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RE: The word was included because that is part of the whole picture that OTHERS paint into said picture that he is refuting.

Which OTHERS? Certainly not me.

Since you are arguing that punishment is not eternal, how can we glean it from THIS particular teaching?

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Since you are arguing that punishment is not eternal, how can we glean it from THIS particular teaching?

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We can’t. The argument that is being made is that this teaching is not about the eternal fate of the lost or the saved.

Those that use it as a literal story about our eternal condition are missing the point of the parable. That’s the point. That is not what the parable is about, whether the rich man in the story is there a year, an eternity, or just during superbowl weekend.