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41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
The fire is everlasting, the punishment is everlasting, the life of the righteous is eternal.
You literally just said “eternal hell does not exist”
How is fire and punishment everlasting without hell everlasting? You do realize the term hell is referencing the place where fire and punishment is held? Separated from Moses’s bosom?
Everlasting is to the end of time. Eternity is beyond time.
Yes hell = sheol in the original translation. Equivalent of our modern day shale, or a layer of the earth. Like you said, the place where fire (lava core of earth) and punishment (life without God) exist. But remember they exist until the end of time, not beyond time. Meaning that as long as there are people the punishment and fire will exist, not that a person will endure the punishment and fire forever.
You’re confused, everlasting means forever. Eternity just means no beginning as well. Everlasting has no end, it is ever lasting.