The Father gave us his Son to be the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, giving us eternal life.  Eternal life is knowing the Father and knowing God's Son, his representative, whom he loves, through whom we receive the Father's love.   Eternal life is a close and intimate relationship with God through his Son, participation in his life, his love, his power, and his glory, as God dwells in us, and we in him.