Please read the passage, then answer the simple question(s) which follow it. Any feedback is welcome. NOTE: all wording is based on the King James Version.

1. Matthew 25:46. When do "the righteous" go into "life eternal"?

2. Mark 10:30. Doesn't Jesus distinguish "in this time" from "in the world ('age') to come"? If so, in which of these is eternal life "received" (= 'taken'; 'gotten ahold of')?

3. John 5:28-29. Why is the resurrection of believers designated as being "of life"? Doesn't this imply that we in fact "live" at the resurrection (a fact clearly confirmed by Paul in 1 Cor. 15:21-22 where "made alive" = "resurrection")?

4. John 11:25. Doesn't Jesus here specify two distinct groups of believers, one of them being those who will, in fact, die before they "live"?

5. John 12:25. Must not death "in this world" precede "life eternal"?

6. John 14:19-20. When does Jesus teach that we "shall live"?

7. Romans 2:5-7. On what day will God give His people "eternal life"?

8. Romans 5:10. What tense is "shall be"?

9. Romans 6:22. Exactly what is "the end" (lit., 'the conclusion)?

10. Romans 8:18-19. What tense is "shall be"? What exactly does "the creature" wait for?

11. Romans 8:21-23. What does verse 21 refer to? When? Why do we only have the "firstfruits" of the Spirit (v. 23)? Just what exactly are we "waiting" for?

12. 1 Corinthians 15:20-26. Who is the "firstfruits"? When are we "made alive"? Then what happens next? Is death an "enemy" or a "friend"? How so (i.e., in what way exactly)?

13. 1 Corinthians 15:42-57. At what "trump" does our resurrection occur? Isn't this the time when we receive "immortality" ( = 'deathlessness')? Why do some teachers insist that believers are already "deathless"?!?

14. 2 Corinthians 5:4. When is "mortality swallowed up of life"?

15. Galatians 6:8-9. When shall we "reap"? What shall we "reap"?

16. Ephesians 1:14. When is "the redemption of our purchased possession"? What do we have "until" then?

17. Colossians 3:2-4. Who is "our life"? When do we "appear with Him in glory"?

18. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. What does "and so" mean? When shall we "ever" be with our Lord?

19. 1 Timothy 4:8. Wouldn't "the life which now is" be, by very definition, different from "that which is to come"?

20. 1 Timothy 6:12,19. If "eternal life" is actually our's now, then how could Paul instruct us to "lay hold on" it?

21. Hebrews 9:27-28. When does Christ come "unto salvation"? Has this happened yet?

22. James 1:12. When do we get this "crown of life"?

23. 1 Peter 1:3. What is our "hope"? Do we already possess what we "hope" for?

24. 1 Peter 1:7-9. What is "the end" of our faith? When do we "receive" it?

25. 2 Peter 3:10-15. Our "salvation" is connected to what day?

26. 1 John 3:2-3. What is our "hope"? Why is it a "hope" ( = a 'pleasurable, confident anticipation')? What exactly is there to anticipate?

27. Jude 21. Why are we to "look for" His mercy "unto eternal life" if we already have it?

28. Revelation 2:7,10. What do the "tree of life" and "crown of life" symbolize? When do we receive them?

29. Revelation 21:6. What does this "fountain" symbolize? When can we "drink freely"?

30. Revelation 22:14. When do we get access to the "tree of life"?

Now that you have answered the above questions in your own mind, go back to the article and see if the same neglected truth is as obvious to you as it is to me.