If a man dies,
shall he live again?
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What does it mean to
be absent from the body
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and present with the Lord?
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Did Jesus go with a thief
to paradise on Good Friday?
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Did the souls of dead people
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really cry out
from below the altar?
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Pastor Bohr
answers these questions
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and more in the amazing series.
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Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in Heaven,
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we come before You
today with a humble heart
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knowing that in our own wisdom
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we can never
understand Your word
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and therefore we ask that
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through the
presence of Your Holy Spirit,
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You will give us divine wisdom.
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Help us Father to understand
what we are studying today.
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And especially I
ask that you will remove
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any preconceived
ideas that we might have.
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So that we might hear
the voice of Your Holy Spirit
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unimpeded by human wisdom.
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We thank You Father for hearing
and answering our prayer,
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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The title of our study for today
is Rachel's Departing Soul.
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And basically
what we are going to do
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is study the biblical concept
of the State of the Dead.
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I like to begin
by reading a verse
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that we find in Genesis 35:18,
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Genesis 35: 18, it's
talking about Rachel.
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She was about to bring
into the world her second son,
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his name would be Benjamin
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and as she was
going through child birth
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the Bible tells
us that she died.
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I want you to notice how this
is picked up in Genesis 35:18.
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"And so it was, as
her soul was departing
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and (for she died),
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that she called
his name Ben-oni,
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but his father
called him Benjamin."
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This verse has been used to try
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and prove that the soul survives
in a conscious way after death.
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After all doesn't it say
that as her soul was departing,
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many Christians assume that
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this means that her
immortal conscious soul
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left the body and went to
heaven at the moment of death?
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But that's not
what the text says.
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What does the Bible have to
say about the State of the Dead?
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Well, in order to
understand this topic,
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we need to go back to the place
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where the creation
of man is described.
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So go with me to
Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7.
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Here God is describing
through His writer Moses
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the creation of Adam
at the very beginning.
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It says here "And the Lord God
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formed man of the
dust of the ground."
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So man's physical
nature is composed of what?
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Dust and then it says,
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"And breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life."
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Two elements, body
of clay or of dust,
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breathe of life
is equal to what,
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notice the last
part of the verse.
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It says "And man
became a living being."
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Or as the King James says,
"Man became a living Soul."
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Now I want you to notice here
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that we are not told
that man was given a soul
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nor are we told
that man has a soul.
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This text very clearly
says that man is a soul,
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man became a living
being or a living soul,
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a Nephesh if you
please in Hebrew.
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So you will notice that a
soul is composed of two things,
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the body of dust
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and the breath of life
that God gave that body.
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In other words man is
composed of two elements.
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Now let's talk very briefly
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about the
physical nature of man.
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Go with me to
Isaiah 64:8, Isaiah 64:8.
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Here the physical nature of man
is described that is his body.
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There is not much
debate in the Christian world
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about the body of man.
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Everyone knows that
the body is composed
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of clay or composed of dust.
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Isaiah 64:8 reads like this
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"But now, O Lord,
you are our Father,
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We are the clay,
and You our potter,
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And all we are the
work of Your hand."
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So notice we are the clay
and God formed us out of clay,
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He formed us out of dust
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and as a result we have
our physical nature today.
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God work like a potter
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like I was mentioning there is
no debate in the Christian world
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about the
physical nature of man.
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All are agreed
that man has a body
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and it's composed
of material substance.
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Where the problem comes in
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is when we talk about the spirit
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and we talk about the soul.
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So let's take a look
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at what the Bible has
to say about the spirit.
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What is the spirit?
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Before we read several
verses that describe the spirit,
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it's necessary for me to mention
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that the word
spirit in the Old Testament
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actually has two
separate Hebrew words.
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One is the Hebrew word Ruach
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that word is
generally translated spirit.
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There is another Hebrew word
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which is very
close to be in synonymous
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and that word is Neshamah,
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so we have two Hebrew words
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that express the life
principle that the body has.
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You have the word Ruach
and you have the word Neshamah.
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Now Neshamah is
usually translated breath
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and like I
mentioned the word Ruach
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is usually translated spirit.
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Another thing that
I need to underline
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before we read any
verses from the Old Testament
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about what the spirit is--
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is the fact that Hebrew poetry
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is based on the
principle of parallelism.
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In Hebrew poetry you have
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what is called
synonymous parallelism.
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That's where the first line
is repeated in a second line
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the same thought,
but in different words.
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And this is the main
principle of parallelism
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that we need to keep in mind as
we study the State of the Dead,
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particularly in
the Old Testament.
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Now there are two
other types of parallelism
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that I am not going to get into.
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One of them is
antithetic parallelism
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where what is
said in the first line,
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the opposite is
said in the second line.
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And then you have
synthetic parallelism
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which is where the thought
is completed in the second line
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of what was said
in the first line,
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but what concerns us
here is not primarily
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antithetical and
synthetic parallelism
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it is synonymous parallelism.
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Remember, the first line is
repeated in the second line,
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the same thought
but in different words.
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Now what is according
to the Bible the spirit?
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Basically we are
going to find in our study
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that the word
spirit as it's used
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in the Old Testament and the New
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refers to the vital force that
allows the body to function.
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Basically it means
the energizing force
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or the electrical
current that gives the body
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the necessary vitality
so that it can function.
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In other words,
it's the electricity
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that helps your heart to
pump, your lungs to breathe,
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your nervous system
to function etcetera.
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Now let's notice several
verses from the Old Testament
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that used the words Ruach
which is translated spirit
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and Neshamah which is
translated usually breath.
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Go with me to Job 33:4, Job 33:4
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it says here and notice
the synonymous parallelism,
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the spirit that is the Ruach.
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"The Spirit of God has made me."
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And now notice
how the second line
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repeats the same
thought but in different words.
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"And the breath of the
Almighty gives me life."
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Do you see the
synonymous parallelism?
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In other words,
it's the same thing
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to say the Spirit
of God has made me
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as to say the breath of
the Almighty gives me life.
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Made me and give
me life are parallel
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and spirit and
breath are parallel.
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By the way the word breath here
is the Hebrew word Neshamah.
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This shows that Ruach and
Neshamah are parallel terms,
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because they are placed
in synonymous parallelism.
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Go with me to
Job 27:3, Job 27:3.
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Once again the
synonymous parallelism
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becomes very obvious.
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It says, "As long
as my breath is in me,"
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that's the word Neshamah.
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"As long as my breath
is in me, And the breath--"
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that's Ruach by the way,
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"And the breath of
God is in my nostrils."
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So it's the same
thing to say breath is in me
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as to say the breath
of God is my nostrils.
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Now you will notice here
that the Ruach is found where?
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In the nostrils.
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By the way also there are
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several text in
the Old Testament
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that say that the
Neshamah is in the nostrils.
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That shows that these
words are interchangeable.
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Now what do you
use your nostrils for?
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Hopefully not to bud into
everybody else's business.
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We use our nostrils to what?
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To breathe.
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In other words
Ruach and Neshamah
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refer to the
energizing principle of a body.
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Now notice
Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah42:5.
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Once again you will see
the synonymous parallelism.
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"Thus says God the Lord,
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Who created the
heavens and stretched them out,
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Who spread forth the earth
and that which comes from it."
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Now notice the parallel.
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"Who gives
breath that's Neshamah,
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Who gives breath
to the people on it,
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And spirit Ruach to
those who walk on it".
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Do you see the parallel there?
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It's the same to say
gives breath to the people on it
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as it is to say gives
spirit to those who walk on it.
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Once again Ruach and Neshamah
are used interchangeably.
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Incidentally did you
know that animals and humans
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both have Ruach and Neshamah.
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In other words
the energizing force
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is the same energizing force
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with animals as it
is with human beings?
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Let's read a passage about that
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and then I will
explain what I mean,
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Ecclesiastes 3:19-21,
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Ecclesiastes 3:19-21.
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Here the wise man
Solomon is saying,
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"For what happens to the sons
of men also happens to animals,
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one thing befalls them, as
one dies, so dies the other.
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Surely, they
all have one breath,
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that's the word Neshamah,
they all have one breath,
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man has no advantage over
animals, for all is vanity.
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All go to one place,
all are from the dust,
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and all return to dust."
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And then he asks
this rhetorical question.
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Who knows the spirit,
that's the word Ruach,
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"Who knows the
spirit of the sons of men,
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which goes
upward, and the spirit,
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that is Ruach of the animal,
which goes down to the earth?
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In other words he
says how do you know
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that the spirit of
man goes up when he dies
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and the spirit of
the animal goes down.
