Philippson, Israel Religionslehre (11:255). ... For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Farrar, Mercy and Judgment, p. 378, Since aion meant "age," aionios means, properly, "belonging to an age," or "age-long," and anyone who asserts that it must mean "endless" defends a position which even Augustine practically abandoned twelve centuries ago. He will never cease to be. That gives ceaseless confidence! Is everlasting life the same as eternal life? John 17:3. V, p. 48. He is the eternal Spirit of goodness and truth – comfort, love and grace. has not developed a special term for "eternity." Time: The O.T. III, p. 369) Eternal, everlasting--nonetheless "eternal" is misleading, inasmuch as it has come into the English to connote the idea of "endlessly existing," and thus to be practically a synonym for "everlasting." |, The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, An Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, 6201 University Avenue, NE Fridley, MN 55432. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. 1, p. 542, art. Gives infinite of all resources.! Even if aion always meant "eternity," which is not the case in classic or Hellenistic Greek-- aionios could still mean only "belonging to eternity" and not "lasting through it. This is our God, purposeful, wise, loving, and almighty, His Son our Lord a triumphant Savior, Who destroys His enemies by making them friends. God is an everlasting God - He is without beginning and ending. The O.T. The context tells which is meant, but in both cases the subject is very distant and possibly perpetual. are not acquainted with the conception of eternity as timelessness. Ellicott's Commentary on the Whole Bible. In this chapter we'll examine God's self-revealed name -- Yahweh, I AM THAT I AM. The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. New Living Translation The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. It is impossible that anything should take place before everlasting times. Copyright © 2007 - 2021 Revision World Networks Ltd. Our entire life is visible to God immediately, Time is bound up in creation but does not affect God, Link with Greek thought – the world of the forms where the forms are eternal and unchanging, God is unchanging and timeless, he is not bound by space and can be everywhere at once, Time is something introduced by God and he is not subject to it, Aquinas and Anselm – God exists outside time – he cannot change so cannot be in time, God would be subject to change in He was within time, God is not a physical being like us so is not subject to change, Contradicts scripture  - the Bible speaks of God promising and remembering, A timeless God would not be able to love as He is immutable so is not affected by anything, God is beyond human understanding so we are limited by language – Aquinas stated that we cannot fully talk about God as he is beyond our limited comprehension, He has always existed and always will exist, God exists without end at all points in time, It is difficult to see how God could be in time and not be affected by creation and hence change. Price: $19.98. Etymologically this adjective, like others similarly formed, does not signify "during," but "belonging to" the aeons or ages. But this is not an adequate rendering of aionios  which varies in meaning with the variations of the noun aion from which it comes. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. If Jesus was created, he cannot be God. The sense of the word "everlasting," in application to future punishment, is considered in the article PUNISHMENT, EVERLASTING. Everlasting is a synonym of eternal. The idea of eternity runs like a lofty mountain range through the Bible. (Page 72) In 1 Cor. The Rabbi teach no eternity of hell torments; even the greatest sinners were punished for generations. Jesus was claiming to be eternal, just as His Father is eternal. Please Note: This product is purchased in bundles. 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