Where we all will go in death, Sheol.

[Yishai]

On 1/26/2020 at 8:00 AM, Retrobyter said:

When He returns, THEN He will bring His offer of the Kingdom back with Him and will establish His reign ... from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).

Yes, When He returns He will Ressurect The dead in Messiah, this is when we receive our Gift of Eternal Life! Then we will live on This earth for 1000 years without evil! Awesome. Then haSatan will be loosed one last time, for a short time, and then Death its self and Sheol(The adode of the dead), and all whose name is not in the book of life will be Thrown into Gehenna, and this Heaven and Earth shall pass away, and THEN we will all will inherit the Kingdom of Elohimin the New Earth and the new Heaven, and The New Urishilm! Whose floors are Gold so clear like Glass! AMEN PRAISE YHWH! IN THE NAME OF Y'SHUA haMashiyach.

Edited February 9, 2020 by Yishai

[frienduff thaylorde]

The beauty of this OP is the question can be answered and summed up in THIS .

JESUS conquered death ,    so if one KNOWN HIM and are HIS ,  they shall never taste of death .

But if one rejects the true gospel ,    There is truly something far worse than death ,   KNOWN as the second death .

Knowing full well this is not PC ,  but BC , biblically correct , its gonna get told , sung and said to alll that has breath .    

[Dennis1209]

In my hermeneutic view and understanding, confusion lies in the translation between the AV and RV and its usages. Sheol is an Old Testament Hebrew word for Hell. Hades is a New Testament Greek word translated Hell, both are the same place and called the grave and Hell depending on the translation. The Greek word Gehenna [valley of Hinnom], is also translated as Hell, and symbolized by that small valley in Jerusalem where constant fire reigned and garbage and dead bodies were taken to. 

As was stated elsewhere; the Abraham paradise side of Hades was cleared out when Jesus led captivity captive. The punishment side of Hades [Hell] is still there occupied and expanding until the Great White Throne judgment [a jail before prison if you will], then the permanent sentence to the everlasting Lake of Fire.

Currently, there appears to be different temporary levels and depths of pain, suffering and torment? The Abyss and Bottomless Pit for example appear to be deeper in the earth, compared to Hades; and are for a special purpose. I would assume the bottomless pit has to be at the very center of the earths core. As there is no bottom there, only up in all directions? 

[Yishai]

4 hours ago, Dennis1209 said:

Sheol is an Old Testament Hebrew word for Hell. Hades is a New Testament Greek word translated Hell, both are the same place

this isnt correct as ppl think, Sheol is The abode of the dead, Gehenna is the lake of Fire...Hades and Hell actually dont belong in His word, simply because they originally were terms that belonged to another religon,(where the greek gods would send peopl they were mad at)...you are correct to say hell and Hades are indeed the same single place, But in the Bible there is 3 places, Sheol (the abode of the dead for good and bad souls, yet seperated),Gehenna the lake of fire that Satan will be thrown into along with all those whose name is not in the book of life in That Great day.. and then The Kingdom of Heaven, of course! Haha

Edited February 11, 2020 by Yishai

[Dennis1209]

1 hour ago, Yishai said:

this isnt correct as ppl think, Sheol is The abode of the dead, Gehenna is the lake of Fire...Hades and Hell actually dont belong in His word, simply because they originally were terms that belonged to another religon,(where the greek gods would send peopl they were mad at)...you are correct to say hell and Hades are indeed the same single place, But in the Bible there is 3 places, Sheol (the abode of the dead for good and bad souls, yet seperated),Gehenna the lake of fire that Satan will be thrown into along with all those whose name is not in the book of life in That Great day.. and then The Kingdom of Heaven, of course! Haha

I suppose it depends on ones hermeneutics, theology and the scholars they subscribe to? Where do you fit the abyss and bottomless pit to the above?

[Yishai]

37 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

I suppose it depends on ones hermeneutics, theology and the scholars they subscribe to? Where do you fit the abyss and bottomless pit to the above?

Well we all can rest assured of Sheol and Gehenna, Both are spoken of separately, as Isaiah describes sheol for the righteous as a State of Repose, Daniel compares them like waking up from sleep in Ressurection, Samuel..David..and.Luke, you see a glimpse of Both sides of Sheol, the Comforted "state of repose" side, Abrahams bosom..then the bad side of Sheol seperated by a great gulf for the unrightoues, which is probably the Pit.

There is a Gehenna on earth, it is a valley where the Kings of Judah would sacrifice thier children by fire, and Gehenna is where The evil will spend thier eternity, Fire Kindled by our Fathers anger in the Gehenna Lake of fire, When haSatan and Sheol and death its self, and all whose name is not written in the book will be thrown into..

