So, you're suggesting that both have eternal life, one in the Lake of Fire., and one in Paradise? I know, in your interpretation, "Eternal Life" is not what those who are alive in the Lake of Fire with immortal bodies possess. Just what do they possess, then?
FWIW, eternal punishment can also be read everlasting-final-absolute punishment, which is irreversable.
John, in Rev20:14, states "Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death."
Is death and Hades destroyed, or tortured forever as well? What does Second Death mean, anyway?
John 3:16 16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Hebrews 10:27 "but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God." I suppose you think "perish" and "consume" actually means kept alive and tortured forever?
The idea of the immortality of the Human soul is not biblical, rather, it's hellenic. God ALONE is immortal, (1 Tim 6:16).
Jude 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
Sodom and Gomorrah were consumed, and are no longer in torment.
jimmyray, I asked you a fair & reasonable question. Well, more than one, but I’m most interested in your answer to the question re: degrees of punishment. In your reply, you asked a lot of questions. You pointedly did not answer mine. First, answer my question, please. Give me a chance to see what you think about degrees of punishment, and give me a chance as well to respond. Then we can move on.
Thank you in advance.