Hell

OUR FATHER, HELL AND HEAVEN : M. M. NINAN
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Chapter Fourteen
CHRISTIAN VIEWS ON HELL -III
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM
(UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION)
http://www.christianuniversalism.com/2014/06/three-views-of-final-punishment/
http://www.rethinkinghell.com/
Christian Universalism, or the Universal Redemption Theory, remains an orthodox Christian view even
today among the Orthodox and the Eastern Churches and claims that Jesus Christ is the only way to
be reconciled to God and He will by his power of Love eventually bring in the salvation of the whole
cosmos and all those that are in it in all dimensions of existence. But it does not take place within the
aeon, and may take several ages to come. Where it differs from the other orthodox views however is
that it views the “fire” seen in scripture as being for the purpose of refinement instead of punishment.
Under the Universal Redemption model it is believed that Christ will either refine everyone in the fires
of his love- thus making them fit for heaven, or that Christ will continue to invite sinners to repent and
be reconciled to God even from hell (postmortem repentance). This view still leaves room for a
purgatorial hell of some sort, but argues hell will ultimately (one day) be empty, as all will ultimately
choose to be reconciled to God through Christ.
This position uses the following passages to support their position: John 12:32, John 3:17, Luke 3:6,
Romans 5:18, Romans 11:32, 1 John 2:2, 1 Tim 4:10, Col 1:20, 1 Cor 15:22, Phil 2:11, 1 Cor 5:19, 1
Peter 4:6.
Thus to me the only solution to the whole question is in the Universal Redemption through Christ the
Victor.
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