We have an immortal soul! Is it possible to have an immortal physical body?

Question

Immortality does require a specific level of spiritual attainment.
Could we live here longer? Its been stated one must be willing to work on their personal karma and gain spiritual insight into the everyday experience in order to obtain immortality. Are you into this way of thinking? Imagine living past the age of 120 years. I wouldn't mind living that long!

Answer 1

I've stopped closing the door on possibilities. About the only thing I seem to be able to lock in on is that in this place, whatever it is, anything is possible. I wouldn't be surprised if there already are people that live for hundreds of years, but have somehow managed to cover up that fact. It's obviously possible.

Answer 2

The original plan for us was an immortal life both spiritually and physically. We were also endowed with greater mental capacity and a harmony between our physical and spiritual natures. The physical passions did not cloud our intellects.
Part of the wages of the sin of disobedience of Adam and Eve was that humanitie's grace from God was removed and from then on we were muddle-minded, suffered internal conflict, were subject to illness, age and suffering, and we inherited mortality. Our entire sense of ourselves rebels against the notion of death, suffering and aging. We view it as unfair and wrong. The reason for this is it is counter to our design and purpose. We know of ourselves and we know our demise. We are the only creatures in God's creation that can contemplate our own doom.
There is no way to correct this in this life. This is the promise of the afterlife and the final judgement when all will be reunited body and soul and restored to the original perfection. Those who are judged worthy shall abide in the new life. As for living 120 years in this world, I do not think I would ask for that. If it were assigned to me I would accept it, but Under current conditions you would not be in any kind of shape to make the extra years worth the misery. Besides, true immortality would require a fundamental physiological change that would allow a regenerative ability even in the face of injury. At the moment the only possible method for this is divine intervention. No other means has ever accomplished it.

Answer 3

Where do you get the idea that we have immortal souls? The Bible contradicts that fallacy.

Ezekiel 18:4 -- "Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.

Matthew 10:28 -- And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell [Gehenna].

As for your main question, the body was never intended to live forever. At some point in the future, God is going to wipe the universe clean with "fervent fire;" and all will be destroyed, including bodies.

And if you don't have your vitality as you grow old, what's the point of living to 120 or more?

Answer 4

You can live a long time if you have good genes and take really good care of your body. But immortality is about living forever. Yes, we will have an immortal body eventually. That's what Christ did for us. He was crucified and suffered for our sins so that we could eventually come back to our Heavenly Father and be the best we can be. But, in order for that to happen, we have to believe in Christ and believe that He is the son of God. Everyone who was ever born on the earth will be resurrected and have a perfect body eventually. But, it is still very important to live righteously and be good people. Because some will attain a higher order than others, depending on how well they lived.

Answer 5

No, you can't have an immortal body. We can not live for ever, the Earth would be way to crowded. The body is of this planet, and is bound by the rules of the physical universe. Our souls are not bound to the physical universe, but to a different plane of existence, where the Creator, God Himself, is King. He wants you come to His home and be with Him when the body dies. It is His gift to all of us.
Besides, who would want to live past 120 years.
Think about it, you would be worst off then an infant, and most likely stuck in a nursing home.
From your Q, I think you fear death. There is nothing to fear, for only the flesh passes away. Your spirirt is immortal, and you will live in God's light!!

Answer 6

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Mathew 10:28

From the above line, I suppose body will be destroyed, but soul can be saved.

Physical things get destroyed, but spirituality remains. Thats why what matters most is love, giving, happiness, joy, peace than wealth, fame, power which is destroyed.

So seek God who is a Spirit, but made us in flesh. Spirit cannot be seen with human eyes, but Spirits can see us. So when we die, that is, get out of flesh, we have to face God someday.. We know He exists by the invisible qualities behind creation, our living and death.

Jesus came to save this soul from destruction, Thats why He is called the 'Saviour'.

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Answer 7

Not until Jesus gives us a new body when our bodies are resurrected from the dead or if we are alive when the Rapture occurs, we will get new bodies then. We cannot gain immortality on our own in any way. Only Jesus gives us new, immortal bodies which live forever!!. God bless

Answer 8

Do we have & immortal soul? Of course you would have to believe the Bible, God's word to believe the following.

Many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Gen. 2:7, Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.

The Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.

Clearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection. You enjoy the best sleep ever, until Jesus resurrects you, sometime in the future.

Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.


The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.
The account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle.

Think about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it? And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place? Of course not!

Answer 9

There is no such thing as a immortal physical body. Even with the best efforts of man, this cannot be done. Men have tried over and over again and have failed. When we die, this physical body, as we know it, is laid back in the earth and that is where it stays. Our spirit is the only thing that have 'getting up' power. May God Bless U.

Answer 10

Why would you want to live longer ?
We have an eternal soul forever young
However our earthly body grows old and everything just goes south anyway, wrinkles and aches and pains
It is not worth prolonging the event of Death
We gain rebirth and in setting the soul free of our Karmic dept

Love & Blessings
Milly