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

 Jehovah is the Life-Giver and has the power to bring people back to life.  He empowered the prophet Elijah to resurrect the son of the widow of Zarephath. m(1 Kings 17:21-23) Later, with God's help, the prophet Elisha restored the life of the son of a Shunammite woman. (2 Kings 4:18-20, 34-37)  Those and other resurrections prove that Jehovah has the power to bring people back to life.  While on earth, Jesus proved that his Father has given him that power.  (John 11:23-25,43, 44)Now Jesus is in heaven and has been given  "all authority . . .in heaven and on the earth."  Thus, he is in position to fulfill the promise that "all those in the memorial tombs" will be raised to life with the prospect of remaining alive forever. - MATTHEW 28:18; JOHB 5:25-29.

 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 to gain everlasting life. (Matthew 20:28) The apostle Paul summed up this important part of God's purpose 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 me made alive." -1 CORINTHIANS 15:21, 22. 

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