We Can Live Forever - JEHOVAH'S PURPOSE HAS NOT CHANGED

 Why did Jehovah allow his beloved Son to die a painful death?  Jesus revealed the reason, saying: "God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)  By giving his Son as a ransom to cover our sins, God makes it possible for us to gain everlasting life.  (Matthew 20:28) The apostle Paul summed up this important part of God's purposee when he wrote: "Since death came through a man, resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.  For just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive." -1 CORINTHIANS 15:21, 22.

Taught his followers to pray for God's Kingdom to come and for God's will to take place on earth.  (Matthew 6:9, 10)  Part of God's purpose  is for humans to live forever on earth.  To accomplish that, Jehovah has appointed his Son as King of the Messianic Kingdom.  God has been gathering 144,000 people from the earth to work with Jesus in fulfilling God's will. - REVELATION 59, 10.

Jehovah is now drawing together "a great crow" of people and training them as subjects of his Kingdom.  (Revelation 7:9; James 2:8) Despite living today in world divided by fear and war, those making up this group strive to overcome all national, tribal, and personal hatreds.  They are already symbolically beating their swords into plowshares.  (Micah4:3) Instead of participating  in wars that cause so much deathm they are helping people to find "the real life" by teaching them about the true GOd and his purposes.  (1 Timothy 6:19)  Family members may turn against them or they may suffer financially because they support God's Kingdom, but Jehovah makes sure that they have the things they need.  (Matthew 6:25, 30-33; Luke 18:29, 30) Those facts assure us that God's Kingdom is a reality and that it will continue to fufill Jehovah's purpose. 

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