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He says the spirit of
both goes to the same place.
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Now somebody
might say, Pastor Bohr,
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are you saying that animals and
human beings are the same thing?
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Allow me to explain.
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They are the same in the
sense of the energizing force
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that gives their body
the capacity to function.
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Let's use this illustration.
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A fridge, a refrigerator,
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in order for a
refrigerator to function
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you must plug it in, right?
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Let's think also
about a computer.
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In order for a
computer to function
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you must plug the computer in.
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Question, are the
computer and the refrigerator
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plug into the same energy force?
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They are both plugged into
the wall, the same energy force.
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But let me ask you this?
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Is the computer a much more
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sophisticated piece of
equipment than a refrigerator?
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Of course.
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The energy from the wall
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simply gives the refrigerator
the energizing force
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to fulfill the function
for which it was created.
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In the same way
the same energy force
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gives the computer
the capacity to function
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according to the function
for which it was created.
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Are you understanding me?
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In terms of the energizing
force there is no difference,
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but in terms of the function
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for which it was
created it's different.
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Obviously human beings
are far superior to animals,
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but the energizing
force for both is the same,
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it's the breath of
life, it's the spirit of life
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that God imparts to them.
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Are you
following what I am saying?
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Now, let's examine a few
verses from the New Testament
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that speak about the spirit.
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We've noticed several
from the Old Testament.
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Now let's go to
the New Testament.
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By the way the New
Testament has only one word,
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it's the word Pneuma.
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Let's go to
James 2:26, James 2:26.
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We got to notice that Pneuma
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is equivalent basically
to Neshamah and to Ruach.
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It says in James 2:26,
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"For as the body
without the spirit is what,
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is dead, so faith
without works is dead also."
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So in what condition is
the body without the spirit?
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The body without
the spirit is what?
00:16:23.63\00:16:25.78
Dead.
00:16:25.81\00:16:26.84
What is the spirit there?
00:16:26.87\00:16:28.62
It is the energizing force
that allows the body to function
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that gives the vital force
so that the body can function.
00:16:33.57\00:16:36.84
And if you don't have
the spirit in your body,
00:16:36.87\00:16:40.56
you don't breathe and
as a result you are what?
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You are dead.
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Now go with me to Revelation 11
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and we will read
verses 7 and also 11
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Revelation 11:7 and 11.
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It's speaking here
about the two witnesses.
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We won't go into the
meaning of the two witnesses,
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I'll just say
that they represent
00:16:59.62\00:17:01.06
the Old and New Testament,
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this is symbolic language,
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it's the principle here
that I want us to notice
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about the meaning of the spirit.
00:17:06.20\00:17:08.72
It says there in verse 7,
00:17:08.75\00:17:11.26
"Now when they
finish their testimony."
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That is when the two witnesses
finish their testimony,
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"The beast that ascends
out of the bottomless pit
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will make war against them
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and overcome them,
and what, kill them."
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So where the two witnesses
are going to be killed,
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were they going to die?
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Absolutely yes.
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But now notice verse 11.
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I actually wanted to
read the whole passage
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but we don't have
time to read all the way
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from verse 7 to verse 11,
so we'll jump to verse 11.
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It says, "Now after
the three-and-a-half days
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the breath, that is the Pneuma,
the breath of life from God,
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what, entered them, and
what did they do as a result,
00:17:48.17\00:17:52.45
of the spirit or the
breathe entering them
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it says and they
stood on their feet,
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and great fear fell
on those who saw them."
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So when they died what happened?
00:18:01.31\00:18:02.94
The spirit of life left.
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When they resurrect
according to scripture,
00:18:05.68\00:18:08.54
the spirit of life comes
into them and what do they do?
00:18:08.57\00:18:11.89
They stand up and they live.
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So once again the
spirit is the energizing force
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that gives the body
the power to function.
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By the way there is
an interesting passage
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in the Old
Testament in Ezekiel 37
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where you have this valley
that's strewn with dead bones
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and the command of God is
given for all of the bones
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and the body
parts to come together.
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They all come
together and they form bodies
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and then the spirit is
called from the four winds
00:18:38.83\00:18:41.80
to come and enter those bodies
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and the Bible says that those
bodies stood up a mighty army.
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Once again the spirit is sent
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and as a result
the body is energized
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and the body can function.
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Now let's notice one
more text in the New Testament
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that uses the
word spirit Pneuma,
00:18:58.50\00:19:01.26
John 19:30, John 19:30.
00:19:01.29\00:19:06.00
It's speaking here about
the death of Jesus Christ,
00:19:06.03\00:19:09.71
and it says here,
00:19:09.74\00:19:12.76
"So when Jesus had
received the sour wine,
00:19:12.79\00:19:16.24
He said, 'It is finished!'
00:19:16.27\00:19:21.15
And bowing His
head, He gave up his what,
00:19:21.18\00:19:25.37
He gave up His spirit."
00:19:25.40\00:19:28.11
The King James says
He gave up the ghost.
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Now that sounds
kind of kind of strange
00:19:31.50\00:19:34.26
but the word ghost in
Old King James English
00:19:34.29\00:19:38.17
simply means what we
call the spirit today.
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What does that mean that
Jesus gave up His spirit?
00:19:41.14\00:19:43.82
It simply means
that He stopped what?
00:19:43.85\00:19:47.08
He stopped breathing,
00:19:47.11\00:19:49.93
therefore His arms didn't
move, His brain didn't think,
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His heart didn't beat,
His lungs didn't breath,
00:19:54.45\00:19:57.48
His nervous system did
not have any electrical power.
00:19:57.51\00:20:01.80
It would be like
having an appliance
00:20:01.83\00:20:03.70
with no energy source.
00:20:03.73\00:20:05.85
In other words
we are not the think
00:20:05.88\00:20:07.64
that some
intangible immortal spirit
00:20:07.67\00:20:11.17
that's conscious
left the body of Jesus.
00:20:11.20\00:20:14.01
That is not said in the text,
00:20:14.04\00:20:15.94
that's injected by
people who believed that.
00:20:15.97\00:20:18.42
In other words
their preconceived notions
00:20:18.45\00:20:20.40
they are putting into scripture.
00:20:20.43\00:20:22.80
Now, we have
studied what the spirit is,
00:20:22.83\00:20:24.88
it's the energizing force
00:20:24.91\00:20:26.70
that gives the body
the power to function.
00:20:26.73\00:20:29.40
But what is the
soul somebody might say?
00:20:29.43\00:20:32.13
Well, let's go to
Genesis 2:7 once again,
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Genesis 2:7.
00:20:34.86\00:20:39.36
It says, "And the Lord God
00:20:39.39\00:20:40.63
formed man of the
dust of the ground,
00:20:40.66\00:20:43.31
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
00:20:43.34\00:20:47.43
and man became a living soul."
00:20:47.46\00:20:51.71
If I ask you does man
have a soul what would you say?
00:20:51.74\00:20:55.80
No, man doesn't have a
soul, man became a soul.
00:20:55.83\00:21:00.90
Did God give man a soul?
00:21:00.93\00:21:02.86
No, God created a soul.
00:21:02.89\00:21:06.30
The soul is composed of the
body and the spirit or breath.
00:21:06.33\00:21:11.01
The combination of
the two make up the soul,
00:21:11.04\00:21:14.38
so if you separate the
two, you no longer have what?
00:21:14.41\00:21:18.24
You no longer have a soul.
00:21:18.27\00:21:21.57
By the way do you know
that in the Old Testament
00:21:21.60\00:21:24.31
repeatedly the word
soul is translated person?
00:21:24.34\00:21:31.49
Let's notice a few
examples, Genesis 14:21,
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Genesis 14:21.
00:21:35.98\00:21:38.26
It's talking here
about when Abraham went
00:21:38.29\00:21:40.53
and he overcame the
enemies of the king of Sodom.
00:21:40.56\00:21:43.94
And the King of Sodom
when Abraham comes back
00:21:43.97\00:21:46.19
with those who
have been taken captive
00:21:46.22\00:21:48.89
and with all of the
booty that he had brought back.
00:21:48.92\00:21:51.50
The king of
Sodom says to Abraham,
00:21:51.53\00:21:53.62
listen, you
keep all of the booty
00:21:53.65\00:21:56.00
and just give me the souls.
00:21:56.03\00:21:58.81
Actually it's
translated persons.
00:21:58.84\00:22:00.84
Notice Genesis 14:21
00:22:00.87\00:22:03.02
"Now the king of
Sodom said to Abram,"
00:22:03.05\00:22:06.01
give me the what, the persons,
00:22:06.04\00:22:09.65
that's the word Nephesh
that's the same identical word
00:22:09.68\00:22:12.89
where it says man
became a living soul.
