Friday, July 22, 2005
(to read the question again, go here)
The Greek word for immortality basically means “not mortal”. One who is immortal has life that is unending, endless, interminable. One having everlasting life, on the other hand, is mortal and can die. Those who are immortal are Jehovah God, Jesus Christ, the 144,000 annointed christians that will reign with Jesus in heaven. Angels are not immortal, since they can die. The Bible states how Jehovah has already passed judgement on many angels, such as Satan and the angels that followed him. After the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ, humans will not be immortal. But Jehovah has promised that they will have everlasting life on a peaceful and beautiful paradise here on earth.
Here are a couple of responses i received during the week:
"Inmortal means you never die and eternal life, you can."
"Being immortal means that you cannot die and eternal life is what we human beings can acquire if we maintain ourselves strong and faithful and make it to the end of these hard times by serving Jehovah the way he would like us to."
Thanks E. and mom.
