I must lovingly disagree completely with your statement that “we all will receive salvation” and that “there is no hell”. I do agree that the “doctrine of hellfire and damnation” has turned many away from the Lord but if we read our bible and listen to the words of Jesus; we will see that though His death upon the cross offers salvation to all, not everyone will receive it. Who was Jesus talking about when he said in Matthew 16:28 “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Brother, not everyone will be saved and this will be shown to us in the days ahead. God led me to write you this email to you. We are entering the “wilderness tribulation” where God is going to call out His true disciples out of the “beast” which is the world government and the church at large. It is only with complete submission to the Lord that one can be saved, not by simply attending church and “wearing the label of Christian.” God does not want religion… a works based, man made system, but rather the Gospel which is unmerited mercy and grace freely given by no works of our own.

Praise God brother and I hope you receive this message with an open heart and mind.

Tentmaker Response: I have many Bible translations which do NOT contain the concept of Hell or everlasting punishment. They consistently teach a God of Love. I prefer consistent translations, not ones that make God a double minded hypocrite.
http://www.tentmaker.org/books/GatesOfHell.html

Thanks

Scott

I watched the podcast on “Toxic bibles. I have a comment and a question. My question: You have recognized Jesus as your Savior… Savior implies that we are being saved from something. If there is no hell, then what are we being saved from?

Comment: I have watched a dvd by Dr.Rawlings called “To Hell and back” There were people interviewed on this dvd that seemed very normal and very sincere. They gave an in depth account of there actual encounter in hell and calling upon the name of Jesus to get them out.

I would greatly appreciate your reply,

Blessings,

Scott
Gary’s Reply: Good questions. For thorough answers, please go to our FAQ section at: http://www.tentmaker.org/FAQ/index.html

Briefly, the consequences of Adam’s fall is clearly DEATH, not eternally being alive in torture. The wages of sin is DEATH. The Old Testament tells us EVERYONE goes to the grave, to sheol, the good, bad and ugly. There was no division. Tradition added that. The Bible tells us the death are asleep, they cannot praise God, they know nothing. Jesus came to deliver all mankind out of this state of death. Furthermore, He came to deliver those alive on earth out of death. “Let the dead bury their own dead.” He came to give life to a world of death. He came to ransom all that were lost. He came to reconcile all back to God the Father. He accomplished this. If eternal torment is the consequence for Adam’s fall, then Jesus had to be eternally tortured for each human being is in fact he “died for us” and took upon himself the consequences for our sins. But He is NOT being tormented today, proof that eternal torment is a false teaching.

Regarding those who claim to have been to Hell and Back, I guess hell isn’t eternal after all, they came back. They say we only have one chance to escape Hell and it’s here on earth. But these folks went to Hell and escaped. The Bible says Jesus went to Hell and preached and “led captivity captive.” I can go on and on. However, I wrote a lengthy article “To Hell and Back” dealing with the many videos and books from people who claim they went to hell and came back. If you email me I’ll send you a copy. It’s not on line yet because I’m not quite finished with it yet. Peace, Gary

I have only one problem with what you are saying. Why would God have created a perfect bible in its original form, and then allowed the vast majority of its translators to poison it as you say? Why would He allow the great majority of faithful preachers to teach something that is totally untrue?
Gary’s Answer: The answer is in the Bible. God gave the Law, the covenant, the promises, the miracles, etc etc to Israel. They had it for 1600 years AND it told when and how the Messiah would come. He would do great miracles. And the majority of the religious leaders and the people missed it just like today. Why? Traditions of men which make the word of God of no effect and the “lying pen of the scribes.”

Hell (read Revelation 20) is where you go if you do not get to be with God. You send yourself there. Preaching Paul taught no Hell when the other books of the Bible do is looking for a loophole, but Paul, as we have seen in 1 Cor. 6 does teach Hell for without the kingdom of God is Hell.

When you claim everyone is saved, what are you, in fact, doing?

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Rom. 13.9)

You are bearing false witness against God as said in Rev. 22.18,19.

The mark of the cross is totally effective, but God would be evil if he coerced everyone into salvation. Calvinism corrupts your thinking. Satan uses calvinism to twist your thoughts and deny there is a Hell for the unsaved. A loving God would never let a person who belongs in jail for life out to be with his victims. Why should God hold a lesser standard than man? It is because some men make up this teaching of no Hell so they think they have nothing to fear. How deceived and delusional they are!

That’s a primer for you, but if you want to talk about it more, the door is open at biblocality.com