00:22:12.92\00:22:15.81
In other words he says,
00:22:15.84\00:22:16.87
"Give me the
persons or the souls
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.52
and take the
goods for yourself."
00:22:19.55\00:22:21.30
Is he saying give me these
intangible invisible entities
00:22:21.33\00:22:25.86
that left the
body when people died?
00:22:25.89\00:22:27.86
No, of course not, the
word souls there mean what?
00:22:27.89\00:22:31.39
It means persons.
00:22:31.42\00:22:33.52
Notice Genesis 12:5,
00:22:33.55\00:22:36.32
Genesis 12:5
00:22:36.35\00:22:38.60
this is talking about
when Abraham left Haran
00:22:38.63\00:22:41.64
for the land of Canaan.
00:22:41.67\00:22:44.41
It says here, "Then
Abram took Sarai his wife
00:22:44.44\00:22:48.53
and Lot his brother's son,
00:22:48.56\00:22:50.20
and all their possessions
that they had gathered,
00:22:50.23\00:22:53.66
and the what the people."
00:22:53.69\00:22:58.41
By the way the King
James translates all the souls.
00:22:58.44\00:23:02.12
It would have been
very difficult to round up
00:23:02.15\00:23:04.67
all of those invisible
intangible conscious souls.
00:23:04.70\00:23:09.60
It's not talking about souls,
00:23:09.63\00:23:11.89
if the translation is people,
00:23:11.92\00:23:14.96
that's a correct translation
00:23:14.99\00:23:16.54
and then it says,
00:23:16.57\00:23:17.60
"Whom they had
acquired in Haran,
00:23:17.63\00:23:19.74
and they departed to
go to the land of Canaan.
00:23:19.77\00:23:22.18
So they came to
the land of Canaan."
00:23:22.21\00:23:25.75
So many times in
the Old Testament
00:23:25.78\00:23:28.09
the word soul is
translated persons
00:23:28.12\00:23:30.26
because the soul is the person.
00:23:30.29\00:23:31.90
It's the individual
00:23:31.93\00:23:33.65
but the word soul
Nephesh is also translated life.
00:23:33.68\00:23:38.51
Because the soul we are going
to find is found in the blood,
00:23:38.54\00:23:42.75
the life is found in the blood.
00:23:42.78\00:23:44.98
Let me explain that.
00:23:45.01\00:23:46.41
When you breathe,
when your heart beats
00:23:46.44\00:23:50.28
and when your lungs breathe
00:23:50.31\00:23:51.97
as a result
your blood circulates
00:23:52.00\00:23:54.79
throughout all of
your system, right?
00:23:54.82\00:23:56.63
And as long as the
blood circulates you are what?
00:23:56.66\00:24:00.03
You are alive.
00:24:00.06\00:24:01.43
What happens when
your lungs stop breathing
00:24:01.46\00:24:04.24
and your heart stops beating,
00:24:04.27\00:24:05.66
your blood which carries
the oxygen doesn't flow any more
00:24:05.69\00:24:10.66
and as a result the life
principle is no longer there.
00:24:10.69\00:24:14.44
You are dead.
00:24:14.47\00:24:15.78
In other words the
breath energizes the organs,
00:24:15.81\00:24:19.78
so that they can make the body
00:24:19.81\00:24:21.99
pump the blood
where the life is found.
00:24:22.02\00:24:25.94
Now let's
notice Leviticus 17:11,
00:24:25.97\00:24:29.66
Leviticus 17:11,
00:24:29.69\00:24:32.86
speaking about the
blood being the life.
00:24:32.89\00:24:37.26
It says there, "For the
life of the flesh is in where,
00:24:37.29\00:24:43.06
the blood,
that's the word Nephesh,
00:24:43.09\00:24:44.44
it could be translated the soul
of the flesh is in the blood,
00:24:44.47\00:24:47.14
doesn't make sense
to translate the soul,
00:24:47.17\00:24:50.20
because it means life.
00:24:50.23\00:24:51.84
"For the life of the
flesh is in the blood,
00:24:51.87\00:24:54.80
and I have given it
to you upon the altar
00:24:54.83\00:24:58.23
to make
atonement for your souls."
00:24:58.26\00:25:01.67
Better
translation would be for you,
00:25:01.70\00:25:03.89
the personal pronoun you,
00:25:03.92\00:25:05.53
I have given it for
not your souls but for you,
00:25:05.56\00:25:08.90
"For it is the blood that
makes atonement for the soul."
00:25:08.93\00:25:12.50
In other words it is the blood
00:25:12.53\00:25:13.71
that makes atonement
for the person or for you.
00:25:13.74\00:25:17.80
Are you
understanding what I am saying?
00:25:17.83\00:25:19.67
In other words the word
soul is a mistranslation,
00:25:19.70\00:25:22.84
it really means
that the soul is the life
00:25:22.87\00:25:28.21
and the life is
found in the blood.
00:25:28.24\00:25:32.20
Notice several other
instances in the Old Testament
00:25:32.23\00:25:34.93
where the word soul is used.
00:25:34.96\00:25:36.60
Go with me to Psalm 22:20,
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.88
Psalm 22:20.
00:25:39.91\00:25:41.54
Interestingly
enough in this verse,
00:25:41.57\00:25:46.31
the King James
Version translates my soul,
00:25:46.34\00:25:50.60
but the New King James Version
00:25:50.63\00:25:52.24
uses the
personal pronoun, notice.
00:25:52.27\00:25:55.01
"Deliver Me from the sword."
00:25:55.04\00:25:58.15
The King James Version says
00:25:58.18\00:26:00.05
"Deliver my
soul from the sword."
00:26:00.08\00:26:02.17
Now if the soul is some
intangible invisible entity,
00:26:02.20\00:26:05.56
how could you
deliver it from the sword,
00:26:05.59\00:26:08.08
the sword could never see it.
00:26:08.11\00:26:10.57
So what is the
proper translation?
00:26:10.60\00:26:12.93
It's deliver me or
deliver my life from the sword,
00:26:12.96\00:26:17.83
and it explains it in
the second half of the verse,
00:26:17.86\00:26:19.89
it says "My precious what,
life from the power of the dog."
00:26:19.92\00:26:25.10
Notice also Ezekiel 18:4,
00:26:25.13\00:26:28.34
Ezekiel 18:4,
00:26:28.37\00:26:32.54
this is a very well known verse
00:26:32.57\00:26:34.26
for those who have
studied the State of the Dead.
00:26:34.29\00:26:36.64
It says, "Behold,
all souls are Mine."
00:26:36.67\00:26:40.12
Basically that could
be translated all what,
00:26:40.15\00:26:43.38
all persons, all
individuals are mine.
00:26:43.41\00:26:47.38
"The soul of the father,"
00:26:47.41\00:26:49.72
that is the person of the father
as well as the soul of the son.
00:26:49.75\00:26:53.19
In other words that means
00:26:53.22\00:26:54.81
"The son in his
entirety is Mine,
00:26:54.84\00:26:59.48
The soul who sins shall die."
00:26:59.51\00:27:03.55
That should be translated,
the person who sins shall die.
00:27:03.58\00:27:08.81
By the way let me
ask you can the soul die?
00:27:08.84\00:27:12.49
Why would it say
the soul that sins
00:27:12.52\00:27:14.56
shall die if the soul can't die.
00:27:14.59\00:27:17.20
Very clearly that text indicates
that the soul can what?
00:27:17.23\00:27:21.97
Die.
00:27:22.00\00:27:23.23
Notice Psalm 30:3.
00:27:23.26\00:27:25.34
We are still dealing with
Old Testament concept of a soul.
00:27:25.37\00:27:28.44
Psalm 30:3.
00:27:28.47\00:27:31.20
Here the Psalmist says this,
00:27:31.23\00:27:33.25
"O Lord, You brought my
soul up from the grave."
00:27:33.28\00:27:41.10
What does that mean you brought
my soul up from the grave?
00:27:41.13\00:27:43.98
It could be translated, You
brought me up from the grave
00:27:44.01\00:27:48.09
or you brought up
my life from the grave.
00:27:48.12\00:27:52.64
By the way where is
the soul in this verse?
00:27:52.67\00:27:55.76
The soul is in the grave,
00:27:55.79\00:27:57.10
I thought the
soul goes to heaven.
00:27:57.13\00:27:59.36
Obviously the soul
goes where, to the grave,
00:27:59.39\00:28:02.63
because the soul is the
person, it's the individual.
