TruthNotBS
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The first quotes are disconnected, without chapter or verse references. There Yeshua is either referring to the destruction of the wicked, which has an eternal outcome, or the punishment which lasts an aeon. In the end all things will be reconciled to YHWH and chaos/Satan, will be defeated. Disorder will be replaced with Divine Order.Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Lake of Fire is anything but eternal:
it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
These will go away into eternal punishment
“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels
My wrath will go forth like fire
And burn with none to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”
‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
As far as our immortality:
John 5:24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life”
So that we don't produce an understanding on a word in a verse, the main theme of the Bible is an eternity with God. It is covered and described everywhere throughout. Forever, for eternity, eternal life, crossed over from death to life, everlasting, immortal. imperishable. incorruptible, infinite, indefinitely...
If you are correct, and all of those examples mean an eon, then after an "age", God also dies, because He is also described as eternal and forever in the Bible.
The term you use is a science term we use here on earth. On earth we have linear time. God's watch is set on eternal time.
So answer this, if God made the angels eternal, would He not make His children eternal also? Our life here is described as merely a vapor in God's time. Not even a second of eternal time would have past and we would been here and gone. What sense would that make from God's viewpoint?
We are made in the image of our Father. We are eternal beings.
Your version of the final state of humanity is one where 99.9% of YHWH's human creation is kept alive by YHWH in a state of eternal torment, because they didn't convert to the correct brand of Christianity or managed to believe in the Messiah. That's not good news, that's horrible news. Only people with dead hearts can enjoy heaven while their parents and children are being tortured. This version of YHWH's justice is a slander to His character.
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