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24 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
of which he is a part . "The first man is out, of
the earth and made of dust." 1 Corinthians
15 :47, NW The earth from which the first man
was made was created to exist forever . Showing
the difference between the present human generations
and the earth which moves around the sun,
the inspired Preacher says : "One generation passeth
away, and another generation cometh : but the
earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and
the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place
where he arose." Ecclesiastes 1 :4,5 According
to earth's eternal destiny Jehovah created it to be
inhabited by humankind forever . He says so. "I
have made the earth, and created man upon it :
I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens ;
and all their host have I commanded . For thus
saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God
that formed the earth and made it, that established
it and created it not a waste, that formed
it to be inhabited : I am Jehovah ; and there is
none else ." Isaiah 45 :12,18, ASV From the day
of the first man's creation to this day the earth
has never been without a human inhabitant, and
it never will be .
Mankind needs life, everlasting perfect human
life . For about six thousand years mankind has
been dying, and many generations of humans have
come and gone . When we remember the endless
happy existence that God promises for mankind,
it provokes a sympathetic smile to read the announcement
from Washington, D.C., of the Na-
7. How do God's promises of life show up modern
science?