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It has been brought to my attention that a thread should be presented on the question of w long is For Ever, and Ever Lasting?”more to the point of this issue is the meaning and Biblical usage of the words translated “for ever”, “ever lasting”, “eternal” and “eternity”. If forever means endlessly, then what is the meaning of such expressions as “for ever and ever”, or as the phrase is sometimes translated, “from everlasting to everlasting”? Unfortunately the post-apostolic church borrowed the idea of innate immortality from Greek philosophy and super-imposed the same upon the Scriptures. From the Latin Vulgate...