Bb-9 Does Philippians 2:11 Prove Universalism? DOWNLOAD to SAVE as a PDF Doc to read OFFLINE. Bb-9. Does Philippians 2:11 Prove Universalism? Does Philippians 2:11 combined with Romans 10:9 prove Universalism? For those who do not already know what Universalism teaches, it is a doctrine among some Christians who sincerely believe that ALL people will eventually be saved. And they combine these two verses of Scripture together to claim that every single person will CONFESS that Jesus is their Lord and Savior to be SAVED. Let us go ahead and read these two verses of Scripture out of their context first, and then I will explain HOW Universalist Christians “interpret” them by combining them together. And then, I will teach you why neither verse of Scripture proves that God will eventually save every single person. I will add emphasis to both verses of Scripture to draw your attention to the words that they FOCUS upon.
Romans 10:9.
“That if you shall CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you SHALL be saved.”
Philippians 2:11.
“And that EVERY tongue should CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
And here is the Universalism “interpretation” of Romans 10:9. The Bible says in Romans 10:9 that ALL who CONFESS with their mouth that Jesus is Lord SHALL be SAVED. And here is the Universalism interpretation of Philippians 2:11. And the Bible goes on to say in Philippians 2:11 that EVENTUALLY EVERY single person will CONFESS that Jesus is THEIR Lord and SAVIOR to the glory of God the Father. And they conclude that since the Bible teaches us in Philippians 2:11 that EVERY tongue shall CONFESS that Jesus is Lord and Romans 10:9 that every person who CONFESSES that Jesus is Lord SHALL be SAVE, then that proves everyone will be saved. In other words, they argue that every single person whether dead or still alive will eventually come to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior to be saved and receive eternal life. They say “EVENTUALLY” be saved because all Universalist Christians know and understand that not all people will be saved in this PRESENT world. They understand that more people will be saved during the 1000 year reign of Jesus. But they wrongly interpret the world to come as a SECOND CHANCE to be saved for ALL people. In other words, they believe that the Millennial reign of Jesus is a SECOND CHANCE for ALL of the Jews to be saved. And thus, they wrongly believe that every single person will “eventually” accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior and CONFESS Jesus as THEIR Lord to follow and obey for all eternity. Now, what Universalist Christians have failed to see is that those who call upon the name of the Lord to be SAVED at the COMING of Jesus will only be saved alive in their MORTAL bodies. So the word “SAVED” has more than just one meaning. Let us read the words of the Apostle Peter from the very first gospel message that was preached.
Please read Acts 2:16-21.
“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; (In other words, Peter is quoting a prophecy from the Old Testament that was spoken by the prophet Joel and written in the Book of Joel) 17. And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: (The LAST days refer to the last THREE 1000 year long days that BEGAN some 2000 years ago on the Day of Pentecost when Peter preached this first gospel message. But only PART of the prophecy began to be fulfilled. In other words, the next three verses of Scripture will be fulfilled at the COMING of Jesus to rule as the Lord of the Sabbath during the great and notable Day of the Lord. In other words, the world to come is the THIRD and final day of salvation) 19. And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: (This will be one of the SIGNS of the coming of the Son of man spoken of by Jesus in Matthew 24:29-31) 21. And it shall come to pass, (Speaking of at the COMING of that great and notable Day of the Lord) that whosoever shall CALL on the name of the Lord shall be SAVED.”
Now let us read the prophecy written in the Book of Joel so that you can see that the Greek word “sozo” translated as the English word “SAVED” actually means DELIVERED or spared alive. It also means to be HEALED, made whole, protected, and placed back in a right relationship with God. For example, being RECONCILED to God does NOT mean that a person is guaranteed to endure unto the end to receive eternal life in the world to come. It simply means that a person is forgiven of all their PAST sins to be placed back into a RIGHT relationship with God so that God’s Holy Spirit can come and dwell in that person who CALLS on the Lord to be saved. But my point right now is for you to see that the Greek word “sozo” that is translated as “saved” also means DELIVERED.
Please read Joel 3:31,32.
“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the TERRIBLE day of the LORD comes. 32. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be DELIVERED: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be DELIVERANCE, as the LORD has said, and in the REMNANT whom the LORD shall call.”
