his LIFE [life-soul-psukee] a ransom for many."
4. John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his LIFE [life-soul-psukee] for the sheep. 12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them, and scatters [them]: 13 [he flees] because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay
down my LIFE [life-soul-psukee] for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd. 17 Therefore, the Father loves me, because I lay
down my LIFE [life-soul-psukee] , that I may take it again." An immortal soul, as taught today, cannot die; therefore, the translators could not say Christ gave up His immortal soul. He gives His life, not an immortal soul.
5. John 12:27 "Now is my soul [life-soul-psukee] troubled; and what shall I say?
Father, save me from this hour."
"Now my heart is troubled" New International Version.
6. Acts 2:27 "Because you will not leave my soul [life-soul-psukee] unto Hades, neither will you give your Holy One to see corruption."
"You will not abandon me [psukee] to the grave" New International Version
"You will not abandon me [psukee] to death" Revised English Bible 40
7. Acts 2:31 "He foreseeing [this] spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was HE [life-soul-psukee] left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption."
The same word is translated "soul" in Acts 2:27 and "he" in Acts 2:31 in the King James Version 8. Hebrews 10:38 "But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my
soul [life-soul-psukee] has no pleasure in him." In these passages psukee, which is translate soul or life, refers to God or Christ.
"And if he shrinks back, I [psukee] will not be pleased with him" New International Version
"And if he draws back I [psukee] take no pleasure in him" New American Bible
"But if anyone shrinks back, I [psukee] take no pleasure in him" Revised English Bible
[5] PASSAGES WITH PSUKEE (soul)
USED IN SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE.
For notes on these see chapter eight. Those who believe in the Pagan doctrine of an immortal soul from birth and Hell have no plain easily understood non-figurative statement. That they must make figurative language, metaphors and symbolic passage into literal statements SHOWS THE WEAKNESS OF THEIR BELIEF, that it is from man and not from God. Figurative language and parables are made to be superior over plain statements, and clear language must be made to agree with what they think is said in the symbolic language.
1. Revelation 6:9 "And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the
souls [life-soul-psukee] of them that had been slain for the word of God." See chapter eight - the fifth seal - souls under the altar in heaven - a symbolic picture.
2. Revelation 8:9 "And there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea,
[even] they that had LIFE [life-soul-psukee]; and the third part of the ships were destroyed." A third of the immortal undying souls died? Are immortal souls, as the word is used today, in the sea? Do fish have an immortal soul?
3. Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their LIFE [life-soul-psukee] even unto death. " If this symbolic passage were made literal, it would say the soul [psukee] does die.
4. Revelation 16:3 "And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul [life-soul-psukee] died, [even] the things that were in the sea." If made literal, this symbolic passage says living souls are the things that are in the sea. Every "living creature" fish in the sea are " souls
[psukee]" that died. When will all the fish in the sea literally die?
"And every living thing [psukee] in the sea died" New International Version
"And every creature [psukee] living in the sea died" New American Bible
"And every living thing [psukee] in it died" Revised English Bible 5. Revelation 18:13-14 "And cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and
[merchandise] of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls [life-soul-psukee] of men.
And the fruits which your soul [life-soul-psukee] lusted after are gone from thee." If there were an immaterial part of a person, could it lust after material things? Will immortals soul be slaves in Heaven or any other place?
"SLAVES, AND HUMAN LIVES [PSUKEE]" REVISED ENGLISH BIBLE.
6. Revelation 20:4 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls [life-soul-psukee] of them that had been beheaded
for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshiped not the 41
beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived ["came to life" New American Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version], and reigned with Christ a thousand years." "The rest of the dead lived not until ..." ["did not come to life" New American Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version] Revelation 20:5. Some immortal souls "came to life"
and some "lived not." If the soul cannot die, it cannot come to life and if it cannot die, then all souls live and none can "lived not." This passage is a real problem when taken literal.
Five of the six times psukee is used in Revelation, is something that can and does die.
