" Then what does He "aim" at?
Dr. R. W. Dale tells us. He says: "Every man bears the image of God, and
was created to abide in the Home of God." Is not that direct and clear?
"Every man was created to abide in the Home of God." That was God's aim.
But is it "accomplished?" The orthodox view is that it is not. According
to that view there are untold millions of men who will never see "the
Home of God." Here is a manifest contradiction. Surely if "every man was
created to abide in God's home," and if every purpose of God will
infallibly be accomplished, there is salvation for the whole race.
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This question has a very direct bearing on the idea of Restoration. An
important section of the church believes that whoever is atoned for will
infallibly be saved; and no others. But as all men are not saved, to be
logical the framers of that system inferred that the Atonement is
limited in its extent. They had no idea of the Atonement operating
beyond this life; so their theory necessarily consigned the majority of
the human race to everlasting torment.
What a pity it was that they had not the larger view. Then there would
have been no logical need to limit the Scriptural idea of Atonement. In
that case, they would have to admit on their own ground that the
Atonement issues in the salvation of the whole race.
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