John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
If the Holy Spirit lives maybe also our spirit lives. It is the breathe of life after all.
1Cor 2:10 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11
For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Does an "it" know anything?
I did not say it cannot be destroyed. It is the existence of the spirit/soul which I am concerned about.
You cannot destroy something that does not exist.
Matt 10:28 also tells us that our soul does not die when our body dies. That sounds as if it exists imo.
1Cor 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
Why do you think that you do not belong to Christ?
Gal 3:13 Christ bought us with His blood and made us free from the Law.
You are free from the Law so why do you think you have not been bought with His blood?
Why do you think that not all Christians are resurrected first if we all belong to Him?
Why do you think that not all Christians will inherit the earth? After all, New Jerusalem comes down from heaven to earth and God and the Lamb will be there.
Why do you think that Jesus is now purely a spirit when we see that He rose from the dead bodily?
Matt 28:5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6
He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
I know why you think that Romans 8:23 is about the ones who go to heaven and that is because it cannot be about all Christians because that would make us all children of God and heirs with Jesus.
If Romans 8:23 is about the heavenward bound, why is it that you think that it tells us that their bodies have been redeemed?
Romans 8:22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. 23
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Romans 8:11 seems to be saying the same thing.
Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
I hope you have the Spirit of God living in you so that you can please God and be part of the first resurrection.
Romans 8:8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.