JL: Yes the soul=life force or spirit. Had God not given the body a life force that dust would only have been a statue.
[Jms2:26 For as the
body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.]
When a human being dies the body returns to dust and the immortal soul=spirit goes back to God who gave it for it particular judgment. Christ tells anyone can destroy the body but only God can destroy both body and soul. If only God can destroy a soul then it is immortal as are angels good or evil. Even our bodies will be immortal at
resurrection.
[
Mt10:28 And fear not them which
kill the body, but are
not able to kill the soul: but rather
fear him which is
able to destroy both soul and body
in hell.]
Hell=Geenna=Lake of Fire.
[Hb12:22 But
ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the
city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and
to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and
to God the Judge of all, and
to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And
to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and
to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.]
In Hb12 we see in heaven the spirits of just men made perfect waiting for the resurrection of their bodies.
[2Cor5:1 For we know that
if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God,
an house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this
we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that
being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For
we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being
burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon,
that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident,
knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are
absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight
8 We are confident, I say, and
willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore
we labour, that,
whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
10 For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.] [/quote]
EastCoastRemnant: " immortal soul=spirit" Only God is immortal. We will receive immortality at the 1st resurrection.
1st Timothy 6 16
He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
When we receive immortality: 1st resurrection
1st Corinthians 15
51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. [/quote]
JL: I couldn’t help noticing you failed to address any part of my above post but only confirmed what I said, even our bodies will be immortal at resurrection. God can and has create immortal beings such as angels.
What are those spirits of just men made perfect in heaven in Hb12:22-24? What is this tabernacle Paul is speaking about in 2Cor5:1-10 and why does Paul teach
whilst we are at home in the body, we are
absent from the Lord and then say, We are confident, I say, and
willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord?