To the Christians who believe in ‘everlasting damnation Who’s Your God? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Let’s see As you know of course the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has endless LOVING kindness! Psalm 136:26 “Give thanks to the God of heaven , For His lovingkindness endures forever .” - Legacy Standard Bible Please pay close attention to the inflection “ lə·‘ō·w·lām ” of #5769 above, which means “ endless ”, “ non-stop ”, “ always ”! Please, also see how this inflection around God’s permanent kindness appears in the following verses as well: Psalm 136:1 ; Psalm 100:5 ; Psalm 106:1 ; Psalm 107:1 ; Psalm 118:1-4 ; Psalm 138:8 ; Jeremiah 33:11 ; Ezra 3:11 ; 1 Chronicles 16:34 and 1 Chronicles 16:41 . There are still quite a lot. The LOVE of the God of the Bible for EVERYONE is ENDLESS! “God makes everything new” Revelation 21:5 “And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new .” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true .”” - Berean Standard Bible You, so-called ‘Christian’, where’s your ‘everlasting damnation’ here? Satan doesn’t want you to know the true Christ! As you ALSO SHOULD know of course, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has Declared the UNGODLY righteous! So, what then is the significance of the permanency of God’s loving kindness , both attributes reflected in every one of the verses above? It ILLUMINATES the LIE of the Satan, the quasi angel of ‘light’. Can ANY hermeneutic stunt refute Psalm 136:26 , as well as the rest above for that matter, at all? NO , NEVER ! God in His mercy reveals the Truth to ordinary folks and keeps it away from the learned, from those in the ‘ esteemed ’ academy . See below what Jesus thinks of the academy: Matthew 11:25 “At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned , and revealed them to little children .” - Berean Standard Bible Romans 4:5 “However, to the one not working , but believing on the One justifying the ungodly , his faith is reckoned for righteousness ,” - Berean Literal Bible The GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has ALSO created the ungodly with a role that fits the “evil” part of God’s creation, reflected in Isaiah 45:7 . God LOVES the ungodly and that is exactly why God grieved, having created man ( Genesis 6:6 )! So who falls under the “ungodly”? ALL humanity! We ALL keep on ‘sinning’, doing the wrong things on a daily basis! That is why Paul wrote AFTER Jesus’ resurrection that there IS NO one without sin [present tense] in Romans 3:10 ! Romans 3:10 “As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;” - New International Version Wait a minute, so why then does God declare the ungodly to be righteous in Romans 4:5 if all are still unrighteous? This is easy to answer. Paul wrote here from a carnal perspective. But God from HIS divine and gracious perspective does NOT SEE our unrighteousness anymore , for His own sake , since He has settled the bill for all sins through Jesus’ atoning death! This is what righteous faith is all about, the faith that proclaims ALL mankind to be now righteous in the eyes of God. And this is ALSO why NOT believing this is the unforgivable sin, that justifies immense punishment for these unbelievers , however, NOT eternally of course, but TEMPORARY , until they, through Jesus’ loving guidance ( John 12:32 ), have come to their senses and have washed their lie-stained robes white in Jesus’ Blood ( Revelation 7:14 )! Isaiah 43:25 “I, yes I , am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more .” - Berean Standard Bible Even Jeremiah in his time had a problem with the scribes of his era. Jeremiah 8:8 ““’How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?” - New International Version So then, what are the chances that what happened in Jeremiah’s time, is still happening today, besides didn’t God, through Solomon, prophetically say in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that what was will be again? Ecclesiastes 1:9 “What has been will be again , and what has been done will be done again ; there is nothing new under the sun.” - Berean Standard Bible So, let’s see if Ecclesiastes 1:9 holds water in present time, specifically when it comes to Jeremiah 8:8 above. For starters… God is a PURPOSEFUL God! The whole Bible reflects the purposefulness of God from Genesis 1:1 , right through to Revelation 22:21 and not only that, throughout the Bible God makes promises and He applies His purposefulness to fulfill each and every promise of His, Using ONE WORD to connect the two! The preposition “ἵνα”, i. e. “to” When it comes to GOD , their simply is NO room for the doubt-seeding subjunctive mood EVER to be sneakily attached to this word above, using modal auxiliaries, like “might” or “may” for instance! “ ἵνα “ translated into English is “to”, or “in order to” and “to” is always followed by an infinitive verb. And what do scribes do? They change the “to” to “that” wherever it suits them. Why? To make room for adding modal auxiliaries, i.e. to seed doubt around God’s unlimited atonement at Golgotha! Why? Because they believe in the lie of eternal damnation and are therefore bias scribes! Simple as that! Let’s see examples below of modern day scribal discrepancies John 17:2 “For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him .” - New International Version John 17:2 “since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.” - English Standard Version When it comes to the salvation of humanity... Let’s see how differently they handle “ ἵνα – hina ” ( #2443 ) here than otherwise. An excellent example is below where “ judge ” ( krinē ) and “ save ” ( sōthē ) both are following “ ἵνα ” immediately afterwards. Here they deliberately translated the second “ ἵνα ” as being “ in order that ”, rather than “ to ”. Why? Because then they are ‘allowed’ to add the modal auxiliary verb “might”, giving the salvation the doubt-seeding subjunctive mood. Convenient, isn’t it? Because, had they translated the same “ ἵνα ” as being “ in order to ”, then they would have had NO other option than to apply the infinite verb “save” as well. In order to save simply makes salvation here a done deal and this is absolutely NOT what they want to express at all. So there you have it! John 3:17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world , but so that the world might be saved through Him.” - New American Standard Bible John 3:17 “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” - New