00:28:02.66\00:28:05.70
And where does an
individual go when they die?
00:28:05.73\00:28:08.79
When he dies, he
goes to the grave.
00:28:08.82\00:28:12.80
And so the second
half of the verse says,
00:28:12.83\00:28:14.79
"You have kept me alive,
00:28:14.82\00:28:16.40
that I should not
go down to the pit."
00:28:16.43\00:28:18.44
So if you weren't alive
where would you go, to heaven?
00:28:18.47\00:28:21.41
No, you go down to where?
00:28:21.44\00:28:23.44
You would go down to the pit
00:28:23.47\00:28:24.86
which is
synonymous with the grave.
00:28:24.89\00:28:28.13
Notice Psalm 49:15 one
more verse in the Old Testament
00:28:28.16\00:28:32.36
that uses the
word soul, Psalm 49:15,
00:28:32.39\00:28:37.57
"But God will redeem my soul
from the power of the grave."
00:28:37.60\00:28:43.24
Where does the soul go
according to that verse?
00:28:43.27\00:28:46.56
It goes to the grave,
it doesn't go to heaven,
00:28:46.59\00:28:49.11
doesn't go to hell
it goes to the grave.
00:28:49.14\00:28:51.15
And the Psalmist is saying,
00:28:51.18\00:28:52.50
Lord redeem my
soul from the grave,
00:28:52.53\00:28:54.94
he is saying redeem my what?
00:28:54.97\00:28:56.30
Redeem my life from the grave.
00:28:56.33\00:28:58.98
Don't let me go to
the grave he is saying
00:28:59.01\00:29:01.30
and then it says,
"For He shall receive me."
00:29:01.33\00:29:05.70
Now let's go to
several New Testament verses
00:29:05.73\00:29:08.52
that refer to the word soul.
00:29:08.55\00:29:10.58
The New Testament word for soul
00:29:10.61\00:29:13.07
is not Nephesh of
course that's Hebrew,
00:29:13.10\00:29:15.02
it's the word Psuche,
some people call it Saiki.
00:29:15.05\00:29:19.04
So I'd refer to it as Saiki
00:29:19.07\00:29:20.93
because that s the way that's
it's normally referred to.
00:29:20.96\00:29:24.39
1 Corinthians 15:45
00:29:24.42\00:29:26.33
I want to show you
that the word Nephesh
00:29:26.36\00:29:28.76
is exactly equivalent in
Hebrew to the Greek word Saiki.
00:29:28.79\00:29:34.13
Notice 1Corinthians
15:45, its quoting Genesis 2:7.
00:29:34.16\00:29:38.84
It says here,
"And so it is written,
00:29:38.87\00:29:42.35
'The first Adam became
a what, a living being.'
00:29:42.38\00:29:48.64
In the Old Testament that
is the word Nephesh in Hebrew,
00:29:48.67\00:29:51.97
but this is in a New Testament,
00:29:52.00\00:29:53.52
it's quoting the
Hebrew into Greek
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and you will notice that
the word here where it says,
00:29:56.67\00:29:59.30
"The first Adam
became a living being."
00:29:59.33\00:30:01.65
The word is Psuche or Saiki.
00:30:01.68\00:30:07.22
Now let's notice that word
Saiki in the New Testament,
00:30:07.25\00:30:10.19
that word soul.
00:30:10.22\00:30:11.92
What is the soul
in the New Testament?
00:30:11.95\00:30:14.06
Is it the same thing
as in the Old Testament,
00:30:14.09\00:30:16.05
is it the person?
00:30:16.08\00:30:17.11
Is it the life?
00:30:17.14\00:30:18.17
Absolutely.
00:30:18.20\00:30:19.37
Notice Acts 2:41,
00:30:19.40\00:30:22.23
Acts 2:41,
00:30:22.26\00:30:25.75
speaking about the
preaching of the Apostle Peter
00:30:25.78\00:30:28.05
on the day of Pentecost,
00:30:28.08\00:30:29.21
it says, "Then those who gladly
received his word were baptized,
00:30:29.24\00:30:33.04
and that day about
three thousand what,
00:30:33.07\00:30:37.10
souls were added to them."
00:30:37.13\00:30:40.07
Is that talking
about some invisible ghosts
00:30:40.10\00:30:42.42
that were added to
the church that day?
00:30:42.45\00:30:44.20
Of course not.
00:30:44.23\00:30:45.26
It means 3000 what, persons.
00:30:45.29\00:30:49.83
Now notice Acts 27:37.
00:30:49.86\00:30:53.23
It's interesting that
even in The King James Version
00:30:53.26\00:30:56.32
which generally
translates souls,
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.85
in the King James it translates
persons in this verse.
00:30:58.88\00:31:02.14
Notice Acts 27:37.
00:31:02.17\00:31:05.31
It says speaking about people,
00:31:05.34\00:31:08.12
the number of people
that survived the shipwreck
00:31:08.15\00:31:10.50
"And in all we were two
hundred and seventy-six what,
00:31:10.53\00:31:16.37
persons on the ship."
00:31:16.40\00:31:18.86
That is the word Saiki.
00:31:18.89\00:31:20.81
You could say that there
were 276 souls on the ship.
00:31:20.84\00:31:26.41
It simply means what?
00:31:26.44\00:31:28.19
It means persons.
00:31:28.22\00:31:30.60
Notice Romans 13:1,
00:31:30.63\00:31:33.62
Romans 13:1,
00:31:33.65\00:31:37.06
speaking about
the need to be subject
00:31:37.09\00:31:39.42
to the governing
authorities, it says there,
00:31:39.45\00:31:42.13
"Let every soul be subject
to the governing authorities.
00:31:42.16\00:31:48.71
By the way the New
King James translates,
00:31:48.74\00:31:50.51
"Let every person be subject
to the governing authorities,"
00:31:50.54\00:31:54.97
for there is no
authority except from God,
00:31:55.00\00:31:57.49
and the authorities that
exist are appointed by God."
00:31:57.52\00:32:00.34
Romans 13:1 should be
translated let every what?
00:32:00.37\00:32:05.86
Every person, not every soul.
00:32:05.89\00:32:09.39
Notice Acts 27:22.
00:32:09.42\00:32:12.06
This is speaking
about a shipwreck
00:32:12.09\00:32:13.69
that took place near
Cauda an area in Asia Minor
00:32:13.72\00:32:19.16
and the Apostle Paul
is telling the people,
00:32:19.19\00:32:21.93
don't worry because there is not
gonna be any loss of any life,
00:32:21.96\00:32:25.28
it says there, "And now
I urge you to take heart,
00:32:25.31\00:32:28.79
for there will be no
loss of Saiki among you,
00:32:28.82\00:32:33.21
but only of the ship."
00:32:33.24\00:32:34.79
In other words the
ship is going to be lost,
00:32:34.82\00:32:36.43
but there will
be no loss of Saiki,
00:32:36.46\00:32:38.89
you know is it correct to say
00:32:38.92\00:32:40.39
there will be no loss
of souls of course not.
00:32:40.42\00:32:43.06
It means there
will be no loss of what,
00:32:43.09\00:32:45.39
no loss of life.
00:32:45.42\00:32:48.61
When Jesus went down to Egypt,
00:32:48.64\00:32:51.65
we're told that
Herod and all those
00:32:51.68\00:32:53.42
who wanted to kill Jesus died
00:32:53.45\00:32:55.57
and so Joseph was
told that he could return.
00:32:55.60\00:32:57.83
Now let's read about
that in Matthew 2:19, 20.
00:32:57.86\00:33:01.62
Matthew 2:19, 20.
00:33:01.65\00:33:05.39
It says there, "But
when Herod was dead,
00:33:05.42\00:33:07.69
behold, an angel of the Lord
00:33:07.72\00:33:09.94
appeared in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt,
00:33:09.97\00:33:12.55
saying, 'Arise, take the
young Child and His mother,
00:33:12.58\00:33:17.37
and go to the land of Israel,
00:33:17.40\00:33:19.50
for those who sought the
young Child's Saiki are dead."
00:33:19.53\00:33:25.89
Would it be proper to say
00:33:25.92\00:33:27.32
those who were seeking
the young child soul are dead?
00:33:27.35\00:33:30.94
How could they find the
invisible soul of Jesus?
00:33:30.97\00:33:34.14
It's not talking about his soul,
00:33:34.17\00:33:36.35
it's talking about what?
00:33:36.38\00:33:37.87
Those who were seeking his what?
00:33:37.90\00:33:39.94
His life have died.