Now let us read the prophecy where God promised that he would turn again to DELIVER the REMNANT of His people, the children of Israel. The CONTEXT of this prophecy in Isaiah l1:11 is speaking of the time during the Millennial reign of Jesus. But keep in mind that the 1000 year long DAY begins with the coming of Jesus to DELIVER the REMNANT of Israel. Please know and understand that the rapture of the church will occur just moments before the wrath of God is executed by Jesus, and ONLY those who ARE in Jesus Christ will be given eternal life to rule and reign with Jesus during the Millennial reign of Jesus.
Isaiah 11:11.
“And it shall come to pass in THAT DAY, that the Lord shall set his hand again the SECOND TIME to RECOVER the REMNANT of his people, which shall be LEFT, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.”
So then, the so-called “SECOND CHANCE” for every single person to be saved is an erroneous man-made personal “interpretation” of the 1000 year reign of Jesus. For you see, the Bible itself teaches us that God promised to RECOVER the REMNANT of His people who are LEFT after the 3 1/2 years of the great tribulation in the land of Israel. Jesus will return to END the war against Israel and the Christians. And the armies fighting against Israel will turn and fight against Jesus and his armies of saints and angels. And yes, there will also be some LEFT of ALL the other nations who will be saved alive in their MORTAL bodies as well to be TAUGHT of the Lord during the 1000 year reign of Jesus, according to Zechariah 14:16. And that is the true sound Biblical meaning of Acts 2:21. Let us go back and read Romans 10:9 and Philippians 2:11 again so you can see how Universalist Christians have twisted the true meaning of these verses of Scripture by combining them together.
Romans 10:9.
“That if you shall CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus, (Please notice that it does NOT say if you confess with your mouth THAT Jesus is Lord. But rather, it says if we confess the Lord Jesus) AND shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you SHALL be saved.”
For you see, the devils BELIEVE but they TREMBLE in fear. Also, some of the Jews BELIEVED but they did not CONFESS Jesus because they feared being cast out of the Synagogue. We must always interpret the WHOLE verse of Scripture and its CONTEXT. Anyone can take PARTS of verses and COMBINE them with PARTS of other verses to make them say things that the Bible ITSELF does NOT teach. For example, the Bible says that Judas Iscariot hung himself. And Jesus said, go you and do likewise. But that does NOT mean that we are to commit suicide! So we cannot build church doctrine by COMBINING verses of Scripture being taken out of their CONTEXT.
Philippians 2:11.
“And that EVERY tongue should CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Here we see that the verse does NOT say that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to be SAVED. The CONTEXT is about bowing down to the NAME that God gave to Jesus after the cross to give Yahweh the Father GLORY. So what does that mean? It means that God’s ENEMIES will confess that Jesus is Lord for the purpose of giving Yahweh the Father the GLORY of creating those He created as being perfect on the day that He created them. In other words, Lucifer and the fallen angels falsely accused God of creating them with a rebellious nature. And thus, they argued that their waging WAR against God was God’s FAULT. So God created man or humans a little LOWER and inferior to the angels to PROVE that an inferior creation can live without sin. And Jesus was the first FAITHFUL and TRUE WITNESS against Satan and his angels to JUDGE them guilty as charged. For you see, the lake of fire was originally prepared only for the Devil and his angels, according to Revelation 1:5 and Revelation 3:14, which is AFTER the cross and resurrection. Please read the study called Q-12. WHY THE LAKE OF FIRE? But for now, let us read Hebrews 1:6,7.
Hebrews 1:6,7.
“And again, when he brings in the first begotten into the world, (Speaking of God bringing in His highly exalted human Son of MAN back into the world at the second coming of Jesus) he said, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7. And of the angels He said, Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.”
The literal translation of Hebrews 1:7 translates “spirits” as “BLAST” and a “flame of fire” as a “BLAZE of fire”. And when we consider the JUDGMENT of the “fallen” angels, then Hebrews 1:6,7 can be understood as Yahweh making all of the fallen angels to bow their knee and acknowledge Jesus as Lord to the glory of Yahweh right before Yahweh casts them into the lake of fire to be CONSUMED as a BLAZE of fire and turned to ASHES.
Please read the LITERAL translation of Hebrews 1:7.
