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Question: What is the meaning of "eternal" life?
Question: What is the meaning of "eternal" life?
Given the "eternal" punishment represents "God's punishment," it stands to reason the "eternal" life refers to "God's life"
Arthur R. Bassett states in the February 1978 Ensign:
The significant relationship between knowing God and eternal life is clarified by the Lord’s explanation to Joseph in 1830 that “Endless” is another name properly applied to Him, and, consequently, that Eternal punishment, or Endless punishment, is God’s punishment. (See D&C 19:10–12.) It seems to follow then that eternal life is God’s life. Therefore, the Prophet’s statement can be taken to mean, in part, that eternal life, being God’s life, is understood only as one comes to know God and Christ. Knowing the Master ultimately seems to mean becoming like the Master. [1]
Notes
- ↑ Arthur R. Bassett, "The Shepherd and His Other Sheep," Ensign (Feb. 1978): 53.