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1 | Ref. on animals having no spirit? | James 2:26 | AshleyC | 54079 | ||
I have always been taught that the spirit is what makes the difference between life and death and the soul is the part that lives forever in either heaven or hell after death. Is there somewhere in the Bible where this is spelled out more clearly than in I Thes. 5:23? I understand that we worship in spirit, but doesn't the Bible say that all flesh worships God? Doesn't that mean animals because they are his creation? | ||||||
2 | Ref. on animals having no spirit? | James 2:26 | Tuggy | 93916 | ||
Contrary to the popular teaching, the soul does not live on after a person dies. According to the Bible, what happens at death is the reverse of what happened at creation. Genesis 2:7 tells us how we were created: God made man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man BECAME a living SOUL. What is the soul? According to the Bible, a soul is a living being. The Bible does NOT teach that God placed a soul in man, but that, in equation form: body plus breath equals living soul (or living being). Can the soul die? Indeed. See Ez 18:4. Who only has immortality? 1 Timothy 6:15, 16 tells us that God is the only One who is not subject to death. The Bible only uses immortal to describe who God is - never to describe who we are. Immortality is a gift that God will give us. According to Paul, in Romans 2:7, we are SEEKING FOR IMMORTALITY. Job tells us that we are MORTAL (Job 4:17). 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 tells us that God's people will receive immortality at the resurrection at Jesus' Second Coming. What happens at death? Ecclesiastes 12:7: "Then shall the dust retutn to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." The Bible does not teach that the soul returns to God. The Bible mentions "soul" 1800 times and never once uses the expression "immortal soul". For Bible-believing Christians, the great hope is the resurrection at Jesus' second coming. Are humans conscious at death? How much do they know? nOT AT ALL! See Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6. Does the thought process continue after death? According to Psalm 146:4, no. What is the spirit that returns to God? See James 2:26; Job 27:3; Job 33:4. The Spirit and the breath are the same throughout scripture. When a person dies, it is God's life-giving power, His breath, that returns. The psalmist David states: "His breath (spirit) goeth forth (Ps 146:4). It is not some conscious entity - not some immortal soul. The Hebrew word for breath throughout scripture is RUACH, which means "AIR, WIND, OR SPIRIT." At death, the spirit or breath returns to God. Can the dead worship God? See Psalm 115:17 and Psalm 6:5. Since the "dead know not anything" (Eccles 9:5) and "in the grave there is no remembrance of you" (Ps 6:5), it is only logical that "the dead praise not the Lord" (Ps 115:17). The Bible compares death to a sleep more than 50 times. See John 11:11-14. When we are asleep soundly, we are not aware of time passing at all. We are at rest - complete rest. Jesus has the keys of hell and of death (Revelation 1:18). When He returns, the dead in Christ will be resurrected, and we which are alive and remain will be caught up tother with them in the air to meet the Lord(1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17). You would do well to study diligently this topic for yourself, comparing scripture with scripture, and allowing the Bible ti interpret itself. Please visit www.discoveronline.org for Bible studies on this and all the major and commonly misunderstood themes of the Bible. A word of caution: Just because a person supplies Bible texts, that doens't necessarily mean that his stance is in accordance in scripture. So, I encourage you to study for yourself. God bless. |
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3 | Ref. on animals having no spirit? | James 2:26 | Radioman2 | 93931 | ||
The Soul is Conscious After Death Revelation 6:9-11 "And when He broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'How long, O Lord, holy and true, wilt Thou refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?' And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, should be completed also." Obviously a person's soul is more than his breath. These robed souls under the altar, crying out to God, are not "breaths." Note that these souls are conscious after death. They were martyred and after death are very much alive in Heaven. They have the ability to cry out to God and to wear white robes. God Himself tells them that more of their brethren will join them after they are killed. Again in Revelation 20:4 "And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgement was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." Additional Scriptures Indicating the Consciousness of the Soul after Death Job 26:5-6 Matthew 22:31, 32 Luke 16:19-31 1 Thessalonians 5:10 Isaiah 14:9-11; 15-17 When the Soul Leaves the Body, the Body Sleeps The term "sleep" is never applied to the soul or the spirit, but only the body. The soul and the spirit continue to exist after death. The body "sleeps" and goes back to dust. (http://www.sdaoutreach.org/dead.html) |
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