“And towards indeed the messengers He is saying, the one making of messengers of Him BLASTS and the officials of him of fire BLAZE”
And verse 8 in CONTRAST says, but yet toward the Son Yahweh says, your throne into the age of ages is a scepter of RIGHTEOUSNESS. The Bible teaches us in Psalm 75:6,7 that God is in the process of CUTTING DOWN one and PROMOTING another. In other words, God will destroy Satan and the fallen angels and exalt Jesus and his faithful servants to replace them. The city of God is on the sides of the NORTH. So PROMOTION comes ONLY from Yahweh.
Psalm 75:6,7.
“For PROMOTION comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. (Again, the city of God is on the sides of the NORTH. So PROMOTION comes ONLY from Yahweh) 7. But God is the JUDGE: he puts down one, and sets up another.”
Now, the writer of Hebrew 1:7 talking about God making the angels a BLAZE of FIRE is quoting Psalm 104:4. And the last verse in Psalm 104:35 teaches us that the sinners shall be CONSUMED out of the earth to be no more in existence.
Psalm 104:35.
“Let the sinners be CONSUMED out of the earth, and let the wicked be no MORE. Bless you the LORD, O my soul. Praise you the LORD.”
So then, just because every knee will be made to bow and every tongue will be made to confess that Jesus is Lord to the GLORY of Almighty God the Father does NOT mean that every person will be saved. Satan and the fallen angels will bow down and worship Jesus, but they will be MADE to confess Jesus as Lord to the GLORY of Yahweh who wins the WAR waged against him by Satan and the fallen angels. The TRUTH of the matter is that some people will refuse to have Jesus reign over them both in this present world and in the world to come.
Please read Luke 19:11-15,27.
“And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 15. And it came to pass, that when he was RETURNED, having RECEIVED the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading… …27. But those my ENEMIES, which would NOT that I should REIGN over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.”
In other words, all of the people in this PRESENT world who do NOT want to be under the RULES that God has given to all of mankind written in their CONSCIENCE are the ENEMIES of God. And when Jesus returns to receive his kingdom he will say, let the righteous remain righteous and let the unrighteous remain unrighteous, according to Revelation 22:11. And the faithful saints will be CHANGED in a twinkling of an eye and caught up into the AIR to meet Jesus in the AIR over the place called Armageddon to assist Jesus in executing the WRATH of God upon the unrighteous. God will DELIVER the REMNANT of Israel and those LEFT alive of all other nations who repent and CALL upon the name of the Lord to be saved. But again, there will be many who will fight against Jesus to the death.
Please read Psalm 2:1-12.
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4. He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9. You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10. Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. (This is speaking of us as Christians in this present world to be wise and not cast away our confidence which has great recompense of reward lest we also become partaken with the disobedient to the gospel to suffer the WRATH of God) 11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those that put their trust in him.”
So no! Philippians 2:11 combined with Romans 10:9 does NOT teach that every single person who CONFESSES that Jesus is Lord to the GLORY of God will be SAVED and receive eternal life in the world to come. Please read ALL of the studies under the heading >>>Bb-0. Will Everyone be Saved?<<< Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. So, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>>D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS!<<< And for the SUBJECT on the true foundation of the church, please click on the subject heading >>>C-0. THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH!<<< This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.
Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
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To me, the best way to know the ONE true God in ONE person is to know who Jesus TRULY is according to the WHOLE word of Almighty God. So please read ALL of the studies under the heading >>>N-0. WHO is JESUS ACCORDING to the BIBLE?<<< and you will see that the Bible itself teaches us that Jesus was CREATED by his God and Father. And if you have any questions related to the correct meaning of certain verses of Scripture on this subject of who Jesus is please read all the studies under the two headings >>>U-0. VERSES used for THE TRINITY!<<< and >>>V-0. VERSES used to TEACH that Jesus PRE-EXISTED!<<< These two headings have ALL of the studies that I have on who Jesus truly is according to what the Bible itself teaches us in simplicity. I compiled these three headings to make it easy for my readers to send just one, two, or three links to those they desire to help understand what the Bible itself teaches concerning who Jesus is in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me. My contact email is MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail .com. Thanks again for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the truth of the whole word of Almighty God.
Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
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