Commentary on the Book of Job part seventy

                                      Job 28:1-28

Isaiah prophesied about a general resurrection in the end of the world when God will separate all of His living humans from all dead ones. Isaiah 66:22-24. The word "worm" that Isaiah used symbolizes the total evil in all dead humans that God will burn forever in the lake of fire. Jesus used this same meaning for the word "worm" in His teaching in Mark 9:44, 46, and 48. Isaiah and Jesus' use of the word "worm" could mean that dead humans in the lake of fire will retain a tiny level of negative consciousness.

The Apostle John declared in I John 3:8 that Jesus came "to destroy the works of the Devil," not living humans whom He created. God loves the sinner but hates his sin.

I Timothy 4:10 openly declares that Christ "is the Savior of all men..." The Word of God cannot be deceptive. Therefore, in order for this verse to be true, Christ must actually save all men, especially those who believe while still in the flesh and obtain salvation by grace.

Acts 10:42, II Timothy 4:1, and I Peter 4:5 all state that a day will come when Christ will judge "the quick and the dead." This has to refer to a particular judgment which can have no connection to any of the resurrections of those saved by grace since no dead are judged in any of them. This particular judgment can only be the Great White Throne Judgment in the end of the world. The "quick" can only be the living humans whom God raises from the regions of the dead, and the "dead" can only be the totally evil nature of humans that Christ casts into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-5.

II Peter 3:9 assures all readers that God's will is that all humans should repent and be saved. Who can thwart God's will? If God wills that all humans come to repentance and back to faith, then they all certainly will, but at different times and at different levels of salvation. Isaiah 45:21-24 and Philippians 2:9-11 prophesy that a time will come when God will save all living humans not already saved by grace, and Revelation 5:11-14 records the fulfillment of these prophecies.