May I please first confess, when I Simon Brown was a deceived Trinitarian, I was also deceiving others with this false teaching taught within most of Christianity today.
I would now like to share my new research proving why I was wrong, and reveal why MOST of Christianity are still wrong, by showing you the Biblical facts revealing how this is true, that the (SOUL) does depart from the BODY at DEATH, while proving also how the (SOUL) DIES at DEATH.
What do most of Christianity believe?
Here is what most of Christianity believe the SOUL is:
Geneva Study Bible tells us:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the {u} spirit shall return to God who gave it.
(u) The soul unconsciously goes either to joy or torment, and sleeps not as the wicked imagine.
Now we have seen and read what most of Christianity say, let us now have a quick recap and summary of what most of Christianity, believe and teach about the Human (SOUL).
This is all according to what most of Christianity say, believe and teach:
1.
All humans have both a BODY and a (SOUL).
2.
All human (SOULS) will have ETERNAL LIFE, in Heaven or in HELL.
3.
When humans DIE, we have a Separable living disembodied (SOUL).
4.
The human (SOUL) is immortal and never ever DIES.
5.
The human (SOUL) departs from the DEAD body and survives DEATH.
6.
The human (SOUL) continues to live on inhabiting LIFE in a new time and dimension, within Heaven or Hades, or HELL?
7.
The Human (SOUL) is indestructible.
8.
GOD will never ever Kill the human UNSAVED (SOULS).
Could most of Christianity be correct?
Does the Bible teach the Human (SOUL) will never DIE?
Let's see the Biblical facts, and understand what the Bible truly teaches.
Let's go back to the BEGINNING at The Forbidden Fruit in Genesis 2:17
15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
We see here in Genesis 2: how Adam was made immortal, but became liable to death if He were to sin, which would make the first Human and all Humans mortal, NOT immortal.
We then read in Genesis 3:19, how Adam broke GOD's only ONE commandment by eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and therefore would eventually DIE.
19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Notice how Adam did NOT remain immortal, but instead became mortal, by DYING and returning to the ground.
We have so far seen how Adam and Eve were to DIE and return to the DUST.
We have also seen how there is NO mention or anything said of Adam and Eve having a Separable living disembodied (SOULS), which is immortal, LIVING FOREVER.
We now move to Genesis 3:22 -24 and read how GOD REMOVED the tree of life.
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
23 Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
As we read that GOD REMOVED the tree of life, so that Adam could NO LONGER LIVE FOR EVER, making Adam mortal.
And there is nothing about Adam having a Separable living disembodied (SOUL) that is immortal and that will LIVE FOREVER.
In fact we read the OPPOSITE, how GOD REMOVED the tree of life, so that Adam could NOT LIVE FOR EVER.
But WHY then do most of Christianity teach the OPPOSITE, and CONTRADICT the Bible, saying every Human who has lived will LIVE FOREVER, when instead GOD said that He REMOVED the tree of life, so that Adam and all humans could NOT LIVE FOR EVER, by GOD REMOVING from Adam the tree of life?
Well as we have seen, most of Christianity believe, say and teach ALL the unsaved will LIVE FOR EVER, because they believe the Human (SOUL) is Separable and is immortal.
What is the Human (SOUL)?
So let us now examine another massive Christian confusion and deception, by seeing what exactly is the Human (SOUL).
In this article we will focus on ONE and the SAME Hebrew word for לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, in Genesis alone.
This Hebrew word for לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, has 6 Occurrences in the old testament.
In this examination we will see and discover if there are any indications of the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ translated as (SOUL) means immortality.
To find the answer to WHAT ''is'' the Human (SOUL), we need to go back to the very beginning of Genesis 2:7, and there we discover how GOD Almighty created the first MAN Adam, and there I hope we will understand where the human (SOUL) was made from, and came from.
Genesis 2:7
World English Bible
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
What does Genesis SAY?
Did you notice how we are told that: man became a living soul?
What does Genesis NOT say?
Genesis does NOT say GOD gave the first MAN a SEPARATE (SOUL).
