The Glorious Everlasting Life

The Glorious Everlasting Life

What is Everlasting life? Is it the same as eternal life? It is rather quite unfortunate that not too many people know the difference between the two. The reason for that it is because man does not know his/her true identity. I remembered when I first published this article in 2008, which I was informed was discussed on AOL "America on line", one individual commented on my blog saying; "Lucius, you will one day say that the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost are not the same." This is a clear indication on how some of us are lack of knowledge and do not understand our duality.

The crux of the matter is, man is a spirit being imprisoned in a physical body. Since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ the last Adam, the Spirit Man from heaven, mankind is no more regarded according to the flesh. “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:14-17).

The sad thing is that many of us do not know our true identity. This may not be the best physical analogy to use but, it might be simple enough to help us understand our true identity. Let me use the analogy of a horse mating with a donkey, the offspring of a horse mating with a donkey will neither be a horse nor a donkey, but a new breed called a mule.

This is typical to what happened to humanity at the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, humanity was buried with Him, and at His resurrection humanity became a new creation, a spirit being begotten of the last Adam, the life-giving Spirit who is the resurrection and the life; and who gives life to everyone who comes into the world.

Before the advent of Jesus Christ the last Adam, humanity was dead in trespasses and sins, but was made alive together with Christ, and made to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, who gives to all life, breath, and all things, so that they should seek the Lord in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; “For in Him we live and move and have our being [existence]. We are therefore both the offspring of the first Adam, the man of dust and also the offspring of the last Adam the Spirit man from heaven (Acts 17:28-29).

The same way mankind inherited the sinful nature of the first Adam in his flesh, he also has inherited the nature of the Last Adam [Jesus Christ] in his spirit. For it is written; “As through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one man’s righteous act the free gift [eternal life - Jesus Christ] came to all men, resulting in justification of life.” And, “As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners: so also by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:17-19).

The irony of truth is, the first man was of the earth, made of dust and as was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust and therefore, dust we are and to dust we shall return. But the second Man is the Lord from heaven, and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

Mankind received the gift of eternal life at the resurrection of Jesus Christ, when they were begotten by Him, and this gives everyone the equal opportunity to see the kingdom of God, but this new life will not necessarily grant anyone entry into the kingdom of God, because the complete cycle is, Christ is in the Father, mankind is in Christ, but mankind has to choose on his own volition to have Christ in them, unless Christ is in us there is no hope, for Christ in us is the hope of glory.

This is where our educational system has failed us, they are focusing mainly of the life of the physical man and ignoring the more important aspect of man`s life which is the life in the spirit.

To be continued