All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations
Shall worship before You.
Ps. 22:27
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Ps. 65:2
[This post includes thoughts that came to me on the implications of Christ's work to wipe out sin and judgment, and
how perhaps it includes all to such a degree that all will be restored
to Him..I hope that nothing I have written is offensive. I
just wanted to write out my thoughts, I hope noone is offended, I
would never want to offend and am still trying to formulate my own
beliefs about the scope of His work..I am just honestly sharing what I believe He has led me to see!]
Thinking of the good news about death and judgment led me to another
wonderful thought about the future for us all. I love how Andre Rabe points
out the verse that ‘it is appointed to man once to die, and then the
judgment’ and how Jesus did that for us. I had never seen it that way,
had always had a fear of judgment after death, even as a Christian. But
since Jesus really went through that for me, as me, as the head of the
human race, then He died (so all died) and after that He was judged
innocent, proved by the fact that He rose from the dead (so all are
judged innocent, and all rose with Him)! Hey, I’m getting excited! I
don’t want to be off-topic, but does this mean there really is NO
judgment after death for anyone at all? I mean, if Christ really
already stood there for us, as us, in the after death judgment, then
just like there is no sin left on us, no law left to judge us, then it
makes sense there would be no judgment at all for us…right?
I am imagining what that would be like, to just know that everyone
will go straight to the arms of God when they pass away! No ‘eternal
conscious torment’ or ‘punishment/destruction from the presence of the
Lord’ – just embrace, total acceptance, all tears wiped away, all flesh
patterns and lies stripped away at the moment of death (for how could
they carry over anyway, clinging as they do to the body and brain
systems, and when we die it is spirit that goes to God, and later the
body is resurrected incorruptible, glorified, and pure, right!!)..For it
truly states that where there is forgiveness (and we know He forgave
the whole world, reconciled the world to Himself, not counting their
sins against them), there is no more offering/payment/debt/punishment
for sin! He promised He will remember our sins no more, they don’t
exist in His mind, so how could we be judged or held liable for them,
how could we be rebuked, chastised or punished or have to pay for them
in any way? The chastisement that brought us peace was upon Him, and
with His stripes we all have been healed of the wounds of sin! Maybe we
won’t all understand that here on earth, but maybe at death it all
automatically ‘comes online’ as the last of the lies holding onto our
flesh drop away! I know God desires a personal response from us,
but I am now believing that at death we go from any lingering darkness straight into the
light of His presence, and we know that lies can’t dwell in that light,
fear is driven away by His presence of love, and with fear goes
torment/fear of punishment! I think of the verse in Psalms that says
all the families of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and
that “unto You all flesh will come.” It makes sense that if not here on earth, at
death all will see clearly and know as we are known, and thus all come
straight into His arms! Its almost like I can barely hope it’s true, it
just seems so beautiful and too good to be true, yet it truly honors
Christ’s death as effective for all, truly lifts up His work as
completely victorious over the mistake of Adam or the ruinous works of
the enemy!
Jesus turned around
and reversed death and judgment for us! And He brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel, bringing to manifestation the
grace He’d given to us before the world even began! It really seems to me now that there is no judgment, punishment, etc.
after death for all humanity – wow! That there is only life and light and love to come! That sin and death have truly lost and love and life have truly won! That is such a beautiful thought and a blessed hope and expectation in my mind.
I hope I haven’t said anything offensive to anyone, but could His love
really be that big and that wide? Wow, since it is truly Infinite love, how could it NOT be!
I
believe God will accomplish this restoration of all hearts to Him
without violating anyone's free will. I truly believe all will gladly
choose to enjoy the party that we’ve been brought into! With all
the lies stripped away, with everything about God revealed in all His
loving and attractive glory as the One who truly satisfies our deepest
desire (to be loved unconditionally), with all hindrances and barriers
in our thinking removed, seeing Him face to face in PURE LOVE, everyone
being the little children of God made in His image and thus naturally
trusting God, looking toward God, and
longing to be loved by Him, be in love relationship with Him, to just
with our Papa, I believe we will all gladly choose
Him..His love melting the hardest heart and revealing the desire we’ve
had all along to just be with Him, embraced by Him and safe in His arms,
and we’ll gladly sink into those arms that are holding us and just
rest! (I think of how a hurting child will look for his mother or
father and how the little one's face will light up when he sees him/her,
how he runs to the parent and naturally reaches for his mother/father
to hold him, naturally wants to be in that loving embrace, wants that
love and special attention! How much moreso with us and our heavenly
Papa!) That is my hope! I wonder who could resist such love, and also
that if we truly are in His image and thus with a good nature deep down
at the core, that once all flesh is removed, and that good little inner
child is able to do as he/she pleases without restraint, that that
little one will naturally choose to nestle with bliss into Papa’s arms!
In an even deeper way, I don't believe there will even be any thought to
'choosing' to enjoy Him or not - I believe our spirits will be so
caught up in the enjoyment that there will be no thought of any other
course! This is my humble thought and what I feel God has brought me to
see, and oh what peace it brings to my heart to know that He will have
all safely home with Him, enjoying His love forever!
He is pure love,
He is a good Daddy, and He wouldn't have it any other way. He wouldn't
be satisfied or happy with any one of His children not enjoying His
embrace..He wouldn't be satisfied or happy till every last one was
accounted for and guaranteed to enjoy His lap forever with joy and
happiness, enjoying that union relationship that Papa envisioned for
each of us from before the foundation of the world! His dream will come
true! He couldn't be happy any other way! The Father sent the Son to
be the Savior of the world, and He did it, He saved us all - it is
finished! Hallelujah! My Papa loves happy endings, and through Jesus
He has ensured a happy ending for all, hasn't He!
