ETERNITY... and the life-to-come A few selected Bible references on this subject… A tablet from the on-going INTERNET BOOK, "The Doctor's Terrific Tablets" ( http://www.terrific-tabs.com ) by John N. Todd III, M. D. (link) SEE related tablet, in this website: LIFE after this life And: MORTALNESS -- We are born ALIVE.... and born to DIE (link) 8/20/02; 4/25/05; 10/23/05; 6/19/07 GO to "FRONT PAGE" of "The Doctor's Terrific Tablets" Click HERE for ALPHABETICAL INDEX of this entire WEBSITE EMAIL your thoughts to the Author 1 Corinthians 15: 19 (NEB) If it is for this life only that the Christ has given us hope, we of all men are most to be pitied. 2 Corinthians 4: 16 (NRSV) So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed, day by day. 17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory.... beyond all measure; 18 because we look not at what can be seen, but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. Collosians 3: 1 (NRSV) So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above.... NOT on things that are on earth. Psalm 16: 9 (Moffatt) And so my heart and soul rejoice. My body rests secure. 10 For never will He let me sink to death.... nor will He leave His loyal one to the grave. He will reveal the path to life.... to the full joy of His presence.... to the bliss of being close to Him, forever. 1 Corinthians 15: 50 (NRSV) What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 1 Peter 5: 10 (NRSV) And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace.... who has called you to His ETERNAL glory in Christ.... will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you. Romans 8: 18 (NRSV) I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the One who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay.... and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (See link Children of God.) 2 Corinthians 5: 6 (NRSV) So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.... 7 for we walk by faith -- not by sight. 8 Yes, we do have confidence; and we would rather be away from the body, and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please Him. Romans 12: 2 (NEB) Adapt yourselves no longer to the pattern of this present world; but let yor minds be re-made, and your whole nature thus transformed. Then you will be able to discern the will of God -- and to know what is good, and acceptable, and perfect. Philippians 3: 20 (NRSV) Our citizenship is in heaven; and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will transform the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of His glory, by the power that also enables Him to make all things subject to Himself. Job 19: 23 (NRSV) "O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a BOOK! 24 O that with an iron pen, and with lead, they were engraved on a rock forever! 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last, He will stand upon the earth; 26 and, after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, 27 whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold.... and not another. Hebrews 11: 13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises -- but from a distance, they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.... 16 But as it is, they desire a better country -- that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God -- indeed, He has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 13: 14 (NRSV) For here, we have no lasting city; but we are looking for the city that is to come. Matthew 10: 29 Jesus speaking: "Never a sparrow falls.... apart from the will of my Father."