How Can the Quest for Longer Life SUCCEED?

Everlasting Life on a Paradise Earth

On man asked: "How many people will find it worth while living once they don't have to die?" Will life without death be boring? The Bible assures us that it will not. Everything he has made pretty in its time. Even time indefinite he has put in their heart, that mankind may never find out the start to the finish." (Ecclesiastes 3:11) Jehovah God's creation is so rich and complex that it will continue to intrigue us, stimulate us, and make us happy as long as we live-even forever.

A man who studied the bird known as' the Siberian Jay called it "an extraordinary enchanting acquaintance" and claimed that observing the bird, the more intriguing he found it. He said that even after 18 years, his study was far from finished. If one species of bird can intrigue, stimulate and keep an intelligent man happy during an 18-year long intense study, just imagine the potential for joy and satisfaction that there must be in studying the entire earthly creation.

Picture all the interesting fields of science that will open up to someone who is not restricted by time. Imagine all the fascinating places there will be to explore and all the interesting people there will be to meet. Try to grasp the endless possibilities to conceive, create, and construct things. There will be no limit to the opportunities for us to develop and make use of our creativity. When we reflect on the abundance of creation, it is obvious that eternity is the only time measure that can do justice to life's possibilities.

The Bible shows that by means of a resurrection, living forever will also be extended to those who are dead. (John 5:28, 29) Many of the mysteries of history might become clear to us when those who experienced them can fill in the details and answer our questions. Think of all the insight on different periods of history that the resurrected ones will supply. -Acts 24:15.

When contemplating that time, you can appreciate that the resurrected Job may want to revise the statement found at Job 14:1. Perhaps he will offer instead: 'Man born of woman, now lives forever and is filled with satisfaction.'

For those putting trust in Jehovah and exercising faith in Jesus, prolonging life beyond the limits of time is not just an elusive dream. It will soon become a reality. Aging and death will cease. This is in line with Psalm 68:20, which says: "To Jehovah the Sovereign Lord belong the ways out from death." Revelation 21:3, 4.

Next time:Learning the Way of LOVE

Watchtower, 1999