What is universal salvation and what are we being saved from?
Universal salvation and eternal life are real; we receive them when we first and foremost make a connection to God, followed by the living experience of loving connections with our brothers and sisters. Jesus came to reveal God to humankind. Jesus is a Savior in the sense that he shows us the way of salvation. Salvation from what? Salvation from poor choices and wrong living, salvation from the separation from God we feel when we suffer the consequences of these poor choices and wrong ways of living. The word ‘sin’, correctly translated, means to ‘miss the mark’, like when someone shoots an arrow toward a target and misses the mark. Jesus has taught us how to make good choices and to live righteously; he taught us how to become whole again. Salvation is a moment by moment, day by day, ongoing, wisdom enhancing movement. Salvation produces correction and rehabilitation. This is the natural and universal law that we must all live by and that Jesus came to deliver. Jesus’ life for us port
