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What good is it to us that we have the promise of immortal life, when we have committed sins that condemn us to death?
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What good is the hope of eternity, when we find ourselves in such a completely hopeless situation?
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What good is it that safe and secure homes have been prepared for us in the future world, when we have lived such wicked lives?
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What good is the promise that the glorious presence of God Most High will protect those who have lived pure lives, when our own lives have been so full of sin?
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What good is it that Paradise is shown to us, that its imperishable fruit can heal us and provide all we need? We can never go there
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because we have lived unacceptable lives.
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What good is it that the faces of those who practice self-control will shine more brightly than the stars, when our own faces will be blacker than the night?
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Never in our whole lives, when we sinned, did we think about what we would have to suffer after death."
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The angel replied, "Here is the meaning of the conflict that every person on earth must endure:
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If he is defeated, he must suffer the things you have just told me about, but if he is victorious, he will receive the rewards that I have just mentioned.
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That is why Moses long ago urged the people to choose life so that they might live.
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