Man’s Nature and Destiny

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE3
01 PRIMARY QUESTIONS7
02 IMMORTAL AND IMMORTALITY13
03 THE IMAGE OF GOD21
04 THE BREATH OF LIFE29
05 THE LIVING SOUL33
06 WHAT IS SOUL? WHAT IS SPIRIT?42
07 THE SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD53
08 THE FORMATION OF THE SPIRIT60
09 WHO KNOWETH?66
10 THE SPIRITS OF JUST MEN MADE PERFECT73
11 THE SPIRITS IN PRISON80
12 DEPARTURE AND RETURN OF THE SOUL91
13 CAN THE SOUL BE KILLED?95
14 THE SOULS UNDER THE ALTAR102
15 GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE109
16 SAMUEL AND THE WOMAN OF ENDOR115
17 THE TRANSFIGURATION. Matthew 17:1-9123
18 DID CHRIST TEACH THAT THE DEAD ARE ALIVE?132
19 THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS137
20 THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS143
21 WITH ME IN PARADISE152
22 ABSENT FROM THE BODY161
23 IN THE BODY AND OUT171
24 DEPARTING AND BEING WITH CHRIST174
25 THE DEATH OF ADAM190
26 THE RESURRECTION203
27 THE JUDGEMENT237
28 THE LIFE EVERLASTING243
29 THE WAGES OF SIN247
30 EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT253
31 THE UNDYING WORM AND QUENCHLESS FIRE259
32 TORMENTED FOREVER AND EVER267
33 THE END OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL275
34 GOD’S DEALINGS WITH HIS CREATURES287
35 THE CLAIMS OF PHILOSOPHY295
36 HISTORICAL VIEW313
37 INFLUENCE OF THE DOCTRINE327