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As a latecomer to this am not sure what all has been posted but it would seem to me that when the Word says eternal it means exactly that. Revelation must just be a fairy tale if it ismt eternal. And while you look at hell and the lake of fire you should also look at outer darkness and explain to me how it is not eternal. Do we get a chance after death to acept Jesus? Is it once saved alwaus saved? All are saved in the end? I believe none of these but it is the path that is being tread.
The fallacy I see with this lays in it is appointed unto men once to die and we know from Jesus teachings that after death it is to late to accept and recieve Him, we also know from scripture that there are wicked servants who are sent away ( in other words rthose that were saved and baptised with power)God doesnt change and the God of the Old is also the God of the New, there is nothing temporal at all about judgement. For we will all be judged, whether it is at the Judgement seat of Christ or the Great White Throne judgement is up to us.Welcome to the thread! The problem is that the Word doesn't say eternal in regard to punishment or the lake of fire. It is a mistranslation of the Greek aionios. This error was started by Augustine who knew little Greek. Aionios is a temporal term. An aion has a beginning and an end. Young's Literal uses "age during" instead. Past posts on this thread go into more detail.
No one can come to the Son unless the Father draw him. It's up to God to decide the time and place. For some it's this life, this place. For others it may be a different age and the lake of fire. His plan is for all men to be saved and for God the Father to be the All in All. (see past posts for scriptural references).
These issues have been addressed in this thread.As a latecomer to this am not sure what all has been posted but it would seem to me that when the Word says eternal it means exactly that. Revelation must just be a fairy tale if it ismt eternal. And while you look at hell and the lake of fire you should also look at outer darkness and explain to me how it is not eternal. Do we get a chance after death to acept Jesus? Is it once saved alwaus saved? All are saved in the end? I believe none of these but it is the path that is being tread.
Welcome to the thread! The problem is that the Word doesn't say eternal in regard to punishment or the lake of fire. It is a mistranslation of the Greek aionios. This error was started by Augustine who knew little Greek. Aionios is a temporal term. An aion has a beginning and an end. Young's Literal uses "age during" instead. Past posts on this thread go into more detail.
No one can come to the Son unless the Father draw him. It's up to God to decide the time and place. For some it's this life, this place. For others it may be a different age and the lake of fire. His plan is for all men to be saved and for God the Father to be the All in All. (see past posts for scriptural references).
The fallacy I see with this lays in it is appointed unto men once to die and we know from Jesus teachings that after death it is to late to accept and recieve Him, we also know from scripture that there are wicked servants who are sent away ( in other words rthose that were saved and baptised with power)God doesnt change and the God of the Old is also the God of the New, there is nothing temporal at all about judgement. For we will all be judged, whether it is at the Judgement seat of Christ or the Great White Throne judgement is up to us.
NO ONE IS DENYING THAT THERE IS JUDGEMENT. ADAM AND CAIN WERE JUDGED, BUT GOD DIDN'T STOP DEALING WITH THEM.
PLEASE PROVIDE SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE STATEMENT THAT AFTER DEATH IT IS TOO LATE TO ACCEPT AND RECEIVE HIM. WE'VE HAD THIS CHALLENGE THROUGHOUT THE THREAD, BUT SO FAR, NO TAKERS.
WE BELIEVE GOD IS THE SAME IN THE OT AND NT AND THIS THREAD CONTAINS NUMBEROUS OT SCRIPTURES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE TEMPORAL ASPECT OF HIS PUNISHMENTS AND JUDGEMENTS. WOULD YOU PROVIDE SCRIPTURES THAT SHOW HE PUNISHES FOREVER? THESE WOULD BE SCRIPTURES NOT BASED ON AION OR IT'S COGNATES.
As already shown, this line of reasoning is not entirely accurate, as God's goodness and glory is not temporal, yet use the same Greek terms. So if you say aion has a beginning and an end, can you tell me when God's glory started and when it will end?
