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We have had this discussion before, nowhere is eternal (aidios) used, other than that which relates to God himself.
Remember, Jude 6-7, the fire is for an age, while the word eternal (aidios) relates to his power and divine nature?
aionios is definitely used in John 3:16 and in Matthew 25:46.
That's not what I said, few overcome the false teaching and walk the narrow path in this life.
So, you were making your statement apart from its source in Matthew 7:13-14...
Mat 7:13, Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14, Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Apparently you think that the destruction that Jesus is speaking of is only temporal.
Well, we know this much...at the very least it applies to the sinner for an entire age...
I think that, in that, we are talking more than a millennium.
So, you were making your statement apart from its source in Matthew 7:13-14...
Mat 7:13, Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14, Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Apparently you think that the destruction that Jesus is speaking of is only temporal.
Well, we know this much...at the very least it applies to the sinner for an entire age...
I think that, in that, we are talking more than a millennium.
An age can be as little as a day, a lifespan or that of a thousand years.
An age can be as little as a day, a lifespan or that of a thousand years.
Most ages in history have generally lasted for more than 1,000 years.
It does bring up a question, however.
We are currently in the age of grace; which will be cut short by the Great Tribulation.
Does age-abiding life only last until the age of grace is over?
I think that that is a scary prospect.
Because, according to John 5:24, "age-abiding" life begins from the moment of first faith.
So, whatever age you are in when you receive age-abiding life, when it is over, your life is over.
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