The false doctrine of the immortality of the soul (or State of the Dead).

[Hobie]

When you leave time and enter eternity you'll realise how wrong you are, too late.

Christ said it over and over.....

John 5:29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Luke 14:14-15 King James Version (KJV)
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

 

[Hobie]

Their punishment is eternal. Eternal fire. Whether fire is a figure of speech for an agonizing punishment - the Bible describes the punishment as eternal.

Daniel 12
2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.


Matthew 25
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.


Matthew 25
46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”


Matthew 3
12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”


2 Thess 1
8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might


Rev 14
10 he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever,


Rev 20
10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.





You're basing it on the term, "perish."
The term "perishing," is a figure of speech, and cannot be taken literally to mean annihilation, since it contradicts numerous passages that talks about ETERNAL punishment.


The punishment is clearly described as eternal, everlasting, forever and ever - they won't be extinguished. We are also fully conscious in hell.




Jesus gave a description of it:



Luke 16
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family,
28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

They are separated from God for eternity, it is eternal death, the wicked and sin will cease to exist.

As for the other, it clearly is a parable “a short, allegorical story designed to convey a truth or moral lesson.” The true meaning of the parable of "The Rich Man and Lazarus" was the message being given. The real message is not about what happens when people die, but the state of those who despise the blessings of God.

 

[betsy123]

They are separated from God for eternity, it is eternal death, the wicked and sin will cease to exist.

It doesn't say anything about them ceasing to exist. If the punishment is consistently described as eternal - it means we exist.

As for the other, it clearly is a parable “a short, allegorical story designed to convey a truth or moral lesson.” The true meaning of the parable of "The Rich Man and Lazarus" was the message being given. The real message is not about what happens when people die, but the state of those who despise the blessings of God.

A parable which describes a scenario in hell - consistent with the descriptions of punishments in other verses.

 

[Truster]

Christ said it over and over.....

John 5:29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Luke 14:14-15 King James Version (KJV)
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Its called eternal life because it's eternal. The contrast being eternal death and damnation.

 

[Hobie]

It doesn't say anything about them ceasing to exist. If the punishment is consistently described as eternal - it means we exist.







A parable which describes a scenario in hell - consistent with the descriptions of punishments in other verses.

God can bring them back as He has the power, but this is a complete and eternal separation, eternal death.

Nobody is going to the bosom of Abraham, that was a idea that the religious leaders told the people, and Jesus turned it on its head.

 

[Hobie]

Nope. We're not talking about the physical here.

God didn't breathe life in animal's nostrils the way He did with man.


Genesis 2:7
“And the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.”


It's that breath that has made man a living SOUL.

Man was not given a soul he became a living soul. Don't miss that as it is the unity of body and breath-of-life that constitute the soul. You ARE a soul; you do not HAVE a soul. .

The idea can be expressed as such:
Physical body (dust) + breath of life (spirit - ruwach) = living soul (a wholism of the two - nephesh)

The Hebrew word for soul is"nephesh". Nephesh was translated into many different English words for the KJV Bible (for instance; creature, beast, man, fish, thing, person or persons, etc) but an important thing one should plainly see is that none of the translations refer to it as being something that survives the death of the body nor does it mean that in the original Hebrew. It was used to describe the "wholism" of life - not a "dualism" as was latter taught by the Greeks (Plato to be precise) and is unfortunately with us still today.

 

[Truster]

Man was not given a soul he became a living soul. Don't miss that as it is the unity of body and breath-of-life that constitute the soul. You ARE a soul; you do not HAVE a soul. .

The idea can be expressed as such:
Physical body (dust) + breath of life (spirit - ruwach) = living soul (a wholism of the two - nephesh)

The Hebrew word for soul is"nephesh". Nephesh was translated into many different English words for the KJV Bible (for instance; creature, beast, man, fish, thing, person or persons, etc) but an important thing one should plainly see is that none of the translations refer to it as being something that survives the death of the body nor does it mean that in the original Hebrew. It was used to describe the "wholism" of life - not a "dualism" as was latter taught by the Greeks (Plato to be precise) and is unfortunately with us still today.

Man is a living soul and equally has a soul. It depends on the context of what is being conveyed.

 

[Hobie]

Its called eternal life because it's eternal. The contrast being eternal death and damnation.

