Denied But Not Damned
"...whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 10:32-33) What is denied is REIGNING with Christ in the ages to come. "If we endure, we will also REIGN with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us." (2 Timothy 2:12). When we are told we are to REIGN with Christ, who are we reigning over if Satan, the fallen angels, and all unbelievers are in hell? None of God's created beings will be damned forever in the mythological underworld of hell. But they will be reigned over and righteously chastened until all bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord - to the glory of God. "As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God...at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Romans 14:11; Phili...