John the Baptist, inspired by the Holy Spirit, specifically said that Jesus came to "take away the sin of the world." The word "world" here means all mankind. God can never fail to fully accomplish any creative project that He begins. Otherwise, He would not be almighty. Therefore, the only possible conclusion that can be reached about the truth of this verse is that Jesus came to the world to provide some form of salvation for all mankind by separating, in one form or another, all mankind from their sins. Other scriptures reinforce this conclusion including John 3:35; John 6:33; John 6:50-51; John 12:47, and Revelation 21:1-5, just to name a few.
John 3:35 informs us that God has given all things into the hand of His Son. God originally created all things. Romans 11:36; Revelation 4:11. Mankind is one of the good things that God created. God created man in His own image. Therefore, since all things belong to Christ, then God must recover and recreate all of the good things He originally put into man. Revelation 21:1-5.
John 6:33 informs us that Christ came to give life to all mankind. This verse can only mean that Jesus will do exactly that which the infallible Word of God says He will do. In the end, Christ will recover and recreate all of the good things He has ever put into man. Revelation 21:1-5.
John 6:50-51 teaches that those who receive Christ by faith while still alive in the flesh will attain the highest form of salvation which is the gift of the everlasting life and righteousness of Christ and a home with Him in heaven forever. God provides this highest form of salvation by His grace. But the last part of verse 51 states that Jesus also sacrificed Himself to give life to all mankind. This fact can only mean that God will recover and recreate all of the good things He originally put into man. Revelation 21:1-5.
In John 12:47, Jesus taught us that He did not come to judge mankind but to save mankind. This verse can only mean that God cannot condemn the good things He has put into man, but He will recover and recreate all of the goodness of man. God will condemn evil itself. Revelation 21:8; Genesis 3:14.
In John 12:48, Jesus taught that those who reject Him will be judged by God's Word in the last day. Jesus refers here to the Great White Throne Judgment. Revelation 20:11-15 informs us that the Word judges only the dead at the Great White Throne Judgment. The Word judges only the dead because God has already used His consuming fire to separate and recover all of the living and good things He has ever created to be recreated according to Revelation 21:1-5. Those who reject Christ must be the same as the dead. Sin is deadness and total evil. Lucifer invented sin and deadness by misusing the good things of God. Therefore, in the end God will purge His creations of all that is dead and totally evil which He did not create, and He will recover and recreate all of the good and living things that He originally created. Colossians 1:15-20; I Corinthians 3:12-15.
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