLED THEM! Then, as a final drastic measure He sent His son, to teach them about love and to heal them and forgive them and to provide them with His Spirit- BUT SO FEW WANTED IT1

Pore God, Now mostly all the people He ever created (plus a third of the angels)are going to burn forever, or be totally annihilated out of existence, and His hands are tied because big as He is, He made man's free will BIGGER than His because for some reason(His ways are higher than ours, don't tire yourself out trying to understand it, just accept it) He will feel fulfilled with a FINAL PICTURE within which MOST OF HIS CREATED BEINGS ARE BURNING FOREVER OR FOREVER BURNT!

Who can call this "good news"?

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DIVINE JUDGMENT - DORA VAN ASSEN

"All of God's judgments are corrective measures that counteract, and also cooperate for the eventual good and reconciliation of all through Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world.

God never judges in vengeance for vengeance sake, but only for ultimate rehabilitation. He has His perfect timing to bring forth ultimate good for all. Thus many divine judgments are postponed until iniquity comes to the full (Gen. 15:16).

All must experience human failure and total depravity to the full in order to appreciate salvation when God eventually sets all things right throughout the whole universe (Isa. 9:26; and Phil. 2:10,11). 76

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GOD'S UNFAILING PLAN REVEALED IN THE EONS – DORA VAN ASSEN

 "The whole universe will feel the impact and glory of the cross as it takes away the sin of the world. This expression of God's influence, power, and love will continue to shine out of His own heart until all come under His sway; saved, purified, changed, and drawn back into Himself.

None can escape the loving and corrective judgment of the Father. Nothing shall be lost or wasted. The true light is shining more and more unto that perfect day when all shall be understood – God reaching His own ultimate plan, the great cycle of love completed; God All in all, everything in everybody. This is true love in the full expression of the cross." 77

[goodreport]

Thank you for sharing your SNIPPETS... always so edifying, comforting, faith-building...

I particularly appreciated the reminder "...the great cycle of love completed;..." I often reflect on the Lord's prayer (John's gospel--chapter 17)... it seems to me that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was indeed praying that the great cycle of love be completed (verses 21-26 especially)

[WhiteWings]

Pore God. First He made the angels, then the angels rebelled. Then He made the man and the woman, and they rebelled because and angel tricked them. The He chose a nation from one man(Abraham) and gave them the Law so they could enjoy happy prosperity, but they would not receive it. Then He sent the prophets to warn them about the cliff they were running off of, and to win their hearts back into justice, mercy and love- and they KILLED THEM! Then, as a final drastic measure He sent His son, to teach them about love and to heal them and forgive them and to provide them with His Spirit- BUT SO FEW WANTED IT1

[rodgertutt]

Thank you for sharing your SNIPPETS... always so edifying, comforting, faith-building...

I particularly appreciated the reminder "...the great cycle of love completed;..." I often reflect on the Lord's prayer (John's gospel--chapter 17)... it seems to me that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was indeed praying that the great cycle of love be completed (verses 21-26 especially)

It's a great pleasure for me to share my snippets goodreport! :-)
I am presently sharing them on more than eighty forums.
I sort of feel like a sun shining down healing rays on this ET wounded world. 

THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH – PAUL MUELLER

"Babylonish religion would have us believe that everything will end when this age concludes; however, God is not the least bit influenced by man's religion since He already determined that His redemptive plan involves the ages beyond this present age. In the age of the fullness of times, all things in the heavens and on earth that have not yet been gathered into Christ, will then be gathered into Him (Eph. 1:8-10).

The will of God has been positively affirmed in this matter, for Paul wrote of God, 'Who will have all men to be saved and come into the knowledge of the truth,' (1Tim 2:4). The Lord is omnipotent and shall perform all that He has purposed concerning all mankind, 'Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient time the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE' (Is. 46:10).
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Roger, is there a link to Paul Mueller's writing?

[WhiteWings]

http://www.ariseministry.com/content/othersites/paulmainpage.htm
http://www.ariseministry.com/web%20pages/othersites.htm

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http://www.ariseministry.com/content/othersites/paulmainpage.htm
http://www.ariseministry.com/web%20pages/othersites.htm

Thanks for the links.

"FOR WHO HATH RESISTED HIS WILL" – K. ROSS MCKAY

"Because of their past teaching in the tradition of man, many will argue that man's own will shall prevent the fulfilling of God's own stated will. But according to God's word of truth wherein He cannot lie, He shall mercifully prove them to be wrong. Fortunately for mankind, God works ALL things, including man's destiny, after the counsel of His own will, and always, what His soul desires, even that He does (Job 23:13).

Believe it or not, God's intimate sovereign control is absolute and universal in scope (Job 3:7), even to the extent of man's delusions (2Thes. 1:11; Is. 66:4; Jer. 6:19). This is notably evident in the church's delusion – that God cannot successful influence the human will unless we let Him. But God has absolute control over the extent of success to which His word reaches and changes others, even to the extent of controlling what that word means to each individual (Is. 29:14; Matt. 13:11; 19:11).

