Give me bible scriptures that support universal salvation.
Hi hishandmaiden! Here's an excellent list - http://tentmaker.org/forum/rules-and-faq/77-ultimate-reconciliation-and-renewal-scriptures/msg118063/#msg1180
Some of my favorite verses -
Coossians 1:20 - And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
Ephesians 1:10 - that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.
Psalm 22:27 - All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him. (When? I think it can only be fulfilled upon Judgment 'Day'.. as any time before then, not "all" are yet resurrected.)
1 Corinthians 15:22-28 - 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in their own order, (1) Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, (2) those who belong to him. 24 Then the end(3) will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
I especially like to consider with this last one, the parable of the loaves (3) - "the kingdom is like leaven - which a woman works into 3 measures of meal (loaves?) UNTIL - ALL - is leavened. --The Greek word used "all" means all, every, the whole..
Oh! And one of sister Dandelion's favs I love to quote - "God is love" and "love never fails" (1 Jn.4:8 and 1 Cor.13:8)
These are just a few, verses, both direct and indirectly UR. :gsmile:
...and then there's other logic, that God "is perfect" (Mt.5:48) and can perfect make a mistake? How can perfect lose anything? Let alone 3/4's of mankind and 1/3 of His angels?
http://radical-reaction.com/MyChristianSites/ShepherdsVoice/index.html
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