00:33:39.97\00:33:42.08
Notice Mathew 20:28,
00:33:42.11\00:33:44.42
I will give you
several more examples,
00:33:44.45\00:33:46.62
because this is
an important word
00:33:46.65\00:33:48.21
that has been
greatly misunderstood,
00:33:48.24\00:33:50.07
Mathew 20:28
very well know words.
00:33:50.10\00:33:54.88
Jesus is
speaking about the mission
00:33:54.91\00:33:57.19
that He is going to accomplish
on the earth, it says there,
00:33:57.22\00:34:00.39
"Just as the Son of Man
did not come to be served,
00:34:00.42\00:34:04.01
but to serve, and to give
His Saiki a ransom for many."
00:34:04.04\00:34:08.92
To give His life
a ransom for many.
00:34:08.95\00:34:11.78
That's the way
that it's translated.
00:34:11.81\00:34:14.19
He didn't come to give his soul,
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.89
he came to give His life,
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.72
but the word Saiki
here is translated what?
00:34:17.75\00:34:20.75
Properly life.
00:34:20.78\00:34:23.03
Notice John 10:11,
00:34:23.06\00:34:25.46
time and again in
the New Testament,
00:34:25.49\00:34:27.25
the word soul
00:34:27.28\00:34:28.92
is actually translated
properly with the word life.
00:34:28.95\00:34:32.70
John 10:11.
00:34:32.73\00:34:35.29
Here Jesus says I
am the good shepherd.
00:34:35.32\00:34:38.67
The good
shepherd gives his what?
00:34:38.70\00:34:41.64
Gives his life, his
Saiki for His sheep.
00:34:41.67\00:34:47.56
By the way in
Acts 13 actually 15:26,
00:34:47.59\00:34:51.73
we find Paul and Barnabas
00:34:51.76\00:34:54.21
that they risk their
lives for the cause of Jesus.
00:34:54.24\00:34:57.72
Acts 15:26
00:34:57.75\00:35:00.41
and actually we'll read out
00:35:00.44\00:35:01.61
the last little portion
of verse 25 for the context.
00:35:01.64\00:35:04.59
It says, "Barnabas and Paul,
men who have risked their what?
00:35:04.62\00:35:12.32
Saiki, yes, who
have risked their lives
00:35:12.35\00:35:15.71
for the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:35:15.74\00:35:18.20
It's the very word
that is translated soul.
00:35:18.23\00:35:20.77
It means what, the life.
00:35:20.80\00:35:23.71
Now I want to show you
by comparing two verses
00:35:23.74\00:35:26.89
that the soul is really
the individual or the person.
00:35:26.92\00:35:32.73
Let's go
00:35:32.76\00:35:36.01
and then, hold your finger there
00:35:36.04\00:35:38.06
and go also to Luke 9:25.
00:35:38.09\00:35:41.10
Matthew 16:26 and Luke 9:25.
00:35:41.13\00:35:46.03
We are going to
compare these two verses.
00:35:46.06\00:35:47.60
It's a same teaching of Jesus,
00:35:47.63\00:35:49.35
but in two different Gospels.
00:35:49.38\00:35:51.44
It says there in Matthew 16:26,
00:35:51.47\00:35:54.11
"For what profit is it to a
man if he gains the whole world,
00:35:54.14\00:35:58.26
and loses his own
what? His own soul.
00:35:58.29\00:36:01.65
That's the word Saiki
00:36:01.68\00:36:02.87
or what will a man give
in exchange for his soul?"
00:36:02.90\00:36:08.53
Now what does that mean?
00:36:08.56\00:36:09.97
Well, notice Luke 9:25,
00:36:10.00\00:36:13.49
what does it mean that
00:36:13.52\00:36:15.64
what will a man give
in exchange for his soul.
00:36:15.67\00:36:19.07
Well, notice Luke 9:25,
00:36:19.10\00:36:21.68
"For what profit is it to a
man if he gains the whole world,
00:36:21.71\00:36:25.92
and is what
himself destroyed or lost?"
00:36:25.95\00:36:31.27
So what is the soul?
00:36:31.30\00:36:32.94
It is himself.
00:36:32.97\00:36:35.50
What does it profit a
man if he loses his soul?
00:36:35.53\00:36:37.73
Luke says what dose it profit
a man if he loses himself.
00:36:37.76\00:36:41.71
So what is the soul?
00:36:41.74\00:36:42.95
The soul is the person himself.
00:36:42.98\00:36:45.59
Are you catching the point?
00:36:45.62\00:36:47.46
Now let's notice Acts 12:23.
00:36:47.49\00:36:50.85
It's speaking here
about the death of King Herod.
00:36:50.88\00:36:53.88
By the way King
Herod the Bible says
00:36:53.91\00:36:55.79
was eaten by worms and
then he gave up his--his Saiki.
00:36:55.82\00:37:01.11
Notice Acts 12:23, it says,
00:37:01.14\00:37:06.00
"Then immediately an
angel of the Lord struck him,
00:37:06.03\00:37:10.07
because he did
not give glory to God.
00:37:10.10\00:37:12.92
And he was eaten by worms
00:37:12.95\00:37:15.19
and the New King
James says and died."
00:37:15.22\00:37:19.76
By the way the Greek
word there is a compound word
00:37:19.79\00:37:24.29
that has a prepositional prefix
00:37:24.32\00:37:27.32
and literally in Greek it
means he gave up his life,
00:37:27.35\00:37:34.72
but it's translated he what?
00:37:34.75\00:37:37.43
He died.
00:37:37.46\00:37:38.71
So what does it mean
to give up your life?
00:37:38.74\00:37:40.78
It means that you
what, that you die.
00:37:40.81\00:37:42.95
It could be translated
that he gave up his soul,
00:37:42.98\00:37:46.54
but the proper
translation is that he died
00:37:46.57\00:37:49.36
because he gave up his what?
00:37:49.39\00:37:51.09
Not his soul, but his life.
00:37:51.12\00:37:54.01
Notice another example
that uses the same word,
00:37:54.04\00:37:56.69
Acts 5:10, it's speaking
about the death of Sapphira.
00:37:56.72\00:38:01.78
You've heard the story
of Ananias and Sapphira.
00:38:01.81\00:38:04.69
Let's read only
about Sapphira, Acts 5:10.
00:38:04.72\00:38:09.23
It says here, "And immediately
she fell at his feet,
00:38:09.26\00:38:13.01
that is at the feet of
Peter and breathed her last."
00:38:13.04\00:38:16.80
That's the identical
word that was just translated
00:38:16.83\00:38:19.57
he died, but here
it's translated she what,
00:38:19.60\00:38:23.73
breathed her last.
00:38:23.76\00:38:25.48
The King James by the
way says gave up the ghost.
00:38:25.51\00:38:29.62
"And the young men
came in and found her what?
00:38:29.65\00:38:33.43
Dead.
00:38:33.46\00:38:34.49
So what happens when
you give up your life
00:38:34.52\00:38:36.25
or when you give up the ghost
or when you breathe your last,
00:38:36.28\00:38:39.35
you are what?
00:38:39.38\00:38:40.71
Dead.
00:38:40.74\00:38:41.77
And it says and they carried her
00:38:41.80\00:38:44.06
and buried her
beside her husband.
00:38:44.09\00:38:47.94
Do you know that
probably the best translation
00:38:47.97\00:38:50.85
when it comes to
the State of the Dead
00:38:50.88\00:38:52.84
is the New
International Version.
00:38:52.87\00:38:55.23
Now I am a fan of
the King James Version,
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.24
I love the King James Version.
00:38:57.27\00:38:59.07
But the King James
Version has a lot of problems
00:38:59.10\00:39:03.15
when it comes to
the State of the Death.
00:39:03.18\00:39:05.11
Many times it
translates the word Hades
00:39:05.14\00:39:08.95
and the word Sheol
which we are going to study it
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.53
on next lecture
with the word hell.
00:39:10.56\00:39:13.41
And many times it
translates the word Nephesh
00:39:13.44\00:39:16.61
and the word Saiki with soul
00:39:16.64\00:39:19.65
when really it should
be translated living person
00:39:19.68\00:39:22.35
or it should be translated life.
00:39:22.38\00:39:25.83
But the New
International Version
00:39:25.86\00:39:27.35
is the best version hands down
00:39:27.38\00:39:29.23
when it deals with
the State of the Dead.
00:39:29.26\00:39:31.13
By the way the NIV
00:39:31.16\00:39:32.31
is the most used version of
the Bible in the church today.
00:39:32.34\00:39:36.71
It has its problems.
