Sure there is. "Aionios" means "for an age".
Brimstone means "God's purifying incense".
Torment means "to be tested for purity".
Hell is "Gehenna" which is a place of fire....which in the bible is used of God's judgement and purification.
It's VERY biblical.
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MY ANSWERS;
1) I am not going to get into the "Age" thing with you, ages will end with earth, as we know it. Measuring time is for mans benifit.
2) According to webster, random house, and my bible dictionary, brimstone means a sulfurous rock, nothing more.
3) I find no definition of torment as you discribe either.
4) Gehenna is mentioned nowhere as a fire of purification, unless you think child sacrifice is some sort of purification. Or the burning of bodies and trash purifies. It is primarily thought of as a place for eternal burning of the dead.
Purification is only possible for salvation through the sacrificial blod of Jesus.
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Let's see what the bible says shall we?
Acts 15:9
He made no distinction between us and them, for he
purified their hearts by faith.
ANSWER: WHEN NOT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT IT DISCRIBES HOW GOD MAKES NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN GENTIAL OR JEW WHO HAS FAITH IN CHRISAT JESUS FOR SALVATION
1 Peter 1:22
Now that
you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.
ANSWER: THE TRUTH BEING HOPE AND FAITH IN GOD AND THE RISEN SAVIOR.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness.
ANSWER: IN CONFESSING OUR SIN TO JESUS HE FORGIVES US AND PURIFIES US TO BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, dear friends,
let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
ANSWER: THE SAME AS SAYING LET US STOP SINNING; ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR.
1 John 3:3
Everyone who has this hope in him
purifies himself, just as he is pure.
ANSWER: OUT OF CONTEXT AGAIN. VERSE 2 SAYS ".. BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN HE APPEARS, WE SHALL BE MADE LIKE HIM, ..." SO ANYONE WHO HAS HOPE IN JESUS WILL BE MADE PURE BY THAT HOPE.
So according to these scriptures, purification is:
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Acts 15:9 - by faith - ABSOLUTELY
1 Pet 1:22 - done by ourselves, by obeying the truth and loving others - SHOULD BE SRIVED FOR
1 John 1:9 - by confession of sins - ABSOLUTELY
2 Cor 7:1 - by getting rid of everything that contaminated body and spirit. - ABSOLUTELY
1 John 3:3 - by ourselves. WRONG, BY OUR FAITH (OUR HOPE IN CHRIST) WE ARE MADE PURE
THen we have this one:
1 John 1:7
But
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
purifies us from all sin.
This says only IF we "walk in the light" does the blood of Jesus purify us from sin. How many so called "Christians" do you know who don't "walk in the light"? It doesn't say "have faith" to be purified. It says to "walk in the light".
ANSWER: OH COME ON NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LIGHT IS? THE "LIGHT" IS THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST. YOU DON'T WALK IN THE LIGHT WITHOUT FAITH.
THe PROPITIATION was Jesus sacrifice. The PURIFICATION is another matter.
ANSWER: THAT IS A DANGEROUS STATEMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE PURIFICATION WITHOUT THE PROPITIATION OF JESUS.
"NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME"
That's not what the scripture says. It doesn't say "all men who lift him up are drawn" That is something you just made up. It says "IF I be lifted up (and He was, this was referring to the TYPE of death He was to suffer) I WILL draw ALL MEN unto Myself".
Big difference!--ANSWER: BIG MISTAKE
IF I LIFT UP (EXHALT) JESUS, I WILL BE DRAWN TO HIM.
THOSE WHO DO NOT EXHALT JESUS, WILL NOT BE DRAWN TO HIM.
And every second of the afterlife as well. It is the "eternal" gospel isn't it? Jesus did go and preach the GOSPEL to those who were DEAD didn't He?
ANSWER: NO, HE DIDN'T, HE PREACHED TO THE DEAD WHILE THEY WERE LIVING. A COMMON UNIVERSALIST MIS INTERPRETATION.
Didn't Paul tell the Athenians that God now commands all men EVERYWHERE to repent? Isn't "hell" part of EVERYWHERE? ANSWER: NO! THIS EVERYWHERE MEANT JEWS AND GENTILES AND ALL MEN OF THE EARTH.
Are you saying that if someone in "hell" repents that God won't show mercy?
ANSWER: I AM SAYING NO ONE WILL REPENT IN HELL. NO ONE WILL GO TO HELL LOVING GOD AND THEY WON'T LEARN TO LOVE HIM THERE.
When the bible clearly says that "mercy triumphs OVER judgement". Are you saying that GOd will cast off those souls in "hell" for eternity, when the bible says that God WILL NOT cast off forever, but WILL show mercy?
ANSWER: GOD WILL EXTEND MERCY TO THOSE WHO DESIRE MERCY, AND IT WILL LAST FOREVER. YOU DREAM OF EVERYONE DESIRING MERCY, GOD WOULD LOVE THAT, BUT HE KNOWS IT WON'T HAPPEN.
YOU EITHER LIVE ETERNALY IN GOD'S PRESENCE (HEAVEN) OR WITHOUT GOD (HELL).
THe bible says "obedience is better than sacrifice".
God wants EVERY heart.....and WILL have it. We limit God when we say He is not capable of working repentance in ALL MEN and drawing ALL MEN unto Himself....and once a man is drawn to God through repentance.....love is the result because spiritual blindness is gone.
