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The concept of "lasting" in the Bible often pertains to the enduring nature of God's promises, His eternal kingdom, and the permanence of His word. The Bible frequently contrasts the temporal nature of earthly things with the eternal nature of divine realities.

God's Eternal Nature and Promises

The Bible emphasizes the everlasting nature of God and His promises. In Isaiah 40:8, it is written, "The grass withers, the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." This verse highlights the enduring quality of God's word in contrast to the fleeting nature of the physical world. Similarly, Psalm 119:89 declares, "Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens."

God's covenant with His people is also described as everlasting. In Genesis 17:7, God promises Abraham, "I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you." This covenant underscores the perpetual commitment of God to His people.

The Eternal Kingdom

The Bible speaks of an eternal kingdom that God will establish. In Daniel 7:14, it is prophesied, "And to Him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed." This passage points to the lasting nature of God's reign, which will endure beyond all earthly kingdoms.

The New Testament reaffirms this concept in Hebrews 12:28, which states, "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe." The unshakeable kingdom is a testament to the lasting nature of God's rule.

Eternal Life

The promise of eternal life is a central theme in the New Testament. John 3:16 famously declares, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." This promise of eternal life is a lasting gift to those who believe in Jesus Christ.

In 1 John 2:17, the transient nature of the world is contrasted with the permanence of doing God's will: "The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever." This verse encourages believers to focus on the lasting aspects of faith and obedience to God.

The Enduring Word of God

The Bible itself is described as enduring and lasting. In 1 Peter 1:24-25, it is written, "For, 'All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.' And this is the word that was proclaimed to you." The enduring nature of God's word is a foundation for faith and practice.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of "lasting" serves as a reminder of the eternal nature of God's promises, His kingdom, and His word. While the world and its desires are temporary, the things of God endure forever, offering believers a hope that transcends the temporal and points to the eternal.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Last.

2. (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.

3. (n.) Continuance; endurance.

4. (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.

5. (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.

6. (adv.) In a lasting manner.

Greek

1332. dietes -- lasting two years, two years old
... lasting two years, two years old. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dietes
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-et-ace') Short Definition: two years old Definition ...
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3574. nuchthemeron -- lasting a night and a day
... lasting a night and a day. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: nuchthemeron
Phonetic Spelling: (nookh-thay'-mer-on) Short Definition: twenty-four ...
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5150. trimenon -- of three months
... of three months. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: trimenon Phonetic Spelling:
(trim'-ay-non) Short Definition: lasting three months Definition ...
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3420. mneme -- memory, remembrance
... remembrance, mention. 3420 (a feminine noun derived from 3415 ) -- , especially
in a particular aspect ("a lasting memory"). This "memorial ...
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3306. meno -- to stay, abide, remain
... stay, abide, remain NASB Word Usage abide (16), abides (22), abiding (4), await
(1), continue (4), continues (1), endures (3), enduring (1), lasting (2), lives ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5769. olam -- long duration, antiquity, futurity
... 2), eternity (3), ever (10), Everlasting (2), everlasting (110), forever (136),
forever and ever (1), forever* (70), forevermore* (1), lasting (1), long (2 ...
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5957. alam -- perpetuity, antiquity
... forever lasting, old. (Aramaic) corresponding to owlam; remote time, ie The future
or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever -- for ((n-))ever (lasting), old. ...
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6924. qedem -- front, east, formerly
... used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) -- aforetime, ancient (time), before,
east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old ...
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3117. yom -- day
... chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days
(agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full ...
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5703. ad -- perpetuity
... duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either
with or without a preposition) -- eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old ...
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8410. tidhar -- (name of a tree) probably elm
... blow. Apparently from dahar; enduring; a species of hard-wood or lasting tree (perhaps
oak) -- pine (tree). see HEBREW dahar. 8409, 8410. tidhar. 8411 . ...
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539. aman -- to confirm, support
... established (3), faithful (21), firm (2), fulfilled (1), guardians (3), has assurance
(1), have faith (1), have...assurance (1), last (1), lasting (1), nurse (3 ...
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571. emeth -- firmness, faithfulness, truth
... Word Origin from aman Definition firmness, faithfulness, truth NASB Word Usage faith
(1), faithful (2), faithfully (6), faithfulness (10), lasting (1), nor* (1 ...
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Library

Living, Loving, Lasting Union
... Living, Loving, Lasting Union. Funeral Address ... We feel that we have a living, loving,
lasting union with thee." I think that you must remember that gem of his. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/living loving lasting union.htm

A Living, Loving, Lasting Word,
... A living, loving, lasting word,. "I will trust in the covert of Thy wings." " Psalm
61:4. LM. Under Thy wings, my God, I rest. Under Thy shadow safely lie; ...
/.../waring/hymns and meditations/a living loving lasting word.htm

The Answer, How a Lasting Friendship Can Only Exist among those ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter V. The answer, how a lasting
friendship can only exist among those who are perfect. Joseph ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter v the answer how.htm

