jhine, good points. I think you are conflating the thread above, about eternity and this topic, about wt pulling out of the thin air the abstention from the bread and wine. and
yes, the bible can be complicated, and it helps one's sanity to keep it simple. as far as we know, only energy is immortal, can not be destroyed, or created, and is eternal, always was and will be., and so is time itself.