The World and the Word

        The Inerrant and Infallible Word of God

God's Almighty Love cannot fail. I Corinthians 13:8. For this reason, Jesus taught in John 6:51 that He would give His flesh "for the life of the world." Jesus' statement can only mean that He will provide a lesser form of salvation than that of grace for all unbelievers and even apostates. Jesus further taught that He had already given life to the world. John 6:33. Because God's Word is eternal, Jesus often spoke of His work on earth as having been already accomplished. John 17:4. This fact makes the truth of John 6:33 certain to happen. That which Jesus has determined to do, He will certainly accomplish. In the future, all living humans confined to the regions of death will see Jesus in a great worship service, and His magnificence and majesty will cause them all to choose to repent and believe that the Lamb alone can save them from these hellish places. Revelation 5:11-14. Christ will resurrect them all, cleanse them by His fiery wrath against evil that will also contain His shed blood, and recreate them to live on His recreated earth. Revelation 20:5; Revelation 21:5; Hebrews 2:9; Hebrews 2:14-15; John 5:28-29; John 11:25; Isaiah 45:21-25.

God taught that He provides a lesser form of salvation in the Old Testament. For example, Psalm 50:23 and Proverbs 28:18 clearly teach that God will provide a lesser form of salvation for all humans who live right and do right. This from of salvation must be lesser because it cannot equal salvation by grace. God knew when He gave these verses that salvation by grace occurs completely apart from any good works. Ephesians 2:8-9. When God revealed that He gave grace to Noah, He made no mention of Noah's good work in building the Ark. Genesis 6:8. Even the most evil persons have done some good works in their lives that God gave them to do. God will raise even their puny, living souls and spirits that God created and loves and recreate them to live righteous lives on His recreated earth although they will be completely different persons that they were on the former earth and they will enjoy very few rewards. John 12:25; Matthew 10:42.

In John 6:37-40, Jesus prophesied that He cannot lose anything that His Father has given Him, and His Father has given Him all things that the Trinity created. Colossians 1:15-23. Jesus will raise all living humans "again at the last day." Since Jesus will raise the Church at the Rapture and the Tribulation saints at the beginning of His millennial reign, then He can only raise all other living humans "at the last day" which can only mean His final judgment in the end of the world. Revelation 20:5. In the end of the world, the Father will use His fiery wrath against evil to dissolve His entire creation, including all living humans confined to the regions of death. II Peter 3:10-13; Psalm 75:3. God will give the "preeminence" to Jesus for Him to recreate the heavens and the earth in righteousness, including all living humans who will believe at His appearance so that He can raise them from the regions of the dead. Colossians 1:18; Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 20:5. The Father will give His Son the right to be King of King and Lord of Lords over His entire new creations. In Revelation 21:5, Jesus promised, "Behold, I make all things new." His promise can only be true if He recreates absolutely everything that He and His Father and the Holy Spirit created in the first place. Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:15-23; Romans 8:18-23; I Corinthians 15:20-28; II Peter 3:9-13; Revelation 19:16; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 22:11-13.

Only after Jesus had clarified the meaning of His sermon in John 6:26-59; that is, that His words had spiritual content, did He then invite all that His Father had given Him to come to Him and believe while still alive in the flesh in order to be saved by His grace. John 6:65. Simon Peter became the first person inspired by the Father to accept Jesus as his Savior and become "born again" into Jesus' Church. John 6:67-69. According to Matthew 16:17-18, Jesus revealed that Peter's confession of faith would become the pattern for all future living humans who would become "born again" into Jesus' Church.

God has given to every loving parent the urgent desire to save their children in danger by any means within their power. If God were to give a supernatural power to any parent that they could use to save their child in danger, that parent would certainly use it. In fact, this type of miracle has happened at times. Can God's Almighty Love be any less that this? God can certainly use His Almighty Love and His Infinite Intellect to devise a plan that will cause all fallen, living humans that He created and loves to return of their own free will to repentance and faith in Him so that they can be reconciled with Him. God has tested His Love to prove that it can never fail. I Corinthians 13:8; Colossians 1:15-23; Romans 8:18-23; I Corinthians 15:20-29.