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→Infinite Time, or Eternity: + Old Testament and eternity
*Revelation 3:5 ("He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.")
*Revelation 3:5 ("He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.")
*Revelation 10:5-6 ("And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:...")
*Revelation 10:5-6 ("And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:...")
*Revelation 20-22 (Christ's victories and reign—Satan bound; the first resurrection, and millennial kingdom...Satan loosed; his last battle and defeat; the final judgment. Vision of the new creation and the New Jerusalem. Concluding admonitions, warnings and promises.)
*Revelation 20-22 (Christ's victories and reign—Satan bound; the first resurrection, and millennial kingdom...Satan loosed; his last battle and defeat; the final judgment. Vision of the new creation and the New Jerusalem. Concluding admonitions, warnings and promises.)<br><br>
To a much lesser extent, and with a narrower meaning, there are a few references to eternity in the [[Old Testament]].
To a much lesser extent, and with a narrower meaning, there are a few references to eternity in the [[Old Testament]].
'''Old Testament'''
*Job 38:1-13 (Jehovah's address to Job.)
*Psalms 9:5-8
**("Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
**"The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, the very remembrance of them is perished.
**"But Jehovah sitteth [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
**"And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.")
*Psalms 16:10-11
**("For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
**Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.")
*Psalms 33:10-11
**("Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
**The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.")
*Psalms 48:8,14
**("As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever... **For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.")
*Psalms 73:24-28
**("Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
**Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
**My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
**For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
**But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.")
*Psalms 90:2 ("Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.")
*Psalms 102:25-26
**("Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
**They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...")
*Psalms 104:5-6
**("Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.")
**Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.")
*Psalm 119:160 ("The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.")
*Psalms 146:5-6
**("Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
**Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;...")
*Proverbs 8:22-29 (Wisdom described and commended; her promises and warnings.)
*Lamentations 5:19
**("Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.")
*Daniel 7:18
**("But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.")<br><br>
Ancient Greek philosophers did not accept, and indeed often rejected, the notion of a full eternity. Plato was one of the first even to consider the possibility of eternity, but he thought that time was limited to the existence of the material universe (the heavens).<ref>Revisionism tries to credit ancient Greek philosophers for eternity, even though in though in fact they rejected the full concept:
Ancient Greek philosophers did not accept, and indeed often rejected, the notion of a full eternity. Plato was one of the first even to consider the possibility of eternity, but he thought that time was limited to the existence of the material universe (the heavens).<ref>Revisionism tries to credit ancient Greek philosophers for eternity, even though in though in fact they rejected the full concept: