"Continuous, on-going, never ceasing" construct

waldo slusher waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 18 09:16:05 EDT 2002


Years ago, I read an article on Ephesians 2: 8-10. In
it, I recall reading a statement that seemed to
confirm what I had previously heard taught about this
verse. Now, several years later, I am having a hard
time accepting it (that the construct itself teaches
this truth). Here is just about what I read:

"The Perfect Tense in 'you have been saved' means that
which happened at a point in time in the past, and
CONTINUES FOREVER AND EVER." Therefore, most would
give assurance to the readers with a follow up
statement like... "your salvation is eternal... that
is what the PERFECT TENSE teaches us!"

Now, here is my question. In your readings, what have
you come across that in your mind IS the construct the
Greeks would use to communicate something IS ETERNAL
in duration. I am not looking for something to
"support" the eternal nature of salvation if that is
what you believe... I only used that as an example.
What I am looking for is constructs that are used to
communicate the idea of events believed to be as about
as eternal as things can get. For example, here might
be something first century folks might hold to being
eternal or ongoing: "we know that space goes on
infinitely" or "time will continue to tick away."

What would be the most likely construct a Greek would
use in statements attempting to express a belief in
the "forever nature" of something?


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Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AL

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