Did the Lord Jesus Proclaim Final Universal Reconciliation?

Not explicitly. In His ministry on earth, Jesus Christ was sent exclusively to the house of Israel (Matthew 15:24), to proclaim to them the promised Kingdom and the coming eon. What comes after that does not belong to the themes of His preaching.

Yet there are enough statements in the Gospels (and, for that matter, also in the OT) in which this truth is hidden. For example, in the statement that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. Or that the good shepherd seeks what is lost until he finds it. Etc.

An explicit mention of an all-encompassing salvation, vivification, and mutual reconciliation is found only with “the apostle of the nations.” With Paul, therefore. He, more than anyone else, was permitted to preach the breadth, length, height, and depth of the love of God in Christ (see, among others, Ephesians 3).

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