eternal now vs forever

eternal now

noun
  • The nature of God's existence which is outside of time; the nature of a soul's existence in a supposed timeless afterlife. 

  • The condition in which all reality is experienced in the present, with the past contained only in memory and the future only in anticipation or speculation. 

forever

noun
  • A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come. 

  • An extremely long time. 

adv
  • We had to wait forever to get inside. 

  • For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time. 

  • For a very long time, a seeming eternity. 

  • Constantly or frequently. 

adj
  • Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual. 

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