Enjoy "The Real Life"

JEHOVAH GOD has given man the perception of eternity. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) This makes humans feel powerless in the face of death but, at the same time, arouses in them an unrelenting desire to live.

The Holy Bible, God's inspired Word, gives us great hope. (2 Timothy 3:16) Jehovah, who is the essence of love, could not have made man with the ability to grasp the concept of eternity and then condemned him to live for just a few years. Creating us to be to be tormented over our lot is simply contrary to God's personality. We were not created like "unreasoning animals born naturally to be caught and destroyed." - 2 Peter 2:12.

In creating Adam and Eve with an intrinsic sense of eternity, Jehovah God made something "very good;" he made them with the potential for living forever. (Genesis 1:31) But sadly, the first couple misused their free will, disobeying an explicit prohibition from the Creator and losing their original perfection. As a result, they died, having transmitted imperfection and death to their descendants. -Genesis 2:17; 3:1-24; Romans 5:12.

Next time: Conclusion of the above subject

Watchtower, 1999