Genesis does NOT say Adam has A Separable (SOUL).
What does Genesis tell us:
We are instead told how Adam became a living soul, by GOD breathing into his (Adams) nostrils the breath of life, and then Adam became a living soul.
Let us now examine the different translations for the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, which is often understood as (SOUL) in Genesis 2:7
New International Version
Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ being).
New Living Translation
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ person).
English Standard Version
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ creature).
Berean Study Bible
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ being).
King James Bible
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 (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ soul).
And below the Interlinear Bible translates the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ as (being):
And below the NASB Lexicon also translates the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ in Genesis 2:7 as (BEING).
So the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ is a (BEING).
Let us now look in the Englishman's Concordance:
lə·ne·p̄eš — 6 Occurrences
Genesis 2:7
HEB: וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃
NAS: became a living being.
KJV: and man became a living soul.
INT: became and man being A living
Leviticus 21:1
HEB: וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ לֹֽא־ יִטַּמָּ֖א
NAS: one shall defile himself for a [dead] person among his people,
KJV: unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
INT: and say about person No shall defile
Numbers 9:6
HEB: הָי֤וּ טְמֵאִים֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם וְלֹא־
NAS: were unclean because of [the] dead person, so that they could
KJV: who were defiled by the dead body of a man,
INT: become were unclean of dead of a man not
Numbers 9:7
HEB: אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה
NAS: to him, [Though] we are unclean because of [the] dead person, why
KJV: unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man:
INT: we are unclean of dead of a man why
Numbers 35:31
HEB: תִקְח֥וּ כֹ֙פֶר֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ רֹצֵ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: ransom for the life of a murderer
KJV: no satisfaction for the life of a murderer,
INT: take ransom the life of a murderer who
Lamentations 3:25
HEB: יְהוָה֙ לְקֹוָ֔ו לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃
NAS: to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks
KJV: unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh
INT: the LORD wait to the person seeks
So we see there are 6 Occurrences for the same Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ.
And we see how the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ is translated as BEING, SOUL, PERSON, BODY, and LIFE.
And the most used word within the 6 Occurrences of the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, is (PERSON).
What does the Dictionary say BEING means?
Now I am no Bible scholar, but just an ordinary man off the street, and I do not understand Hebrew, and I am still always seeking, learning and discovering.
So I sent an email to Sir Anthony Buzzard, who is a very good Hebrew and Greek Bible scholar, asking him what does the word SOUL mean?
Sent: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:54
Subject: RE: SOUL.
Simon, Thanks. he soul is the whole person, never a separable immortal part of man
Spirit is the mind or heart of Man and the energy which God breathed into him to make Adam a living soul.
Words have a range of meaning of course too/
In hope,
Anthony
I found Antony's reply interesting, because he said SOUL is the whole PERSON.
And as we have seen in the different translations that the most used word within the 6 Occurrences of the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, is (PERSON), which also means BEING.
The creation of the first MAN Adam as told in Genesis proves all Humans do NOT have a Separable immortal (SOUL), but are instead living PERSONS, BEINGS, and (SOULS).
And the Bible tells us the simple reason why all Humans are living souls, is because the BREATH of life makes us into a living soul.
Also notice in the many translations below how the same Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, for SOUL is used in Numbers 9:7.
And is translated as SOUL, or BODY, or CORPSE, or PERSON, or in the Douay-Rheims Bible: the (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ soul) of a man.
Verse
New International Version
and said to Moses, "We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD's offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?"
New Living Translation
and said, “We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the LORD’s offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”
English Standard Version
And those men said to him, “We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the LORD’s offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?”
Berean Study Bible
and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”
King James Bible
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
New King James Version
And those men said to him, “We became defiled by a human (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ corpse). Why are we kept from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the children of Israel?”
New American Standard Bible
Those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of a dead (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ person), why are we kept from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”
NASB 1995
Those men said to him, "Though we are unclean because of the dead (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ person), why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?"
NASB 1977
And those men said to him, “Though we are unclean because of the dead (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ person), why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?”