So are you saying the wicked get eternal life in the Lake of Fire, not quiet sure what your getting at.

 

[Hobie]

Man is a living soul and equally has a soul. It depends on the context of what is being conveyed.

Man is not immortal, look at these verses...
Job 33:4
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.


Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.


So does the soul die?

Ezekial 18:4 - Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ezekiel 18:20 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Revelation 16:3 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

Genesis 3:19 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 & 20 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

These five verses show the same thing, you have the body and the breath of life from God, it is mortal and can die.

Physical body (dust) – breath of life (spirit) and take it away = death (the ceasing of the two)

 

[Truster]

Man is not immortal, look at these verses...
Job 33:4
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.


Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.


So does the soul die?

Ezekial 18:4 - Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ezekiel 18:20 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Revelation 16:3 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

Genesis 3:19 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 & 20 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

These five verses show the same thing, you have the body and the breath of life from God, it is mortal and can die.

Physical body (dust) – breath of life (spirit) and take it away = death (the ceasing of the two)

To fully understand the experience and reality of eternal life a man needs to have recieved it at regeneration. You haven't and so you can't possibly understand it.

 

[betsy123]

God can bring them back as He has the power, but this is a complete and eternal separation, eternal death.

Nobody is going to the bosom of Abraham, that was a idea that the religious leaders told the people, and Jesus turned it on its head.

I'm not talking about going to the bosom of Abraham.
We can tell that's poetic - for really, how huge is Abraham's bosom to accommodate everyone?
I'm referring to the consistency of how someone in hell would feel. Obviously, that rich man did not perish - as in getting extinguished - and clearly, he feels the pain.



Whether burning in fire is a literal description or not, that separation from God will still result with an agonizing punishment that will be felt by the unsaved for eternity!





There are more verses, if we search diligently. Here's another one:


Matthew 18
6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.



Imagine that. Death by drowning would be much more preferable!
Why are the imageries of hell CONSISTENTLY depicted so horribly?

Surely, repeatedly being warned about hell and eternal punishment ought to be taken seriously.


Please give us your thought on this:
Why do you think God gives a very vivid description of the punishment that will be meted to the unsaved?

 

[betsy123]

Man was not given a soul he became a living soul. Don't miss that as it is the unity of body and breath-of-life that constitute the soul. You ARE a soul; you do not HAVE a soul. .

The idea can be expressed as such:
Physical body (dust) + breath of life (spirit - ruwach) = living soul (a wholism of the two - nephesh)

The Hebrew word for soul is"nephesh". Nephesh was translated into many different English words for the KJV Bible (for instance; creature, beast, man, fish, thing, person or persons, etc) but an important thing one should plainly see is that none of the translations refer to it as being something that survives the death of the body nor does it mean that in the original Hebrew. It was used to describe the "wholism" of life - not a "dualism" as was latter taught by the Greeks (Plato to be precise) and is unfortunately with us still today.

If it's not dualism, why are there CONSISTENT disntinctions?

1 Thess 5:23
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.



We are the soul, encased within the physical, made of dust.
Thus when we PHYSICALLY die - the dust returns to dust - but the soul still exists!

It is the soul that makes us be alive! Without the soul, we are just a lump of formed people but without any life! That's what "living souls" mean.

And if a dead walks about - like a voodoo zombie - that would be demonic!



Genesis 35:18 - And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.



Matthew 10:28 - 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.



Ecclesiastes 12:7 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.



Why are there two types of death?
Why is it that the dead are described to be "sleeping" if their physical bodies had already decayed and returned to dust?

 

[Truster]

To fully understand the experience and reality of eternal life a man needs to have received it at regeneration. You haven't and so you can't possibly understand it.

A man that has been set free by the truth from error and superstition shall recognise the truth when he hears or reads it. He will also recognise the Spirit of truth in anyone he meets and where that blessed Spirit is not he will know and beware.

 

[Hobie]

To fully understand the experience and reality of eternal life a man needs to have recieved it at regeneration. You haven't and so you can't possibly understand it.

1 Timothy 6:14-16 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

As is obvious, from the above scriptures, if God alone has immortality, then the human soul cannot. The idea that every human being that is born into the world will exist for eternity from that point on, whether in the flesh, or in some other form, is not biblical. If in fact, there were no death, that is the end of life, nonexistence, then why do the scriptures make the promise of eternal life to the believer so very many times? This would be a silly promise to make to beings that are already immortal.

