2006-12-18 02:58:26 · 8 answers · asked by viru 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Eon also aeon means an indefinitely long period of time; an age. The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras.
2006-12-18 18:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by pravat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general usage, an eon (sometimes spelled aeon) is a period of time arbitrarily designated by humans. Geologists refer to an eon as the largest subdivision of time on the geologic time scale. For example, the Phanerozoic Eon, which is about 550 million years long, covers the period of time during which animals with hard shells that fossilize would have been abundant.
2006-12-18 03:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by melmc1980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eonian" does not mean "for a period of time." Eonian, being the adjective of eon has the basic meaning of "pertaining to the eon." So the redemption is pertaining to the eon.
The eonian redemption, like eonian life pertains to the eons and does disprove that God will become All in all. Christ found eonian redemption which is redemption as it pertains to the eons. He will redeem His people during the eons. After the eons, God will be All in all.
No, Dwayne, aionios cannot mean "eternal" for it would have to "pertain to the eternity" and since no aion is eternal the adjective cannot pertain to that which is eternal.
Dwayne wrote:
1 Peter 5:10 (CPC) Now the God of all grace, Who calls you into His eonian glory in Christ, while briefly suffering, He will be adjusting, establishing, firming, founding you.
Correction: God's glory is not for a period of time.
1 Peter 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal (aionios) glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Tony's reply:
Being called into His eonian glory or in other words being called into His glory as it pertains to the eons is not the same as saying that His glory is for a period of time. The glory that God will get, and into which we are called, is pertaining to the eons. When the eons end I'm sure that God will still get glory, but using the word "eonian" is not the way to prove that the glory is eternal. How could it? Since the Bible says that all the eons end how can that which is eonian and pertains to the eon(s) pertain to eternity? It can't!
Dwayne wrote:
Hebrews 9:14 (CPC) how much rather shall the blood of Christ, Who, through the eonian spirit offers Himself flawless to God, be cleansing your conscience from dead works to be offering divine service to the living and true God?
2006-12-18 03:03:14 · answer #3 · answered by Krishna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is eOn?
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2006-12-18 03:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word eon comes from the Greek word aionon, which means ages, eternal, (it suggests a very long almost uncountable period of history).
2006-12-18 03:09:10 · answer #5 · answered by cj 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is a measure of time an aeon is most likely for then 10000 years maybe. Maybe look it up in a dictionary that sometimes helps or ask your scinece teacher for more help I think the word Aeon is from rome or germany.
2006-12-18 03:09:18 · answer #6 · answered by Steve M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In plain language, it means "a certain long period of time".
2006-12-18 18:17:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a really really really really long time
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2006-12-20 09:23:21 · answer #8 · answered by chotishama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