Amplified Bible
Those men said to Moses, “We are [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] a dead body. Why are we being restrained from presenting the LORD’S offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?”
Christian Standard Bible
and said to him, “We are unclean because of a human (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ corpse). Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites? ”
Holman Christian Standard Bible
and said to him, "We are unclean because of a human (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ corpse). Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites?"
American Standard Version
and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?
Brenton Septuagint Translation
And those men said to Moses, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: shall we therefore fail to offer the gift to the Lord in its season in the midst of the children of Israel?
Contemporary English Version
"Even though we have touched a dead body, why can't we celebrate Passover and offer sacrifices to the LORD at the same time as everyone else?"
Douay-Rheims Bible
Said to them: We are unclean by occasion of the (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ soul) of a man. Why are we kept back that we may not offer in its season the offering to the Lord among the children of Israel?
English Revised Version
and those men said unto him, We are unclean by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?
Good News Translation
and said, "We are unclean because we have touched a (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ corpse), but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering with the rest of the Israelites?"
GOD'S WORD® Translation
and said, "We are unclean because we touched a dead body. Why won't you let us bring our offerings to the LORD at the same time the rest of the Israelites bring their offerings?"
International Standard Version
and asked, "Why can't we bring an offering to the LORD at the appointed time among the Israelis, even though we are unclean because we came in contact with a לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ corpse?"
JPS Tanakh 1917
And those men said unto him: 'We are unclean by the dead body of a man; wherefore are we to be kept back, so as not to bring the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the children of Israel?'
Literal Standard Version
and those men say to him, “We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring the offering of YHWH near in its appointed time, in the midst of the sons of Israel?”
NET Bible
And those men said to him, "We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the LORD's offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?"
New Heart English Bible
Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of the LORD in its appointed season among the people of Israel?"
World English Bible
Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"
Young's Literal Translation
and those men say unto him, 'We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?'
Notice the same Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, for SOUL is used in Numbers 9:7, and is INSTEAD this time translated as DEAD BODY, or CORPSE, or a DEAD PERSON.
So in Numbers 9:7 we have a DEAD SOUL/BODY/PERSON.
And in Genesis 2:7 we have Adam who became a living soul, by GOD breathing into his (Adams) nostrils the breath of life, and then Adam became a living soul.
The difference is that the DEAD BODY or CORPSE of the DEAD PERSON in Numbers 9:7, does NOT have the BREATH of LIFE, which simply makes the PERSON A DEAD SOUL.
But Adam received from GOD the breath of life, making Adam into a living SOUL.
CONCLUSION:
This subject could go on for ever, as I have only touched the edge, so I will finish with some quick facts proving why I now believe the human (SOUL) is mortal and NOT immortal.
Genesis 6:3
World English Bible
Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
The very fact Adam was first created by GOD as immortal, and then sinned, and became mortal, proves the (SOUL) of Adam is the PERSON of Adam, and is at present a dead (SOUL).
Ezekiel 18:20
World English Bible
The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
Nowhere in the whole Bible do we read the (SOUL) of Adam is ALIVE in HEAVEN, but is instead DEAD/ASLEEP, but is alive in the mind of GOD.
Genesis 5
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness. 2He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name "Adam," in the day when they were created.
3 Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4 The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters. 5 All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.
If the SOUL) of Adam is ALIVE, as most of Christianity teach the (SOUL) does not DIE, then that doctrine CONTRADICTS the word of GOD, who said Adam DIED and that the (SOUL) who sins, he shall die Ezekiel 18:4.
The very fact the same Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, for SOUL is used for Adam in Genesis 2:7 who was originally created as an immortal (SOUL), but then disobeyed GOD, and became a mortal (SOUL), proves the Human (SOUL) is simply the BEING, or PERSON.
As Adam's (SOUL) died, this proves Adam's (SOUL), was mortal.
Numbers 9:7 uses the SAME identical Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ, for SOUL used for Adam in Genesis 2:7, and yet Numbers 9:7 is referring to a DEAD BODY or CORPSE of a DEAD PERSON.
