First let me show you that even Dr. Strong defines “aion”two DIFFERENT ways:
1. Strong’s Greek Dictionary, p. 9, #165 aion, age, course, eternal, ever, evermore, without end.
BUT, notice this from Strong’s SAME Greek dictionary:
2. Strong’s Greek Dictionary, p. 78, #5550 chronos, a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a FIXED OR SPECIAL OCCASION; and from 165 [AION], which denotes a PARTICULAR PERIOD OR INTERVAL…”
There it is: Aion, a PARTICULAR PERIOD OR INTERVAL. This definition is correct, as is his first definition, “Aion, an AGE“.
Here then is absolute proof from the Scriptures themselves that an aion is an AGE or a PARTICULAR PERIOD OR INTERVAL:
There was time BEFORE the aions (I Cor. 2:7, “BEFORE the eons”). Therefore, NOT eternal .
God MADE the aions (Heb. 1:2, “MAKES the eons”). Therefore, NOT eternal.
There were aions in the PAST (Col. 1:26, “hid FROM eons”). Therefore, NOT eternal.
This PRESENT age is called an aion (Gal. 1:4, “the PRESENT wicked eon”). Therefore, NOT eternal.
This PRESENT age will come to an END (Mat. 24:3, “The END [or conclusion] of the eon”). Therefore, NOT eternal.
There is coming another aion AFTER this present aion (Luke 18:30, “the eon TO COME”). Therefore, NOT eternal.
There are, in fact, coming multiples or FUTURE AIONS (Eph. 2:7, “the ONCOMING AIONS). Therefore, NOT eternal.
Some aions are even contrasted with OTHER AIONS (Eph. 3:21, “the eon OF the eons”). Therefore, NOT ETERNAL.
All aions will come to all their ENDS (I Cor. 10:11, “the CONSUMMATIONS [plural] of the eons [plural].” Therefore, obviously not possible to be eternal!
Now there is Scriptural proof. We don’t need Webster’s Dictionary and we don’t need Strong’s Lexicon. The Scriptural usage of the words “aion” “aions” and “aionios” prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Greek “aions” are NOT English “eternities.”
This is not my or someone else’s opinion. THIS IS PROOF. You have just seen the PROOF in your own bible. You cannot continue teaching that God will torture most of humanity in some fabled hellhole of fire for all eternity, when God says that it is His will (and God will perform ALL of his will, desire, word.
“ALL MY DESIRE WILL I DO” Isa. 46:10–11
to save ALL MANKIND (I Tim. 2:4, ALL John 12:3)
EVERY KNEE AND EVERY TONGUE Phil. (2:10-11)
in Christ shall ALL BE VIVIFIED (Cor. 15:22),
ALL MANKIND (Rom. 5z:19)
a ransom for ALL to be testified in DUE TIME (I Tim. 2:5-6)
yet he SHALL BE SAVED yet thus, as through FIRE (I Cor. 3:15)
God Who is the Saviour of ALL MANKIND (I Tim. 4:11)
the WORLD may be saved through Him (John 3:17)
And HE is the propitiation for our sins; and not for our sins only, but also for the SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD (I John 2:2)
conciliating THE WORLD to Himself, NOT reckoning their offenses to them (II Cor. 5:18-19)
God, Who is the SAVIOR OF ALL MEN (I Tim. 4:10)
“THESE THINGS COMMAND AND TEACH” (II Tim. 4:11).
How do you interpret Matthew 21:43-44? Specifically “crushed.” Also, it appears Mat 29:36 contradicts anihilism. Jesus’ own words support eternal damnation. Thoughts?
I’m not too certain on anihilism since that doesn’t seem to be too clear. However, this verse seems to suggest that:
Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Eternal damnation:
Not eternal since the punishment is “few stripes” or “many stripes” (Luk 12:47, 48)
And some have “greater” than others, thus longer or shorter – “greater damnation” (Mat 23:14)
Fire is symbolic of purging not a literal hell:
Luk 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.