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NASB | Luke 12:20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 12:20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?' [Job 27:8; Jer 17:11] |
Bible Question: What happens to our soul when we die? I know that our spirit goes back to God who gave it. |
Bible Answer: Hello, Gen 2:7 says dust plus God's breath equals a soul. Eccl 12:7 says death equals dust minus breath. When we die God's breath returns to God, and our bodies return to the earth. A box is made of wood and nails. When you pull the nails out you have wood and nails, but where did the box go? It does not exist until the nails and wood are reunited. At death we sleep (Job 14:12,21 ; Jn 11:11-14 ; 1 Thes 4:13-15 ; Dan 12:13 ; Is 57:1,2 ; Mt 9:24 ) not aware of anything (Jn 146:4 ; Job14:12,21 ; Ps 115:17), but then raised at the 2nd coming where dust is reunited with God's breath (Is 26:19 ; Jn 5:28 ; John 14:2). This is an important issue. In Gen 2:17 God said that when we sin we will die. In Gen 3:4 Satan said when we sin we will not die. God repeats this (Rom 6:23 ; Eze 18:20), and we like Eve now must choose who we will believe. The rampant rise of spiritualism we are experiencing in our world (1Tim 4:1) was made possible because so many people believe that our "Soul" is immortal. God bless your study. |