The replacement of the 2 words into one and or even just changing them at all, has caused some confusion to the brethern on this subject..

Edited February 11, 2020 by Yishai

[Dennis1209]

36 minutes ago, Yishai said:

Well we all can rest assured of Sheol and Gehenna, Both are spoken of separately, as Isaiah describes sheol for the righteous as a State of Repose, Daniel compares them like waking up from sleep in Ressurection, Samuel..David..and.Luke, you see a glimpse of Both sides of Sheol, the Comforted "state of repose" side, Abrahams bosom..then the bad side of Sheol seperated by a great gulf for the unrightoues, which is probably the Pit.

Gehenna on earth, is a valley where the Kings of Judah would sacrifice thier children by fire, and This is where The evil will spend thier eternity Fire Kindled by our Fathers anger in the Gehenna Lake of fire, When haSatan and Sheol and death its self, and all whose name is not written in the book will be thrown into..

The replacement of the 2 words into one and or even just changing them at all, has caused some confusion to the brethern on this subject..

Luke 16:26 (KJV) And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Do we agree that these places mentioned are beneath the earths surface? If so, would you suspect they all are at the same depth, or varying depths? It's clear to me from the biblical descriptions such as with the 'rich man' and Lazarus; the people there still retain their memories and senses of pain and suffering [they still retain their sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell]. It's pretty well known the deeper one goes into the earth, the hotter it is, and the more pressure there is. This "great gulf fixed" doesn't indicate if it's horizontal or vertical. I would suspect the punishment side would be on a deeper level than Abraham's bosom? 

The Bible talks much more about "Hell" than is does Heaven. Therefore it must be a pretty important subject to study and understand.

Edited February 12, 2020 by Dennis1209

[Yishai]

8 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

Luke 16:26 (KJV) And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Do we agree that these places mentioned are beneath the earths surface? If so, would you suspect they all are at the same depth, or varying depths? It's clear to me from the biblical descriptions such as with the 'rich man' and Lazarus; the people there still retain their memories and senses of pain and suffering [they still retain their sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell]. It's pretty well known the deeper one goes into the earth, the hotter it is, and the more pressure there is. This "great gulf fixed" doesn't indicate if it's horizontal or vertical. I would suspect the punishment side would be on a deeper level than Abraham's bosom? 

The Bible talks much more about "Hell" than is does Heaven. Therefore it must be a pretty important subject to study and understand.

Yes, I once drew a picture of it all, had Sheol of Abraham's bosom, then I drew the gulf and even had the pit side below even the gulf..way down deep in my drawing.

And I agree for sure a very important subject to learn about and understand!...because many people actully dont understand death either, they believe death is simply leaving the flesh, from one life str8 into another. But this would be still living..Going to Sheol IS dying actually, people believe That Messiah went into "hell" He didnt goto Hell, He Died aka went to Sheol for 3 days..The Abode of the Dead, and He was the first born out of Sheol. And When He returns on that Great Day, all who died in Him will also be truly resurrected just as He was! For the 1000 years of Peace on earth, I cant wait till we all get to see that!

 

[Yishai]

37 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

the 'rich man' and Lazarus; the people there still retain their memories and senses of pain and suffering [

We do notice the rich man definitely felt it! But also take notice Lazarus never moved, or spoke. But Abraham spoke for him and just Said that he was in comfort,or to that effect..this would confirm what Isaiah spoke of about being in a state of repose.. and then Dawid said to the effect. If I make my bed in Sheol He will be with me...this confirms what Paul said to be absent from the Body it to be in His presence. 

[Retrobyter]

Shalom, A Christian 1985.

On 2/9/2020 at 3:31 PM, A Christian 1985 said:

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 Do Not confuse Hades with 'Hell'

HADES

            Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth? (Eccles. 3:21)

            It is obvious, especially when taken in context that the writer here is not speaking prophetically. Indeed, he is speaking cynically, rather than literally. This is the only verse in the whole Bible that could conceivably contradict the assertion that, of the life on earth today, man alone has a spirit. Due to its context, and in light of the meaning of the original language, we cannot credibly consider this verse to be in conflict with what is clearly and consistently shown by the rest of the Bible.

            And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; (Heb. 9:27)

            and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. (Eccles. 12:7)

            At death, man's physical body returns to dust and his spirit "returns to God." But what happens to the human soul after death? Due to man's having a spirit, his soul, unlike those of animals, is immortal. This poses a problem: the souls of the dead must be kept somewhere until their final disposition at the judgment.

