Recent content by KingsK.H.R.R.S

Spirit, yes. Soul, no. Basically anything that would be translated to imply a ghost in the machine, platonic view of the duality of the body and the soul I would not like as a translation choice.

I think you are close to what I’m saying, but it sounds like you are still thinking spiritual stuff in the new creation. Paul specifically links our new creation bodies with Jesus’ in Philippians 3:20–21 (ESV): 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus...

Now this is good. It reminds me of Daniel when Nebucadnezzer becomes an animal for 7 years by Gods word. I think you are picking up an important theme regarding humans, animals, and God’s Spirit.

While I was a little confused by the wording of your post, I think overall there is a problem where a lot of Christians think that we accept Jesus as our savior and then we just wait to die so we can "get to heaven". This isn't a Jewish or Christian idea. The point is that Jesus's death and...

This is something that is actually interesting to me. Genesis clearly shows that God is the one who gives us Ruakh/pneuma, but then we also have one as well? Very interesting to think about, and I pray prayers like this sometimes that my spirit conforms to God's Spirit, but if someone asked me...

If we take nephesh/psyche to mean "essential being" (which I love and should have used when I tried to define nephesh), i.e. the true, real part of ourselves that returns to God when we die awaiting new resurrection bodies, then I think what you said can still make sense. Don't worry about...

YES thank you. You explained it better than I did with MUCH less words, haha.

I like how you mentioned this, "non-personal form". I follow the NT Wright/Bible Project idea that the Bible is fairly quiet on the exact process of what happens after we die but before the New Creation. Thank you for your ideas, I will think and pray on them more. The idea of animals gaining...

Now that is interesting. I may have to give Calvin’s writings look through if it’s true that people claiming Calvinism took his statements far or out of context.

The Biblical authors knew what they were doing. I don't see why a word has to be ONLY ONE meaning at any given time. I think it's fair to say that when the Biblical authors felt the wind, they knew it to be God's animated force. In the ancient world there was no such thing as natural and...

All living things have God’s spirit. Not all things were made in God’s image. At least that’s how I’ve come to understand the stuff I’ve been reading.

My intent was to show that the modern concept of a soul is wrong and that nephesh translated as soul shouldn’t mean what we think it means in English like a ghost in the machine. I don’t think I was very clear though so thank you for correcting me.

The Bible project podcast has a series on “nephesh” translated soul in English. People don’t have souls, a body plus God’s spirit = nephesh/soul.

Right now. Your choice is right now. John is pulling the Mark of the beast from Deuteronomy when Moses gives the people the Shema and tells them to write the law on your foreheads and wrap them around your arms. In fact Jews today will put Scripture verses in a box and tie it around their...

Naked Bible 014: The Lord’s Supper and 1 Corinthians 8-11, Part 1 I just listened to a podcast episode from Dr.Michael Heiser about the Lord’s Supper where he goes into detail about this point. Paul in 1 Corinthians makes the connection with the Levitical laws for the priesthood and how they...