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Immortality is the inability to be killed. Everlasting life just means you won't die, not that you couldn't.

2007-12-05 13:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 2 0

No, according 2 the Bible the 2 aren't exactly the same. A square is always a rectangle but a rectangle isn't necessarily a square.

Immortality guarantees everlasting life, but being endowed with everlasting life does not require being made immortal. The Bible only speaks of Jehovah being immortal in the ultimate sense. Jesus Christ was made immortal after his resurrection to heavenly glory. The 144,000 corulers will also be made immortal as well, but besides the afore-mentioned, the Bible does not say that anyone else is immortal or will receive the gift of immortality.
On the other hand, the Bible does hold out the hope of everlasting life to faithful humans. The only stipulation is that they must REMAIN obedient in the new system. The possiblity of being destroyed for unfaithfulness still stands.

2007-12-06 03:29:25 · answer #2 · answered by DwayneWayne 4 · 1 0

Immortality = without death
Everlasting life = never dying

Make up your own mind.

2007-12-05 13:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan H 4 · 1 0

No they are different , only God is immortal and has bestowed that on his Son , Christ:

*** it-1 p. 1189 Immortality ***
>"The Greek word a·tha·na·si′a is formed by the negative prefix a followed by a form of the word for “death” (tha′na·tos). Thus, the basic meaning is “deathlessness,” and refers to the quality of life that is enjoyed, its endlessness and indestructibility. (1Co 15:53, 54, ftn; 1Ti 6:16, ftn) The Greek word a·phthar·si′a, meaning “incorruption,” refers to that which cannot decay or be corrupted, that which is imperishable.—Ro 2:7; 1Co 15:42, 50, 53; Eph 6:24; 2Ti 1:10.
>The expressions “immortal” or “immortality” do not occur in the Hebrew Scriptures, which do show, however, that Jehovah God, as the Source of all life, is not subject to death, hence, is immortal. (Ps 36:7, 9; 90:1, 2; Hab 1:12) This fact is also emphatically stated by the Christian apostle Paul in referring to God as “the King of eternity, incorruptible.”—1Ti 1:17.
>As the article SOUL shows, the Hebrew Scriptures also make plain that man is not inherently immortal. References to the human soul (Heb., ne′phesh) as dying, heading for the grave, and being destroyed are numerous. (Ge 17:14; Jos 10:32; Job 33:22; Ps 22:29; 78:50; Eze 18:4, 20) >The Christian Greek Scriptures, of course, are in harmony and likewise contain references to the death of the soul (Gr., psy·khe′). (Mt 26:38; Mr 3:4; Ac 3:23; Jas 5:20; Re 8:9; 16:3) Therefore the Christian Greek Scriptures do not dispute or alter the inspired teaching of the Hebrew Scriptures that man, the human soul, is mortal, subject to death. The Christian Greek Scriptures, however, do contain the revelation of God’s purpose to grant immortality to certain of his servants."

**The Gift of Immortality
>>>>Jehovah God is “from time indefinite to time indefinite.” He is immortal. (Psalm 90:2) The first person to whom Jehovah granted the gift of immortality was Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul explains: “Christ, now that he has been raised up from the dead, dies no more; death is master over him no more.” (Romans 6:9) Indeed, contrasting the resurrected Jesus with earthly rulers, Paul describes him as the only one among them having immortality. Jesus will remain “alive forever.” His life is “indestructible.”—Hebrews 7:15-17, 23-25; 1 Timothy 6:15, 16."

>>ONCE GRANTED immortality , it cannot be taken away where as everlasting life is on condition---
>>>As Adam & Eve had , and will be put before mankind on a paradise earth:

*** w06 10/1 pp. 4-7 You Can Live Forever ***
>THE vast majority of believers in the world’s religions cherish the prospect of eternal life in one form or another. The details may differ from religion to religion, but the hope is basically the same—to live happily in ideal conditions without the threat of death. Is that not what you too desire? How can the pervasiveness of such beliefs be explained? And will the prospect of eternal life ever be realized?
>The Scriptures show that the Creator planted the desire for everlasting life deep within the human consciousness right from the very start, from the time he created the first human couple. “Time indefinite [God] has put in their heart,” says the Bible.—Ecclesiastes 3:11.
>To fulfill that desire to live forever, however, the first human pair had to accept God’s authority to decide what is right and what is wrong. Had they done so, Jehovah would have judged them to be worthy of life “to time indefinite” in the home that he had prepared for them, the garden of Eden.—Genesis 2:8; 3:22.
**Everlasting Life Lost
>The Bible record shows that God planted in the garden “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad,” the fruit of which he prohibited Adam and Eve from eating, on pain of death. (Genesis 2:9, 17) Adam and Eve’s abstaining from eating that fruit would show God that they acknowledged his authority. Eating from the tree, on the other hand, would indicate their rejection of God’s authority. Adam and Eve disobeyed Jehovah’s instructions and sided with Satan, a spirit creature who had rebelled against God’s authority. As a result, God rightly determined that Adam and Eve were unfit to live forever.—Genesis 3:1-6.
>What God had offered was life or death, existence or nonexistence. The result of disobedience was death and the complete end of their existence. It was not possible for Adam and Eve or any of their progeny to keep on living by virtue of a certain magical potion or an immortal soul.
>All of Adam’s offspring suffered because of his rebellion. The consequences are explained by the apostle Paul. He wrote: “Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.”—Romans 5:12.
**Everlasting Life Regained
>The apostle Paul illustrated the condition of Adam’s offspring by likening it to that of a first-century slave. Because of inherited sin, Adam and Eve’s children were inescapably born “slaves of sin,” destined to die. (Romans 5:12; 6:16, 17) Inescapably, that is, were it not for the legal remedy that Jehovah provided in order to purchase the freedom of such slaves. Paul explained: “As through one trespass [that of Adam] the result to men of all sorts was condemnation, likewise also through one act of justification the result to men of all sorts is a declaring of them righteous for life.” That “act of justification” led to Jesus’ sacrifice of his own perfect human life as “a corresponding ransom for all.” Jehovah recognized the ransom’s legal power to release mankind from “the judgment” of “condemnation.”—Romans 5:16, 18, 19; 1 Timothy 2:5, 6.
>That is why scientists will never find the key to endless life in man’s genetic code. The key lies elsewhere. According to the Bible, the root cause of mankind’s death is moral and legal, not biological. The means for restoring everlasting life—Jesus’ ransom sacrifice—is likewise legal. The ransom is also a manifestation of God’s righteousness and loving-kindness."

2007-12-05 14:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by thomas_tutoring2002 6 · 1 0

Religiously speaking, yes. Neither are possible.

2007-12-05 14:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by Muffie 5 · 0 2

I think they are.

2007-12-05 13:47:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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