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'''Eternal life''' has two complementary meanings in the [[New Testament]]:

'''Eternal life''' has two complementary meanings in the [[New Testament]]:

*its primary meaning, as repeatedly used in the [[Gospel of John]], includes immediate, complete, perpetual joy/[[happiness]] in this life as a general rule ([[Solomon]] indicated that there is a time to mourn and a time to dance (Ecclesiastes 3:4) and there is a time for everything under the sun), thereby overcoming [[anxiety]], [[addiction]], and pain, now and forever;<ref>John 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 12.</ref>

*its primary meaning, as repeatedly used in the [[Gospel of John]], includes immediate, complete, perpetual [[joy]]/[[happiness]] in this life as a general rule ([[Solomon]] indicated that there is a time to mourn and a time to dance (Ecclesiastes 3:4) and there is a time for everything under the sun), thereby overcoming [[anxiety]], [[addiction]], and pain, now and forever;<ref>John 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 12.</ref>

*its merely futuristic, temporal meaning, as used once in an identical manner by the [[Gospels]] of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], is realizing endless happiness in [[heaven]],<ref>Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:44; Luke 18:30</ref> and to some extent the fullness of life in this lifetime to those that embraced his lessons on living a good life.

*its merely futuristic, temporal meaning, as used once in an identical manner by the [[Gospels]] of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], is realizing endless happiness in [[heaven]],<ref>Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:44; Luke 18:30</ref> and to some extent the fullness of life in this lifetime to those that embraced his lessons on living a good life.