If the SOUL is IMMORTAL as taught by most of Christianity, WHY then are we told the לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (SOUL) in Numbers 9:7 is DEAD?
I hope to be back with part 2 soon, where we will examine more on the Human SOUL, and look at what Jesus said about the BODY and SOUL in Matthew 10:28 and about the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-, while also examining the Greek word for (SOUL).
In the mean time I will leave you with some verses that call (PERSONS as SOULS) in the verses below:
Acts 2:41
Berean Literal Bible
Therefore those indeed having received his word were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.
Exodus 1:5
World English Bible
All the souls who came out of Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
1 Peter 3:20
Berean Literal Bible
at one time having disobeyed, when the long suffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, of the ark being prepared, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were saved through water,
Ecclesiastes 12:7
World English Bible
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Did you know that ANIMALS are also called SOULS, and also have a SPIRIT?
Let's have a look:
Genesis 1:20
World English Bible
God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living (nephesh, SOUL, creatures), and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
Strong's Concordance
nephesh: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion
Original Word: נֶפֶשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: nephesh
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-fesh)
Definition: a soul,
Ecclesiastes 3:21
World English Bible
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"
As the (SOUL) never dies as most of Christianity say, believe and teach, and as ANIMALS are also called SOULS, and also have a SPIRIT, does this then mean ANIMALS NEVER DIE?
So as we have seen, by one MAN's Disobedience, the whole human race lost IMMORTALITY, but thanks be to GOD the Father through Jesus Christ, because of GOD's SON, and His perfect Obedience, all the Human race now have a choice to return back to IMMORTALITY through our saviour Jesus Christ.
The Good News.
When We Take Up Our Cross The Curse Of DEATH Is Reversed.
As we all know our first parents disobeyed GOD's commandment and therefore received the wages for SIN, which was DEATH, which became the fall of the whole human race, which is why we all now die.
However, thanks be to GOD, through Jesus Christ, for GOD revealed His divine love to the whole Human race, by sending and sacrificing His only begotten SON Jesus to pay the price for our sin, and by doing so, our loving GOD reversed the curse of DEATH, by Jesus becoming the Lamb of GOD that washes away our wrongdoing, passing down to ALL the human race the free will to believe or deny, to be remorse and repent, or live in sin and awful pride, or to swallow our pride and surrender our life, by following and trusting in Yahweh The One True GOD, through His One True Jesus Christ, our great coming prince of peace, therefore receiving the reward of eternal life, with no more pain or suffering ever again, Amen.
2 Timothy 2
11 Trustworthy is the saying: For if we have died together with Him, we will also live together with Him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign together with Him; if we will deny Him, He also will deny us;
13 if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He is not able to deny Himself.
If we DENY ourselves as Jesus did by going to the cross to do His Fathers will, and if we believe and follow Jesus Christ, we will be saved from annihilation, called the SECOND DEATH.
Romans 5:
Christ's Sacrifice for the Ungodly
(Genesis 22:1-10; John 3:16-21)
6 Yet indeed Christ, of us still being without strength, according to the right time, died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though on behalf of the good man perhaps someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His love to us, that of us being still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Therefore much more, having been justified now by His blood, we will be saved by Him from wrath! 10 For if, being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved in His life! 11 And not only so, but also we are rejoicing in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
(Genesis 3:1-7; Genesis 7:1-5; 2 Peter 3:1-9)
12 Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, because all sinned. 13 For until the Law, sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed, there being no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those not having sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the coming One.
15 But so also the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one, the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gift in grace, which is of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many! 16 And the gift is not as through one having sinned. For truly the judgment from one was unto condemnation; but the gift is out of many trespasses unto justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, how much more will those receiving the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!
18 So then, just as through one trespass, it is unto condemnation to all men, so also through one act of righteousness it is unto justification of life to all men. 19 For as indeed through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the One, the many will be made righteous.
20 Now the Law entered so that trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over abounded, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness, unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I am Simon Brown, please meet me again in my next article, where I will share with you something you may not know.
GOD bless.
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