Every Knee Shall Bow and Every Tongue Confess

IT WILL HAPPEN. LOTTA PEEPS GONNA BE PUT IN THEY PLACE QUICK.

Don't sweat it. It's not like anyone is gonna be forced.

Lord JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOR!!

this is love????
more like subjugation

so very very true my freind ....... praise JESUS ....

FORCED? YOU DONE GONE STUPID ON US.

They are going to confess Him because He was lifted up from the Earth, and will draw all men unto Himself.

NOPE!, IT WILL BE OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL. BANK ON IT.

It's completely voluntary.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, etc.

No sweat.

^^THIS^^ It says "Every knee will bow," not "Every knee will be made to bow."

So if that is true and we will all confess it then won't everyone end up in heaven? Confessing it is what is asked for the free gift of salvation, right?

Technically, earth, but yes.
1 Corinthians 15 tells us that ultimately, God will become "all in all".

Daniel 2 talks about a Stone, cut without hands, that grinds Nebuchadnezzar's statue to dust, and then grows until it fills the earth. This Stone is Christ and His kingdom.

Habakkuk 2 tells us that eventually, "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea".

Isaiah 26 tells that when God's judgments are in the earth, its inhabitants will learn righteousness.

Psalm 2 talks about being granted the heathen as an inheritance, and the ends of the earth as a possession.

In Revelation 22, the leaves of the Tree of Life are for the healing of the peoples (Greek = ethnos).

David tells the Father in Psalm 65 "Unto thee shall all flesh come".

In Revelation, we're told that the gates of New Jerusalem never close. Isaiah 60 elaborates upon this, saying in verse 11 that they remain open so the kings and armies of the nations may be brought within.

These things all describe what Ephesians calls "the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus" to become evident in the coming ages.

So we can have hope that all will eventually find rest in the Creator? That is a very different ending that most of the Christians on here throw around.

Yes, I, too, believe this.

For further reading, try this lecture by N. T. Wright: [link to www.gemacs.com]

I didn't realize my tongue had it's own being and consciousness.

Thanks, I will check that out.
I like your signature BTW.

Thanks. It can be hard to live up to at times.

Lol, yes it can.

No.

Everyone will acknowledge Him, some in joy and some in terror,

but everyone will speak the truth.

Demons declare who He is, but are not going to heaven.

Perhaps at first, but once "the flesh" gets over the shock of losing its throne, they'll begin to get to know Him and understand the nature of the transaction. It's no different with christians - just a matter of timing.

Yes. Only within the past decade have I come to learn this truth. It turns out that the early church fathers widely believed in the eventual redemption of everyone - but when Rome took over and paganized everything, this view magically became "heresy". Ambitious clergy fell in love with idea of a non-negotiable torture chamber, and reigned through fear. The thing has snowballed into the biggest idol in the house today. Most believers have more faith in hellfire to devour people than they do in Christ to save people. I certainly did.

Demon? Why am I to be punished like a demon just because I don't believe in the story of Jesus and bow at his feet? Do you think I deserve the same punishment as someone who loves evil?
Another thing that's always bothered me, demons punishing people would be heaven to them.

Now this makes more sense. Why would God create something just to torture it for eternity? Sounds more like Satan than God.
Still, I believe God is everywhere and within everything, and is able to experience creation through us. We are living the thoughts of God.
At least that is how is see it.

Just so you understand me, "Jesus" was one of us. From his teaching we can conclude that he came to show us a way to live and become one with the creator. He never intended to become some idol on a cross to be used at the gate for a free pass. He found his connection (after a lot of work) with the creator and tried to help others do the same.

Not bad

:)

If Jc comes back i think all the fanatically religious will be let down.....JC will spend all his time helping the bad and lost souls other than the blind followers we are all getting saved...no one is special

;)

Thanks :-)