Immortality or resurrection?
Subtitle: A biblical study on human nature and destiny
By: Samuele Bacchiocchi ; foreword by Clark Pinnock
Series: Biblical perspectives -- v. 13
Publisher: Biblical Perspectives
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Berrien Springs, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Immortality; Seventh-Day Adventists; Doctrines; Resurrection; Seventh-day Adventist
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. The debate over human nature and destiny; title: A. Two basic views of human nature and destiny; title: Classical dualism; title: Biblical wholism; title: The body-soul debate; title: Dualism under attack; title: Dualists are concerned; title: Tactics of harassment; title: B. Implications of dualism; title: Doctrinal implications; title: Immortality of the soul weakens Second Advent; title: Misconceptions of the world to come; title: Practical implications; title: Rise of modern secularism; title: Dualism in liturgy; title: C. Implications of biblical wholism; title: Positive view of physical and spiritual; title: Concerned for the whole person; title: Cosmic redemption; title: Biblical realism; title: D. Conclusion; title: 2. The Old Testament view of human nature; title: A. Human nature of creation; title: Creation, Fall, and redemption; title: In the image of God; title: Image as capacity to reflect God; title: Genesis 2:7: "A living soul"; title: The meaning of "living soul"; title: Animals as "living souls"; title: Soul and blood; title: The breath of life; title: B. Human nature as soul; title: The soul as needy person; title: The soul as seat of emotions; title: The soul as the seat of personality; title: The soul and death; title: The departure of the soul; title: The return of the soul; title: C. Human nature as body and flesh; title: Body created by God; title: Physical body is not evil; title: The flesh as the substance of the body; title: The flesh as the whole person; title: D. Human nature as heart; title: The heart as the seat of emotions; title: The inner parts as the seat of emotions; title: The heart communicates with God; title: E. Human nature as Spirit; title: The meaning of "Spirit-Ruach"; title: The Spirit as life principle; title: The Spirit as God's Word; title: The Spirit as moral renewal; title: The Spirit as God's enabling power; title: The Spirit as the disposition of an individual; title: The departure of the spirit at death; title: F. Conclusion; title: 3. The New Testament view of human nature; title: A. Human nature as soul; title: Soul as person; title: Soul as life; title: Saving the soul by losing it; title: The soul and the flesh; title: God has power to destroy the soul; title: The death of the soul is eternal death; title: The soul of a dead body; title: Paul and the soul; title: No natural immortality; title: Soul as the mortal aspect of human nature; title: "Spirit, soul, and body"; title: The soul as the place of feeling and reasoning; title: B. Human nature as spirit; title: God's Spirit and the human spirit; title: Spirit's activity in humanity; title: Human spirit capable of receiving God's Spirit; title: The Spirit as spiritual rebirth; title: The Spirit as new creation; title: The flesh and the Spirit; title: The flesh as sinful human nature; title: C. Human nature as body; title: Christ and the human body; title: Christian faith is "materialistic"; title: The body as the whole person; title: The body as an instrument of sin; title: D. Human nature as heart; title: The heart is the seat of emotions; title: The heart is the seat of intellectual activity; title: The heart is the seat of religious experience; title: E. Scholarly support for wholistic view; title: 4. The biblical view of death; title: A. A historical glimpse of the belief in the survival of the soul; title: "You will not die"; title: Reformers' rejection of purgatory; title: Spiritualism and the revival of interest in the soul; title: Near-death experiences; title: Studies of near-death experiences; title: New Age Movement; title: The channeling craze; title: Death as transition to higher existence; title: B. The nature of death; title: The death of Socrates and of Christ; title: Sin and death; title: Death as the separation of the soul from the body; title: Death as the cessation of life; title: Old Testament descriptions of death; title: New Testament references to death; title: Death as sleep in the Old Testament; title: Death as sleep in the New Testament; title: Lazarus had no afterlife experience; title: Paul and the sleeping saints; title: The significance of the "sleep" metaphor; title: C. Conclusion; title: 5. The state of the dead; title: A. The state of the dead in the Old Testament; title: Translations and interpretations of sheol; title: Etymology and location of sheol; title: Sheol and the realm of the dead; title: The condition of the dead in sheol; title: The taunting ode on the king of Babylon; title: Parabolic dirge over pharaoh of Egypt; title: Rephaim and the dead; title: The medium of Endor; title: B. The state of the dead in the New Testament; title: The meaning