At the present time God alone possesses immortality.
“God,
the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, WHO
ALONE IS IMMORTAL.”
—1 Timothy 6:15, 16.
Scripture makes it clear that people in this life are mortal: subject
to death. But when Jesus returns, our nature will undergo a radical change.
“Listen,
I tell you a mystery: WE WILL NOT ALL SLEEP, but WE WILL ALL BE CHANGED—in
a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMPET. For the trumpet
will sound, THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED imperishable, AND WE WILL BE CHANGED.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and THE
MORTAL WITH IMMORTALITY. When the perishable has been clothed with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that
is written will come true: ‘DEATH HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP in victory.’” —1
Corinthians 15:51-54.
“Listen,
I tell you a mystery: WE WILL NOT ALL SLEEP, but WE WILL ALL BE CHANGED—in
a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMPET. For the trumpet
will sound, THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED imperishable, AND WE WILL BE CHANGED.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and THE
MORTAL WITH IMMORTALITY. When the perishable has been clothed with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that
is written will come true: ‘DEATH HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP in victory.’”
