Happy Monday and welcome back to the podcast today. I am. I'm going to batch several questions

together all on the same Bible texts of Colossians 120 different themes, but same text of Colossians

120. Here's the first one from John a listener to the podcast from Mullen Bimbi, Australia,

Mullen Bimbi. Sure, I butchered that somewhere in Australia, Pastor John. Hello. What does it mean

that God reconciled to himself all things, whether in heaven or on earth, and why did he need to

reconcile all things to himself? Listener named Ryan writes in to Pastor John, a friend of mine and

I have been discussing Colossians 120 and the reconciliation of all things in heaven and on earth

making peace by the blood of the cross. What does this mean for those who are not elect? There's

Colossians 1 19 to 20 allude to a reconciliation from both elect and non-elect alike. Many things from

eight long time listener and a listener named Lake writes in Pastor John, I understand that the earth

needs reconciliation, but what's in heaven needing reconciliation? So also asks Vicki in Dayton, Ohio,

Pastor John Colossians 120 seems to imply that not just earth, but also heaven has been reconciled to

God. The ladies in my Bible study group can't agree here. Something Paul means the general

universe. Others think he means the actual heavenly abode of God. We are wondering which is correct.

It would seem to me that when the devil originally sent, he contaminated heaven. Therefore part

of Christ's Atonement also cleansed the heavenly sanctuary. Maybe is that consistent with scripture?

So a lot of questions on Colossians 120. Yeah. Well, let's get the text in front of us. This is

Colossians 1 19 and 20. In Christ, all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and through Him

to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His

cross. So the questions our listeners are raising revolve mainly around what it means that God

through the ministry of the divine Christ will reconcile to Himself all things. The phrase

all things raises the question of universalism for a lot of people. That is, will every person,

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