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eternal life
3 connections across theological concepts
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eternal lifedeath
ContrastEternal life (zoe aionios) and death (thanatos, mavet) are the ultimate contrast — the two destinies of humanity. John 11:25 collapses them: 'Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.'
eternal lifeage to come
Cross TraditionChristian eternal life, Jewish olam ha-ba (the world to come), Islamic akhirah (the hereafter) — all three Abrahamic traditions name a future state of life beyond death, though the content and conditions of that life differ.
eternal lifekingdom
TheologicalThe kingdom of God (basileia tou theou) is the realm in which eternal life (zoe aionios) is experienced — entering the kingdom and receiving eternal life describe the same gift from different perspectives.