What happens to God’s enemies in the end? I mean, the end of the ages of time, the consummation. Whether a creature, principality, philosophy, power or death itself—what happens to all of God’s enemies in the end?
THEY ARE ABOLISHED! Done away with, rendered inoperative, no longer in existence in God’s creation. I’ll get to the scripture in a moment.
Why, then, do Christians glorify God’s enemies as lasting forever? How can something that is abolished exist forever?
The problem that most Christians have is that they apply to ‘forever’ what is ‘temporary.’ They make God’s enemies last ‘forever’ when scripture says God’s enemies are temperol. The Christian would have God’s abolished, inoperative, non-existent, temporary enemies hold God separate from His creation…forever!
Giving ‘glory’ is to give praise and honor for a notable achievement. The ‘notable achievement’ for God’s enemies is keeping people apart form God forever when God sent His Son to reconcile all of His creation. This is heresy in the highest order. No enemy achieves anything for eternity when faced with the cross of Christ. All these enemies will be placed where they belong…at Christ’s feet.
What would happen if the Christian knew that God’s ememies exist for a period of time and for a specific purpose and once that purpose comes to pass, then so does the enemy itself? Well, they would know God and scripture.
You see, anything that keeps a human being separate from God is an ‘enemy’ of God. Therefore, if scripture says that all enemies of God are eventually abolished, then it is impossible for these ‘enemies’ to continue to separate creatures from their Creator.
25 For He must be reigning until He should be placing all His enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy is being abolished: death.
27 For He subjects all under His feet. Now whenever He may be saying that all is subject, it is evident that it is outside of Him Who subjects all to Him.
28 Now, whenever all may be subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also shall be subjected to Him Who subjects all to Him, that God may be All in all.) -1 Corinthians 15: 25-28
So here we have definitive scripture that says all of God’s enemies will be abolished or destroyed. Death is the last one to be abolished so that means that all other enemies go before. Let’s take a closer look at what the word ‘abolished’ actually means in the Greek translation.
The Greek word for abolished is Katargeo and it means to abolish, to nullify, to render ineffective, to bring to an end, to make inactive.
katargeó: To abolish, to nullify, to render ineffective, to bring to an end
Original Word: καταργέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katargeó
Pronunciation: kat-ar-GEH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-arg-eh’-o)
Definition: To abolish, to nullify, to render ineffective, to bring to an end
Meaning: (a) I make idle (inactive), make of no effect, annul, abolish, bring to naught, (b) I discharge, sever, separate from.
I’ve heard ridiculous arguments like, “Yeah, God’s enemies are abolished but the damage is done and whoever rejected Christ is lost forever.” Well, in this case, rejection of Christ driven by the adversary is an enemy of God. Therefore, in this line of thinking, the effects of this ‘enemy’ still remain because people are separate from God BECAUSE OF THIS ENEMY. As a result, the enemy was not truly abolished. The abolition of enemies means that THE EFFECTS and THE ENEMY itself no longer have a hold on God’s creation.
God declares His enemies abolished, yet the Christian says that God’s enemies are effective and in operation forever.
It is dishonest to say that God’s enemies are abolished but what the ‘enemy’ did still remains. The truth is that the enemy and all that the enemy has done is gone forever. You see, 1 Corinthians 15: 55-56 does not just talk about Christ’s victory of death. It taunts the ‘sting’ of death as well. So, Mr. Christian, how can even one of God’s creatures be dead and separated from God forever? If even one person has this fate then the ‘sting’ of death is still in operation.
The sting of death is sin and this death, sin, and every enemy of God is eventually abolished through the victory of the cross.
The Christian simply does not believe in the power of the cross and in God’s complete abolition of all His enemies. God annihilates His enemies without annihilating a single creature.
Some hard core religionists would say, “it was YOUR choice to reject Christ,” implying that human decision determines a man’s fate. However, this decision would be AN ENEMEY OF GOD. An enemy that is abolished. But yet, the religionist says it lasts forever. You can’t have it both ways.
You can’t have the truth of scripture and hold on to the lie that God’s enemies and their effects are going to last forever.
GOD’S ENEMIES ARE ABOLISHED BY MAKING EVERY CREATURE PERFECT THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS!
- SIN is an enemy of God and will be abolished, Christians say that sin will and its effects will remain forever in hell or annihilationism.
- DEATH is an enemy of God and is the last enemy to be abolished, Christians say that death will remain forever in the lake of fire (second death).
- UNBELIEF or REJECTION OF CHRIST will be abolished when God is All in all, Christians say this UNBELIEF AND REJECTION and/or its effects remain forever.
- BAD BEHAVIOR will be abolished by our Christ given immortality, Christians say that bad behavior and its effects remain forever.
Scipture does not say that God’s enemies will only be abolished in a certain group of people. As if God would save only part of His creation and the enemy will retain the rest forever. What kind of victory would that be? No, it says that God’s enemies will be abolsihed completely and totally. That is victory. That is the cross of Christ. That is God.
In Conclusion, God’s enemies were not created to stand against Him forever, but instead to bring greater joy and fulfillment to His creatures once they are abolished. God’s enemies serve as part of the creative process God uses to perfect all mankind, without which, Christ never would have been introduced to the world.
This is why scripture says that God created evil (Isaiah 45:7) and this experience on earth is an experience of evil (Ecclesiastes 1:13). Without the enemies of God, then what need would there be for Christ? The enemies and their effects are there for Christ to overcome. It is the Christian and the religious person that says these enemies will remain.
Those that choose Christ do not abolish God’s enemies for themselves as the enemy remains on the rest of creation. No, No, No… 1 Corinthians, chapter 15 eplicitly details how Christ will wipe ALL ENEMIES from existence by PERFECTING ALL CREATION effected by God’s enemies and turning every enemy into a friend.
May we believe the power of the cross to nullify every enemy!
Grace and peace to you all.
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