            And thou, Capernaum, shalt be exalted unto heaven? Thou shalt go down unto Hades: ... (Matt. 11:23).

            And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:14)

             And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and Death and Hades"‑ that is, "the unseen world"; for the translation "Hell" is incorrect‑ "delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works" (Rev. xx.13). Now the sea is commonly supposed to be mentioned as giving up the bodily germs of those who have been drowned or buried in it. But if the meaning goes no further than that, why do we not also hear of the earth giving up the far more numerous dead which lie beneath its sods? Instead, however, of sea being coupled with land, we find it mysteriously connected with Death and the unseen world: that is, it is mentioned in a list of places filled, not with the remains of material forms, but with disembodied spirits.

            This is certainly a fatal objection to a common interpretation: but if the sea be the prison of demons, all difficulties vanish, and in that case we can well understand why it is the first to give up its dead. For every one will be judged in his order, and, therefore, these pre‑adamic beings will have an awful precedence of the prisoners of Death and Hades, whose innumerable cells are, perhaps, filled exclusively with criminals from our present world ‑ excerpt from Earth's Earliest Ages, p. 61.

            Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell (Gehenna)? (Matt. 23‑33)

            The Bible uses two entirely different words concerning disposition of the souls of the dead. Most people fail to distinguish between Hell (GREEK: Gehenna), and Hades (Greek: Hades), considering them to be different words for the same thing. This is far from being the case, and a correct knowledge of this matter is essential to an understanding of several other spiritual matters.

Rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell (Gehenna) of fire. (Matt. 18:9)

            Hell is the burning lake of fire, which, dispensationally speaking, is not yet. The purpose of hell is that of a universal eternal disposal for all of the negative things after they have been righteously judged. Such an eternal disposal is necessary for creatures with a spiritual aspect to their being, and will include the fallen angels, the demons, and unregenerated human beings. Hades, however, is a keeping-place for the souls of dead human beings, some of the demons (originally all of them), and the special category of fallen angels discussed in Appendix VII. That these are two distinctly different things is proven by Revelation 20:14, where this verse states that Hades is cast into the lake of fire (Gehenna).

             Hades has existed since the disembodiment of the demonic race, long before the time of the human race (Hades’ original purpose was the confinement of the disembodied spirits of the demonic race), and will exist until the end of the millennium. To enable us to realize the significance of other biblical, non‑physical matters, let us now learn what we may about Hades. Although Hades most probably cannot be considered a physical place, nonetheless it does have a physical location, which will make several other matters clear.

Yea, his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers. (Job 33:22)

What is the pit, and how does it relate to Hades?

... And thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. (Ps. 86:13 NASB)

            Hades has different levels; saints and sinners are not lumped together indiscriminately. The Old Testament believer here met with God's approval, such that at death God did not let his soul be consigned to Sheol but to a better, higher level of Hades. What are the other levels?

 

Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah ... (Prov. 15:11).

            And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.... They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon. (Rev. 9:1, 11)

            At first glance, Abaddon, like Sheol, appears to be another level of Hades, but Abaddon is the name of the angel of the abyss.

            In other translations "the pit of the abyss" is rendered "the bottomless pit," indicating further the non‑physical characteristics of Hades. But Hades does have a physical location.

            Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it. (Isa. 5:14)

            The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God. (Ps. 9:171

            And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. (Ezek. 32:27)

            Whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. (Ezek. 32:23)

            A careful consideration of these verses discloses that the pit is comprised of two levels, Sheol being the name of the uppermost one. The pit is the part of Hades where the souls of unbelievers are kept, with the better unbelievers kept in Sheol, and the worse ones kept in the lower level.

            For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be renewed unto judgment; (2 Pet. 2:4).

         The word translated incorrectly here as hell is not the Greek word for hell (Gehenna), but is the Greek word Tartarus. Tartarus is the lowest level of Hades and the lower of the two levels that to compromise the pit, Sheol being the upper one of the two. Evil unbelievers are kept in Tartarus, along with the chained fallen angels who sinned further than their peers, as is detailed in Appendix VII. As we shall see in Chapter Five, although some of the demons are still confined to Hades (in the pit and almost certainly Tartarus), most of them escaped their confinement before the time of Adam.

 

            And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but not here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us. (Luke 16:22‑26)

 

            Sheol and Tartarus are two distinct levels but, although it is almost certainly the case, there is no specific mention of a gulf or barrier between them. We see here that there is a level containing the souls of the dead that is higher than Sheol, but that there is a great gulf between it and the pit such that it is considered a separate part of Hades from Sheol and Tartarus. Why this is so we will see shortly. Another thing to notice is the torment of the rich man due to the heat. I repeat: Gehenna, the burning lake of fire and brimstone is not yet here. Why then the torment and whence the flame? The people on these levels are evil people- should we expect their keeping to be pleasant? As we have seen in previous verses, the pit is located beneath the abyss. This puts its physical location pretty deep in the earth (one verse‑"in the heart of the earth"), deep enough for the tremendous temperatures at such levels to cause the discomfort and torment spoken of.

            Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city.... And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? ... (1Sam. 28:3, 16).

            Samuel was one of the Old Testament saints, so this verse substantiates that believers are kept in an upper level of Hades, which is located beneath the abyss. What is this upper level, and where is the abyss?

            And he (Jesus) said unto him (one of the two men crucified beside Jesus, who had just repented), Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in Paradise. (Luke 23:43)

 

            The thief on the cross believed on the Lord, so the Lord told him that that same day, at the end of which they would both be dead physically, he would be with the Lord in Paradise. Paradise, then, is the uppermost level of Hades, which contains the believers. Did you ever wonder where the Lord's soul was during the three days between His death and Resurrection?

            And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden. ... (Gen. 2:8‑9).

            I made it fair by the Multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.... I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.... To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain with the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 31:9,16,18)

            So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword, which turned every way, keep the way of the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)

            It is clear from these (and other verses) that Paradise, the uppermost level of Hades, is as pleasant as the Garden of Eden. At the time of Adam, the Garden of Eden had a physical location on the surface of the earth in Mesopotamia. Due to the fall, man's access to the tree of life in the Garden of Eden was barred by God, as long as a man was physically alive in the fallen, corrupted flesh. After death, however, this restriction no longer applied ("For he that is dead is freed from sin"), so that the souls of believers could be kept in this Paradise, Eden, which has since the Fall been located beneath the abyss with the other two levels of Hades.

            Now, where was Christ during those three days?

            for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matt 12:40)

            (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he (Christ) also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? (Eph. 4:9)

            Because Christ also died for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison. (1 Pet. 3:18‑19)

            For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:6)

            For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou offer thy holy one to see corruption. (Ps. 16:10)

he foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. (Acts 2:31)

            whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it. (Acts 2:24)

            or, who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.) (Rom. 10:7)

            Christ, while in Hades those three days, not only appeared in Paradise but also went to Sheol to preach the good news of the gospel to the souls of the dead there, that they should believe so that their spirits would be made alive unto them at the judgment.

            knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion or him. (Rom. 6:91)

            For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and living. (Rom. 14:9)

            and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. (Rev. 1:18)

            By Christ's Resurrection, He achieved the authority (keys) over death and Hades, taking this power away from Satan, who legally had it until then. Thus it is that Satan does not have the key to the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:1, but must be given it.

            Sing, 0 ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth ... Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel. (Isa. 44:23)

          But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: and after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God: (Job 19:25‑26).

            ... and at that time thy people shall be delivered. Every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, and everlasting contempt. (Dan. 12:2)

 

            Marvel not at this for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. (John 6:28‑29)

            and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many. (Matt. 27:52‑53)

            The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken‑hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the openings of the prison to them that are bound;  (Isa. 61:1)

                Whereforth he saith, when he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now this, He ascended, what is but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? (Eph. 4:8‑9)

            ... To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. (Rev. 2:71

            I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven. And I know such a man (whether in the body or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth), how that he was caught up into Paradise ... (2 Cor. 12:2‑4).

For David ascended not into the heavens ... (Acts 2:34)

            According to the original Greek of 2 Corinthians 12:2‑4, Paul was caught up to the third heaven, but he was caught into (not up into) Paradise. Notice also that his being caught up to heaven and his being caught into Paradise are recorded as two separate instances of the same experience. Both these instances occurred at the time of his regenera­tion. That the Paradise where the believers are being kept is not in heaven (then or now) is shown by this being recorded as two separate instances. Otherwise Paul would have stated that he was caught up to Paradise in the third heaven. (The first heaven is the atmosphere of our planet, the second heaven is the space of stars, and the third heaven is the spiritual heaven of God.) That Paradise, the keeping place for believers, is still in the earth is confirmed by Acts 2:34, which tells us that David, even after the   ascension of Christ, had not ascended to heaven. There are two Paradises, therefore: one, the earthly Edenic level of Hades, and the other, a heavenly Paradise of God in the third (spiritual) heaven.

            It is my opinion that the tombs opening, etc., was only a temporary resurrection (a sneak preview, as it were) of the bodies of the saints given as a sign to God's people in Jerusalem to further try to bring them to repentance. The actual physical resurrection of the bodies of the saints, both Old and New Testament, does not occur until right before Christ's return to the earth. The souls of New Testament believers who fall asleep are also kept in Paradise until the Lord sets up His judgment seat.

