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#5 Jesus on Hell Matthew 25:31-46

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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?s ... ersion=NIV
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

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. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Verse 46 says they will go away to eternal punishment but the righteous to eternal life.

If 'go away to eternal punishment' means annihilation then why presume 'righteous to eternal life' means eternal life?

There are two eternal destinations, hell and heaven being expressed in verse 46.

Isn't it biased to say eternal punishment is not eternal but eternal life is eternal life?

According to those that believe in annihilation and that the Bible doesn't teach hell, why do they interpret the first half of verse 46 as non-literal and the second half as literally?
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Re: #5 Jesus on Hell Matthew 25:31-46

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Checkpoint wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:43 pm
PinSeeker wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:47 pm
myth-one.com wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:27 pm So nonbelievers live forever?
That depends on what you mean by true 'life' and true 'death.' God's definitions are what matters.
What are God's definitions, and where are they?
Um, I'll just say, "Clearly different than those of... some of the posters on this forum." :D

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Re: #5 Jesus on Hell Matthew 25:31-46

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PinSeeker wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:58 am
Checkpoint wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:43 pm
PinSeeker wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:47 pm
myth-one.com wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:27 pm So nonbelievers live forever?
That depends on what you mean by true 'life' and true 'death.' God's definitions are what matters.
What are God's definitions, and where are they?
Um, I'll just say, "Clearly different than those of... some of the posters on this forum." :D
Um, that's why we need to have God's definitions clearly spelled out. Rather "than those of... some of the posters on this forum."

Therefore, I repeat my question: "What are God's definitions, and where are they?"

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Re: #5 Jesus on Hell Matthew 25:31-46

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Checkpoint wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:54 pm "What are God's definitions, and where are they?"
I was going to let this go, but the last thing I want ~ meaning I don't want this at all ~ is for you to feel slighted or ignored by me in any way. So I'll speak to this question, but I'm going to do a bit of consolidation, here, if you don't mind. To see my response to Tam in another thread, because it fully applies to your question, click here:

viewtopic.php?p=1050845#p1050845

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