The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-08


may be also"
Christ has not yet returned and
s. has not yet received His disci-
Pies to Himself.
Listen again what Paul has to
sly:
1 Thess. 4:15-17, "For this we
sly unto you by the (how9 Word
If the Lord. (Surely Paul would
rot say it was the Lords Word
and then use his own thought.)
That we which are alive and re-
main unto the coming of the Lord
slall not precede (r.v.) them
vhich are asleep. For the Lord
himself shall descend from heav-
D with shout, with the voice of
tie Archangel, and with the trump
1 God; and the dead in Christ
iall rise first: then we which are
live and remain shall be caught
% together with them in the
touds, to meet the Lord in thd
a. 4: and so shall we ever be within
te Lord" :,
SO you see the righteous dead
ali righteous living cannot meet
Hin and be with Him before the
oder. All must meet Him (Chrlst)
AID be with Him together one does
nc preccde the other in this eX-
Get in the case of special resur-
retions as before stated, such as
Erich, Elijah, and Moses.
1cs, you say, but does not the
Bile say that when man dies, the
spirit returns to God who gave it?
Yes it does, but the spirit is not
the soul. Man is composed OF
thre, parts: body, soul, spirit. lst
Thcs;. 5:29-"I pray God your
Who'll, soul and body and spirit be
preserved blameless unto the COM
| ING O. orr Lord Jesus Chris"
The body is the physical part
CT nan which returns to dust.
The spirit is the breath of life
which God breathed into mans
nostrils (Gcn. 2:7) which ami
mates not only man, but all Gre
ated animals. Proof of this | Of
fer, Gen. 7:21.22-"And ell flesh
died that moved upon the earth,
both Of fowl, and of cattle, and
of beast. and every man; all
in whose noStrils was the breath
of life of all that was in the dry
| land died" The margin reads
"The breath of the spirit of life. "
God is the foundation of all life
and man and all life is dependent
on Him 0. the breath, the spirit
of life. ,.
So YOU sec the breath returns
to God as il was nothing more
nothing else. The soul is that part
of man which God holds response
bic for the deeds Of the body, the
intellect. "The soul that sinneth
it shall die" So you see that the
soul cannot exist separately from
the body and the spirit or breath.
It does not exist before the body
| is made, therefore cannot exist
after the separation Of the spirit
and body separate.
Again Gen. 2:7-"Thc Lord
God formed man of the dust OF
the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath Of life: and
man became living soul" =
This was the beginning OF
mans existence as an intelligent
being. And we must naturally
conclude that when man dies, and
the body and spirit are again sep
aratcd, in that very day his
thoughts perish, the intellect part
of man, the soul, perishes until
God in His all wise providence
sees fit to unite body, soul, and
spirit again.
In Psalm 1864, the Lord says,
"Put not your trust in princes,
nor in the son of man. in whom
there is no help. His breath
(spirit) goeth forth. he returnetf
to his earth; in that very dav his
thoughts (intellect) perish Note
the intellect; though perish.
Ovid prayed to be delivered
from the grave, realizing his con-
dition in death. Psalm GAS, Re
turn, o Lord, deliver my soul: U
save me for thy mercies sake
For in death there is no remem-
brance of thee; in the grave who
Psalm 115:17-"Thc dead praise
not the Lord. neither any that go
down into silence"
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