Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

The casting

Bible References

The casting

Romans 11:1
I ask, then, 'Has God rejected his People?' Heaven forbid! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

The reconciling

Romans 5:10
For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, much more, now that we have become reconciled, shall we be saved by virtue of Christ's Life.
2 Corinthians 5:18
But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--
Ephesians 1:10
In view of that Divine Order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in Heaven and on earth, center in him.
Colossians 1:20
And through him to reconcile all things to himself (making peace by the shedding of Christ's blood offered upon the cross)-- whether on earth or in Heaven.

But

Revelation 11:11
After three days and a half 'the life-giving breath of God entered these men, and they stood up upon their feet,' and a great terror took possession of those who were watching them.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and to those who took their seats upon them authority was given to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony to Jesus and because of the Message of God, for they had refused to worship the Beast or its image, and had not received the brand on their foreheads and on their hands. They were restored to life, and they reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.