"PERHAPS nowhere in the Bible is the real man's coexistence with God to be more clearly inferred than in the sixth and seventh verses of the thirty-eighth chapter of Job, wherein the foundations of the earth are referred to and "all the sons of God shouted for joy." God being omniscient, infinite, it necessarily follows that, since He has always known all, every idea of His always has existed and always will continue to exist. It is very necessary to bear this in mind when endeavoring to realize the eternal and indestructible nature of man and the universe, for it is in great measure due to the suggestion conveyed by the word "beginning" that a sense of limited life has arisen, and it is only as this impression is removed that the unreality of the process called death can be understood. As long as it is believed that men are springing into existence daily, hourly, that is, that life has a beginning, so long will the corresponding belief prevail that others are dying daily and hourly.
How great is the deliverance from fear when it is realized, through the teachings of Christian Science, that there is no reality in death, but that the sons of God who sang in joyful unison when the foundations of all things were established, abide throughout all eternity, and that each one in reality belongs to that harmonious company. The real man of God's creating has not to strive after goodness and immortality, for he is wholly good and immortal now, and always has been so. In order to demonstrate this great truth, mortals have to relinquish false concepts. Spiritual life, emanating from God, Life, the great and only First Cause, is indestructible, eternal, and it is impossible for any divine idea to be liable to extinction. Now as always God cognizes man in all his purity, perfection, beauty, and continuity; and as God remains unchanged and unaffected by false mortal beliefs, so does the life of which He is the source continue unaffected by limiting thoughts and fears concerning it.
Since Life is continuous, how is it that we may be unconscious of this fact? It is only mortal mind, the counterfeit of Mind, which is thus ignorant; and as we learn more faithfully to reflect this one and only Mind, thereby we shall more clearly cognize the vast forever. Then imperishable Life in its unbroken infinitude will be revealed to our quickened spiritual sense. Moreover, since man lives now, and since eternity is now, where is the opportunity for death? There is no moment in which it can in reality occur. Understanding this, mankind can challenge death's claim to actuality and demand of it with Paul, "Where is thy sting?"
