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all vs eternal

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Part 4: Judgment as Purification, Not Final Defeat

This is part 4 and the final part of our series. Judgment in Scripture is real and severe, but never final defeat. Its purpose is purification, not endless torment. The fire burns away what cannot last, so that reconciliation and restoration may come.

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Part 2: The Scope of “All”

Scripture’s repeated use of all in salvation passages is unqualified and universal. Attempts to shrink it into “all kinds” distort the text to protect the doctrine of endless hell. The natural meaning of all must stand: God’s saving work in Christ reaches everyone. This clears one side of the contradiction. The question that remains is how we understand eternal.

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Part 1: The Problem Stated: “All” vs. “Eternal”

This is the first article in my Victorious Gospel series. Truth sometimes comes to us in paradox — mysteries that stretch our categories without breaking them. The Trinity, or sovereignty and free will, are examples of truths that coexist beyond our understanding. But the tension between “all” and “eternal” is not a paradox; it is a contradiction. Both claims cannot be true in the same sense. One must bend. In this series we will examine which word Scripture itself compels us to reconsider, so that truth may emerge with greater clarity, not confusion.

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