I John 5:10-12 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

God has given us eternal life through his Son. This is not something we posses in and of ourselves, but only as we believe in the Son of God. Jesus Christ, if we attach ourselves to him, then we to have a path to eternal life when He comes at the Second Coming. This is not however, on account of anything in us, but only because we have accepted the death of the Lord Jesus Christ in our own lives, that the life of the Son might also be in us. Thus the believer inherits eternal life on account of the Son.

 

[betsy123]

1 Timothy 6:14-16 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

As is obvious, from the above scriptures, if God alone has immortality, then the human soul cannot. The idea that every human being that is born into the world will exist for eternity from that point on, whether in the flesh, or in some other form, is not biblical. If in fact, there were no death, that is the end of life, nonexistence, then why do the scriptures make the promise of eternal life to the believer so very many times? This would be a silly promise to make to beings that are already immortal.

Of course - at that, and at this time, no one has eternal life except God.

HOWEVER......we are going to be judged on Judgement Day.
Jesus will fulfill His promise!


John 2:25
And this is what he promised us--eternal life.


ISN'T THAT THE PROMISE?




To have eternal life is to be immortal. The saved will become immortals!

 

[Truster]

1 Timothy 6:14-16 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

As is obvious, from the above scriptures, if God alone has immortality, then the human soul cannot. The idea that every human being that is born into the world will exist for eternity from that point on, whether in the flesh, or in some other form, is not biblical. If in fact, there were no death, that is the end of life, nonexistence, then why do the scriptures make the promise of eternal life to the believer so very many times? This would be a silly promise to make to beings that are already immortal.

I John 5:10-12 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

God has given us eternal life through his Son. This is not something we posses in and of ourselves, but only as we believe in the Son of God. Jesus Christ, if we attach ourselves to him, then we to have a path to eternal life when He comes at the Second Coming. This is not however, on account of anything in us, but only because we have accepted the death of the Lord Jesus Christ in our own lives, that the life of the Son might also be in us. Thus the believer inherits eternal life on account of the Son.

So you can cut and paste. Paul couldn't and neither could Peter.

 

[betsy123]

So you can cut and paste. Paul couldn't and neither could Peter.

Lol. What's wrong with cut and paste? We've got that tool - why not use it?

He cut and paste because he wants to give something to support his argument.
See? He got you there.
You seem stumped by his explanation, along with his cut-and-paste to support it.

What have you got to support yours?

 

[Zeke]

1 Timothy 6:14-16 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

As is obvious, from the above scriptures, if God alone has immortality, then the human soul cannot. The idea that every human being that is born into the world will exist for eternity from that point on, whether in the flesh, or in some other form, is not biblical. If in fact, there were no death, that is the end of life, nonexistence, then why do the scriptures make the promise of eternal life to the believer so very many times? This would be a silly promise to make to beings that are already immortal.

I John 5:10-12 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

God has given us eternal life through his Son. This is not something we posses in and of ourselves, but only as we believe in the Son of God. Jesus Christ, if we attach ourselves to him, then we to have a path to eternal life when He comes at the Second Coming. This is not however, on account of anything in us, but only because we have accepted the death of the Lord Jesus Christ in our own lives, that the life of the Son might also be in us. Thus the believer inherits eternal life on account of the Son.

Your mixing the visible mortal personas (typology in two types of mentalities, religious and its opposite symbolized in Jew and Gentile) masks, everyone here wears, that's veiling the immortal light of I AM, each mans conscience, that is the light of Christ John 1:9, which is foolishness to mans veiled mind, serving his intellectual pride, or looking for signs of observation.

The inward Christ left behind will say I never knew you to the outward looking Jew and Gentile persona who is enslaved to effect, ignorant of his own conscience being the the power of all causation in his/ her staged life time, believing in the world of good and evil, birth and death that don't exist in Christs kingdom, no offense is even acknowledged unless pride and respect for the mask of person or god is still leavening the heart and mind with separatist dogma, Galatians 3:28-29, 4:1, but be of good cheer none will be lost 2 Tim 2:13, the persona will be judged and perish not the light of Christ that is individualized seeds of conscience that will fall and die many times as a man until fully awakened Psalms 82:6-7.

