Eternal word of God and eternal people

​“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.”

‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/zec.1.5-6.NASB1995

I love the verses that show the eternity of God’s word and People. Zechariah 1:5-6 is one of those verses. God is speaking through Zechariah to the people. And He asked for the physical ancestors and the prophets that were around during the days before the exile. And God asked do they live forever in the flesh. To which the answer is no! But then He switches to His word. And asked did not My word outlast your fathers and prophets. Speaking to the fact that God’s word outlasts even generations. Which we know is true for there are prophecies that were made before the time of Jesus that are coming true in our day! And then the fathers and prophets repented and said that God has felt with us according to His eternal judgment as He saw fit. Therefore saying that people will spend eternity living in the judgment or grace of God. 

So even though our fleshly body may die someday we will live an eternal life. Our biggest desire should be to inform everyone that Jesus is the way to the father who lives on in eternity past, present, and future. Eternal judgment and eternal grace are open to everyone it will be our choice which one we live for here in our fleshly lives. Will we submit to the lordship of Jesus and live the way he commands? Or will we stay in the domain of Satan and keep pleasing our flesh and living with the guilt that Satan keeps accusing us of?

“He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭148‬:‭6‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.148.6.NASB1995

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭35‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.24.35.NASB1995

“And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.”

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7‬:‭14‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/dan.7.14.NASB1995

“So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.55.11.NASB1995

“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”

‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭51‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.8.51.NASB1995

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.2.11.NASB1995

“‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭32‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.22.32.NASB1995

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”

‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬-‭29‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.10.27-29.NASB1995

So why do I like verses that show the eternity of God’s word and People? These are the only two things I can touch that will be in eternity with me. What are you touching today? Eternal things or temporary things?