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Why did Jesus call it everlasting then?
Matthew 25:46 "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
That's a good question. Some say the Greek word translated as eternal, doesn't really mean eternal, but that's problematic.
But then again the whole passage is problematic because in it Jesus is literally saying the way out of the eternal punishment and into eternal life, is helping someone out. Giving someone something to eat or drink and likewise.
And most everyone has ended up doing such during their lifetime. So going by that most everyone is getting eternal life. Unless the whole thing, including the part about eternal life vs eternal punishment, is all just figurative language.
My bringing that up really upsets those who want the eternal punishment part to be 100% literal, but of course insist the part that leads to eternal life must be 100% figurative.
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