Btruth:
Dealing with death the right way

Mon, 16 Oct 2023

‘Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me ...’ Psalm 23:4

Here is the truth about death:

1) It’s a sure thing. The story is told of a hypochondriac who put these words on his gravestone: ‘Now maybe you’ll believe I was sick.’ Seriously, if you’re wise, you won’t obsess about death, but you will prepare for it.

2) It’s a sojourn. The word ‘walk’ means each step you take brings your departure date one day closer. The word ‘through’ tells you it’s only a temporary passage and not your final destination. The word metamorphosis pictures a humble caterpillar being transformed into a beautiful butterfly that can soar. Likewise, the Bible describes your new body in these words:

a) Incorruptible, meaning you will never again contend with pain or sickness (see 1 Corinthians 15:53).

b) Immortal, meaning you will be ageless and incapable of dying.

c) Shadow. Now, a shadow might frighten you, but it cannot harm you. Indeed, the only way to have a shadow is to have a light shining. Don’t you find it interesting that many of the people who have died and come back tell others about emerging from a tunnel into a bright, celestial light?

No wonder we need ‘fear no evil’. Why? Because the Lord is with us, and He has conquered death, hell, and the grave. Jesus said, ‘“I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death”’ (Revelation 1:18 NKJV). Rejoice; the key to your eternal destiny is not in your own hands or anybody else’s but in the hands of the One who loves you.

Michael547:

So what survives our body when we die?

22jumpstreet1:


our living body is made of dust of the earth and Gods breath...

death means everything goes back where they came from

the body goes back to the earth to become dust

and the breath returns to GOD...Who gave it...

That breath is the same image and likeness as God...
just as the body is the same image and likeness as the earth...

just as the psalmist says in psalm 104:29-31 ' send forth your spirit and they are created, take it and they die and returns to dust.......

if the breath has not finished his purpose or it is going for a special mission to earth, God can send it back to earth just as the prophet Jeremiah ..' Before you where formed in your mothers womb i knew you.......

so the 'US ' in Genesis is God and the earth....


my two kobo....

Michael547:

So is the breath the spirit or soul?

22jumpstreet1:


the
body +breath =soul..


the soul is God's spirit having a human experience...

Michael547:

So when a person dies, what about all his experiences? What happens to them?

orisa37:
DEATH IS EVIL. LIFE IS GOOD. BE ALWAYS GOOD TO FIGHT EVIL.

22jumpstreet1:


they are with him or her....

they are now a soul.....

some people still remember theirs in their next incarnation....

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/science-of-past-life-memories-from-20-year-expert

Michael547:

So is there a soul without a body? You just said that body and breath = soul. So when I die, how does the soul still remain?

22jumpstreet1:

the spirit leaves the body as a soul....(it has had an earthly experience)
like i said earlier, we are Gods spirit having a human experience...
it goes to where it was before in entered the body...

waiting for another experience. If it has not fulfilled its purpose or if it is sent my God for a special mission..

22jumpstreet1:


our living body is made of dust of the earth and Gods breath...

death means everything goes back where they came from

the body goes back to the earth to become dust

and the breath returns to GOD...Who gave it...

That breath is the same image and likeness as God...
just as the body is the same image and likeness as the earth...

just as the psalmist says in psalm 104:29-31 ' send forth your spirit and they are created, take it and they die and returns to dust.......

if the breath has not finished his purpose or it is going for a special mission to earth, God can send it back to earth just as the prophet Jeremiah ..' Before you where formed in your mothers womb i knew you.......

so the 'US ' in Genesis is God and the earth....


my two kobo....

22jumpstreet1:
The body is a tool for our true selves to interact with the world, a physical manifestation for our time on Earth. Once we leave our bodies, our remaining energy and tendencies determine whether we re-incarnate or attain peace.

Michael547:

So the spirit and the soul are the same? Please also read psalm 146:4 and explain.... don't forget my first question.

Tayorshd87:


So do you mean reincarnation exist or possible according to the bible??

Tayorshd87:
Share.more light on death and reincarnation according to cristainity and why am I created in the African race and not white race 😊

I want to clarify you idea on this

Tayorshd87:
Share.more light on death and reincarnation according to cristainity and why am I created in the African race and not white race 😊

I want to clarify you idea on this

sonmvayina:
Each individual soul is dispatched to the physical world with its own individualized mission to accomplish. we all have the same laws, but each of us has his or her own set of challenges, distinct talents and capabilities, and particular strength which form the crux of his or her mission in life.

At times, a soul may not conclude its mission in a single lifetime. In such cases, it returns to earth for a “second go” to complete the job. This is the concept of gilgul neshamot—commonly referred to as “reincarnation”—extensively discussed in the teachings of Kabbalah.This is why we often find ourselves powerfully drawn to a particular cause and make it the focus of our lives, dedicating to it a seemingly disproportionate part of our time and energy: it is our soul gravitating to the “missing pieces” of its divinely ordained purpose.

22jumpstreet1:


4His spirit leaves, he returns to his soil; on that day, his thoughts are lost.

what is wrong here, it tallies with what i have been saying..

the body returns to dust...it is no longer conscious....
The spirit returns to where it originated from


our thought originate from our brain...mind you..

what was your second question?

Michael547:

So if the thoughts of the person perishes l, what experience does the spirit take? Is the spirit and soul the same? Answer the two questions.

22jumpstreet1:


i have answered the second question...

God sends his spirit to the body, it becomes a living soul. the spirit is the same image and likeness as GOD...so whatever you think of GOD, the spirit has it...
when the person expires, the spirit now a soul leaves the body with all the experience it has acquired while in that body....

but it cant think again , because it has no body/brain.....

we where never the body, we are the spirit dwelling within the body...

Michael547:

So is the spirit and the soul the same? Yes or no?

22jumpstreet1:


not really......
the soul= spirit +body

we are a soul, we do not have a soul

Michael547:

So what happens to the soul at death?

22jumpstreet1:


it splits into the spirit and the body...

just like the psalm you quoted

22jumpstreet1:


it splits into the spirit and the body...

just like the psalm you quoted

Michael547:

So are you saying that the soul does not die?

22jumpstreet1:


yes....

does god die?

Michael547:

Please explain that and back it up with a scripture.

22jumpstreet1:


psalm 104:29-31

29You hide Your countenance and they are frightened; You gather in their spirit and they perish and return to their dust.
30You will send forth Your spirit and they will be created, and You will renew the surface of the ground.
31The glory of the Lord will be forever; the Lord will rejoice with His works.

Ecclesiastics 12 :7

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God, Who gave it.