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2006/1/18

Aidios (again)

@ 09:59 AM (31 months, 15 days ago)

J. W. Hanson does a great job of clarifying the difference between aion and aidios and explains the use of these words by classical writers.  Well worth the read if you are still wondering whether or not Jesus taught "eternal" punishment.  This idea was common among many pagan religions of that day but clearly was not taught by Christ or His apostles.  If "aionios" meant "eternal" or "everlasting" surely it would have been used in that way by the writers of that day.  If "aidios" was the word found to signify "everlasting" or "eternal" in the writings of scholars during Jesus lifetime on earth, why did he not use it if he truly meant "eternal" rather than using the words "aion" and "aionios", words which were consistently being used to mean "a period of limited duration" by other writers. 

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2006/1/11

More on Forever, Eternal, and Everlasting--Aidios, Aion, Olam

@ 10:51 AM (31 months, 22 days ago)
The following is quoted from Andrew Jukes' book "The Restoration of all Things" Chapter 8 in which he quotes also quotes J.W. Hanson who wrote "The Bible Hell".

Without a doubt, the single most important interpretive aspect of the doctrine of universal reconciliation is found in the understanding of the Hebrew word olam and the Greek word aion.

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