It is a prophetic fact, predetermined, willed, divinely promised, and assured by the word of our faithful God Who in fact 'WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED' (1Tim. 2:4), This is true not only because 'HE IS THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN' (1Tim. 4:10), and not just of the first fruits whom He now specially causes to believe, but also because of the truth that 'HE IS NOT WILLING  THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH or be rendered unfit for the ultimate pleasure of His will (Rev. 4:11; Eph. 1:5,9; Col. 1:19,20), for 'IT IS NOT OF HIM WHO IS WILLING, NOR OF HIM WHO RUNS, BUT OF GOD (Rom. 9:16).
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[WhiteWings]

http://www.ariseministry.com/content/othersites/paulmainpage.htm
http://www.ariseministry.com/web%20pages/othersites.htm

Thanks for the links.

And you thanks for the snippets. You must be among the busiest internetters. Not many post 80 times a day.

Have you ever considered collecting all your snippets in e-book format and hand out to everyone who wants it?

[rodgertutt]

http://www.ariseministry.com/content/othersites/paulmainpage.htm
http://www.ariseministry.com/web%20pages/othersites.htm

Thanks for the links.

And you thanks for the snippets. You must be among the busiest internetters. Not many post 80 times a day.

Have you ever considered collecting all your snippets in e-book format and hand out to everyone who wants it?

Is an e-book format similar to a document?
I have sent a document of all my snippets to my friends who either don't have websites, or don't have forums on their websites.

[WhiteWings]

http://www.ariseministry.com/content/othersites/paulmainpage.htm
http://www.ariseministry.com/web%20pages/othersites.htm

Thanks for the links.

And you thanks for the snippets. You must be among the busiest internetters. Not many post 80 times a day.

Have you ever considered collecting all your snippets in e-book format and hand out to everyone who wants it?

Is an e-book format similar to a document?
I have sent a document of all my snippets to my friends who either don't have websites, or don't have forums on their websites.

e-book is a non printed format like pdf or Word.

[rodgertutt]

Thank you for sharing your SNIPPETS... always so edifying, comforting, faith-building...

I particularly appreciated the reminder "...the great cycle of love completed;..." I often reflect on the Lord's prayer (John's gospel--chapter 17)... it seems to me that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was indeed praying that the great cycle of love be completed (verses 21-26 especially)

It's a great pleasure for me to share my snippets goodreport! :-)
I am presently sharing them on more than eighty forums.
I sort of feel like a sun shining down healing rays on this ET wounded world. 

As most Christians already know, millions of Christians believe that millions of Muslims (and all other non-Christians too) are going to suffer forever in hell.
They believe it because that's the way they were taught by their parents and by other people on whom they relied to tell them the truth.

What many Christians do not know is that millions of Muslims believe that millions of Christians (and all non-Muslims) are going to suffer forever in hell too.
And they also believe it because that's the way they were taught by their parents and by other people on whom they relied to tell them the truth.
Quote from THE AFTER LIFE IN ISLAM
"Being a Muslim does not keep one out of Hell, but non-Muslims (kafir), however, will be punished eternally."
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/beliefs/afterlife.htm
 
I think the entire dichotomy is ridiculous!
I think that the idea of "eternal hell" may be the cause of more suffering on this earth than any other idea that exists.
 
In my opinion the greatest of all manifestations of God's grace in action on this earth is that anyone can believe that God will let anyone choose themselves into an inescapable state of everlasting suffering and not go insane thinking about it.
 

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"MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND" – K. ROSS MCKAY

"Some believe that God's satisfaction will be found in the eternal torment of some of His creatures. But John was not speaking of a perverted pleasure when he penned, 'Thou hast created all things and for Thy pleasure they are and were created (Rev. 4:11). God's plan and purpose of the ages (Eph. 3:11) is to include perfectly executed and unique stages of progressive development resulting in the final restoration and reconciliation of all. 

God has been and always will be in absolute sovereign control over His entire cosmic plan, even unto its ultimate consummation in perfection. His plan for all of humanity cannot fail. All of His working together of good and evil is in perfect harmony and balance. God's love shall not fail. His absolute power and might insures His completing of all He has willed to do, both in our individual salvation, and in the universal salvation that is sure to come." 80

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"ASK OF ME OF THINGS TO COME" – K. ROSS MCKAY

"WHO SHALL EVENTUALLY WORSHIP GOD?
Every creature Rev. 5:13
All flesh Isa. 66:23
All the ends of the world Psa. 22:27
All the kindreds of the nations Psa. 67:7
All the isles of the heathen Zep. 2:11
All the nations whom Thou hast made Psa. 86:9; Rev. 15:4
All the earth Psa. 66:4
The whole earth shall be filled with His glory Psa. 72:19; 97:7."
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For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
(Col 1:16-20)


Gloooory!

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THE GREAT WHITE THRONE – AUTHOR UNKNOWN

"The throne is white. May the One Who will be seated upon it keep us from painting it black. The judgment is viewed in the light of its outcome. If it leads to eternal conscious torment for all who stand before it as orthodoxy demands, then the throne is black and an outrage on justice and a heartless exhibition of fiendish cruelty.

It is only when we see that the outcome of this judgment is universal reconciliation (Col. 1:20), that we can really acknowledge that the throne is white. It is only when we limit the actual infliction of pain and penalties to the judgment era that we are able to appreciate the righteousness of God's throne.

The judgment is as varied as the individual. It is as different as their acts. Some will suffer severely, some slightly, and all according to their deserts. But there is no reason to prolong this time to infinity. It is preparatory to their reconciliation."
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[eaglesway]

A sublime truth beautifully and succinctly expressed.