But if we expect to live in that new world ​ — and to keep living beyond Christ’s Thousand Year Reign — ​ we must act now to “get a firm hold ” on everlasting life.
وَفَكِّرْ كَمْ سَيَسْهُلُ ٱلِٱقْتِرَابُ إِلَى يَهْوَهَ فِيمَا نَرْتَقِي سُلَّمَ ٱلْكَمَالِ دَرَجَةً دَرَجَةً .‏ —‏ مز ٧٣ :‏ ٢٨ ؛‏ يع ٤ :‏ ٨‏ .‏