Of the Lasting Character of Gluttony as Described to Some ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XXI. Of the lasting character
of gluttony as described to some philosophers. For the ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxi of the lasting.htm

"God Seeth all Our Living a Penance: for Nature-Longing of Our ...
... THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION CHAPTER LXXXI "God seeth all our living a penance: for
nature-longing of our love is to Him a lasting penance in us." "His love maketh ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter lxxxi god seeth all.htm

How Friendships Entered Upon by Conspiracy Cannot be Lasting Ones.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XXVIII. How friendships entered
upon by conspiracy cannot be lasting ones. This too has ...
/.../the conferences of john cassian/chapter xxviii how friendships entered.htm

The Wonderful Integrity of Alypius in Judgment. The Lasting ...
... Book VI. Chapter X."The Wonderful Integrity of Alypius in Judgment. The
Lasting Friendship of Nebridius with Augustin. 16. Him ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter x the wonderful integrity of.htm

Whether the Moral virtues are Better than the Intellectual virtues ...
... Because that which is more necessary, and more lasting, is better. Now the moral
virtues are "more lasting even than the sciences" (Ethic. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the moral virtues are 2.htm

You Chose a Bad Introducer. If You Will Take My Counsel, Both You ...
... lament that you hunt through all sorts of ancient and antiquated documents for grounds
for suspecting other men of perjury, while perjury, lasting and endless ...
/.../10 you chose a bad.htm

Whether vice is Worse than a vicious Act?
... For, as the more lasting a good is, the better it is, so the longer an
evil lasts, the worse it is. Now a vicious habit is more ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether vice is worse than.htm

Thesaurus

Lasting (40 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Last. 2. (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a
lasting good or evil; a lasting color. ... 6. (adv.) In a lasting manner. ...
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Everlasting (192 Occurrences)
... (see ETERNAL.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (a.) Lasting or enduring forever;
existing or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. ...
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Empire (8 Occurrences)
... But the Roman empire was the culmination of a long process of political, constitutional,
and social growth which gives a lasting interest to Roman history. ...
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Yearly (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income;
a yearly feast. 2. (a.) Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant. ...
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Noon (30 Occurrences)
... land; (WEY). Mark 15:33 At noon there came a darkness over the whole land,
lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon. (WEY). Luke ...
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Night (3322 Occurrences)
... That the custom of reckoning the day as beginning in the evening and lasting until
the following evening was probably of late origin is shown by the phrase ...
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O'clock (16 Occurrences)
... Him. (WEY). Mark 15:33 At noon there came a darkness over the whole land,
lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon. (WEY). Mark ...
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Lastly (2 Occurrences)

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Lasthenes

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Long-lived (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities
which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they ...
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Resources

What did the Law mean when it referred to a lasting ordinance? | GotQuestions.org

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Lasting: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Lasting (40 Occurrences)

Mark 15:33
At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.
(WEY)

Acts 19:34
No sooner, however, did they see that he was a Jew, than there arose from them all one roar of shouting, lasting about two hours. "Great is the Ephesian Diana," they said.
(WEY)

Hebrews 10:34
For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
(See NAS NIV)

Hebrews 13:14
For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
(See NAS RSV)

Exodus 12:14
This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
(See NIV)

Exodus 12:17
You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
(See NIV)

Exodus 12:24
You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
(See NIV)

Exodus 27:21
In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: it is an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Exodus 28:43
And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Exodus 29:9
And thou shalt gird them with the girdle Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Exodus 30:21
And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be an everlasting statute for them, for him and for his seed throughout their generations.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Exodus 31:16
And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations it is an everlasting covenant.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 3:17
It is an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 10:9
Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 16:31
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be an everlasting statute unto them for their generations.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 23:14
And ye shall not eat bread, or roast corn, or green ears, until the same day that ye have brought the offering of your God: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 23:21
And ye shall make proclamation on that same day a holy convocation shall it be unto you: no manner of servile work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 23:41
And ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month shall ye celebrate it.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 24:3
Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron dress it from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Leviticus 24:8
Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Numbers 10:8
the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Numbers 15:15
As to the congregation, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an everlasting statute throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be, before Jehovah.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Numbers 18:23
But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;
(Root in DBY NIV)

Numbers 19:10
And he that hath gathered the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. And it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, an everlasting statute.
(Root in DBY NIV)

Numbers 25:13
and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:4
and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:59
then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
(See NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 33:15
for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 25:28
I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.
(DBY NIV)

1 Kings 11:38
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my sight, in keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a lasting house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
(See NIV)

Esther 1:5
When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 8:18
Wealth and honour 'are' with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 2:16
Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
(See NAS)

Isaiah 23:18
And her merchandise and her gift have been holy to Jehovah, Not treasured up nor stored, For to those sitting before Jehovah is her merchandise, To eat to satiety, and for a lasting covering!
(YLT)

Jeremiah 14:13
Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 18:16
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 45:21
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 46:14
You shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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