Only One Life

In ancient times, the accepted formula for addressing the monarch was, “O King, live forever!”
Aside from religious belief that the soul is immortal and the body shall be resurrected at the last day, there are people who believe they can literally live forever physically, in the same way they are living now, and in the same world.
Benjamin Franklin, in a letter written in 1773, expressed such a desire. The Wikipedia article on Cryonics says that he “expressed regret that he lived ‘in a century too little advanced, and too near the infancy of science’ that he could not be preserved and revived to fulfil his ‘very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence.'”
Larry King, famous television interviewer, wants his body to be preserved after his death and revived whenever biomedical science has progressed to the point where such a resuscitation could be possible. When asked by a friend if he really wants that, he replied with “a colorful metaphor” that he certainly did. King makes no secret of his belief that death is the end of all things for an individual person.
As many as 200 people have been preserved by the scientific procedures associated with what is known as “Cryonics.” Costs range from $10,000 for preservation of the brain or head to $200,000 for the entire body.
Jesus promised us that we shall indeed live forever. Here’s the way he put it: ” “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26 NIV).