Commentary on Colossians 1:20, Revelation 4:11, and Revelation 21:5

 

Colossians 1:20 clearly teaches that God will reconcile all things to Himself in the earth and in Heaven. Colossians 1:16 clearly teaches that God created all things in Heaven and in earth whether they be invisible thoughts and emotions or visible material objects. In other words, God created all things that are real because His Infinite Consciousness makes them all real. There is no reality behind the appearances. The appearances are reality. Absolutely everything of which consciousness can be conscious must be real. All systems which are said to be unreal, such as ghosts or unicorns, nevertheless always comprise the elements of reality. All of the basic, irreducible elements that compose every true or false system must be real, whether thoughts or material objects. Since God created all things, then He created all living human systems from basic, irreducible elements. If any living human were ever cast into the lake of fire, then that living human would become spiritually dead and lost from God forever. God can never lose anything He has ever created. Ecclesiastes 3:14; Psalm 111:7-8. Therefore, in accordance with Colossians 1:20, God must someday resurrect and reconcile all living humans to Himself whether they go to Heaven, or He recreates them to live on His new earth.

Revelation 4:11 also clearly teaches that God created all things for His pleasure. If any living human that God created and loves were ever cast into the lake of fire, then that event could never cause a loving God to have pleasure. Such an event would cause eternal grief to God which would contradict Revelation 4:11. In fact, Revelation 20:11-15 clearly states that God will cast only dead humans into the lake of fire. This fact can only mean that every human system contains a living nature and a dead nature. Matthew 12:33-35. In Christ's final Judgment in the end of the world, He will use His fiery wrath against evil to dissolve every human system confined to the regions of death in order to separate their living natures from their dead natures. I Corinthians 3:11-15; II Peter 3:9-13; Psalm 75:3. Because God can only save living humans who repent and return to faith in Him, He will cause all living humans confined to the regions of death to repent and believe in the Lamb of their own free will. God will resurrect all of these living humans from the dead for Him to recreate to live on His new earth. All living humans are forever alive to God. Luke 20:38. All living humans will be reconciled to God whether by His grace or by His resurrection from the dead. Revelation 5:11-14; Colossians 1:20; Revelation 20:5; John 11:25; John 5:28-29.

Revelation 21:5 clearly teaches, "...Behold, I make all things new..." Since all living humans must be a part of God's creations, then God must resurrect and recreate all living humans from the regions of the dead in order to create all things new. God cleanses and recreates the souls and spirits of all believers saved by His grace the moment they repent and believe in Christ. II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:9-10; John 5:24; John 3:7-8. But "born again" believers will retain their fleshly natures which will cause them to sin. But God will cleanse them and forgive them as they daily repent. God will create spiritual bodies, like that of Jesus, for all believers saved by grace. I John 1:8-9; I John 3:2; Matthew 27:51-53; Revelation 20:6. In the case of Church Age saints, God will cleanse all of the unrepentant sins of the fleshly natures of these saints upon their repentance at the Rapture of the Church, and He will bring spiritual bodies from Heaven to give to them when they resurrect from the dead. Ephesians 5:25-27; II Corinthians 5:1-5. All saints saved by grace will live with God in Heaven. I Peter 1:3-5. God will literally "make all things new."