The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War

by Joshua Ryan Butler

DOES JESUS’ SURPRISE IN JUDGMENT MEAN THE CHURCH IS IRRELEVANT? By no means! It is precisely the church that Jesus weeds out of and gathers into. Jesus’ surprise in judgment magnifies, rather than marginalizes, the church as his body and bride.