You Can Live Forever on Earth

WHAT AN AMAZING PROSPECT! Our Creator has promised to give us everlasting life, right here on earth.  Many, however, find that difficult to believe.  'Everyone has to die sometime,'  they say.  'It is part of a natural cycle of life and death.'  Others feel that living forever is possible, but not here on earth.  They say that everlasting life is attained only after you die and go to heaven.  What do you think?

Before you decide, why not consider the Bible's answer to these three questions.  What does the way man was made show us how long he was meant to live?  What was God's original purpose  for the earth and for mankind?  How did death come upon the human family?

MAN'S UNIQUE NATURE

Of all the forms of life that God has created on earth, humans are truly unique. How so? The Bible  indicates that humans alone were created in God's "image" and "likeness." (Genesis 1:26, 27)  What does that mean?  It means that humankind was given characteristics and qualities that mirrored God's own, such as love and a sense of justice.  

In addition, humans were endowed with thinking and reasoning abilities, coupled with moral and spiritual capacities that is why we can appreciate the grandeur of the universe and the wonders  of nature, as well as art, music and poetry. Above all, mankind has the unique capacity to worship the Creator. Such attributes put an immeasurable gulf between humans and all other living creatures on earth.

Thus, consider:  Would God have given humans such remarkable qualities, along with seemingly limitless potential to develop  and enhance them, if he meant to live only for a few short years?  The truth is that God gave humans these unique qualities and abilities so that we could enjoy life right here on earth forever.

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