a thought experiment...

     The universe appears to be expanding as we speak. It seems that acceleration is fairly constant, a = 1.2×10⁻¹⁰ ms⁻² . If memory serves, this is also the acceleration that would take an object from rest to the speed of light (c) in the theoretical lifespan of the universe. 
     Imagine that the acceleration of the expanding universe allows all objects in the universe to asymptotically approach c as the universe approaches its theoretical terminus in time. Time dilates as we approach c, meaning that time 'slows down'. This implies, it would seem, that as the universe and all it 'contains (does the 'universe' contain objects, or is it simply the sum total of all objects that exist in spacetime? Is spacetime an 'object'? Is it...well, moving along...)... 
     Where was I? O, thank you.
     It would seem, dear reader, that the universe, whatever it is, will paradoxically cease to age as it gets older. This further implies that it has a beginning (big bang), but no end, understood as a 'moment' when it 'dies', either through a cataclysmic collapse or a 'heat death' understood according to the laws of thermodynamics. Indeed, this would violate the laws of thermodynamics, at least as understood by a groundling like me.
     Does this imply also that all things would approach stasis? Only when viewed from a frame of reference outside the universe itself, which is inconceivable (and yes, that word does in fact mean what I think it means). 
     This is all so much elementary school noodling of course, but it seems to make sense as I sit here watching people walk by on Grandview Avenue. 
     Finally, let it be understood that even if this is more than mere vapor, the condition described would not be the eternal life promised in the Kingdom of God which is coming and which has come. There is no process imminent in creation that yields the eschaton as a predictable result, and eternal life is not eternal duration.
     Good, glad we cleared that up once and for all.