The fate of the dead - according to orthodox Christianity, or according to God?
Which Account is True?
Christianity’s account?
The number of people who are condemned in Adam to date:
Approximately 109 billion
Approximately 109 billion
The number of people who are redeemed in Christ to date:
Approximately 5 billion (taking liberty)
Approximately 5 billion (taking liberty)
The number of people being tortured forever and ever by a loving
“God” to date:
Approximately 104 billion
Approximately 104 billion
Success rate of “the Savior of the world:”
Approximately 4.59%
Approximately 4.59%
Or, the Scripture’s account?
“For even
as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, in Christ, shall all be vivified. Yet
each in his own class: the Firstfruit, Christ; thereupon those who are Christ's
in His presence; thereafter the consummation, whenever He may be giving up the
kingdom to His God and Father, whenever He should be nullifying all sovereignty
and all authority and power. For He must be reigning until He should be placing
all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy is being abolished: death. For He
subjects all under His feet. Now whenever He may be saying that all is subject,
it is evident that it is outside of Him Who subjects all to Him. Now, whenever
all may be subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also shall be subjected to Him
Who subjects all to Him, that God may be All in all” (I Corinthians
15:22-28).
Harsh Bhavsar?
This piece came across in an email from Daily Goodies (from Clyde Pilkington), and demonstrates the gap between what man (Christian doctrine) says, and what God says. To believe man (orthodox Christianity), we serve a God who is either powerless (He can't save because He gave man more power than He has; the "work" of Adam is greater than the "work" of Christ Jesus), or indifferent ("I gave him a chance, and he turned it down"); and surely His "final solution" for man is on a par with Hitler, and worse (Hitler could only kill the living, while God continues to burn and torture for the eons to come). PTL that the good, glad, glorious news that makes a man leap for JOY is NOT what man spews out, but the glorious truth that ALL will, in the end, be vivified (made alive, with the life of God - zoe), and GOD shall be ALL in all.
Let GOD be true (HE IS) and every man a liar.