THE STATE OF THE DEAD AND ASSOCIATED TOPICS “But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man gives up the ghost, and where is he?” (Job14:10) “Where is he?” What happens to man when he dies? In Genesis 2:7 we read the following: “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul”. According to this verse, in order for man to become a “living soul” there are two components required; the “dust of the ground” and the “breath of life”. We know that when a man dies, his body eventually returns to the “dust of the ground”. But the “breath of life”; to where does it go? “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7) The word “spirit” found in this verse is the same word as is translated in other places as the “breath of life”. The doctrine of the immortality of the soul (not subject to death) is a teaching directly traceable back to the words of Satan in the Garden of Eden to Eve; and is in direct contradiction to what God told Adam and Eve. Satan has used this false doctrine to enslave millions, if not billions, of earth’s inhabitants through fear. Coupled together with the ancient Greek teaching of “hell”, it has distorted the character of our beneficent Creator. Hell, as embraced by the world and the church, is pictured as a place of eternal suffering, originated from ancient Greek philosophy. Punishment in hell typically corresponds to the sins committed during one’s life. Plato’s Myth of Er and portrayed by Dante’s Divine Comedy most accurately portrays what many in the world believe today. As we will see, “hell”, as mentioned in the Bible, is much different from Plato’s and Dante’s hell. It is inestimable the number of “souls” lost through these outlandish teachings of man and originating with Satan! Is there anyone who is immortal? “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” “I give thee charge in the sight of God, Who quickens all things … Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; Whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to Whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.” (1 Timothy 1:17; 6:13, 16) According to the Bible, only God has immortality. Immortality is to be conferred on the righteous at the second coming of Christ. “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:53-55) Someday the righteous will be given immortality. There is no place in Scripture indicating that the wicked receive immortality. globalimpactstudies/the-state-of-the-dead.html
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