I’m sorry - I mis-read what you said about eon and eonian and eternal and eternity. You are right.
I plan to post some additional ideas later on today. In the meantime, let me just say that it is my considered humble opinion that death is definitely not a blessing. It is a punishment as God stated. Plus, when our Lord Jesus Christ sent forth the 12 disciples in Mat. 10:8 and told them to raise the dead, etc., if death is such a blessed thing, who would want to be delivered from it? Death, being the companion of sin, is placed into the same category as sickness, leprosy and demons. Doesn’t sound like a blessing to me at all. In 1Cor 15 Paul said death is an enemy to be destroyed. If I am going to be ushered into the presence of God, I expect it will be with my friend, Jesus, and not my enemy, death. Jesus is the life. I prefer Jesus.
Let me drop my “bombshell” as an indication of what I am working on for my next book. The truth of the kingdom of God has been lost because the truth of the second coming of Christ has been superimposed upon it. These are two separate distinct periods of divine activity, the coming kingdom of God, followed by the second coming which results in the “Parousia” of Jesus Christ.
No need to apologize. I feel that many haven't really comprehended what I wrote. The context of verses and passages are not considered by most people in these short posts. Speaking of "eternal and eternity," most people, every time they see that term used in the Scriptures immediately think of "without end." They can't imagine it being anything but that..but, we have to understand, they were taught that all their lives, and find it hard to realize that it doesn't actually mean what they think it means. Those Latin terms first appeared in the Scriptures when Jerome used them in place of "aion and aionios." Even the "Old Latin" translations before Jerome didn't use it (and they will not accept the idea of an earlier version of the Scripture written in Latin as quoted by Tertullian).
I plan to post some additional ideas later on today.
I'll look forward to that.
In 1Cor 15 Paul said death is an enemy to be destroyed. If I am going to be ushered into the presence of God, I expect it will be with my friend, Jesus, and not my enemy, death. Jesus is the life. I prefer Jesus.
Well said. Death is to be destroyed, just as recorded in Rev. 20:14. When individuals (and churches) say that those thrown into the lake of fire, which is the second death, and then deny that death is the ceasation of life, I wonder what they make of the statement that death itself is going to be destroyed? And if death itself is going to be destroyed in the lake of fire, what death will those thrown into the same place be? Will it be a "living death" that goes on forever, or will it be their execution? Not a single person so far has been able to explain to me what the punishment of the unredeemed is going to be, and then back that up with what Jesus and His apostles say. It's very frustrating, to say the least. BTW, I'm not making up that phrase "living death," I hear it all the time from those who deny death is death when it comes to judgment day; In fact, most funeral services speak in tones that the deceased is not really dead - that the deceased is NOW in heaven with Jesus! I just can't go along with that kind of mentality - it is anti-biblical.
Let me drop my “bombshell” as an indication of what I am working on for my next book.
Sounds interesting....keep us advised.