Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the intended meaning or your exegesis, yip, fess up a clear case of imposing your agenda on scripture. Look there are heaps of scriptures which state that the wicked shall suffer destruction or shall be cut off, but no, you would like to perpetuate the myth that eternal punishment means eternal torment. You cannot EPi take a scripture in isolation like this and use it as a front for some church dogma.
the intended meaning or your exegesis, yip, fess up a clear case of imposing your agenda on scripture.
No, the intended meaning of the word is clear by its usage; the word itself,
kolasis. That word doesn't mean "to cut off." You are the one imposing your agenda on scripture. I'm trying to save it from your willful acts of linguistic nonsense.
You cannot EPi take a scripture in isolation like this and use it as a front for some church dogma.
This scripture is not in isolation.
If anyone wants to see an example of someone imposing his agenda on scripture, then watch robbie tackle the following:
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Matt. 8:12, "but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness;
in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (
weeping and gnashing of teeth implies consciousness).
Matt. 13:41-42, "The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire;
in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (
weeping and gnashing of teeth implies consciousness).
Rev. 14:9-11, "And another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or upon his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."”