YOU SAID:
Can you please send me the verses that clearly say every person that ever existed will be vivified in Christ after death is abolished?
BEHOLD:
20 (Yet now Christ has been roused from among the dead, the Firstfruit of those who are reposing.
21 For since, in fact, through a man came death, through a Man, also, comes the resurrection of the dead.
22 For even as, in Adam, all are dying, thus also, in Christ, shall all be vivified.
23 Yet each in his own class: the Firstfruit, Christ; thereupon those who are Christ’s in His presence;
24 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.
25 For He must be reigning until He should be placing all His enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy is being abolished: death.
27 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.
28 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.)
PLEASE NOTE:
This “lake of fire” business is no where to be found in the evangel of grace delivered to us by our apostle, Paul.
The “lake of fire” is only mentioned in John’s book of Revelation. Part of the circumcision writings.
Paul warns in Galatians about those who would mix the circumcision message with that of the uncircumcision.
“Rightly dividing” where this “lake of fire” falls into line (on a time-line of events) seems to be a problem for you. It’s not a problem for me, as I ignore altogether. John’s writings are for, about and concerning the Jews. Paul’s writings are for us gentiles. Important.
And besides… it is a LAKE of fire, not an OCEAN of fire. A much smaller matter than you’re letting on.
The LARGER matter is this: Romans 4:6… Christ was roused from among the dead through the glory of the Father —
This changes everything.
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