Conversation Between Me And Bro

Yesterday my brother sent me a link:



Then we had the following conversation:

So I'd like to get some feedback from the esteemed biblical scholars here. Do you think everybody will eventually wind up in Heaven? Why or why not?

I'm looking for feedback on both our conversation and the video, 'cause they're connected.

Great topic and video.

This question is also linked directly to the Salvation topic.
My take on Salvation is the theology of Theosis. Full details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Christian_theology)
In plain English, I understand theosis to be a mystery in regards to who goes to Heaven or Hell. From this point of view here and now, me, a mere mortal cannot say who goes to Heaven and Hell.
Does this mean that I believe in Universalism as the video might suggest?
No, I don’t. I simply cannot judge who goes to Heaven or Hell because I’m not God.
However, if I was God, as the video asks in the beginning, then I would immediately know what you’re all thinking, what all the world is thinking, what everything has thought in the past or in the future [if the concept of time exists] and I would know all the hairs on your back as the Bible says. This means that I would know your innermost spirit and thoughts, your true selves which you may hide from others or even yourselves. Based on that I would make a judgment of who to keep or exclude.
Because honestly I would be very surprised to find out if Hitler made it to Heaven .
I expect fair justice from God but I don’t have all the cards that He has.
So that would be my process if I was God and I created beings in my image, gave them free will, and waited to see who would accept me or reject me.

As far as the church question goes, I agree with your text there ”okay but what church?”.
But this isn’t even a good question on the second part of the video because he is implying that we are Gods.
We are not though because we don’t have the Omniscience that I mentioned above.

So, going back to theosis, our best bet here and now, is the infinite process of becoming more and more like God and Jesus Christ and having peace and comfort in the now and the beauty that is revealed to us by this teaching.

Where is the judgment seat where those who are not saved face
God to receive their sentence at the time of the Last Judgment?

According to Scripture, believers are already seated in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.


Ephesians 2:4-7

Because Jesus SAID SO. There is a simple requirement for eternal salvation, those who meet that requirement will receive salvaiton, those who don't, don't.

Romans, Chapter 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

I'm not esteemed. You get my 10 cents worth anyway. If everyone gets to heaven, Jesus died for nothing. The Bible is irrelevant and living a righteous life pointless.

What is overlooked in the whole debate about salvation is that sinners won't want to be in heaven. The first thing Adam & Eve did when they sinned was to hide from God. Our God is a consuming fire as well as the God who forgives and who saves. Mankind is born dead in trespass and sin. There are no dead people in heaven.

Sure you are...

Funny thing is, many people want to go to heaven, whether they believe in God or not.
It is a mistake to think non-believers are completely rational about these sorts of things.

They will not when they get to face God as judge. When righteous John saw the risen Lord, he fell as if dead. How much more terrifying for a sinner!

Exactly. Some who preach the gospel dislike using fear as a motivation. I think it's a back up. If the love of God does not convict, maybe the fear of God will! After all, the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

Proverbs 9:10 plus Matthew 10:28