 When do you get eternal life? When do you say? Well, the answer is simple. When do you start believing? Jesus says in John 6.47 that whoever believes has eternal life. He says that the person who believes has present tense life forever. So do you believe? If so, Jesus promised that you have life right now lasting how long? Forever. So the question is, when do you get it? Well, you get it right now. You have life right now if you believe. The question is though, do you believe? But if you know for a fact that you do believe, well then Jesus says that you can know for a fact that you have life forever right now.