Ultimate Restoration (Apokatástasis)

containing the PRINCIPLE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE that teach THE FINAL HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS OF ALL MANKIND. Tenth Edition BOSTON:universalist Publishing House1903. [Editor’s note (2026): Tentmaker originally hosted the Seventh Edition from 1888. We have since updated it to what we…

I would like to share something with all of you. Until last December (year 2000) I was a staunch Calvinist. Roman Catholicism was public enemy number one, and my entire thoughts were on her destruction. I would loudly proclaim justification…

Jesus entered into my life as he embraced me in his wonderful love 25 years ago. This awesome love instantly reoriented my thoughts and actions. Yet slowly over the next several years I would allow fear to erase most traces…

Question: I still have problems with thinking that people like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin will one day be in Heaven. Answer: I understand! Yet I am also confident our Good and Just Father knows how to see that such…

Question: If this total restoration doctrine is true, why have I never heard of it before? The only people I’ve ever known to deny the doctrine of endless hell are unorthodox cultists who also deny Christ’s deity, etc. Answer: People…

This message of God’s love has been like a breath of fresh air to me. For the past four or five years I’ve been bogged down with teaching of Gods wrath and hatred for sin that I started to believe…

Question: Does this means that both the saint and the sinner will get the same rewards! Answer: First of all, salvation is a gift, not an achievement we accomplish and are “rewarded” for (Eph. 2:1-10). However, all of God’s judgments…

Question: I believe God is SOVEREIGN. This means God is all-powerful and holy, and He can do anything He wants to do! Answer: So do I. God is Sovereign Holy Love. And 1 Corinthians 13 tells us exactly what He…

Question: This may be the truth. Even so, the restoration of all things could be dangerous teaching for unstable people who would interpret it as license to sin. Answer: People looking for excuses to sin will always find them under…

Question: I still don’t understand how God can save everyone and yet every person have a free will? Answer: Well, you believed people had “free wills” before, didn’t you? What’s wrong with God showing the same kindness and patience toward…

Question: This teaching cancels out any necessity for Calvary. What would be the point of Christ dying on the cross if God plans to save everyone anyway? Answer: That’s like asking, “What’s the point of having a hospital that has…

Question: This teaching will cause division in the church. Besides, I believe we can rest in God’s love because once we’re saved, we’re always saved. Answer: No doubt in many quarters it will cause a stir. Jesus said that He…

Question: This doctrine of universal reconciliation [restoration] sounds to me like a teaching someone made up in order to advertise a “God” who is soft on sin and more acceptable to the world. Answer: On the contrary, any “God” who…

Edited by: Robin Phillips. If you have been devastated by spiritual abuse or fear of God’s hopeless abandonment, this book will change your life. Copyright © 1998. All rights reserved