Everyone from the least to the greatest persona have no earthly conceptual understanding of their own I AM, Matt 11:11, and is to be left behind John 3:30, for spiritual progression to keep rising out of the death of earthly minded flesh, 2 Corinthians 5:16, 1 Corinthians 15:46-47, that's not some deity outside you coming from heaven to cloth you with his pure light of conscience, the tomb or cup is cleansed inside out first.

The inward man suffering under the visible dominance of his outward looking religions, that keep his glass colored darkly, Paul called them a babe who kinda believes 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 13:5, but the mind can't fully except that of himself because babes are still under the influence of the thinking persona and for fear of blaspheme their outward god which is the real blaspheme of the Christ within and breaking the first commandment to have no other gods before me in my kingdom Luke 17:21.

Jew and gentile are Hagar's sons in bondage to flesh and blood theology or science based on observational effect, neither line up with what Christ in Jesus taught about Gods kingdom being none observable and in your own conscience Luke 17:20-21, the mystery of Paul's gospel is Christ in you the hope of glory that is ever available and present, not some dead letter allegorical future for personas asleep in what Christ termed being dead men, were advised to bury our earthy concepts with the Christ of flesh.....Ephesians 5:13-14, that is the resurrection of our Christ/light spiritual blood shed on thee, that comes buried in all sons of god coming into this world entombed in flesh/man John 1:9, Jesus being a way shower of the perfected God in and as man, IS RA EL Romans 6:9, not some geographical place in the middle east that symbolized that event in each man awakening to his immortal conscience being the pearl hidden in the dead letter hell.

 

[way 2 go]

One of the most deceptive doctrines of Satan is the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. .

Then why do you need Christ if you are immortal, that's not biblical. .

The wicked do not get eternal life. .

There is
1 spiritual death Mat_8:22
2 physical death Mat 8:22
3 there is alive yet dead Rev 20:12 (still existing)
4 death as a place Rev 20:13


here we have all 4

Luk 16:22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
Luk 16:23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
Luk 16:24 And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’

Abraham, Lazarus and The rich man all dead Physically yet existing .

The rich man is also dead spiritually and in the place of the dead. Rev 20:13

 

[Hobie]

To fully understand the experience and reality of eternal life a man needs to have recieved it at regeneration. You haven't and so you can't possibly understand it.

When the dust returns to the earth, and the spirit back to God who gave it, there is no longer a living soul. If the soul were immortal, then the scriptures would not speak of living, or dying souls. Of course a soul would be living if souls were immortal, and of course they would never be spoken of as dying if they were immortal either. So why do the scriptures apply both to the soul?

Psalms 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

In the above, David seeks to have himself, that is his soul delivered from death, because in the grave there is no remembrance of God, and he cannot give God thanks from the grave. How is this possible if the soul is immortal? If the soul were alive and in heaven with God surely it would be praising Him. Or if it were in hell, surely it would be cursing Him.

Psalms 7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Again what sense do the above verses make if a soul is not a living person, rather than some floating entity that lives apart from the body? Can a soul be torn to pieces? Will it end when ones life does? Yes it will.

Psalms 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

How can a soul go to the grave? If it is immortal and goes to heaven or hell at death it should not be spoken of as dying and going to the grave. If on the other hand, it is a living being, then it could be said that ones soul goes to the grave when they die, it is it’s end. When life ends, it ends.

Psalms 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

If our souls must be delivered from death, then they are not immortal. They are like us, they are us, when we are alive. When we are raised from the dead and given everlasting life, we will again be living souls.

Psalms 40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Who can destroy a soul if it is immortal? It is not. When life ends, it ends, because when one is alive, they are a living soul.

Psalms 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Again the soul being associated with life, being redeemed from the grave. If it were immortal, this would not be so.

Psalms 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death:wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Again, when God delivers the soul from death, one can walk in the light of the living. Makes no sense if the soul is immortal.

Psalms 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; 51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

God spared not the Egyptians souls from death, but killed them by the plagues. Their souls died, that is, they died. Obviously their souls were not immortal.

Psalms 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

Who needs their soul to be preserved if it is immortal?