You are eternal
I pray to God that you can believe in this truth, because this God made man, was tried in everything, but he was also approved, because he obeyed God in everything, until death, for which he received life back: he rose from the dead and it became the salvation of everyone who believes.
You are eternal
Where will you go to eternity?
This is a question that few know how to answer, but the Bible shows where men will go when they enter eternity. If man recognizes Jesus as his only and sovereign Lord and savior, rather, if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, for in eternity He was God, however, he stripped himself of his glory and became flesh (man ), was subject to the same passions as men, yet did not sin; who died because of the barrier of separation that existed between God and men (sin) and rose on the third day, it is certain that such a man in eternity will exist eternally in full communion with God.
However, if you do not believe in the truth exposed above, there will be eternally alienated from God.
God created man to be part of a project that he established in himself, and as God is Eternal, man cannot be transitory, that is, be extinguished someday, therefore, God granted him something of himself (the breath) of life) “And the Lord God formed man from the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man was made a living soul” (Gen. 2: 7).
The breath of life that man possesses came directly from God, The Eternal, soon will not being extinguished, remaining for eternity.
Before creating man, God created the earth and, after creating it, delegated his dominion over it:
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the land, and over every reptile that moves on the earth ”(Gen. 1:26).
Then he prepared a pleasant place for the man to stay:
“And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, on the east side; and he put there the man he had formed. And the Lord God made every tree to grow out of the earth, which was pleasing to the eye and good for food; and the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ”(Gen. 2: 9).
Man enjoyed care and fellowship with God:
“And the Lord God said it is not good for a man to be alone; I will make him a suitable helper for him. So when the Lord God formed from the earth every beast in the field and every bird in the sky, he brought them to Adam, to see him as he would call them; and whatever Adam called the whole living soul, that was his name ”(Gen. 2:18 -19).
“… Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2Co 3:17), and as expected, God gave man freedom: “And the Lord God commanded man, saying, you shall eat freely from the whole tree of the garden…” (Gen. 2:16).
Moreover, he showed him life and death: life was to obey him, that is, man would remain united to God, because God is life, and death was to disobey him, because disobedience would lead to separation from God, that is, death.
“But you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for the day you eat of it, you will surely die ”(Gen. 2:17).
To paraphrase: As long as Adam did not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil he would be united to God (alive), if he ate, he would be separated from God (dead). The determination was clear: do not eat so you can live!
Can you see God’s love and care for man in these biblical passages?
However, Adam did not notice, because when the serpent said: ‘Certainly you will not die’ (Gen. 3: 4), he believed in the serpent and ate the fruit.
And who was the snake? He was a presumptuous angel who lost his principality precisely because he aspired for what God had proposed in himself and man would be part of it. See what this angel designed:
“I will go up on the heights of the clouds, and I will be like the Most High” (Is 14:14).
However, see what God proposed to man:
“And God said; Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” (Gen. 1:26).
Satan did not want to be a man, but wanted the likeness of God, because the likeness would make him bigger than the angels “And you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, above the stars of God I will exalt my throne, and on the mount of the congregation I will sit on the sides of the north” (Is 14:13).
The stars of God here refer to angels.
When man believed what Satan said and disregarded the Word of God: “you will surely die”,
He committed “injustice”. With this act, Adam sold himself as a slave to sin and all those who were to be born was also sold, that is, all men because of Adam’s offense sinned:
“Because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23), all are separated from God.
Moreover, from that moment on, man became reprehensible, reproved, that is, condemned, dead, alienated from life forever, because he has a soul that will exist forever, even after returning to the dust.
But the purpose of God cannot be stopped, and God, in his very love with which he loved men, provided powerful salvation: his own Son who, stripped of his glory
“But he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, becoming like men” (Phil 2: 7), and he became like men so that man would again have the opportunity to become like God.
It was necessary that justice, will be stabling in the beginning, a man created without sin did not believe the word of God, but in due time, another man without sin was obedient to the word of God.
“For as if by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one many will be made righteous” (Rom. 5:19); “For just as death came by a man, so the resurrection of the dead came by a man” (1Co 15:21).
However, how would this happen, if everyone sinned?
God had to become a man and that is why Jesus was born of a virgin, by the power of God.
I pray to God that you can believe in this truth, because this God made man was trying in everything, but he was also approve, because he obeyed God in everything, until death, for which he received life back: he rose from the dead. Became the salvation of everyone who believes.
Moreover, all who believe in Christ are justified, because they die with Christ “For he who is dead is justified from sin” (Rom. 6: 7), and resurrects with Him. Sinful nature is extinguish and man becomes dead to sin, but alive to God.
“So you also consider yourselves to be dead to sin, yet alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:11),
For he rose with his Son Jesus Christ “THEREFORE, if you have already risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Col 3: 1).
If you believe the word you will be save from eternal condemnation, that is, you will enter eternity in communion with God. Eternal life!
Are you able to believe in Jesus Christ? “To know: If you confess with your mouth to the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Rom 10: 9).
