Page 14 - Gods Plan of the Ages

Christ is given ruling authority for the purpose of bringing peace to the entire creation.
Yahshua is called "the Prince of Peace." He has been given the power to subject all things
to Himself. He will rule until He accomplishes the purposes of the Father. The end will
come only when the Father is "all in all." Every former enemy will be ashamed. They will
confess that they have found in God both righteousness and strength.
Christ has the power to reconcile ALL THINGS to Himself. Will He not employ this
power to its full extent? Most certainly He will. Christ "must reign till He has put all
enemies under His feet." What then of the church's doctrine that the enemies of God will
be put into a fiery lake of eternal torment? Such doctrines are a product of not
understanding the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
In the book of Revelation we read that "Death and Hell (Hades) are cast into the lake
of fire." Christians have been taught that the duration of the souls of men and angels in the
lake of fire is eternal. This is not what the Scriptures teach. The lake of fire is synonymous
with "the second death."

Revelation 20:14
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake
of fire.

The apostle Paul has written that death must come to an end before Yahweh's plan
of the ages has been concluded. Let us look at Paul's words once more, highlighting the
pertinent section.

I Corinthians 15:25-28
For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be
destroyed is death. For "He has put all things under His feet." But when He says "all
things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.
Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject
to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

Death, even the lake of fire which is "the second death," cannot continue on eternally.
The work of death among the creation will be brought to an end when all things are
reconciled back to the Father. The lake of fire, death itself, exists to serve a purpose in the
fulfillment of Yahweh's plan. They are to bring an end to sin and rebellion. When all things
are subjected to the Father then death will be no more. The wages of sin is death. Where
there is no longer any sin there is no longer any death.

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death for all time, and Yahweh God will wipe tears away from all
faces...

One of the greatest declarations found in the Bible is that mercy ultimately triumphs
over judgment.

James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over
judgment.