SUMMARY

temple of God, showing himself as God. The mystery of godliness finds its goal in the exaltation of the Son of man,

the Son of God, with every knee bowing and every tongue confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God

the Father. The one mystery ends in destruction and is called `the LIE', the other ends in glory and is called `the

TRUTH'. Scripture declares that `no lie is of the truth', and the workers of iniquity, who have even cast out demons

in Christ's name, are repudiated by Him.

It is an absolute necessity to the doctrine of Universal Reconciliation that there shall be a deliverance from the

second death. We look in vain for the slightest hint of such a deliverance in the only book that specifically deals

with it by name (the Revelation), but we are told that such doctrine is not within its scope. There is however, we are

assured, one passage of Scripture which does definitely teach deliverance from the second death, and that is

1 Corinthians 15:26, `The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death'. An examination of the chapter reveals that

the only death that is in view is that brought in by Adam. This death is destroyed at the resurrection, as the

amplification shows that `death is swallowed up in victory'.  The new heavens and the new earth follow

immediately upon the casting of death into the lake of fire (Rev. 21). This same sequence is found in 2 Peter 3

where the new heavens, the new earth, and the day of God follow the burning up of the earth and its works, and the

passing away of the heavens. The end, that God may be all in all, i.e., `the day of God', follows hard upon the

destruction of the last enemy (1 Cor. 15:24-28). That last enemy is the death which came upon all men through one

man's sin.

There is no room in any of these passages for the resurrection from the lake of fire. If there be no deliverance

from the second death, there can be no such thing as universal reconciliation. Not one whose name is found written

in the book of life enters the second death. Satan's seed, those who worship the beast and receive his mark, these we

are distinctly told have not their names written in the book of life. Here is the final division of the two seeds. The

`tares' are burned in the fire; the `wheat' are gathered into the barn. The very order is important. The tares are

destroyed first. Those who teach a resurrection from the lake of fire at long last must either deny this order, teach

that the burning of the tares changes them into wheat, or believe that the manifestation of the sons of God is

indefinitely postponed.

Universal reconciliation is an attractive doctrine. Its attractiveness is its bait and its snare. The `comfort' some

receive from it is no more proof of its truth than is the `comfort' received from the traditional idea that our loved

ones who have died are now consciously in glory. Doubtless `Christian Science' made the Bible a `new book' to

many, but it is nevertheless a doctrine of demons. We have but one test for truth; it must stand four-square with `all

In the pages of this booklet we have sought to indicate what we believe is the truth of God. We have no personal

quarrel with individuals, and apart from answering any legitimate questions that may arise out of this treatise we

shall take no further notice of either the erroneous doctrine or any who propagate it. Because this particular error

compromised our own stewardship we felt obliged to deal with it and show our own position. We trust nevertheless

that the truth may be seen all the clearer for the moment of conflict.

To all to whom this witness makes its appeal as truth we earnestly commend this booklet, trusting that many will

be able to use it in the fight of faith.

`I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that

NO LIE IS OF THE

TRUTH' (1 John 2:21).