Do You Want To Live Forever?
Bryan Johnson has one chief purpose in life: not dying.
The 47-year-old tech entrepreneur notes that immortality is “the most fundamental of all human desires” and that most world religions focus on some version of it. But now, he believes, something like immortality is “technically, potentially possible.”
Johnson explains: “What I’ve done as a project is I’ve said: Can I slow down my speed of aging to the greatest extent of any human on the planet? And can I then eliminate all the sources of death? Can I become the most Don’t-Die person in human history?”
Johnson is serious about that goal. He has a team of 30 scientists who test and monitor nearly every function of his body; he says he is the “most measured person in human history.” His efforts have included replacing all the plasma in his body, injecting millions of stem cells, and more. Virtually every moment of his life — diet, exercise, sleep, supplements — is carefully planned and regimented.
Of course, such a lifestyle is impractical (the daily routine would make it impossible to work a regular job or raise a family) and unbelievably expensive. That’s no problem for Johnson, who, as you might have guessed by now, is a multi-millionaire. But for most people, it’s wholly out of reach. That hasn’t stopped Johnson from attracting lots of fans, though: he currently has more than a million followers on Instagram and is the subject of a recent Netflix documentary.
Is it possible to live forever? No. And yes.
Bryan Johnson is not going to keep himself from dying. He may end up living a longer-than-average life; his lavishly funded personal experiment may eventually yield results that contribute to healthier, longer lives for many; but he is not going to outwit death. “It is appointed to men to die once…” (Hebrews 9:27).
“…and after this comes judgment,” the passage continues, reminding us that death is not the end of existence. Immortality is in our very nature; we are spiritual beings, created by God in His image (Genesis 1:26-27). Our bodies die, but we continue on in spirit — all of us. And God has promised two things: one, in the last day all will be raised from the dead; and two, it will be a resurrection to either life or condemnation (John 5:28-29). Which it will be depends on how we respond to God’s revealed will during our brief sojourn in these mortal, physical bodies (see Romans 2:5-10; 2 Corinthians 5:10).
A resurrection to condemnation — “eternal punishment” (Matthew 25:46) — may seem too terrible to contemplate, but in truth it is too terrible not to take seriously. It is not annihilation, as some suggest, but an eternity “away from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power” (2 Thessalonians 1:9). Imagine an existence devoid of all the things that make life desirable. No wonder Scripture calls it “the second death” (Revelation 20:14-15).
The alternative is a resurrection to life — not a constant, desperate grasping for one more day in a corruptible, mortal body, but eternal, incorruptible life in the very presence of and fellowship with the Giver of life, “who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory” (Philippians 3:21).
Columnist Hugo Timms says of Johnson’s ambition, “to obsess about not dying seems like a waste of a life. Think of all the relationships and projects that would have to be abandoned. Think of all the joys and pleasures that would have to be sacrificed…” (Spiked.com, Jan. 12, 2025). Too true. But no less a waste is a life filled with relationships, projects, joys, and pleasures, yet lived under the illusion that this life is all there is.
That’s the sad fact of Bryan Johnson’s life and countless others: an obsession with living now, yet no regard for life in eternity. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:36-37).
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