1. Revelation 6:9 "Souls [life-soul-psukee] ...slain"
2. Revelation 8:9 "And there died the third part...that had life" [life-soul-psukee]
3. Revelation 12:11 "Loved not their life [life-soul-psukee] even unto death"
4. Revelation 16:3 "Every living soul [life-soul-psukee] died" [In the sea, all fish died]. Can anyone tell me why the translators, who believed the soul could not die and do not believe fish have a soul, put "ever living soul died" in this passage? "And every living thing [life-soul-psukee] in the sea died" New American Standard Bible.
5. Revelation 20:4 " The souls [life-soul-psukee] of them that had been beheaded"
THE SOUL IS THE EARTHLY IMAGE OF ADAM
A "LIVING SOUL" IS THE "NATURAL BODY"
Psukikos: natural [earthly].
"The NATURAL (psukikos- man)" [1 Corinthians 2:4]
"A NATURAL (psukikos- body)" [1 Corinthians 15:44]
" There is a NATURAL (psukikos- body)" [1 Corinthians 15:44]
"That which is NATURAL (psukikos )" [1 Corinthians 15:46]
The soul or the spirit is not the spiritual body that we will have after the resurrection.
WE ARE NOW A LIVING SOUL WHICH IS IN THE IMAGE OF ADAM
1 Corinthians 15 [1] NATURAL BODY verse 44,46 | WE NOW HAVE
ADAM [2] A LIVING SOUL verse 45 | ADAM'S
[3] EARTHLY verse 47 | IMAGE verse 49
WE WILL BE A SPIRITUAL BODY WHICH WILL BE IN THE IMAGE OF CHRIST
[1] SPIRITUAL BODY verse 45 | WE WILL HAVE
CHRIST [2] LIFE GIVING SPIRIT verse 46 | CHRIST'S IMAGE
[3] HEAVENLY verse 48 | verse 49
"NATURAL" in verse 46 is used in place of "A LIVING SOUL" in verse 45, and ARE
THE SAME THING. We now have Adam's image [a living soul-a living being, a natural being of this earth], but we will have the image of Christ [a spiritual body].
"For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of His glory" [Philippians 2:20-21 American Standard Version] "change" King James Version "transform" New American Standard Version.
"Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall
be [what a spiritual body is composed of]. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; [have a spiritual body, be of the same substance] for we shall see him even as he is" [1 John 3:2].
"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as
angels in Heaven" [Matthew 22:30]. "For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven" [Mark 12:26].
The image of Christ, the spiritual bodies we will have after the resurrection is not an earthly body in the image of Adam. We are now a soul [living being] in the image of 42
Adam, but we will not be a soul [living being] in the image of Adam after the resurrection. All animals are souls [living beings-Hebrew nehphesh-Greek psukee] but they will never have a spiritual body.
IN COMMENTING ON "THE NATURAL MAN" IN 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14, GUY N. WOODS SAID, "...THE SOULISH MAN, SINCE THE
ADJECTIVE 'NATURAL' TRANSLATES A FORM OF THE GREEK WORD FOR SOUL, WHICH MAY BE EXPRESSED IN ENGLISH AS
PSYCHICAL. THUS, THIS USAGE IS SUPPORTED BY ETYMOLOGY AND REQUIRED BY THE CONTEXT. SEE, ESPECIALLY, PAUL'S
TEACHING IN 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-28 AND 2:6-16." GOSPEL ADVOCATE, 1985, NOVEMBER 21.
"Natural" is translated from "psuchikos." Psuchikos is the adjective form of psukee is used six times in the New Testament.
1. "But the natural [psuchikos-soulish] man received not" [1 Corinthians 2:14].
2. "It is sown a natural [psuchikos-soulish] body, it is raised a spiritual body" [1 Corinthians 15:44].
3. "There is a natural [psuchikos-soulish] body, there is also a spiritual body" [1 Corinthians 15:44].
4. "Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural [psuchikos-soulish] ; than that which is spiritual" [1 Corinthians 15:46].
5. "But it is earthly, sensual [psuchikos-soulish] , devilish" [James 3:15]. " Natural" in the New American Standard Bible.
6. "These are they who made separations, sensual [psuchikos-soulish] , having not the Spirit" [Jude 19]. "These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural [psuchikos-soulish] instincts and do not have the Spirit" New International Version.
