Cosmos Body of God

COSMOS THE BODY OF GOD: ISA PURUSHA TATVA
M.M.NINAN
Universal Salvation
Universal reconciliation, universal salvation or sometimes simply universalism, is the doctrine or
belief that all will receive salvation, regardless of their current state because of the love and mercy of
God. But it is not forced on to individuals because of the freedom God has given us. Every act will
receive a just reward. As a result those who reject the offer of salvation will have to go through the
experience of hell here and now as well as in the ages to come until he returns to the father.
There are some who believe it to be a heresy because they feel it will reduce the impact of the
immediacy of the gospel message. This is the day of salvation and this is the day of grace. If you miss
this day of grace, you are going to suffer through hell. But there is yet hope even beyond hell and after
hell hell. For the shepherd will leave all the 99 good sheep and go out in search of the one lost. That is
the gospel in truth.
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
in the shelter of the fold.
But one was out on the hills away,
Far off from the gates of gold.
Away on the mountains wild and bare.
Away from the tender Shepherd’s care.
Away from the tender Shepherd’s care
"The Ninety and Nine" by Elizabeth C. Clephane (1868),
Painting by James Tissot - The Good Shepherd - Brooklyn Museum
Various early fathers definitely expressed this concept. These include: The Didascalia (the
Catechetical school of Alexandria), Pantaenus (first head of catechetical school at Alexandria),
Clement of Alexandria (second head of catechetical school at Alexandria), Origen, Athanasius
(Archbishop of Alexandria), Didymus , Anselm, Ambrose (Bishop Ephraim), Chrysostum, Gregory of
Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus (Bishop and President of the second Church council), Titus (Bishop of
Bostra), Cyril, Methodius,(Bishop of Tyre), Eusibius (early church historian ) and many others
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