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Saturday, November 22, 2014

 

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THE BIBLE MEANING OF "SOUL"


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The sentence passed on Adam is in full accord with the record of his creation from the dust (Gen. 3:19):

"Dust THOU art, and unto dust shalt THOU return."

The sentence was passed upon the conscious, thinking, sinning individual--the LIVING SOUL, created from dust, and animated by breath from God. This is in harmony with the general expression of the dispensation of God's justice, as expressed through Ezekiel:

"The soul that sinneth, IT SHALL DIE". (Ezek. 18:4)

Any attempt to transfer this sentence from the thinking, responsible Adam to his mere body is such an obviously weak subterfuge as not to be worthy of serious consideration.

And finally, we note, in passing, very distinctly that in this first pronouncement of the wages of sin, THERE IS NO MENTION OF ETERNAL TORTURE--but on the contrary, the sentence is dissolution into original dust.


 

 


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