I've noticed the studies put forth on this subject always seem to leave out one of the biblical phrases (relating to this word):
"unto the ages [plural] of the ages [plural]" (what we call "forever" / "eternity" / "eternal" / endlessness, etc),
found in the following verses:
--Galatians 1:5; Philippians 4:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 2 Timothy 4:18; Hebrews 13:21 ("[to Whom] be glory _____" ; "be honour and glory _____" )
--1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 5:11; Revelation 1:6 ("to Him/Whom be glory/praise/dominion ____")
--Revelation 1:18; Revelation 4:9; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 15:7 ("I am alive ____" ; "[Him] Who/that liveth ____" ; "God, Who liveth ____" )
--Revelation 5:13; Revelation 7:12; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 22:5 ("and unto the Lamb ___" ; "be unto our God ____" ; "and He shall reign ____" ; "and they shall reign ___" )
[which ones of the above look to be saying something like "long-but-limited-time-period"?]
"unto the ages [plural] of the ages [plural]" (what we call "forever" / "eternity" / "eternal" / endlessness, etc),
found in the following verses:
--Galatians 1:5; Philippians 4:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 2 Timothy 4:18; Hebrews 13:21 ("[to Whom] be glory _____" ; "be honour and glory _____" )
--1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 5:11; Revelation 1:6 ("to Him/Whom be glory/praise/dominion ____")
--Revelation 1:18; Revelation 4:9; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 15:7 ("I am alive ____" ; "[Him] Who/that liveth ____" ; "God, Who liveth ____" )
--Revelation 5:13; Revelation 7:12; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 22:5 ("and unto the Lamb ___" ; "be unto our God ____" ; "and He shall reign ____" ; "and they shall reign ___" )
[which ones of the above look to be saying something like "long-but-limited-time-period"?]
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death....when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption 1Cor.15:26,54
--[and in the 3 verses usually "under question"] Revelation 14:11 [regarding those who receive the mark and worship the beast and his image,];
Revelation 19:3 [regarding the judgment of "the great whore"];
and... Revelation 20:10 [regarding "the devil" and where "the beast and the false prophet" already are/have been for the 1000 yrs [and "These two cast ALIVE into" Rev19:20] before Satan/the devil is thereafter "cast into the lake of fire" where, it says, "they [plural] shall be tormented day and night [that is, continually] ____"; and the same place that [of "the dead [/unsaved of all times]" ] "whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into" also (see Psalm 69:28 where TWO DISTINCT things/actions [/writings] are named)]
[21x total, I believe]
Now, as far as SEQUENCE goes (relating):
--Isaiah 24:21-22[23] has TWO "PUNISH" words SEPARATED [time-wise] BY a specific time-period... so it goes like: "1) shall be PUNISHED... and after many days... 2) shall be PUNISHED" ; which correlates precisely with...
--Revelation 19:19,21/16:14-16/20:5 [regarding the time of His Second Coming to the earth (note: not our Rapture)]... then [sequentially] the 1000 yrs [i.e. "and after MANY DAYS"/"the rest of the DEAD lived not again UNTIL the 1000 yrs were finished" (i.e. at the GWTj)]... then [sequentially] the Rev20:11-15 GWTj [regarding "the DEAD [/unsaved of all times]" who had NOT been "resurrected" at the time ALL SAINTS were done being "resurrected" IN TIME FOR the MK age (before it commenced, 1000 yrs before this point in the chronology)]
The last 3 (of the phrases "unto the ages [plural] of the ages [plural]" ^ [of 21x total] ) all pertain to "judgments" taking place at [/surrounding] that 1st of TWO "PUNISH" words (at the time of His Second Coming to the earth FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY MK age [singular], except for "the devil/Satan" who will be put into the "prison" for the 1000 yrs, per Rev20:7 [still a "PUNISH"]), which is the first step (if you will) of the final carrying out of the sentence (at the later GWTj [2nd "PUNISH" word in Isa24:21-22(23)], re: "the DEAD [/unsaved/unrighteous]" of all times)
[21x total, I believe]
Now, as far as SEQUENCE goes (relating):
--Isaiah 24:21-22[23] has TWO "PUNISH" words SEPARATED [time-wise] BY a specific time-period... so it goes like: "1) shall be PUNISHED... and after many days... 2) shall be PUNISHED" ; which correlates precisely with...
--Revelation 19:19,21/16:14-16/20:5 [regarding the time of His Second Coming to the earth (note: not our Rapture)]... then [sequentially] the 1000 yrs [i.e. "and after MANY DAYS"/"the rest of the DEAD lived not again UNTIL the 1000 yrs were finished" (i.e. at the GWTj)]... then [sequentially] the Rev20:11-15 GWTj [regarding "the DEAD [/unsaved of all times]" who had NOT been "resurrected" at the time ALL SAINTS were done being "resurrected" IN TIME FOR the MK age (before it commenced, 1000 yrs before this point in the chronology)]
The last 3 (of the phrases "unto the ages [plural] of the ages [plural]" ^ [of 21x total] ) all pertain to "judgments" taking place at [/surrounding] that 1st of TWO "PUNISH" words (at the time of His Second Coming to the earth FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY MK age [singular], except for "the devil/Satan" who will be put into the "prison" for the 1000 yrs, per Rev20:7 [still a "PUNISH"]), which is the first step (if you will) of the final carrying out of the sentence (at the later GWTj [2nd "PUNISH" word in Isa24:21-22(23)], re: "the DEAD [/unsaved/unrighteous]" of all times)
The GWT judgment is synonymous with the judgment seat of Christ. The unrepentant are tormented at this time, because their sinful lives are being exposed. "Day and night forever and ever" pertains to the entirety of their past, the examination of them, which has an end.
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