You Fools! You Hypocrites! You Snakes 14
(3) THIS IS THE ONLY DAY OF SALVATION:
"For He said: I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2).
Is that really what the Scriptures state in II Cor. 6:2? No, it isn’t. What a damnable piece of heresy this doctrine is. It is taught that, "…this is the day (and THE ONLY DAY) of salvation." And because of this millions upon millions of people have grieved horribly over loved-ones presumed being tortured in the fabled Christian ‘fires of hell,’ because they didn’t "get saved" before they died. What is the Scriptural truth? Is this the only day of salvation? This is but one day, "A day" of salvation:
"…Lo! now a well-approved season, Lo! now a day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2, Rotherham’s EMPHASIZED BIBLE).
"…Lo! Now is a most acceptable era! Lo! Now is a day of salvation!" (II Cor. 6:2, Concordant Literal New Testament).
"…Behold! Now is a well accepted Season; behold! Now is a Day of Salvation" (II Cor. 6:2, The Emphatic Diaglott).
"…behold, now (is) a time acceptable, behold, now a day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2, INTERLINEAR Greek-English NEW TESTAMENT, BY Jay P. Green, Sr.).
"At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you" (II Cor. 6:2, New Revised Standard Version).
No, contrary to this evil and unscriptural heresy of the Church, this is not "the day," the "ONLY day" of salvation, but is clearly only "a" day of salvation. There are yet future days of salvation to come. When? After death? Yes, in the Second Resurrection of the Dead. It is in judgment that the mass of humanity will all be saved. Judgment is for correcting and setting right; for purging and purifying, not to torture for the sheer pleasure of torture. That is totally insane.
Few in this Church age will listen to God:
"Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he NOT learn righteousness: in the land of the uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will NOT behold the majesty of the Lord" (Isa. 26:10).
But what do we learn in the previous verse will happen when God’s Judgments are in all the earth?
"…for when Thy JUDGMENTS are in the earth, the inhabitants of THE WORLD WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Isa. 26:9).
Paul assures us of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead will be the hope of all who come up in the JUDGMENT:
"Because He has appointed a day, in which He will JUDGE THE WORLD in righteousness (just as we read above in Isa. 26:9) by that Man Whom He has ordained: whereof He has given ASSURANCE UNTO ALL MEN (all men in the resurrection to JUDGMENT) in that He has raised Him from the dead" (Acts 17:31).
The "Lake of Fire/Second Death" is the spiritual consuming fire of our God:
"For our God IS A CONSUMING FIRE" (Heb. 12:29).
That Spiritual Fire of God is DEATH to the carnal, rebellious, sinful, wicked, unbelieving heart and mind of man. God is able to purify all people. All who enter the Spiritual Fire of God will truly emerge clean and godly and SAVED. Four things will happen first:
"…and they were (1) judged (2) every man according to their (3) works… into the lake of (4) fire…" (Rev. 20:13-14).
"…and the (1) fire shall (2) try (test or judge) (3) every man’s (4) work…"(I Cor. 3:13).
The exact same four things occur in the fire of Rev. 20 as occur in the fire of I Cor. 3. But only I Cor. 3:15 tells us the marvelous outcome of God’s fiery judgment of every man’s work:
"If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: BUT HE HIMSELF SHALL BE SAVED, YET SO AS BY FIRE"!
There is the Scriptural destiny and outcome of Devine Spiritual Judgment—"SALVATION OF EVERY MAN." To be sure, "…Christ DIED for our sins" and "…and not for our sins only, but also for the sins of the WHOLE WORLD" (I Cor. 15:3 & I John 2:2), and so the penalty for all sin for all time has been paid in full. However… HOWEVER, paying the penalty for sin does NOT take the sin out of the sinner, it only pays the penalty. JUDGMENT is what takes the sin out of the sinner, and:
"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the HOUSE OF GOD…" (I Pet. 4:17).
And contrary to orthodox Christianity, there are two great periods of judgment. The first is with ‘the House of God,’ and the second is in the final judgment of the rest of humanity in the Great White Throne Judgment. Here are the options according to Paul:
"For if we would (1) judge ourselves, we should not (2) be judged. But when we are (1) judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not (2) be condemned (judged adversely) with the world (in the Great White Throne judgment)" (I Cor. 11:31-32).
Both judgments will bring salvation, but the latter is far more severe.
What a horrible, horrible doctrine this "only day of salvation" is. Do we really believe that not one in a hundred thousand students or professors in theological seminaries never bother to read other Versions or an Interlinear to learn the truth regarding this subject? Besides there are HUNDREDS of other verses that show God will have ALL humanity to be saved; hence this cannot be the only day of salvation. Read my "Lake of Fire" series for the Truth regarding these subjects.
It's ironic; the Church believes they are the only ones that will ever be saved, when in reality a simple check with the Scriptures (in my first point) clearly shows that many Christians will not be saved at all in this Church age. They had better hope and pray there is another opportunity for them to repent and be saved. Only a chosen elect few are to be saved in this Church age, whereas all humanity will be saved in the Second Resurrection to judgment, but that judgment will not be a walk in the park.