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Arminianism and Calvinism are named after men who were dominant proponents. Calvinism could also be called Augustinianism. Christian universalism does not have one single dominant proponent.

Arminianism
1. God is love.
2. God loves all people.
3. Christ died and rose for all.
4. God gives man free will.
5. God is not sovereign.
6. God is not the author of sin; beings with free will are the authors of sin.
7. God wants to save all but cannot due to man's free will.
8. Hell is real and literal.
9. Those who God cannot save; He sends to hell forever.
10. Although God created hell, He is grieved by it.
11. There is a dichotomy between God's love and eternal hell. Although the Arminian tries to explain this dichotomy, he cannot. The Arminian does not have a credible answer.

Calvinism / Augustinianism
1. God is not love.
2. God is sovereign.
3. God is the author of sin. He has chosen everything that has happened.
4. God does not give man free will. Man is little more than a robot.
5. God is not motivated by love. He is motivated by what gives Him pleasure. God is the supreme narcissist.
6. Christ died and rose for a few who were chosen arbitrarily. The majority of humans were born to be damned.
7. Theologically, calvinism is closer to islam than Christianity.
8. Hell is real and literal.
9. God is not grieved by hell. It gives Him pleasure.
10. While Arminianism portrays God as loving, but weak (and bipolar), calvinism portrays God as a monster.

Christian Universalism
1. God is love and God is sovereign.
2. God loves all people.
3. Christ died and rose for all.
4. God gives man free will.
5. God is not the author of sin; beings with free will are the authors of sin (but since God is sovereign, He takes responsibility).
6. Man has free will, but God's intellect, personality, character, and will are infinitely superior to any human or angel. Created beings can only fight God as long as He permits it. When God says “stop,” the fight ends.
7. Hell is real, but the fire is not literal.
8. As in Arminianism and calvinism, the majority of humans are going to hell.
9. The fire of hell is God's purging the rebellious of sin so that they can become decent human beings and inhabit Heaven. Once the rebellious have been purged and brought to sincere repentance, hell ends.
10. There is no dichotomy between God's love and hell. Hell is an act of love.
11. The difficult question that the Christian universalist must answer: If God is love and God is sovereign, why does He permit evil? The answer: God did not create man to be a robot or an eternal child. God gave man the chance to live, struggle, and mature. We were created to share Heaven with God as semi-divine beings, who willingly choose the good because we have seen and rejected evil.

(I will admit that this explanation does not work for many people. But it works for me because it fits reality. The people who reject this explanation will have to go on struggling. And I consider their struggle a waste of time. In the end, we have to admit reality and deal with the world as it is. Evil is real. God is real. The atheistic belief that the universe created itself is absurd and, frankly, stupid. The calvinist belief that their god created evil and pleasures himself with it is not only disgusting, but contradicts the Bible on every level. The Christian universalist explanation is the only one that fits the world we live in.)

The upcoming Great Tribulation serves a purpose similar to hell. The Great Tribulation and the final collapse of human civilization will be an indispensable part of human history. The Great Tribulation will be the Great Purging.

Arminianism: God loves, but fails to achieve His goal, which is the salvation of humanity. He becomes angry and lashes out.

Calvinism: God is a weirdo and a monster. He gets what He wants, and what He wants isn’t good.

Christian Universalism: God is perfect. God is good. God is love. And what He desires is the salvation of the entire human race. In His sovereignty, He fully accomplishes His goal through His only begotten Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Biblical Passages that Support Universalism:

John 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I John 2:2 And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Romans 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

2 Corinthians 5:5 And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him Which died for them, and rose again.

2 Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him:

Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of His Cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

1 Timothy 2:3-4 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

I Timothy 2:6 Who gave Himself a ransom for all.

1 Timothy 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, Who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Luke 15:

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Didn’t Jesus say, “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal”?

The word translated as everlasting is from the Greek aion meaning an age. The wicked will go to hell for the age to come.

How long is the age to come? Jesus didn’t say.

But it will last as long as it needs to. Jesus spoke of hell, “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”

The fire is relentless. It will not be put out with water or smothered. It will only quit burning when there is no more fuel.

Most of us have heard of the life review from the near death experience. God shows a person every event of his life and how it affected others. The person sees the good, the bad, and the ugly. The life review is a transformative experience.

But the life review is for those who are ready to listen and learn. Will hitler, stalin, mao, obummer, bill gates, dementia joe, klaus schwab, soros, fauci and antichrist get a simple life review? It is for them that Jesus said “the fire is not quenched.”

For these new world order types, the age to come may last a hundred million years. I wouldn't know. But I would not want to be in their place.