            By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well‑pleasing unto God: (Heb. 11:5)

            And it came to pass, when Jehovah would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven…(2 Kings 2:1)

            These were some of the exceptions to the rule, who were caught up directly to heaven without seeing death rather than dying and being kept in Hades. We will see why this was so later on in the book (Chapter Nine).

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead. (James 2:26)

And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died)…(Gen. 36:18).

                For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two‑edged word, and piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit . . . (Heb. 4:12)

                ... because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: before the silver cord is snapped asunder . . . (Eccles. 12:5‑6)

                 Is not their tent‑cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom. (Job 4:21)

                And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that something be given her to eat. (Luk 8:55)

                And he stretched upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. (1 Kings 17:21‑22)

                … being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Make ye no ado; for his life is in him. (Acts 20:9‑10)

            There is a "cord" that connects and binds the soul‑spirit to the physical body of the individual that it belongs to. Ordinarily, at the time of physical death, this cord is severed and the soul‑spirit goes to whichever keeping place is appropriate to the life that that person led in the flesh. However, sometimes this does not immediately occur and the person is able to be brought back to life. This has occurred not only in these biblical instances but also up to the present. There is only one logical reason to explain this: God must so love and desire that these people become His children by believing in Christ that He has given them the most final of chances. A word of warning: direct knowledge in this life of the next is expressly forbidden by God‑ any and all impressions obtained by these people while medically dead are almost certainly deceptive.

 

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Charles "Tremendous" Jones once said, "Operate on the principle of SIBKIS: See it big, keep it simple."

The first thing one needs to understand is WHAT the "soul" really is:

Genesis 2:7 (KJV)

 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The Hebrew (transliterated) is this:

B'reeshiyt 2:7

7 Vayiytser YHWH Elohiym et haa'aadaam `aafaar min-haa'adaamaah vayipach b'apaayoh nishmat chayiym vayhiy haa'aadaam l-nefesh chayaah:

7 Vayiytser = 7 And-formed
YHWH = YHWH, God's Name
Elohiym = God
et = (next word is the direct object)
haa'aadaam = the-red-[man]
`aafaar = dry-earth/dust
min-= from
haa'adaamaah = the-red-[ground]
vayipach = and-puffed
b'apaayoh = in-his-nostrils
nishmat = a-puff
chayiym = of-living-things
vayhiy = and-became
haa'aadaam = the-red-[man]
l-nefesh = into-an-air-breather
chayaah: = living:

The Hebrew word "nefesh" (often written "nephesh") is found in Strong's Dictionary of the Hebrew and Chaldee Languages:

5315 nefesh (neh'-fesh). From naafash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) -- any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire,
X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.

5314 naafash (naw-fash'). A primitive root; to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon, i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air) -- (be) refresh selves (-ed).

So, the word "soul" in the Hebrew means "an air-breathing creature." The Greek word "psuchee" is the same as the Hebrew word "nefesh" for in 1 Corinthians 15, Paul quotes Genesis 2:7:

1 Corinthians 15:42-49 (KJV)

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam was made a living soul"; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

And, the Greek (transliterated with "o" being omicron and "oo" being omega) of verse 45 is this:

45 Houtoos kai gegraptai "Egeneto ho prootos anthroopos Adam eis psucheen zoosan"; ho eschatos Adam eis pneuma zoo-opoioun.

45 Houtoos = 45 So
kai = and/also
gegraptai = it-is-written
"Egeneto = "Became
ho = the
prootos = first
anthroopos = man
Adam = (transliteration of "haa'aadaam" without the article)
eis = into
psucheen = an-air-breather
zoosan"; = living";
ho = the
eschatos = last
Adam = (transliteration of "haa'aadaam" without the article)
eis = into
pneuma = an-air-blaster/a-wind
zoo-opoioun = life-giving.

Strong's gives:

5590 psuchee (psoo-khay'). From psuchoo; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from pneuma, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from zooee, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew nephesh, ruwach and chay) -- heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.

5594 psuchoo (psoo'-kho). A primary verb; to breathe (voluntarily but gently, thus differing on the one hand from pneoo, which denotes properly a forcible respiration; and on the other from the base of aer, which refers properly to an inanimate breeze), i.e. (by implication, of reduction of temperature by evaporation) to chill (figuratively) -- wax cold.

Start with that basic information (recognizing that Strong's definitions may not be 100% correct) and beware of which translation of the Bible you are using.