ARE ALL EVENTUALLY GOING TO HEAVEN?
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Without
hesitation the answer to the question posed in today’s title is absolutely
positively no.
Early on in His incarnation Jesus said in response to Satan’s offer, and for all since to hear “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. “ (Mt.4:4; Lk.4:4) Toward the end of His embodiment Jesus declared before His Father, His followers, and all since to hear, read,and take careful note “… your word is truth.“ (Jn.17:17)
Early on in His incarnation Jesus said in response to Satan’s offer, and for all since to hear “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. “ (Mt.4:4; Lk.4:4) Toward the end of His embodiment Jesus declared before His Father, His followers, and all since to hear, read,and take careful note “… your word is truth.“ (Jn.17:17)
Looking to the
word of truth to answer today’s question I first share Jesus’ words recorded in
Matthew 25:46: “… these shall
go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.“
Whether rendered “everlasting”
or “eternal” in your favorite English translation or version, in the Greek it
is most often αἰώνιος ; aiōnios; ahee-o'-nee-os;
perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well): - eternal, for
ever, everlasting, world (began). (Strong’s)
So we see both
lost or saved, the result of “already condemned” status unaltered or trusting
Lord Jesus Christ as Redeemer, hell and heaven . . . are both perpetual. God’s
Word does not say eternal life, temporary condemnation.
αἰώνιος
; perpetual is in 43 verses in the 4 Gospels on thru Jude. Only once
each in Ephesians and 1Timothy did Apostle Paul use a different word. In Eph.3:11 ἀΐ́διος ;aidios; ah-id'-ee-os; everduring (forward and backward, or
foward only): - eternal, everlasting. In 1Tim.1:17 αἰών ;aiōn; ahee-ohn'; properly an age; by
extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world;
specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future): - age, course,
eternal, (for) ever (-more), [n-]ever, (beginning of the, while the) world
(began, without end). (Strong’s) But as you can clearly see, the meaning is the
same.
“everlasting” is seen 26 times
in the NT with the same meaning of perpetuity, forever, eternal.
Will everyone eventually enjoy
eternal life? Absolutely positively not says the Sovereign Creator and
Sustainer of one and all.
EBB4
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