Re: What the Bible REALLY teaches:

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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:09:50 -0400,
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  Satan's Witness <[email protected]> wrote:
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LIES. Satan's Witnesses LIE about the meaning of "forever"

> EARTH FOREVER
> 3)-- Revised Standard
> Ecclesiastes 1:4  A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the
> earth remains for ever.
> 
> MEEK INHERIT EARTH
> 4)-- King James
> Matthew 5:5  Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
> 
> EARTH INHABITED FOREVER
> 5)-- JUB
> Ps 37:29  The righteous shall inherit the earth and live upon it for
> ever.


1) Forever means undefined horizons, not eternity without end:

Exodus 21:6

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him
to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear
through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

In this law, "for ever" is bounded by the physical life of the 
bondservant. He serves his master until his earthly life ends, 
demonstrating that the word refers to the duration of a lifetime rather 
than an endless eternity.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up
until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear
before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

Hannah describes Samuel abiding before the Lord "for ever," which refers 
to his ongoing service at the tabernacle throughout his earthly life, 
not an eternal, never-ending period of time.

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

This verse explicitly defines what Hannah meant by "for ever" six verses 
earlier. The text directly equates "for ever" with the phrase "as long 
as he liveth," proving that the term is bounded by human lifespan.

Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was
about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O
LORD my God.

Jonah was in the belly of the fish for only three days and three nights, 
yet he describes that period as being enclosed "for ever." This shows 
the word can describe a very short, finite period that carries a sense 
of total enclosure or completion within its setting.

1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

King Achish expected David to remain his servant "for ever," which 
simply meant for the remainder of David's living years under his authority.

Leviticus 25:46

And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to
inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but
over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
another with rigour.

Here, bondservice "for ever" refers to an ongoing legal status that 
lasts for the lifetime of the individuals involved, passed down through 
generations, rather than an unending state of being.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest
receive him for ever.

Paul contrasts Onesimus being gone temporarily "for a season" with being 
received back "for ever," meaning a permanent relationship for the rest 
of their mortal lives on earth.

As these passages demonstrate, the biblical use of "forever" 
consistently refers to an age, a defined duration, or the span of a 
person's life. Rather than signifying infinite time without end, the 
term marks a full, unbroken horizon bounded by the context of the situation.

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