Now a certain ruler asked Jesus, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 18:18-27)
Bishop Kallistos Ware writes:
“Let us think of our human existence as a book. Most people regard this present life as the actual text, the main story, and they see the future life – if, indeed, they believe that there is any future life – as no more than an appendix. But the genuinely Christian attitude is the exact reverse of this. Our present life is in reality no more than the preface, the introduction, while it is the future life that constitutes the main story. The moment of death signifies not the conclusion of the book but the start of Chapter One.” (The Inner Kingdom, pg. 25)
St. Theophan the Recluse said:
“‘I am a sojourner on the earth, hide not from me Thy commandments.’ A wanderer strives for his goal, passing by, lingering nowhere. Yet, very often, men live as if they had to live on earth eternally. How can he not forget his eternal destination and not get too much embroiled in the things of this world?” (Commentary on Psalm 118/119 by Bishop Theophan the Recluse, pg . 9)
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