Neuropteron
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From experience we know that physically, we need outside energy to keep alive, sustenance, water, oxygen and so forth... even with these necessities, our life span is limited.
The Bible calls this state “enslavement to corruption”.
Since this eventuality is irrefutable, a theory has been put forward to satisfy our inherent desire to keep on living.
This theory is called “the immortality of the soul”.
It states:
1. We possess “somewhere in us” a soul .
2. That soul is immortal.
3. The body is a shell, that will be discarded.
Who started this theory ?
God stated: ...”you will positively die” Gen 3:2
Satan claimed...“you positively will not die”...Gen 3:4
It was said that, this is the first recorded lie in history.
Since man did die, the theory was redefined to say: “the dead are still living” but without the bodie.
Further adjustments were made by Pagan religion, later by Greek philosophers, finally adopted by the Churches of Christendom and elevated as doctrine, in complete disregard of scriptural teachings.
Now..., I will not pretend to know what occurs after death, but I have read what the Bible teaches on this subject.
Fortunately for me, it's not that complicated.
For example:
“The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”(Ezekiel 18:4, KJV).
” ... the man came to be a living soul (ne′phesh)...”(Genesis 2:7) [“came to be”, not received]
Animals are souls :
... every living soul [ne′phesh] that moves about, ... according to their kinds, ... ne′phesh is applied to the domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth "as “living souls.” (Ge 1:24).
(Heb., ne′phesh; Gr., psy·khe′ the Scriptures shows “soul” to be a person a being, an animal, or the life that a person has.
One source says:
“In the New Testament, to ‘save one’s soul’ (Mk 8:35) does not mean to save some ‘spiritual’ part of man, as opposed to his ‘body’ (in the Platonic sense) but the whole person …”The Roman Catholic translation, The New American Bible, in its “Glossary of Biblical Theology Terms” (pp. 27, 28),—Edition published by P.J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, 1970.
Another source:
Ne′phesh evidently comes from a root meaning “breathe” and in a literal sense ne′phesh could be rendered as “a breather.” soul = living being, individual, breather, person.(Koehler and Baumgartner’s Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros)
What about the ransom sacrifice?
Christians are, or should be, cognisant of the fact that Jesus gave his life so that we can have everlasting life.
If we already possessed and immortal soul, for what purpose did Christ offer his life and die?
“...undeserved kindness might rule through righteousness leading to everlasting life through Jesus Christ...”(Ro 5:21)
“... but now it has been made clearly evident through the manifestation of our Saviour, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death but has shed light upon life and incorruption through the good news” (2 Timothy 1:10)
In view of this, do you think that a theory started by Satan, promoted by Pagan religion and refined by Greek philosopers can give us a more precise idea of what happens after we die than Jesus Christ can?
The Bible calls this state “enslavement to corruption”.
Since this eventuality is irrefutable, a theory has been put forward to satisfy our inherent desire to keep on living.
This theory is called “the immortality of the soul”.
It states:
1. We possess “somewhere in us” a soul .
2. That soul is immortal.
3. The body is a shell, that will be discarded.
Who started this theory ?
God stated: ...”you will positively die” Gen 3:2
Satan claimed...“you positively will not die”...Gen 3:4
It was said that, this is the first recorded lie in history.
Since man did die, the theory was redefined to say: “the dead are still living” but without the bodie.
Further adjustments were made by Pagan religion, later by Greek philosophers, finally adopted by the Churches of Christendom and elevated as doctrine, in complete disregard of scriptural teachings.
Now..., I will not pretend to know what occurs after death, but I have read what the Bible teaches on this subject.
Fortunately for me, it's not that complicated.
For example:
“The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”(Ezekiel 18:4, KJV).
” ... the man came to be a living soul (ne′phesh)...”(Genesis 2:7) [“came to be”, not received]
Animals are souls :
... every living soul [ne′phesh] that moves about, ... according to their kinds, ... ne′phesh is applied to the domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth "as “living souls.” (Ge 1:24).
(Heb., ne′phesh; Gr., psy·khe′ the Scriptures shows “soul” to be a person a being, an animal, or the life that a person has.
One source says:
“In the New Testament, to ‘save one’s soul’ (Mk 8:35) does not mean to save some ‘spiritual’ part of man, as opposed to his ‘body’ (in the Platonic sense) but the whole person …”The Roman Catholic translation, The New American Bible, in its “Glossary of Biblical Theology Terms” (pp. 27, 28),—Edition published by P.J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, 1970.
Another source:
Ne′phesh evidently comes from a root meaning “breathe” and in a literal sense ne′phesh could be rendered as “a breather.” soul = living being, individual, breather, person.(Koehler and Baumgartner’s Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros)
What about the ransom sacrifice?
Christians are, or should be, cognisant of the fact that Jesus gave his life so that we can have everlasting life.
If we already possessed and immortal soul, for what purpose did Christ offer his life and die?
“...undeserved kindness might rule through righteousness leading to everlasting life through Jesus Christ...”(Ro 5:21)
“... but now it has been made clearly evident through the manifestation of our Saviour, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death but has shed light upon life and incorruption through the good news” (2 Timothy 1:10)
In view of this, do you think that a theory started by Satan, promoted by Pagan religion and refined by Greek philosopers can give us a more precise idea of what happens after we die than Jesus Christ can?
