What is meant by these words, “The Spirit and the Bride say come?”
The Spirit clearly refers to Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom. His Bride is to be the Church glorified. (See `Rev. 21:9`; `Rev.19:7-9`.) The marriage, or union, referred to in the last Scripture, takes place at the second coming of Christ (`John 14:3`). The reign of Christ (Bride and Bridegroom) follows, and then the message will go [...]
What becomes of the soul at death? Is it put into the grave with the body, or does it fly away in a disembodied state, and go soaring around through space, waiting and longing for the time to come when it can get back into its body (put on its clothes again, so to speak) at the resurrection?
There is much confusion of thought regarding this matter. Many are disposed to express the matter wrongly by saying that they have a soul in place of saying that they are a soul. There is considerable difference in having a cow and being a cow! All living beings are souls from the Scriptural standpoint. (`Gen.1:20-30`. [...]
Will you please tell me what is the soul?
Man is a soul. Genesis 2:7 (KJV), “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.” Please note, man became a soul; he did not receive a soul. Thus, Genesis 2:7 tells us what a soul is. Body [...]
In Genesis 2:7, we read "man became a living soul," and in Job 14:22, we read "his soul within him." Is the soul a part of man, or is the whole of man a living soul?
What is the soul? It is the life-giving quality, the energizing principle, in union with the organism, or body, forms the living, intelligent being. BODY + BREATH OF LIFE = SOUL (Genesis 1:20,30; Genesis 2:7). The word soul in this connection is from the Hebrew which means literally "a breathing creature." Man does not possess a [...]
Has woman a soul? We read that man “became a living soul,” but nothing is said about the woman having a soul! Hence my question.
As the Scriptures are silent on this subject, and as much as the gentler and fairer sex is to be admired, to be in harmony with the Bible, and to answer the question therefrom (however painful it may be to state the fact) it is necessary to set forth the awful truth that women do [...]
Does the soul of man sleep when the body is dead?
Various have been the theories as to the condition of the soul after death. The Bible teaching regarding this much discussed question is very clear and simple, and there need be no confusion of mind at all if we are willing to accept what the Scriptures teach. In the case of the first man who [...]