00:39:36.74\00:39:38.44
There are certain passages
of scripture that are taken out
00:39:38.47\00:39:42.26
which I don't agree with
00:39:42.29\00:39:43.85
but when it comes to
the State of the Dead,
00:39:43.88\00:39:46.12
it is the best version.
00:39:46.15\00:39:48.46
Many times when the word soul
is found in the New Testament,
00:39:48.49\00:39:53.22
the NIV simply translates
with the personal pronoun.
00:39:53.25\00:39:57.10
Let me give you
several examples.
00:39:57.13\00:39:58.81
Examples we are
not going to read them,
00:39:58.84\00:40:00.47
because we don't have the time,
00:40:00.50\00:40:02.30
but for example
Acts 2:27 where it says,
00:40:02.33\00:40:05.75
"You will not leave my
soul in hell in the King James.
00:40:05.78\00:40:09.51
The NIV says, "You will
not leave me in the grave."
00:40:09.54\00:40:14.02
So the soul is me in that text.
00:40:14.05\00:40:16.23
Act 2:43 in the
King James it says,
00:40:16.26\00:40:19.89
"Fear came upon every soul."
00:40:19.92\00:40:22.14
The NIV says, "Fear
came upon everyone."
00:40:22.17\00:40:26.49
Romans 2:9 says,
00:40:26.52\00:40:29.13
"That tribulation and anguish
will come upon every soul."
00:40:29.16\00:40:33.36
The NIV says.
00:40:33.39\00:40:34.77
"That it will come
upon every human being."
00:40:34.80\00:40:38.81
In Romans 13:1 it says,
00:40:38.84\00:40:41.55
"Let every soul be
subject to the higher powers
00:40:41.58\00:40:44.67
in the King James.
00:40:44.70\00:40:45.97
In the NIV it says,
00:40:46.00\00:40:47.56
"Let everyone be
subject to the higher power,
00:40:47.59\00:40:50.89
so every soul is everyone."
00:40:50.92\00:40:54.03
In Hebrew's 10:38, it says,
00:40:54.06\00:40:56.69
"If one draw back, my
soul has no pleasure in him."
00:40:56.72\00:41:00.41
God is speaking, He
says if one draws back,
00:41:00.44\00:41:02.60
my soul has no pleasure in him.
00:41:02.63\00:41:04.14
The NIV says,
"If one draws back,
00:41:04.17\00:41:06.91
I have no pleasure in him."
00:41:06.94\00:41:09.80
Hebrew 10:39 speaks
about saving of the soul.
00:41:09.83\00:41:14.48
The NIV says
"Those who are saved."
00:41:14.51\00:41:18.51
James 5:20 in the
King James it says,
00:41:18.54\00:41:21.58
"He who converts a
sinner saves a soul from death."
00:41:21.61\00:41:25.17
In the NIV it says,
00:41:25.20\00:41:26.37
"He who converts a
sinner saves him from death.
00:41:26.40\00:41:30.08
So the soul is him."
00:41:30.11\00:41:32.46
Luke 21:19 says,
00:41:32.49\00:41:34.78
"In your patience
possess ye your souls."
00:41:34.81\00:41:38.23
In the NIV it says,
00:41:38.26\00:41:39.67
"In your patience
possess ye yourselves."
00:41:39.70\00:41:43.49
In Acts 2:41 the NIV doesn't
even translate the word souls.
00:41:43.52\00:41:50.16
In the King James it
says 2000 souls were added.
00:41:50.19\00:41:53.96
The NIV simply
says 2000 were added.
00:41:53.99\00:41:57.83
Hebrew 13:7 says,
"Submit to those who rule,
00:41:57.86\00:42:02.16
because they watch
out for your souls."
00:42:02.19\00:42:04.39
The NIV says,
"They watch out for you."
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.56
Finally Matthew 12:18 says.
00:42:07.59\00:42:10.43
"Behold my servant with
whom my soul is well pleased."
00:42:10.46\00:42:14.88
In the NIV it's translated,
00:42:14.91\00:42:16.59
"Behold my servant with
whom I am well pleased."
00:42:16.62\00:42:21.32
So what is the soul?
00:42:21.35\00:42:23.03
The soul is the
individual person
00:42:23.06\00:42:25.93
that's why the
personal pronoun is used."
00:42:25.96\00:42:28.73
Are you
understanding what I am saying?
00:42:28.76\00:42:30.74
Now, let's go to Luke 12:19, 20.
00:42:30.77\00:42:34.56
Luke 12:19, 20.
00:42:34.59\00:42:38.32
This is the
parable of the rich fool,
00:42:38.35\00:42:41.42
I am going to read up
first of all in the King James,
00:42:41.45\00:42:43.54
and then I am going to read it
in the New International Version
00:42:43.57\00:42:46.85
says there, "And I
will say to my soul,
00:42:46.88\00:42:52.14
'Soul, you have many
goods laid up for many years,
00:42:52.17\00:42:56.62
take your ease, eat,
drink, and be merry.'
00:42:56.65\00:43:01.55
But God said to him, 'Fool!
00:43:01.58\00:43:03.74
This night your soul
will be required of you.
00:43:03.77\00:43:10.59
Notice the number of times
that the word soul is used here.
00:43:10.62\00:43:15.08
That's Luke 12:19, 20
and I will say to my soul,
00:43:15.11\00:43:20.32
soul you have many goods.
00:43:20.35\00:43:23.48
And then at the end
of the verse it says,
00:43:23.51\00:43:25.42
"Fool this night your
soul will be required of you."
00:43:25.45\00:43:28.57
Notice how the NIV has it.
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.08
And I will say to myself
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.99
not to my soul but to myself.
00:43:34.02\00:43:39.57
He doesn't say soul,
00:43:39.60\00:43:41.71
but he says you have
plenty of good things
00:43:41.74\00:43:45.05
laid up for many years
00:43:45.08\00:43:46.73
Take life easy,
eat, drink and be merry.
00:43:46.76\00:43:49.68
But God said to him, 'You fool!
00:43:49.71\00:43:51.64
This very night your life
will be demanded from you.
00:43:51.67\00:43:56.40
Not your soul but your what?
00:43:56.43\00:43:58.24
But your life.
00:43:58.27\00:43:59.65
Is this a correct translation?
00:43:59.68\00:44:01.69
By the way this is not
00:44:01.72\00:44:02.75
a Seventh-day
Adventist translation.
00:44:02.78\00:44:05.40
This is a
translation that is used
00:44:05.43\00:44:07.60
by churches from
every denomination
00:44:07.63\00:44:10.15
that you can imagine, the
New International Version.
00:44:10.18\00:44:12.72
And they translate many
of these verses correctly
00:44:12.75\00:44:16.32
with a personal pronoun
00:44:16.35\00:44:17.85
and they translate the
word soul with the word life.
00:44:17.88\00:44:20.53
By the way we still use
00:44:20.56\00:44:23.30
figurative language
in a similar way today.
00:44:23.33\00:44:26.66
For example if no one had shown
up tonight for this meeting,
00:44:26.69\00:44:29.94
I would have said
not a soul showed up.
00:44:29.97\00:44:34.52
Does that mean that
not one ghost came tonight?
00:44:34.55\00:44:37.20
Of course not.
00:44:37.23\00:44:38.54
It means not one person came.
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.18
You know we speak about
00:44:41.21\00:44:42.32
one hundred
souls being baptized.
00:44:42.35\00:44:45.14
how could they be
baptized if you can't see them.
00:44:45.17\00:44:47.47
The fact is we are saying
that 100 persons were baptized
00:44:47.50\00:44:52.64
and if we see someone, you
know, who was in dire straits,
00:44:52.67\00:44:56.42
we say, oh, that poor soul.
00:44:56.45\00:44:58.86
What does that mean?
00:44:58.89\00:45:00.18
It means that poor what?
00:45:00.21\00:45:01.89
That poor person or individual.
00:45:01.92\00:45:05.14
Notice James 5:20,
00:45:05.17\00:45:07.83
James 5:20,
00:45:07.86\00:45:11.79
"Brethren, if anyone among
you wanders from the truth,
00:45:11.82\00:45:17.34
and someone turns him back,
00:45:17.37\00:45:19.47
Let him know that
he who turns a sinner
00:45:19.50\00:45:22.87
from the error of his way
will save a soul from what?
00:45:22.90\00:45:28.30
Now wait a minute, I
thought the soul couldn't die.
00:45:28.33\00:45:31.61
We will save a what?
00:45:31.64\00:45:32.90
A soul from death and
cover a multitude of sins.
00:45:32.93\00:45:38.44
What would be a better
translation of that verse?