The adjective form of a noun never has a meaning that is totally different from the meaning of the noun. Both the noun [psukee] and the adjective [psuchikos] are the earthly, natural (soulish) person, the image of Adam. If I believed the psukee [soul] was an immaterial invisible part of a person, then I would hope no one would ever see its adjective form in the above six passages.
A living soul, the earthly being in the image of Adam will be changed to a spiritual body in the image of Christ at the resurrection.
Sown in corruption–raised in incorruption [1 Corinthians 15:42].
This mortal–must put on immortality [1 Corinthians 15:53].
Sown in dishonor–raised in glory [1 Corinthians 15:42].
Sown in weakness–raised in power [1 Corinthians 15:43].
Sown a natural body (flesh and blood)–raised a spiritual body [1 Corinthians 15:44].
First (now) the natural–then that, which is spiritual [1 Corinthians 15:44-49].
The first Adam a living soul–the last Adam (Christ) a life giving spirit [1 Corinthians 15:45].
As we bare the image of the earthy (Adam)–we shall bare the image of the heavenly (Christ) [1 Corinthians 15:49].
Image of Adam is the earthy soul (psukee–body). Image of heavenly - Christ, the spiritual body [1
Corinthians 15:49].
This change from the image of Adam's natural soul body to the spiritual body in the image of Christ, from mortal to immortal, will occur at the Resurrection, not at death.
No one now has the spiritual body, not anyone that is now alive or anyone that is now asleep in Christ.
If a person has a soul that is now immortal, it cannot be mortal; therefore, it cannot put on immortality. What do some think is now mortal and will put on immortality? If a person has a soul that is now immortal, it could only be the body that will put on immortality. It is the person that will put on immortality at the resurrection, not a part of a person that was immortal from birth that could never be mortal. "And just as we have
borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly" [1
Corinthians 15:49]. “There shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust” [Acts 43
24:14]. When Paul said this many believers had died but their resurrection was still a thing to come, not something that had already came at their death.
Summary: a "living soul" is the earthly body of flesh and blood in the image of Adam, not the "spiritual body" which will be in the image of Christ. There is a difference in "a living soul," which we now are; and a "spiritual body," which we will be after the resurrection but are not at this time. The "living soul," being, life, or creature that is in the "image of Adam" is not the "spiritual body" ["image of Christ"] that we will have. This clearly says after the resurrection, we will not be a "living soul," but changed to a "spiritual body" ; therefore, a "living soul" and the "spiritual body" are different things. One ( "the living soul”) belongs to this life; the other (a "spiritual
body" ) will belong to life after the resurrection. They are opposite to each other; a person cannot be both simultaneously. Many preachers today say, "Save you soul"
which is saying, "Save your 'image of Adam,'" or, "Save your earthly flesh and blood body." While we are a "living soul," we cannot be a "spiritual body." After the resurrection, when we shall have been changed to a "spiritual body," we will no longer be a "living soul," no longer be an earthly creature in the image of Adam. If the "living
soul" was an immortal part of a person that would live forever, that person would always have the image of Adam, not the image of Christ. Can anyone have the image of Adam in heaven? No. We are a "living soul" only while we are alive in this world; in heaven we will have a "spiritual body" and will not be a soul. Adam was, and we now are "a living soul-being"; but Adam did not, and we do not have an immortal
"spiritual body" [not unto the resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:53].
"It is sown a natural body: it is raised a spiritual body" ["Greek physical" body: Footnote in American Standard Version].
"It is sown a physical body" [1 Corinthians 15:44]. "The dead shall be raised incorruptible" [1 Corinthians 15:52].
