Is Eternal Life A Possibility for Us?

The Later-Day Saints profess a doctrine of eternal life, they believe that we enjoy some pre-existant condition as spirit children of God. As such we choose life on Earth, we may even be given to choose our own parents. To live within this realm of manifestation is an important part of God's plan for our salvation. But no thing that has some definate begining may be considered 'Eternal.' Only God himself is Eternal and we can never become Gods ourself, but we can become Lords and Ladies within the Kingdom of Heaven. This citizenship in Heaven comes with its own responsibilities, and the Church professes that we must become Husbands and Wives and Parents. We must have that marrital relationship or else we can never be whole and complete as seperate indivuduals, we can only enjoy wholeness in relationship to our chosen mate. Some people would say that a personal relationship with God is all that matters, and they profess that the Lord Jesus IS God, and therefore are satisfied to enjoy some relationship with him. But we can not by choosing Jesus deny our realtionship to the multitude of people who do live within the Universe here on Planet Earth. And all of this world and it's people are some small part of the greater whole, the Kingdom of Heaven and then the Eternal Kingdom of God.

According to the doctrines of the LDS Church this Eternal Kingdom is yet to be established, but it can in no way fail to exist or have a begining and still be considered Eternal. So the only thing that can be established about the Eternal Kingdom is that THIS IS IT! If the World is not part of the Eternal Kingdom today, if it has not always been part of that Kingdom, then God's Eternal Kingdom is in some way limited. But the true Kingdom of God knows no borders or divisions, the underlieing unity of all things is the eternal truth.

We may never enjoy Eternal Life, because we know very well what it means to be alive and that depends entirely upon manifestation. If we did enjoy some pre-existance as unmanifest spirits that is NOT LIFE. No sir, life always has a definate begining at the time that we are born or conceived. We do not exist as persons prior to this eventuality, unless we did also enjoy some prior form of manifestation within the Universe. And I consider this to be a possibility because according to the Bible the Stars and Planets of Heaven are the Angels and the Demons who did fall to Earth. If the Angels and Demons have become manifest as men and women because they fell, then it was not a choice. But if we consider the truth of the Reality the Stars and Planets have not fallen from the sky, they still exist in manifestation and are very durable. Even when a star does cease to shine there is often some remnant left over that goes on. Perhaps as men and women who have been Angels and Demons of Heaven we enjoy some kind of dual manifestation. The Celestial body is far more durable than the terrestrial body. But if we do enjoy this life we have as Human Beings and want it to continue on indefinately, then we need this terrestrial body to last.

Within the Genesis Story we are told of the Tree of Life, and eating it's fruits are the key to everlasting life. No such tree may be found here on Planet Earth in modern times, if it did ever exist here it's long gone. Will this mystical tree ever be restored to the World or must we depend upon the good works of medical science to solve the problem of mortality? I myself do not know the answer to this question, but I do believe we should make every effort just in case. Wether we gain this tree of life or medical science solves the problem of mortality once and for all, we have no explaination how the dead may be restored to life. Somehow this remarkable eventuallity is supposed to be a part of our story here. We don't know when or how it will happen, but if we trust the prophets then we have faith in it.