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31841 Facts of Faith, p. 38.3 (Christian Edwardson)
“His interference in the Papal election has cast into the Roman Church the seed of a deep and threatening distrust towards him.” — Id., p. 147 .
31842 Facts of Faith, p. 38.4 (Christian Edwardson)
Rome could never forgive such an affront, and through its faithful ally, the emperor, another barbarian nation, the Ostrogoths, were called in to destroy the hated Heruli. Niccolo Machiavelli relates how the popes used such a method. He says:
31843 Facts of Faith, p. 38.5 (Christian Edwardson)
“Nearly all the wars which the northern barbarians carried on in Italy, it may be here remarked, were occasioned by the pontiffs; and the hordes, with which the …
31844 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
4. POSSESSORS OF “BREATH OF LIFE” SUBJECT TO DEATH
31845 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
It is to be particularly observed that having the “breath of life” is never said to make its possessor deathless, or immortal. This is clearly seen from the following texts:
31846 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“And, behold, I [God], even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh [every kind of being], wherein is the BREATH [ruach] of life [chayyim, plural …
31847 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“‘They [Noah and his family], and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his …
31848 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
This “breath of life,” given by God to man at his formation, returns to God at death ( Ecclesiastes 12:7 ). Of the Flood, the record is:
31849 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man; ALL …
31850 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
It therefore follows that man does not possess immortality because he possesses the breath, or spirit, of life—for it may be possessed by him for time only and not for eternity. It may be separated from man forever.
31851 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
V. Clarifying Distinctions Between Soul and Spirit
31852 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 38.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The relationships, distinctions, and contrasts between “spirit” and “soul” can be seen from Genesis 2:7. The inbreathing of the “breath [or “spirit”] of life” into the …
31853 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 52.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , Job 38:7 ]: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation ... : I will ascend above the heights ...; I will be like the most High” ( Isaiah 14:13, 14 ).
31854 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1
… 37:38 ). “They shall be rooted “out of the land” ( Psalm 52:5 ). “Let them be blotted out of the book of the living” ( Psalm 69:28 ); et ceter
31855 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 109.38 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Overthrown— Proverbs 12:7 .
31856 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 133.15 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Destroyed” ( Psalm 37:38 );
31857 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 158.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… 3:38 ); the beast is not.
31858 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 161.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… 42:38, Genesis 44:29, 31; Numbers 16:30, 33; Deuteronomy 32:22, 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Samuel 22:6, 1 Kings 2:6, 9; Job 7:9; Job 11:8; Job 14:13; Job 17:13, 16; Job 21:13; Job 24; 19; Job 26; 6; Psalm 6 …
31859 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 163.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… ; Isaiah 38:18 .
31860 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 186.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… 8:38; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:36; Revelation 14:14 ).