Paul could not have said any stronger that we will be raised "a spiritual body" [1
Corinthians 15:44] "incorruptible" [1 Corinthians 15:52], not with the physical body we now have. The physical body is the "living soul" body we now have and it is not the body that will be raised. If we are raised with a body that is a spiritual body and is incorruptible, we could not at the same time be raised with an earthly body that is a corruptible body. McCord's translation, printed by Freed-Hardeman College says , "And the dead shall be raised immortal" [1 Corinthians 15:53]. Paul said that at the time those who are asleep in Christ shall be raised incorruptible, that we who are not asleep shall "be changed" [1 Corinthians 15:51]. All will be raised from the dead at the resurrection, and those in Christ will have a new body not of flesh. We will not be a "living soul" after the resurrection. The "soul" [the image of Adam], which many say we must save for they think it is the only part of us that will be in Heaven, will not exist then; therefore, it is not a part of us that will be in Heaven. It is our whole self that we must save, not just an "immaterial invisible" inter part of our self. We will not have the image of Adam, the earthly "living soul," in heaven. We will not be a soul in the image of Adam as we are now, but we, will be the same person we now are. How is it that many cannot see that when they say, "save your soul" they are saying, "keep the image of Adam" [the earthly body]? Do they want to be raised with an earthy body in the image of Adam or the spiritual body in the image of Christ? “And as we
have borne the image of the earthy (now in this life time we are a psukikos–a living 44
being in the image of the earthy Adam) we SHALL also bear the image of the heavenly”
[1 Corinthians 15:49]. We are born a soul–a living being, but the saved will be resurrected a spiritual being in the image of Christ and will not have the earthly image of Adam after the resurrection.
There are many, the Church of God, many Premillennialists and others that believe the earthly body, the image of Adam, will be raised and we will live on this earth forever, not in Heaven, that the earthly body will restored to be like Adam before he sinned. I know of no passage that says Adam's body was different before and after he sinned, but even if his body was different the rest of mankind never had the body Adam had before he sinned, therefore, all but Adam would have to be raised with a body different from this body we now have. There is a mountain of writing on how God will be able to restore the same body with the same particles of matter it now has. All the particles of matter in our bodies are completely changed every few years; all the matter that has been in the body of a person that lives to be old would be enough to make many bodies, it would be a mountain of matter.
T. P Connelly, in The Connelly Field Debate says, "The resurrection is, therefore, a reunion of spirit and matter, and this being true, the same particles of matter in the same body are no more necessary in order to a reunion, than that the same particles should remain at all times the same here to perpetuate the union."
Then is would be the spirit coming back from Heaven or Hell and creating a new earthly body, not a resurrection of the body a person had when he or she was living, not a resurrection of anything, not a resurrection of the body we now have and not a resurrection of a soul that would not be dead. Because the natural body, the image of Adam, will not be raised, this mountain of writing is about nothing. I can understand why those in the Church Of God are concerned about what particles of matter the earthly body will be raised with, but he is an evangelist in the Christian Church, and I cannot understand why he thinks a soul which he thinks has no substance and will live forever in Heaven without this body must come back to earth and make itself a new body, but many who say they do not believe this body will ever be in Heaven think that we now have an immortal part that must put the earthly body it had left back on at the resurrection.
Synonyms for "soul" that are used in 1 Corinthians 15: earth, earthly [dust], corruption, natural body, mortal, image of Adam, flesh and blood.
How can death be a separation of body and soul when:
The soul is the body, which is in the image of Adam?
It is the soul, which is the earthly body in the image of Adam that dies.
It would be a separation of the soul from the soul (the image of Adam from the
image of Adam).
Mike Willis said a spiritual body is not an ethereal body any more than Christ's was a shadowy, ghostly, ethereal body. But rather, a spiritual body is a body that is suited for the spiritual world, which God has planned for mankind. He said just as certainly as there is a natural body, there will also be a spiritual body; and one is no more uncertain than the other, and just as certainly as we have a body adapted to life in the world we now live in, so also shall we have a body that will be adapted to life in the world to come. A Commentary On Paul's First Epistle To the Corinthians, 1979. He has clearly said the
"spirit" he thinks we now have is not the "spiritual body" which we shall have in Heaven.
The "spirit" could then only be a shadowy, ghostly, ethereal body, which he said Christ did not have. A spiritual body is not just a thin air, no substance, ghostly something; but 45
we know not what. The soul is the natural body, the image of Adam, a living being, the earthy body that will die and cannot inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
B. W. Johnson, Author of "People's New Testament With Notes" 1898: "'So also in the resurrection of the dead.' On earth there was a body adapted to earthly condition. At death that earthly body was 'sown' or planted in the earth. 'It is sown in corruption,' or s