I was born in Canada, grew up on the Amazon in Peru,went to high school in Iowa, College in Pennsylvania, served as a pastor in central Ontario, and in Indiana. Now I am a medical interpreter at the St. Vincent Pimary Care Clinic in Indianapolis, and the pastor of a Spanish Church at First Baptist Church in Carmel, Indiana. One of the hobbies I enjoy is writing, and knowing that people are reading what I have written online. It is my hope that my articles will be of a help to you, and especially that they will introduce you to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Notes on John 11:26
In English in the NIV version it is translated as "will never die." (John 11:26) In the Spanish RV60 version it is "No morirá eternamente" or in English, "will not die eternally." Young's Literal version says, "shall not die -- to the age," and Wycliffe’s translation says, "shall not die without end."
I think that "Shall not die eternally" perhaps may get across the idea in a better way that it is the condition of eternal death that is escaped. To me that is especially significant when physical death takes place. This death is a temporary one, which is part of the point Jesus is getting across. The wicked (the unsaved, unbelievers) also will have a temporary physical death, but they will be raised to suffer eternal death in Hell. The redeemed will be raised to eternal life with Jesus in the glory He is preparing now for them.
The more you understand and really believe this, it changes your whole perspective on life and death. You begin to long, not for death, but for the incredible glory that is coming. They say that death and taxes cannot be avoided. You must be ready for death. Jesus has made the only way to be ready. Through Him you will not die eternally, only temporarily. Even then you are with Him in Heaven until He restores your body. This changes the character of death so that you actually see it as not so bad; it may be unpleasant, but wonderfully transforming.
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