International Version John 3:17 “For God did not send His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” - Berean Literal Bible How do you know when scribes believe in everlasting damnation? Just go to any Bible version and check out their translators . See for yourself the statements of faith of the theological institutions they are associated with. This clearly explains the casuistic strategies in the plethora of articles published around threatening sticky verses, like Jeremiah 8:8 for instance. With regard to Romans 4:5 , quite expectedly they don’t even touch it, let alone trying to sophistically force focus away from righteous faith . But, deception must be, besides, who will question the prized academy. Whoever you are, if you say you believe in the God of the Bible, but at the same time you believe that He has ‘an everlasting damnation’ in store for billions, then you do NOT believe in the GOD of the BIBLE at all, but rather in the god of this world ! Let’s see what Paul says about those not proclaiming his Gospel: 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 “ 3  And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” - Berean Standard Bible Irrespective of the fact that no one of us is beyond the Sovereignty of God, thus having NO say in any of our actions, it is not to say that we will not have to give account for each trespass of us and each careless word we speak. Notwithstanding the fact that God’s ultimate LOVE will fill the universe in a never ending fashion, His interim purpose with evil is still here now and it’s no use questioning Him for that. Please read Romans 9:18-23 very carefully, compare all versions and see for yourself how many of them portray God’s power as being doubtful, taken into account all the “ mights ” there. Mr. Adversary doesn’t like it one bit to have God’s infinite power portrayed, simply because he himself wants all the glory. There’s NO better way for him to subtly put God’s power in question than using scribes! Matthew 12:36 “But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.” - Berean Standard Bible What day? A specific day in God’s appointed time for everyone. What judgement? The noun “ κρίσεως – kriseōs ” - #2920 ). This day can be any day in God’s framework. Likewise, to be judged by God can be at any time in His framework as well. We see this with Paul being judged ( verb “ κρίνω – krinó ” - #2919 ) by God in his lifetime already, without having to face Christ (together with the world), Christ being the Lake of Fire Himself, His judgement of ultimate discipline! 1 Corinthians 11:32 “But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world .” - Berean Standard Bible Paul and his followers repented , were BAPTISED   IN   THE   TRUE   CHRIST and will therefore be spared God’s final rod of correction, meant for the ungodly in the Lake of Fire. The ungodly? Yes, those who persisted in rejecting the unlimited atonement of Christ. Christ will draw them to Him during that period of great distress ( Revelation 7:14 ). Professor Doctor Scribe, with all being said above and in the event of God indeed opening your eyes and you come to your senses, will you have the guts to openly admit it and leave your cushy job behind you and trust the Christ of this website to put bread on your table? Or, will you rather keep quiet for sheer fear of being excommunicated from your prestigious theological institution? John 12:42 “Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him ; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue .” - Berean Standard Bible Should you decide on the latter, then please read Revelation 21:8 below, especially when it comes to the “ cowardly ”. Revelation 21:8 ““But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone , which is the second death.”” - NASB 1995 There’s still time, how much though, nobody knows. But, let’s for a moment go back to the “ condemned ” and the “ world ”, mentioned in 1 Corinthians 11:32 above. First of all the “ condemned ” reflects judgement worthy of punishment. “ World ” reflects the universe, or the inhabitants of the world. This verse means that Paul and his followers were NOT going to be punished with the rest of the world, as they (Paul and his followers) were the first elect and got   their   punishment for their trespasses while still alive on earth. Why? Because they believed in the true Jesus Christ who already saved all mankind. What’s more, they were baptised within this Christ and therefore received the Holy Spirit ( Acts 2:38 ). Just for the record, see below which Christ Paul and His followers worshiped and in whom they self-explanatorily were baptised: 1 Timothy 4:10 “To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone , and especially of those who believe.” - Berean Standard Bible To clarify the “ and especially of those who believe ”-- Jesus is ALSO the Saviour of all others , those who do NOT even know about their salvation through Him [yet], i. e. those who are still unbelievers and what’s more, those who were not baptised within this Christ of Paul. Paul and his followers were buried in water baptism within their Christ’s Name as testimony of having taken part in His death ( Romans 6:4 ) and having risen from out the water again, as symbol of having taken part in His resurrection into a new vivified life with a new heart and a new spirit. Ezekiel way back already prophesied what Christ was going to do in the verse below: Ezekiel 36:25-26 “ 25  I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” - New International Version See what John says about the quickened life a new spirit brings: John 6:63 “It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life .” - New American Bible ‘Christian’, you who become mute the moment Hans-Joachim and I enthusiastically talk about Christ who died for- and saved ALL humanity at Golgotha, does your silence reflect a new heart with zeal? No, not at all! Why would that be? There is ONLY one reason for this and that is simply because you have NOT received it. It goes further. Since you do NOT believe in Jesus’ salvation for ALL, you do NOT believe in the Jesus of the Bible and therefore your baptism was in vain . Therefore you have NOT received the Holy Spirit! Luke 3:22 “and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in a bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven: "You are My Son, the beloved; in You I am well pleased."” - Berean Literal Bible