We will be judge by our words and our works; what we do and what we say. We are truly insignificant when compared to the glorious angels and God and the holy ones who’s spirits are now in heaven. When comparing this life with the next one, this life is truly insignificant; but it is very significant since it determines where we will spend eternity. This place is not our home, it is temporary.
When a man goes camping, he does so for only a little while. He goes and sets up his tent and lives in there for only a little while: a week, or maybe two weeks. Then, the man will take down his tent and go to his permanent home, where he lives all the rest of his days.
Here on earth, we live in a tent. This place is not our home; we will one day die and go to our permanent home. Whether it is a place of glory or a place of shame; either one of these is everlasting and is prepared for us ahead of time by God. Jesus goes to prepare a place for us. There will not be some magical potion that will come out in the future that will allow us to live forever here on earth. However there is a food you can eat and a drink that you can drink to have eternal life. This food and this drink is true food and true drink; Jesus is the bread of life, he who comes to Him will never hunger and he who believes in Him will never thirst. His food is His flesh that was broken to give us life. His drink is His blood that was spilled to give us life. God helps us to remember and understand by taking communion which is drinking wine (representing Jesus’ blood) and eating bread (representing Jesus’ flesh).
The food and drink that God offers to us is free. It is not like the food of the world where you must spend money in order to get some; the food that you have to buy from the world, you will need to buy again when you’re hungry again. It does not sustain you forever. Same with the drink. But God has freely given us this food and this drink from Jesus who is the meaning to life because He is life. All who believe in Him will be given the Holy Spirit to live inside. This is the first installment of the promise of everlasting life to come.