and nature of hades; title: Jesus and hades; title: The rich man and Lazarus; title: The problems of a literal interpretation; title: Current Jewish concepts; title: Jesus' use of current beliefs; title: Jesus and the thief on the cross; title: What is Paradise?; title: "To depart and be with Christ'; title: "At home with the Lord"; title: Resurrection body at the Parousia; title: Heavenly and earthly modes of existence; title: The soul under the altar; title: C. Conclusion; title: 6. Hell: Eternal torment or annihilation?; title: A. The traditional view of hell; title: Graphic views of hell; title: B. The witness of the Old Testament; title: ^; title: Isaiah 66:24: The fate of the wicked; title: Daniel 12:2: "Everlasting contempt"; title: C. The witness of the Intertestamental literature; title: Eternal torment; title: Total annihilation; title: Josephus and the Dead Sea Scrolls; title: D. The witness of Jesus; title: Did Jesus teach eternal torment?; title: What is hell; title: Gehenna?; title: Jesus and hell's fire; title: "Eternal fire"; title: Eternal as permanent destruction; title: The meaning of "eternal"; title: "Weeping and gnashing of teeth"; title: E. The witness of Paul; title: The day of wrath; title: F. The witness of Revelation; title: The vision of God's wrath; title: Four elements of the judgment; title: "No rest, day or night"; title: The lake of fire; title: "The second death"; title: G. The metaphorical view of hell; title: Figurative imagery; title: Evaluation of the metaphorical view; title: H. The universalist view of hell; title: Theological and philosophical arguments; title: Purgatoiral process; title: An appealing but unbiblical view; title: I. The annihilation view of hell; title: "Sectarian belief"; title: Tactics of harassment; title: ^; title: Death as the punishment of sin; title: Jesus death and the punishment of sinners; title: J. The language of destruction in the Bible; title: The language of destruction in the Old Testament; title: The destruction of the Day of the Lord; title: Jesus and the language of destruction; title: Paul and the language of destruction; title: Peter and the language of destruction; title: K. The moral implications of eternal torment; title: Does God have two faces?; title: Hell and the Inquisition; title: Attempts to make hell more tolerable; title: L. The judicial implications of eternal torment; title: Contrary to the biblical vision of justice; title: Contrary to human sense of justice; title: Gradation of the punishment; title: M. The cosmological implications of eternal torment; title: Eternal cosmic dualism; title: N. Conclusion; title: 7. The consummation of redemption; title: A. The Second Advent; title: Dualism and the neglect of the advent hope; title: Meeting Christ at death; title: Immortality or resurrection?; title: B. The manner of Christ's coming; title: Christ's coming will be personal; title: Christ's coming will be visible; title: Christ's coming will be unexpected; title: Christ's coming will be glorious and triumphant; title: C. The purpose of Christ's coming; title: Completion of redemption; title: Gathering of the redeemed; title: D. The resurrection; title: The resurrection of believers; title: The resurrection of unbelievers; title: Two distinct resurrections; title: E. The resurrection of the body; title: Objections to the resurrection of the body; title: "Scientific" materialism; title: The fact of the resurrection; title: F. Characteristics of the resurrection body; title: Four contrasts; title: A "spiritual" resurrected body; title: Spirit led; title: Physical body is not evil; title: "Like the angels'; title: Permanence of relationships; title: G. The meaning of the resurrection of the body; title: Body means person; title: ^; title: The identity of the resurrected persons; title: Some practical implications; title: H. The final judgment; title: The necessity of the final judgment; title: The scope of the final judgment; title: Everything will be judged; title: I. The standard of the final judgment; title: Revelation received; title: Response to Christ; title: Judgment according to works?; title: Judgment about faith; title: Confusion between method and standard; title: J. The Seventh-Day Adventist view of the final judgment; title: Evaluative and executive phases; title: A glimpse at the pre-advent phase of the final judgment; title: A glimpse at the post-advent phase of the final judgment; title: The scope of the post-advent judgment; title: Comparison between pre- and post-advent judgments; title: K. The world to come; title: New Earth fulfills Old Testament promises; title: Annihilation or renewal of present earth?; title: The biblical view of the new earth; title: biblical realism; title: Urban life sanctioned by God; title: L. A preview of life in the new earth; title: The presence of God; title: Fellowship with all believers; title: ^; title: Absence of evil; title: Absence of fear; title: Absence of pollution; title: Activity and creativity; title: Continuity with present culture; title: Regular worship; title: Richer worship; title: M. Conclusion.