In what manner has/will Christ suffer ETERNALLY
I didn't say that He did. I asked the question.
I'm merely pointing out that there could be a different way of looking at things which precludes the necessity of saying that if Christ bore Hitler's or Juadas' sin then Hitler and Judas must be in Heaven.
The truth of limited atonement stands or falls on that assumption.
He suffered "once for all time", not many times,
No one said that He suffered many "times" nor even asked the question concerning whether He did.
By the way - eternal suffering is no more suffering "many" times than eternal life is living "many" times.
But even so --- the passage is talking about the earthly suffering and not necessarily something within the Godhead itself.
.....certainly not for an eternity.
How could you possibly know what goes on on a cosmic scale between the eternal Father and the eternal Son unless you have been told?
God has chosen to leave that doctrine in the dark at least for now.
Apart from Him, all will suffer eternally for their sins, but He won't (and He does not today
).
No -
ALL things were created by the Word of God, for the Word of God and in the Word of God all things consist.
I say again -
ALL things. That includes you, me, Satan, the angels Hitler, Judas, Heaven and Hell.
God is infinite and omnipresent. Omnipresent means everywhere including Hell.
God's Word creates and sustains all things and He always will.
Nothing exists or ever will exist, in the way you incorrectly say, "
apart" from the Word of God.
The Lion and the Lamb are said to exist
IN the throne of God. That is likely eternally.
I have no iside knowledge as to how things work within the eternal Godhead and neither do you and neither do "limited atonement" proponents. I have never claimed otherwise.
Apparently 5 point Calvinists have an inside track on things which the rest of us must merely marvel and wonder at.
If there are other possible ways to see thing- then there is absolutely no reason to apply so called human ligic to the issue and call the atonement "limited".
The idea that if Jesus died for the sins of the entire world then all
must be saved is not logically necessary.
My only point is that we should not go beyond what the scriptures say in teaching dogma. Limited atonement does exactly that.
Before someone accuses me of doing that very thing - I have not taught dogma on this subject only pointed out that there are other ways of seeing things possible.
I long to look into these things just as you all do. Apparently though, 5 pointers think they have the inscrutible things of God all figured out.