Eternal life mean life everlasting. A time when we won't have to die again but enjoy every bliss of it.
This is why Jesus Christ came for us in order to be saved from the law of death. Truly we will all die but we should be happy we will die because we will surely resurrect with Jesus Christ if we believed in Him.
One of the reason Jesus said fear not those who will kill the flesh but cannot kill the soul.
There is this TV series (Vikings). They served gods and are always happy when they are about to be sacrificed to their gods. They believe they will enjoy bliss with their god.
That's the concept of Eternal life only that we won't be sacrificed as a fool like those ones were.
Eternal life does not only mean the righteous living in heaven with Christ but also the quality of life that is experienced for having a personal relationship with God.
The bible says that whoever believes in Christ shall never die but have eternal life. I think this partly means that when we die our physical bodies shall be destroyed so as those who don't believe in Christ and our spirits shall go to leave together with our father in heaven of eternity.
Although our physical bodies die as believers when we go to heaven we can take comfort in the fact that we will have a more glorified body at the resurrection.
Yes that's it. The term "our spirits will go to heaven" is the main answer of eternal life. This body is so sinful that's why our spirits are the only one that will go to heaven.
The Bible says that eternal life is when we die to ourselves so that we can live for Christ. This is called the new birth and is normally experienced when we are baptized.
Just as Christ died on the cross then rose again three days after, we die to our sinful nature and get the holy spirit to live a life for Christ after baptism.
It's a life full of joy, no troubles of the world such as sickness,death,sorrow,evils such as jealousy,theft,list,anger, murderous feelings. We will be given glorious bodies that are immortal and we will live forever proclaiming and praising the mighty wonders of our God.
For GOd so lved the world, that he gave his only sonly begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. I am the living bread that came down out of heaven, if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever, and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
At mass, we take part in consuming the blood of Christ represented by the wine and the eating of the flesh of Christ represented by the bread so that we can be saved and make it to heaven.
We have eternal life even if our body dies if we acquire Jesus and live within us. After the judgement day eternal life will be grant to those who follow Jesus, doing his will and be with him accordingly. Aim high, live holy, follow him.
Eternal life is the gift of God to those people who followed him until their last breath. It is the ending of people who have done good while they're living and they're the ones who survived the judgement day
The Bible is page after page chronicling the specifics of what happens to people who are saved. In short, they are saved by grace and must more information about eternal life.