Matthew 25:46-NLT
They will go away into eternal punishment,
but the righteous will go into eternal life.
AIONIOS DOES NOT MEAN ETERNAL. SEE MY PREVIOUS POST WITH EXCERPTS FROM MARVIN VINCENT'S WORD STUDIES. (ALSO THE THREAD HAS DISCUSSED THIS VERSE AD NAUSEAM, INCLUDING THAT THE GREEK WORD USED FOR PUNISHMENT IS KOLASIS, MEANING REMEDIAL, NOT RETRIBUTIVE PUNISHMENT.)
ON SECOND THOUGHT, I HAVE VINCENT'S ON ANOTHER WINDOW, SO WILL INCLUDE HIS REMARKS ON THIS VERSE:
Zoe aionios eternal life, which occurs 42 times in N. T., but not in LXX, is not endless life, but life pertaining to a certain age or aeon, or continuing during that aeon. I repeat, life may be endless. The life in union with Christ is endless, but the fact is not expressed by aionios. Kolasis aionios, rendered everlasting punishment (Matt. 25:46), is the punishment peculiar to an aeon other then that in which Christ is speaking." (JESUS SUPPORTS THIS IDEA WHEN HE SAID IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN THAT ETERNAL (AGE DURING) LIFE IS KNOWING GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST WHOM HE HAS SENT, CLEARLY REFERRING TO QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY)
Revelation 14:9-12-NLT . . .
They will have no relief day or night,
for they have worshiped the beast
and his statue and have accepted
the mark of his name.
WE ARE NOT CLAIMING THAT THE LAKE OF FIRE IS A CAKEWALK.
Revelation 20:15-NLT . . .
Anyone whose Name was Not Found
Recorded in the Book of Life
was Thrown into the Lake of Fire.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS VERSE. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT FOR ETERNAL TORMENT.
John 11:25-NLT . . .
I am the Resurrection and the Life.
Those who Believe in Me, even
though they die like everyone else,
Will Live Again.
WE AGREE WITH THIS GREAT VERSE, BUT IT'S NO ARGUMENT FOR ETERNAL TORMENT.
Isaiah 25:8-NLT . . .
HE will swallow up death forever!
YES, HE WILL. AND THAT INCLUDES THE SECOND DEATH!
Matthew 10:28 . . .
Dont be afraid of those who want to kill you.
They can only kill your body;
they cannot touch your Soul.
HOW IS THIS AN ARGUMENT FOR ETERNAL TORMENT?
Romans 6:23 . . .
The wages of sin is Death,
but the Free Gift of GOD is Eternal Life
Through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD!!
HOW IS THIS AN ARGUMENT FOR ETERNAL TORMENT?
Romans 2:5-6-NLT
But no, you wont listen. So you are
storing up terrible punishment for yourself
because of your stubbornness in refusing
to turn from your sin. For there is going
to come a day of judgment when God,
the just judge of all the world, will judge
all people according to what they have done.
WHAT POST ARE YOU REFERENCING? IN CHECKING SCRIPTURE THAT INCLUDES GLORY AND AIONIOS (KJV), I'M JUST COMING UP WITH THOSE THAT MENTION CHRIST JESUS. WHILE CHRIST IS THE 2ND PERSON OF THE GODHEAD AND WITHOUT BEGINNING, HIS INCARNATION AS JESUS DEFINITELY HAD A BEGINNING, AND THE GLORY THAT ACCRUES TO GOD FROM THOSE WHO ARE NEW CREATIONS IN CHRIST JESUS HAS A BEGINNING. WOULD YOU PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC SCRIPTURE(S) YOU HAVE IN MIND?
HERE ARE SOME EXCERPTS FROM MARVIN VINCENT'S WORD STUDIES ON AION AND ITS COGNATES.
"The word always carries the notion of time, and not of eternity. It always means a period of time. Otherwise it would be impossible to account for the plural, or for such qualifying expressions as this age, or the age to come. It does not mean something endless or everlasting."
