THE 3
GLORIES OF HEAVEN
Gay Salvation I keep hearing the running - debate: "can gay believers go to heaven if they continue their sexual lifestyle?" As much as I applaud the efforts of all debaters, I must bluntly tell you that there can be no resolution outside of first understanding certain basics of God's Triple-Glory Kingdom. There are several passages of scripture that are classically used to tell 'gay-people' that they must change their life-style or lose their salvation. And, on the surface and without knowing better, these passages do seem to be saying that certain conduct will cost you your salvation. To understand the true message of these passages, we must first understand a few foundational truths about God's Triple-Glory Kingdom.
In light of these truths,
let's review some of the subject passages. "Do you not know that the wicked will not
inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral
nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor
the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the Kingdom of God."
1 Cor. 6:9,10. "the acts of the sinful nature are obvious : sexual immorality,
impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage;
selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I
warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the
kingdom of God." Gal. 5:19 - 21. "He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the
second death." Rev. 2:11. "He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in
white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name
before my Father and his angels." Rev 3:5. "The City... Nothing impure will ever
enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose
names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life." Rev. 21:23, 27. "Blessed are those
who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may go through
the gates into The City. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic
arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and
practices falsehood." Rev. 22:14, 15. "He who overcomes will inherit
all this..." Rev. 21:7 These passages make it very clear what the requirements are to attain to the Third-Glory (aka The City, the New Jerusalem, inheriting the Kingdom,the prize of the high invitation, election, approval, etc.). These passages do not refer to basic Outer-court salvation through Christ's substitutionary death. But, having been denied
entry into The City, they will still retain their basic salvation.
Christ is able to save to the uttermost! However, compared to God's glorious full
reward, the eternal reward of those who remain resistive to God's correction will
be substantially less, and possibly even totally burned-away. 1 Cor. 3:10-15. Which leaves us with the final question: what will be the eternal abode of everyone who is denied entry into God's fabulous 3rd Glory? An easily answered question: ...the immense Outer Court, that can easily accommodate all those who believe in Jesus Christ as their savior, but choose to resist God's further truths, His Holy Spirit, and His scourging. (see Heb. 12:5-8) And, this is why I keep
saying that God's Triple-Glory concept of Heaven is ingenious: God, foreknowing the
huge variation of response from mankind, has structured His Kingdom to accommodate all the
various types of believers, and reward them accordingly.
CALVINISM Calvinism (the concept that
God chooses who will be saved, and who won't) is another example of single-glory
eyesight. John Calvin recognized a fabulous truth. Various scriptures absolutely teach
that God approves certain people. But those scriptures concern the
entry-requirements of the 3rd Glory ONLY... not all of heaven. Calvin’s mistake was
that he didn't understand that there are 2 other Glories. Calvin would have us limit
mankind’s potential eternal destiny to merely "election or hell." But,
mankind has 4 potential landing places: hell, or any of the 3 Glories of Heaven. 1 plus 3
equals 4. Calvin only recognized 1 plus 1.
In conclusion, 'the gay-salvation debate',
and 'Calvinism' have a similarity. Both are man-made theological problems. Both resulted
from failure to understand the 3 Glories of Heaven, and the entry requirement of each
Glory.
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