You claim the universe in all its constituent parts has been saved, but yet you believe that a portion of mankind (which is also a part of the universe), will be consigned to eternal death! How can this be?
First, it is not my claim. First and foremost it is what has been delievered once to the saints for all time. Man is never consigned to hell other than by his choice. God merely passes judgement of what man did with the Gifts of Christ. We do not hold the view that God predestined man either to heaven nor to hell. Neither does the Bible.
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The salvation of mankind from death and sin, in your scheme, does not guarantee for any man salvation from the death that is the consequence of sin.
It guarantees every man eternal immortality. But it does not guarantee consequence of the penalty of sin if man choses to ignore God and His call to repent. Christ freed all men to be able to chose, the same as Adam, instead of being held eternally in the judgement of Adam and his one sin. Physical death has been conquered for all men. Our physical death is but a passing into immortality at the last day. Spiritual death is still a reality for all men in their lifetimes.
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If we have already been ransomed and the devil is defeated, how is it that we may be taken captive by the devil again?
Christ conquered Death. Satan no longer has dominion over death. However, spiritual death is still a reality because Satan still exists in this world. We need not be held by him if we so chose. But that is the whole purpose of living the Christian life. To live IN Christ and to overcome the devil and his temptations and wiles.
