ETERNAL MAN

        As Trinitarian men and women we are also Eternal creatures. From the instant we were created in our mother’s womb we were created to exist eternally. Implicit in this fact is that we are living in eternity at this very moment.
       We have been deluded into thinking that this earthly life will pass away at death and only then do we go into eternity. With this way of thinking came the teachings that we needed to earn our way into a better eternal life.
     The truth is that the physical body dies and deteriorates but every human being, Soul, Mind and Spirit, good or bad, lives eternally from the moment of conception. This also is how we are created in God’s image. He has always been and will always be, we were created at a finite moment in eternity and as eternal beings we will always be.
Our awareness of being eternal illuminates every moment with greater importance. Our every word, action, thought is embed in eternity forever. This realization can move us to unwarranted egotism, fear, hopelessness and self absorption.
I believe that when first created, man’s body was created to live forever. This is consistent with God’s commandment to Adam “You are free to eat from any of the trees in the garden except the “tree of knowledge of good and bad“. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die.” (genesis 2;16) This implies if you do not eat from this tree you will live forever.
Lest we curse Adam for tasting this fruit and causing us to die, we should realize that sooner or later someone would have tasted it and doomed us to death. It might have been me ,or ????you. Eventually man had to verify that God meant what He said. Therein lies the cause of all mankind’s woes, pride filled arrogance, to refuse to believe what God says.
What we need to grasp is the fact that we have already begun our lifetime in eternity. Every new day is one more finite part of God’s eternity in which we have the privilege of existing.
Each new day is one which is newly created and never existed before since the first day that the universe was created. There are similarities to other days we have lived but that new day has happenings and experiences we never lived before nor may never again. For example, running into an old friend from years gone by that we never see again for the rest of our life.
If we realize that all the previous days we have lived are merely tiny steps of our eternity , then each new day takes on enormous significance. It is sacred, virgin life and we get to step into God’s grand eternal plan. Every moment is new and can be felt with new purpose, and hope, and direction. We are on the magical road of achieving impossible dreams, of conquering insurmountable obstacles, of visions that fill us with energy, excitement, hope. It’s a new day. It’s a new life. And, I, you, we, are in God’s perfect plan for eternity, forever.
We need never fear for Jesus has paid the price for our ticket to eternal life in the presence of LOVE.
Eternal Triune God has eternal triune man and woman in the palm of His hands. Alleluia!