Man needs a reliable revelation from God, his Creator, on the subject of death. The Bible is the only book which provides this. It demands that man must 3. This may come as a shock to those who hold orthodox Christian beliefs. This fact may not be very comforting to contemplate, but it should be a cause for humility and should provoke a realization of man's urgent need for a way of escape.
Man is naturally a proud creature.
The idea of having an immortal soul appeals to his inborn pride. But if we want the whole truth, we do well to cast aside all preconceived ideas, however flattering, and to consider carefully what God has revealed about man's natural condition. The Bible goes to the very root of this vital subject. It tells how, in the beginning of human existence, death came about. Consider the deep significance of the facts recorded in the opening chapter of the Bible.