That's not an argument. That's an attack. If you think my point is not valid, show me your evidence.
The changing perception of hell. - How do you define it?
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is this translation of Matthew 25:46 one of those? https://thetencommandmentsministry.us/ministry/ferrar_fenton/pdf/matthew.pdf
What church did Fenton belong to? I recognize some of those in the list.
I don't see the point. What I see is that you will take what Jesus says in all scripture and deny it and try to say it means something else. If you don't have ears to hear then it doesn't matter what I say or reference.
Proof is scripture from God speaking to create all things to God destroying all those that deny THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE (JESUS) and creating a new home for all His children and Him to live for eternity.
That's quite the accusation there, telling me that I'm not here to learn and that I'm interested in being right, more than knowing the truth. You must really think you know me.
Aionios mistranslated as "eternal" or "everlasting" in Matthew 25:46.
All these verses below use the same NT Greek word, "aionios", the Greek word mistranslated as "eternal" or "everlasting" in Matthew 25:46. See bold below. This shows that "aionios" cannot mean eternal or everlasting.
Matthew 13:22
The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 2:8
None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
Galatians 1:4-5 KJV
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Luke 18:29-30
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”
Compare: Matthew 12:32; Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; Luke 20:35; Ephesians 1:21
Aionios, the Greek word mistranslated as "eternal" and "everlasting" in the Bible (eternal hell?)
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Matthew 25:46 (YLT)
And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.
Earlier in that same chapter, and as part of that same parable, Jesus says this:
Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;
At first glance, you may think that reinforces the doctrine of hell, but does it?
First of all, notice that the word "everlasting" is more accurately translated as "age-during" (this translation from Youngs Literal Translation), which immediately throws into question the entire doctrine of eternal torment. Furthermore, this is a parable, so we need to be very careful with interpretation. We simply can not take anything out of it, such as "the fire" and assume it to be literal, anymore than we can assume that God will literally put wheat in his barn as explained in the parable of the tares. We have to assume that everything in a parable is a symbol for something else. Perhaps the barn is a symbol for blessings, and perhaps the fire is a symbol for hardship.
