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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (10796)	2/15/2002 1:26:29 PM
From: Greg or e	Respond to of 28931

Thanks for that reply Andy. Let me just point out that if you place the two verses side by side, it is easier to see that whatever "eternal" means with respect to life, the same word is used to modify punishment. "my dad even said Matthew 25 indicates 'eternal flames' but not 'eternal suffering.'" I think you dad is talking about verse 41, but vs 46 is the summation, and it clearly equates eternal flames with eternal punishment, and likewise to "perish" is equivalent to receiving eternal punishment. The text, in context speaks for itself. I'll leave the last word to God. 41"Then he will say to those on his left, `Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." Jn 3:16 "For 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.