DAILY TEXT for today Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Oh, Jehovah, have you not always existed? Oh, my God, my Holy One, you do not die (Hab. 1:12).

DAILY TEXT, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Oh, Jehovah, have you not always existed? Oh, my God, my Holy One, you do not die (Hab. 1:12).

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Tuesday May 21, 2024

Oh, Jehovah, have you not always existed? Oh, my God, my Holy One, you do not die (Hab. 1:12).

Do you find it difficult to understand that Jehovah has existed for “all eternity”? (Isa. 40:28). You are not the only one. Elihu said of God: “The number of his years is beyond our understanding” (Job 36:26). Now, just because we don't understand something doesn't mean it's not true. For example, we may not fully understand how light works. But that does not mean that light does not exist. Similarly, we humans may never fully understand how Jehovah can have no beginning and no end. But that does not mean that God is not eternal. The truth about the Creator does not depend on our understanding of things (Rom. 11:33-36). Furthermore, he existed before the physical universe, which includes the Sun and other stars, was created. He already existed when he “stretched out the heavens” (Jer. 51:15). w22.12 2, 3 paras. 3. 4.

WE ARE MADE TO LIVE FOREVER

What hope did the first human couple have?

Of all the living beings that Jehovah created on Earth, humans would be the only ones that would not die over time. He gave them the special hope of having eternal life. Of course, Jehovah warned Adam: “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it you will surely die” (Gen. 2:17). If Adam and Eve had obeyed Jehovah, they would not have died. It is logical to think that at some point God would have allowed them to eat from the “tree of life.” This would have confirmed to them that they would live “forever” (Gen. 3:22).b

What other proof do we have that we are not made to die? and What do you want to do when you have eternal life? (See images).

It is very interesting that some scientists have found evidence that our brain has the capacity to store much more information than we can learn throughout our lives. In 2010, an American scientific journal said that, according to one estimate, our brain can store about two and a half million gigabytes. That is equivalent to a video of three million hours, which would take us more than 300 years to watch. And that estimate is likely to be a huge understatement. But it confirms that Jehovah designed the human brain with the capacity to store much more information than we can learn in just 70 or 80 years.​—Ps. 90:10.

Jehovah has also created us with an intense desire to continue living. As the Bible says, God “has put eternity in the hearts” of human beings (Eccl. 3:11). That is one reason why death is an enemy to us (1 Cor. 15:26). Let's think about this. If we become seriously ill, do we resign ourselves and sit idly by? No. Usually, we go to the doctor and take medicine to fight the disease. In fact, we do everything we reasonably can to avoid death. And, when someone we love dies, whether young or old, a deep pain invades us that does not go away overnight (John 11:32, 33). Of course, we know that our Creator loves us and that he would not give us the desire and ability to continue living unless that was his purpose for human beings. But there are more compelling reasons to believe that we can live forever. Let us look at some things that Jehovah has done and is doing that demonstrate that his original purpose has not changed.

What does Isaiah 55:11 guarantee us about Jehovah's purpose?

Although Adam and Eve sinned and all their descendants inherited death because of them, Jehovah did not abandon his purpose.​—Read Isaiah 55:11. He still wants faithful people to live forever. How do we know? For all the things that Jehovah has said and done to fulfill his purpose.

What promise has God made? (Daniel 12:2, 13).

Jehovah has promised to resurrect people who have died and give them the opportunity to obtain eternal life.​—Acts 24:15; Titus 1:1, 2. Faithful Job was certain that Jehovah longs to resurrect those who have died.​—Job 14:14, 15. The prophet Daniel knew that humans would be resurrected and have the opportunity to live forever (Ps. 37:29; read Daniel 12:2, 13). The Jews of Jesus’ day also knew that Jehovah could give his faithful servants “eternal life” (Luke 10:25; 18:18). Jesus spoke of this promise on many occasions and was himself resurrected by his Father (Matt. 19:29; 22:31, 32; Luke 18:30; John 11:25).

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