The Question No One Can Answer

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Originally Posted by NotforSale

Eternal Damnation/Heaven of the New Testament is not found in the Old Testament. This my friend, is a problem, a Religious problem.

Say what?

From the KJV:

Heaven is used 313 times in the OT.

Heavens is used 108 times in the OT.

For ever is used 329 times in the OT.

For ever and ever is used 25 times in the OT.

Everlasting is used 65 times in the OT.

In Psalm 112:6, it speaks of God holding the righteous in an everlasting rememberance, i.e. eternal life in heaven.

In Psalm 145:13, Daniel 4:3, and Daniel 7:27, we are told God's kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom.

Indeed, Daniel 7, after speaking of the four beasts and the little horn, plainly states that God's Kingdom of Heaven is eternal (See Daniel 7:13-28).

Of special note is Daniel 7:18,

But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

Isaiah 45:17 speaks of God's everlasting salvation.

Regarding Eternal Damnation:

Psalm 9:5,

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:2,

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 66:24,

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

The Lord Jesus quoted this very verse three times in succession at the end of Mark 9 in reference to people going into "hell", i.e. Gehenna, or the Lake of Fire (See also Isaiah 34:1-10).

Jeremiah 23:40,

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

These are eternal condemnations pronounced against certain people by God.

All are Old Testament.

So is your statement accurate or would you like to withdraw?