This is not true! Scripture makes abundantly clear that whosoever dies in unbelief shall be cast into the lake of fire that is the second death. If it were true that all of mankind will be converted to Christ before this age ends, it would be a great lie to teach that mankind will be judged according to what is found written in the books and the book of life, and whosoever is not found in the book of life shall suffer the second death, which means they will never be alive again.
Dear rwb,
The Lake of Fire is a symbol which represents the
judgment of Christ. It is not literal fire nor is it eternal. Christ's judgment lasts only as long as it takes for Him to achieve His desired results.
Here is
why Christ judges mankind:
Isa 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Because mankind must be judged to be converted into a child of God, Christ longed to start that process within mankind:
Luke 12:49 “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
All mankind must be judged to be saved:
Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH FIRE: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Conversion requires
both the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the baptism of Fire. Without them, we cannot be saved.
Mankind thinks that the purpose of judgment is only to punish, torment or destroy but Christ uses judgment to save us and to teach us His righteousness.
Prov 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Job 34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Your understanding of the judgment of Christ is not accurate. Christ loves mankind and He came to save us. It is solely His work to accomplish and it is not dependent upon mankind's work. When Christ is ready to save a person, He will come to them and give them the Holy Spirit. When Christ does this spiritual work within them, they will accept Jesus as "Lord". Salvation does not happen any other way.
1Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
Do you believe this verse above? No person can accept Jesus as their Lord UNLESS they have the Holy Spirit. This is true because mankind in our created spiritual state cannot know Christ nor will anyone even seek Him out:
Rom 3:10 As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Because of mankind's "marred" created condition, Christ MUST act first by giving us the Spirit. If He does not do this work, a person cannot be saved. Mankind's salvation is totally up to Christ and because He loves us all, He will give us all the free gift of the Spirit at a time of His choosing - a time that satisfies His own purposes and not ours.
In this age, Christ is ONLY saving His First Firsts (the Elect). They were chosen for this honor before the ages began. No one else will be saved in this age. In the final age (what I call the Lake of Fire age), the Elect will be used by Christ to help Him bring in the full harvest of mankind. Only then can God be "all in all" (1Cor 15:28).
Consider what Joel chapter 2 teaches.
The setting of the chapter is the final age (the "Lake of Fire" age). Christ's army in the first part of the chapter represents the Elect who are reigning with Him in judgment over the lost. The lost are being judged by the Law which requires their death (the true penalty of sin). But before they perish, verse 18 says that Christ will pity his people and (v. 23) give them the Early and Latter Rains. With the Early and Latter Rains, the people who are being judged will be "born again". After they are "born again", their judgment will continue until their old spiritual nature is destroyed. Once it is, they will be converted just as the Elect were converted in this age. This is the only way mankind is saved. The old vessel must be destroyed so that the new vessel can be made:
Jer 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
This verse below tells why Christ has pity (mercy) upon the lost in the final age who are being judged by the Law:
Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Even though the “lost” of the final age are being judged by the Law which requires their deaths, Christ will NOT forget the "weightier matters of the Law" which are judgment, mercy and faith. Before the "lost" perish, Christ will make them into a new creation, one that has never sinned. That new creation is a child of God.
After Christ has completed His work, mankind will cease to exist but the Kingdom of Heaven will be that much fuller.
This is the true Gospel of Christ.
The gospel which the apostate churches of the world teach is the one Paul warned about that would be coming:
2Cor 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
This "another gospel" is not "good news" for the world - it is a nightmare which never ends.
Like the Pharisees, your beliefs are leaving out the weightier matters of the Law which are judgment, mercy and faith - but Christ will not forget them.
Joe
