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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] |
Subject: What happens to our soul when we die? |
Bible Note: Hello Mark, I appreciate your extensive comments. I have taken some time to read through your comments and compare to several commentaries. I've got to say you are correct. I have been taught in the past that Edom's destruction was a specific destruction in the past, but I believe you are correct that it is pointing forward to the end of time. Thank you for setting me straight. Although my example does not hold true I still hold to the other comments that I have shared. Before I comment on Is 66 check out Is 65:17. "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind". Also note 2 Peter 3:10-13. "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up". Matt 10:28 Christ's words tell us "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell". Mal 4:1 "For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evil doer will be chaff, and the day that is coming will set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch". Ezekiel 28:18,19 "Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; You have become terrified And YOU WILL CEASE TO BE FOREVER". Ps 37:10 "yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there". Jer 17:27 gives us a deeper understanding of what it means to not be quenched. "I will kindle a fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jersalem and not be quenched". The fire that is devouring will not be quenched or put out. Now putting Is 66 into context of these other texts (including Is 65:17 just a few verses before) I would say that it means something different than the "miserable, pitiful remaining part" that remains when the rest of the wicked is burned away. The exact same Hebrew word translated worm is found in other places and is simply maggots preying upon dead bodies. This lines up with Is 66 who calls the dead "corpses". See Ex 16:20 worms fouled manna left over night. See Is 14:11 speaks of maggots as the deads covering. I know that Job 25:6 and Ps 22:6 can be used to support your comment of man being being a worm and a reproach, but I believe that in Is 66 you would take the first description so that it is in harmony with the rest of scripture. I probably have blown all credibility with my Edom illustration, but hopefully these texts will show that the Biblical perspective on all issues is so very important to me, in fact it is the only thing (Phil 3:7,8). Thank you again for your comments. SBoone |