"The Road To Life Eternal"

"I Am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believeth thou this?" (John 11:25 & 26) Okay, maybe I was a little harsh and judgemental about a few things? But the real deal is, that eternity is now!!! Oh, I am sorry: you thought it began in heaven, didn't you? Nope, not the case! Today is Resurrection Sunday, so I have to gear this blog towards the Resurrection of Jesus Christ; which is fitting, because our eternal life in Christ would not be, if Christ did not Rise! The above Scripture from John is an answer that Jesus gave to the statement of Martha about her brother Lazarus rising again in the last day. The Bible clearly speaks of two very different resurrections, one which is disembodied, and one which is not; but Jesus is speaking to Martha about both. The fact is, that those who are being judged at the Great White Throne Judgement are not disembodied, because it says in Revelation 20:11-15 that 'the dead' stood before the Throne to be judged, which are the same 'dead' that Jesus speaks about in His answer to Martha: "though he were dead". It is this manner of being dead that is the same death spoken of to Adam about which he would suffer, if he were to eat of the fruit. Then we see that Jesus continues His answer with a statement, "And whosoever liveth", which means not dead in the same such manner as the death suffered from the fall. Which, if my calculations are correct, means that eternal life in Christ has already begun for those that are believers in Him, because He continues by saying, "and believeth in Me shall never die"; never sounds pretty eternal in my book. So, what I am trying to say, without making more trouble than I need to, is that what we do right now matters towards our eternity; we are held to an account for our actions!!! But wait a minute, you might say, Didn't Jesus die for all my sins: past, present and future? MEGA-TRUE, every last one of them!!! So what gives with the scare? I am sorry again for having been harsh in my choice of words, but the simple fact of the matter is, that believing requires Living, because Living comes with believing... "And so it is written. The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly." (1 Corinthians 15:45-49)