FOR FAIR USE AND EDUCATION AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES



When Bible words are misinterpreted by translators, doctrines come out completely different than what they were first intended to be taught by God.

In some of the first Bibles printed, there was no such word as "hell" contained within their pages. And in some Bibles, such as the "Rotherham's Emphasized Bible" (which I presently have and refer to frequently), the word "forever" is almost always translated as "age-abiding" or "ages"....

If nobody has ever brought this to your attention before, then how would you know?? I have NEVER heard this from any Pastor in any church I've ever been to...and I've been to a LOT!!

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF LINKS THAT MAY EXPLAIN MUCH ABOUT THIS DOCTRINE THAT HAS BEEN TERRIBLY PERVERTED THROUGH MISTRANSLATIONS OF THE WORDS "FOREVER" AND "HELL"....It's time to learn the truth so we can understand how truly wonderful, and merciful our Lord God really is....


http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/articles/further-study/eternity/


Small piece of the link article:

So what if the Greek word aion has been erroneously translated “eternal” instead of “age”? What does that have to do with everlasting punishment? It has everything to do with it, since one of the key texts used in defense of the Augustinian view of hell is Mt. 25:46: “And these will go away into everlasting [aionian] punishment.” If this passage as translated here is accurate, then I would have to admit the Bible teaches that punishment is forever. But what if it is not? What if aion does not mean “everlasting”? What would that do to the “biblical support” of an infinite hell? It would negate the use of any verses resting on the word aion used in its defense.

Consider how the following translations word this phrase:

¨ Young’s Literal Translation: “punishment age-during.”

¨ Rotherham Translation: “age-abiding correction.”

¨ Weymouth Translation: “punishment of the ages.”

¨ Concordant Literal Translation: “chastening eonian.”

These reputable translations use the word “age” and not “eternal.” These two concepts are diametrically opposed to one another. They are not the same by any means. An age has a beginning and an end; eternity does not.



And another GREAT one by Dr. Larraine Day:


http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/forever2.htm


Piece of the link article:


How Long is an Eon?

The word "eon" just designates that it is a period of time, with a definite beginning and a definite end. It is NOT eternity, as eternity has NO end! Each eon appears to be a different length of time. But one thing is certain, every eon is a VERY LONG period of time. The shortest eon that the Bible speaks of is the millenian eon (the fourth eon) and that is 1000 years long. The second eon, from creation to the flood, was at least 1600 years long and the present eon, from the flood until the Second Coming of Christ, is at least 4000 years long.

So, we have reason to believe that the last eon (the fifth and final eon) will be AT LEAST 1000 years long and possibly longer! Christians have the impression that the wicked will be resurrected, judged and "thrown in the lake of fire" in a very short period of time, --- maybe minutes, hours, days, weeks or months. Really, no one gives it much thought. Everyone is just under the impression that it will all happen quite rapidly.

But if billions of people are going to be "eternally lost" as most Christians believe, and God's going to resurrect billions of wicked people just to "judge" them, then kill them again, supposedly to prove to them that He was right all along (Have you ever stopped to ponder what kind of a God would do that?), then wouldn't God allow each person to have at least a few minutes individually in front of the Great White Throne, before God "eternally" destroys them? Is that too much to ask? After all, we're told that each person is so precious to Jesus that He would have died on the cross for "just one person," and that we're much more important than the sparrows that He assures us He watches over.

Or are billions of people going to be resurrected and judged as a gigantic, impersonal mass of humanity, then communally consigned to the fire to die all over again, but this time in an excruciatingly painful way?

In addition, the wicked will HAVE to be resurrected in better bodies (but not "glorified" bodies as the righteous have) than they had when they went down into the grave, as some were brain-dead in comas on life-support when they died, some died with Alzheimer's, and some were burned to death in accidental house fires. They're at least going to have to be restored to such a degree that they can understand what the "judging" is all about.

What would it prove to have a comatose patient, or a person with Alzheimer's placed before God at the Great White Throne Judgment? That would be stupid. God wouldn't do that. The "judgment" would be nonsensical and meaningless if the person being "judged" couldn't understand what was going on.

******************

When did the Christian "body of Christ" stop using it's THINKING PROCESSES!! If your Pastor told you the sky was purple with pink polka dots, would you believe him? Or would you CHECK IT OUT FIRST??

Everybody, individually, is responsible for his/her own beliefs. When at the JUDGMENT BY OUR LORD, you cannot turn to your Pastor and blame him/her for YOUR beliefs. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEARCH OUT THE TRUTH in ALL Bible matters.....especially one this important!!


Arlene