"In the New Testament the history of the world is conceived as developed through a succession of aeons. A series of such aeons precedes the introduction of a new series inaugurated by the Christian dispensation, and the end of the world and the second coming of Christ are to mark the beginning of another series."
" Words which are habitually applied to things temporal or material cannot carry in themselves the sense of endlessness. Even when applied to God, we are not forced to render aionios everlasting. Of course the life of God is endless; but the question is whether, in describing God as aionios, it was intended to describe the duration of his being, or whether some different and larger idea was not contemplated." (VINCENT DISCUSSES THIS POINT IN GREAT DETAIL)
"There is a word for everlasting if that idea is demanded. That aiodios occurs rarely in the New Testament and in LXX does not prove that its place was taken by aionios. It rather goes to show that less importance was attached to the bare idea of everlastingness than later theological thought has given it." (ALAS, WE ARE THE VICTIMS OF THIS LATER THEOLOGICAL THOUGHT)
I RECOMMEND YOU CHECK OUT THE ENTIRE PASSAGE. IT IS EXCELLENT!AND VINCENT IS THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO BIBLICAL GREEK SCHOLARS.
And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever; and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast or his image, or whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
The story of Lazurus and the rich man comes instantly to mind and the gulf that could not be bridged. Also what about Jesus descending into hell, who left? It was the righeous side or paradise, not the demons or others that are in hell. If there is a second chance then why are there demons and angels chained innhell that will be cast into the lake of fire rather than when Jesus went there there would be those brought out.NO ONE IS DENYING THAT THERE IS JUDGEMENT. ADAM AND CAIN WERE JUDGED, BUT GOD DIDN'T STOP DEALING WITH THEM.
PLEASE PROVIDE SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE STATEMENT THAT AFTER DEATH IT IS TOO LATE TO ACCEPT AND RECEIVE HIM. WE'VE HAD THIS CHALLENGE THROUGHOUT THE THREAD, BUT SO FAR, NO TAKERS.
WE BELIEVE GOD IS THE SAME IN THE OT AND NT AND THIS THREAD CONTAINS NUMBEROUS OT SCRIPTURES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE TEMPORAL ASPECT OF HIS PUNISHMENTS AND JUDGEMENTS. WOULD YOU PROVIDE SCRIPTURES THAT SHOW HE PUNISHES FOREVER? THESE WOULD BE SCRIPTURES NOT BASED ON AION OR IT'S COGNATES.
Consider this also2 Corinthians 12:2-4 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knowethsuch an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
The tree of life is in the midst of God's Paradise. Where is the tree of life?Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
The tree of life is in Paradise on either side of the river that proceeds out of God's throne. Paradise is not part of hell.Revelation 22:1-2 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
As already shown, this line of reasoning is not entirely accurate, as God's goodness and glory is not temporal, yet use the same Greek terms. So if you say aion has a beginning and an end, can you tell me when God's glory started and when it will end?
Asfor paradise and the tree of life you have no argument from me but let me ask who did Jesus preach to in hell and what captivity did He take captive if not those that were righteous and beliieved in Him by faith before He came.Paradise cannot be part of hell. Paradise is in the third heaven.
Consider this also
The tree of life is in the midst of God's Paradise. Where is the tree of life?
The tree of life is in Paradise on either side of the river that proceeds out of God's throne. Paradise is not part of hell.
As to the story of Lazarus and the rich man, that is a good illustration. The rich man had no hope whatsoever.
And it deserves to be gone over again ...
There is no 'meat' here to be found here.
Scripture does not say He preached to anybody in hell. It says those He preached to were in prison, but not hell. He certainly set the righteous saints free from the hold that death had on them.Asfor paradise and the tree of life you have no argument from me but let me ask who did Jesus preach to in hell and what captivity did He take captive if not those that were righteous and beliieved in Him by faith before He came.
Matthew 27:52-53 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Yes everyone is going to heaven..Just not everyone is staying
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