00:45:38.47\00:45:40.51
We will save a what?
00:45:40.54\00:45:42.71
A person from death,
00:45:42.74\00:45:45.59
because if you translates soul
00:45:45.62\00:45:47.12
and you believe that
the soul is immortal,
00:45:47.15\00:45:48.90
how is it that--that it
says that the soul can die.
00:45:48.93\00:45:51.68
Are you following me or not?
00:45:51.71\00:45:53.86
Now let's analyze
a few problem text
00:45:53.89\00:45:56.59
before we draw this to a close.
00:45:56.62\00:45:58.71
Go with me to Acts 20:10.
00:45:58.74\00:46:01.64
This is the story of when
this young man called Eutychus
00:46:01.67\00:46:05.51
was sitting in a window
00:46:05.54\00:46:06.88
and the Apostle Paul became very
long winded in his preaching
00:46:06.91\00:46:10.36
and Eutychus went to sleep
and he fell out of the window,
00:46:10.39\00:46:13.84
evidently on the second storey
00:46:13.87\00:46:15.64
and he died when
he fell to the ground.
00:46:15.67\00:46:19.46
It says there in Acts 20:10,
00:46:19.49\00:46:23.00
"But Paul went down,
00:46:23.03\00:46:25.35
fell on him, and
embracing him said,
00:46:25.38\00:46:29.70
'Do not trouble yourselves,
00:46:29.73\00:46:31.76
for his what,
his life is in him.'
00:46:31.79\00:46:37.52
By the way even the King James
translates his life is in him.
00:46:37.55\00:46:41.46
That's the proper translation,
00:46:41.49\00:46:43.62
it's the word Saiki,
00:46:43.65\00:46:45.97
it's not his soul that
is in him, it is his life.
00:46:46.00\00:46:50.45
In other words he is breathing.
00:46:50.48\00:46:53.05
There is not a single verse
in the Old or the New Testament
00:46:53.08\00:46:56.86
that says that the
soul is intangible,
00:46:56.89\00:47:01.26
immortal or
conscious after death.
00:47:01.29\00:47:05.26
In hundreds and
hundreds and hundreds of times
00:47:05.29\00:47:09.00
that the words
Nephesh and Saiki are used
00:47:09.03\00:47:12.06
in Old and New Testament,
00:47:12.09\00:47:13.42
not once, do you have the
reference to an immortal soul
00:47:13.45\00:47:17.55
or a conscious soul
00:47:17.58\00:47:19.06
or a soul that goes to
heaven at the moment of death.
00:47:19.09\00:47:23.37
Now let's notice
another interesting passage
00:47:23.40\00:47:26.48
1 King 17 and we will
actually read verse 17,
00:47:26.51\00:47:31.41
and then we will also
read verses 21 and 22.
00:47:31.44\00:47:35.91
1 King 17, "Now it
happened after these things,
00:47:35.94\00:47:41.57
that the son of the woman,
00:47:41.60\00:47:43.43
this is the widow of
Zarephath, the son of the woman,
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.94
who own the house became sick,
00:47:46.97\00:47:49.01
and his sickness was so serious,
00:47:49.04\00:47:52.18
that there was no
Neshamah left in him.
00:47:52.21\00:47:55.62
In other words there
was no breath left in him.
00:47:55.65\00:47:58.24
And he stretched
himself out, this is verse 21,
00:47:58.27\00:48:01.67
and he stretched himself
out on the child three times,
00:48:01.70\00:48:04.50
and cried out to the
Lord, and said, O Lord my God,
00:48:04.53\00:48:08.26
I pray, let this
child's soul come back to him.
00:48:08.29\00:48:13.65
Of course some Christians say,
00:48:13.68\00:48:15.07
see he wanted his immortal soul
00:48:15.10\00:48:17.40
to come back from
heaven into his body.
00:48:17.43\00:48:19.82
Is that what the text is saying,
00:48:19.85\00:48:21.93
further it couldn't be
further from the truth.
00:48:21.96\00:48:25.60
He is simply saying,
O Lord my God, I pray,
00:48:25.63\00:48:29.06
let this child's
life come back to him.
00:48:29.09\00:48:33.16
The word
Nephesh here means life,
00:48:33.19\00:48:35.96
then the Lord
heard the voice of Elijah
00:48:35.99\00:48:38.45
and the soul of the child,
00:48:38.48\00:48:40.47
that is the life of
the child came back to him
00:48:40.50\00:48:43.54
and what happens
when the life comes back,
00:48:43.57\00:48:45.59
it says he what?
00:48:45.62\00:48:46.96
He revived.
00:48:46.99\00:48:51.21
Is the Bible
clear on this or not?
00:48:51.24\00:48:52.94
It's very, very clear.
00:48:52.97\00:48:54.64
Only when you read,
your preconceived ideas
00:48:54.67\00:48:57.60
into scripture do
you have troubles?
00:48:57.63\00:49:00.69
Of course some people say
what about that text that says,
00:49:00.72\00:49:03.59
don't fear those,
who can kill the body
00:49:03.62\00:49:05.69
but can't kill the soul.
00:49:05.72\00:49:07.76
Well, let's read read
that verse, Matthew 10:28,
00:49:07.79\00:49:12.78
Matthew 10:28,
00:49:12.81\00:49:15.80
here Jesus says, "And do not
fear those who kill the body,
00:49:15.83\00:49:20.03
but cannot kill the
soul, that the word Saiki,
00:49:20.06\00:49:23.44
but rather fear him
who is able to destroy
00:49:23.47\00:49:26.89
both soul and body in hell."
00:49:26.92\00:49:31.21
What does that mean don't fear
who is able to kill the body,
00:49:31.24\00:49:34.69
but is not able
to kill the soul.
00:49:34.72\00:49:36.86
I am going to show you now
biblically that when it say,
00:49:36.89\00:49:39.66
don't fear those
who can kill the body,
00:49:39.69\00:49:41.87
it's talking about us
00:49:41.90\00:49:43.50
living in our present
existence in our tent.
00:49:43.53\00:49:46.70
In other words "Don't fear
00:49:46.73\00:49:48.09
those who are able
to destroy your tent,
00:49:48.12\00:49:52.09
but rather fear him who
is able to destroy your tent
00:49:52.12\00:49:55.52
and take away also your future
life or your eternal life."
00:49:55.55\00:50:00.06
Notice the key is in
verse39 in the same context.
00:50:00.09\00:50:04.94
Verse 39, Matthew 10: 39,
00:50:04.97\00:50:08.99
Jesus says, "He who
finds his life will lose it."
00:50:09.02\00:50:16.56
In other words who
try to save his life now,
00:50:16.59\00:50:19.94
later on he will what?
00:50:19.97\00:50:21.84
He'll lose everlasting life.
00:50:21.87\00:50:24.50
And he who loses his life,
00:50:24.53\00:50:26.81
that's his
present life in his tent,
00:50:26.84\00:50:29.69
for my sake will
what, will find it.
00:50:29.72\00:50:34.04
Because eventually he will what?
00:50:34.07\00:50:36.85
He will resurrect you.
00:50:36.88\00:50:38.62
So the contrast
when he speaks about,
00:50:38.65\00:50:40.59
don't fear him
who can kill the body,
00:50:40.62\00:50:42.42
but can't kill the soul.
00:50:42.45\00:50:44.02
The word body refers
to our present existence
00:50:44.05\00:50:47.11
and the word soul is referring
to our eternal life existence.
00:50:47.14\00:50:52.41
Don't fear he who is able
to take away your present life,
00:50:52.44\00:50:55.83
fear him who is
able to take away
00:50:55.86\00:50:58.17
your present life
as well as your what?
00:50:58.20\00:51:00.79
As your everlasting life.
00:51:00.82\00:51:02.80
There is one verse that
puts the icing on the cake
00:51:02.83\00:51:05.98
in understanding this particular
verse in Matthew 10:28.
00:51:06.01\00:51:09.60
Notice Luke 12:4, 5,
00:51:09.63\00:51:12.89
Luke 12:4, 5, here Jesus says,
00:51:12.92\00:51:18.34
"And I say to you my friends,
00:51:18.37\00:51:20.43
do not be afraid of
those who kill the body,
00:51:20.46\00:51:23.58
and after that have no
more that they can do."
00:51:23.61\00:51:29.04
Are you understanding that?
00:51:29.07\00:51:30.68
Don't fear those
who could take away
00:51:30.71\00:51:31.96
your physical existence now,
00:51:31.99\00:51:33.40
that doesn't mean anything.
00:51:33.43\00:51:34.59
The martyrs lost their lives.
00:51:34.62\00:51:37.20
Did they die in hope?
00:51:37.23\00:51:39.23
Did they die knowing that there
was something better later on?
00:51:39.26\00:51:41.87
A greater life,
of course they did.
00:51:41.90\00:51:44.68
So Jesus says, my friends
do not be afraid of those
00:51:44.71\00:51:48.31
who kill the body and after that
have no more that they can do.
00:51:48.34\00:51:52.11
But I will show you
whom you should fear,
00:51:52.14\00:51:54.39
Fear him who
after he has killed,
00:51:54.42\00:51:57.17
after he has killed what?
00:51:57.20\00:51:58.54
The body.
00:51:58.57\00:52:00.60
Has power to cast into what?
00:52:00.63\00:52:03.09
Into hell.
00:52:03.12\00:52:04.20
Yes, I say to you, fear him."
00:52:04.23\00:52:06.01
In other words
fear him who is able,
00:52:06.04\00:52:07.81
not only to destroy you
in your present existence,
00:52:07.84\00:52:10.50
but who is able to what?
00:52:10.53\00:52:12.39
To eventually
destroy you in hell.
00:52:12.42\00:52:15.64
Now you say what
about that word hell?
00:52:15.67\00:52:17.62
Well, you gonna have
to hang on to that one,
00:52:17.65\00:52:19.24
we have a whole lecture on Hades
00:52:19.27\00:52:21.45
and on Sheol
later on in this series.
00:52:21.48\00:52:24.52
Now let's go back
to our original verse
00:52:24.55\00:52:26.37
that we started
our study with today.
00:52:26.40\00:52:29.51
Genesis 35:18 and
you'd be honest with me,
00:52:29.54\00:52:34.86
you tell me if this is
talking about an immortal soul,
00:52:34.89\00:52:37.41
leaving the body and going to
heaven at the moment of death.
00:52:37.44\00:52:39.96
Is there anything
like this in this text?
00:52:39.99\00:52:43.76
It says speaking about Rachel.
00:52:43.79\00:52:47.02
And so it was, as
her soul was departing,
00:52:47.05\00:52:51.62
you know the way
Christians read it is
00:52:51.65\00:52:53.57
and so it was as her immortal
soul was departing to heaven,
00:52:53.60\00:52:58.55
it's not what it
says, it's very simple,
00:52:58.58\00:53:01.93
when it says, as
her soul was departing,
00:53:01.96\00:53:05.08
it means as her life
was going out of her what?
00:53:05.11\00:53:08.79
Out of her body
and then it explains
00:53:08.82\00:53:10.78
that in case you don't
understand what that means,
00:53:10.81\00:53:12.49
(for she died).
00:53:12.52\00:53:18.50
What happens when the--
00:53:18.53\00:53:20.03
the Nephesh leaves
the body, you what?
00:53:20.06\00:53:23.40
You die.
00:53:23.43\00:53:24.64
That she called
his name Ben-oni,
00:53:24.67\00:53:26.49
but his father
called him Benjamin.
00:53:26.52\00:53:28.42
Now let's read
several verses in closing
00:53:28.45\00:53:31.01
about what happens
when a person dies,
00:53:31.04\00:53:33.48
Psalm 146:4,
00:53:33.51\00:53:35.33
we'll go through these quickly.
00:53:35.36\00:53:37.69
It says here his spirits departs
00:53:37.72\00:53:39.90
that is his
breath leaves the body
00:53:39.93\00:53:42.67
and what happens as a result,
00:53:42.70\00:53:44.17
he returns to his what,
00:53:44.20\00:53:47.41
earth,
00:53:47.44\00:53:49.21
in other words he
return to the dust.
00:53:49.24\00:53:51.42
In that very day the King
James says his thoughts perish.
00:53:51.45\00:53:59.18
Of course the New King
James says he is plans perish.
00:53:59.21\00:54:04.78
Notice Psalm 104:29, 30,
00:54:04.81\00:54:08.03
Psalm 104:29, 30,
00:54:08.06\00:54:11.17
it's speaking about the contrast
between death and creation,
00:54:11.20\00:54:14.42
it says speaking about God
00:54:14.45\00:54:16.70
"You hide your
face, they are troubled,
00:54:16.73\00:54:20.57
you take away their
breath, their Neshamah
00:54:20.60\00:54:23.94
and what happens they die
and return to their dust."
00:54:23.97\00:54:30.12
So what happens when the breath
is taken away from the body,
00:54:30.15\00:54:35.38
it says they die
and return to the dust?
00:54:35.41\00:54:38.15
What happens
when God creates us?
00:54:38.18\00:54:39.65
Notice verse 30.
00:54:39.68\00:54:40.79
"You send forth Your Spirit,
your Ruach they are what,
00:54:40.82\00:54:45.44
they are created and You
renew the face of the earth."
00:54:45.47\00:54:49.81
Notice Genesis 3:19
00:54:49.84\00:54:51.83
the Bible explicit on what
happens when a person dies.
00:54:51.86\00:54:54.61
Genesis 3:19
00:54:54.64\00:54:56.56
this is the sentence that God
pronounced upon Adam originally
00:54:56.59\00:55:02.48
and all of his descendants also,
00:55:02.51\00:55:04.10
it says, "In the sweat of
your face you shall eat bread,
00:55:04.13\00:55:08.06
till you return to the ground."
00:55:08.09\00:55:13.39
So what happens when you die?
00:55:13.42\00:55:15.61
You return to the same condition
00:55:15.64\00:55:17.19
that Adam was in
before he was what,
00:55:17.22\00:55:19.60
before he was created.
00:55:19.63\00:55:22.30
It says "For out
of it you were taken,
00:55:22.33\00:55:24.88
for dust you are, and
to dust you shall return."
00:55:24.91\00:55:31.35
In other words death
is the opposite of what?
00:55:31.38\00:55:35.17
Of life. Is that simple.
00:55:35.20\00:55:37.81
There is nothing
intangible or immortal
00:55:37.84\00:55:40.43
that leaves the body
at the moment of death.
00:55:40.46\00:55:43.32
Now lets go to one further verse
00:55:43.35\00:55:45.73
and then I will make reference
to another verse before we close
00:55:45.76\00:55:48.48
Ecclesiastes 12:7,
00:55:48.51\00:55:50.80
this is a famous verse for those
who study the State of the Dead,
00:55:50.83\00:55:55.04
Ecclesiastes 2:7,
00:55:55.07\00:55:59.49
It's speaking about
what happens to the body
00:55:59.52\00:56:01.15
and the breath
when a person dies,
00:56:01.18\00:56:02.64
it says, "Then the dust
will return to the earth
00:56:02.67\00:56:06.45
as it was and the spirit.
00:56:06.48\00:56:11.27
What is the spirit?
00:56:11.30\00:56:12.33
The Ruach.
00:56:12.36\00:56:13.39
What is that
according to what we've studied?
00:56:13.42\00:56:14.89
It's the life
principle, the energizing force,
00:56:14.92\00:56:18.29
the vital force will
return to God who gave it.
00:56:18.32\00:56:21.75
In other words God is
not sending it any more.
00:56:21.78\00:56:24.84
And as a result what
happens, a person dies.
00:56:24.87\00:56:30.24
The glorious news is
that there is hope for those
00:56:30.27\00:56:33.92
who die in Jesus Christ.
00:56:33.95\00:56:35.93
The Bible tells us that
those who die in Jesus Christ
00:56:35.96\00:56:38.86
will be resurrected by his voice
00:56:38.89\00:56:40.76
when he comes on
the clouds of heaven.
00:56:40.79\00:56:43.45
You know folks the Bible
speaks only of two destines.
00:56:43.48\00:56:47.56
In Romans 6:23, "The
wages of sin is death."
00:56:47.59\00:56:53.22
It doesn't say the wages of sin
is everlasting life in misery
00:56:53.25\00:56:58.12
like many Christians believe it,
00:56:58.15\00:56:59.53
death really isn't death, it's
actually everlasting misery, no.
00:56:59.56\00:57:03.67
The Bible says that the wages
of sin is death absence of life,
00:57:03.70\00:57:07.73
but the free gift
of God is eternal life
00:57:07.76\00:57:12.37
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
00:57:12.40\00:57:15.72
Have you received
Jesus Christ as your savior,
00:57:15.75\00:57:18.61
if you have you have
no reason to fear death.
00:57:18.64\00:57:22.09
You can go to bed
and be joyful and happy
00:57:22.12\00:57:25.53
knowing that Jesus will
resurrect you if you should die.
00:57:25.56\00:57:30.02