Posts with the tag: neshamah

Isn’t Calling a Person a “LIVING SOUL” Redundant?

This question refers to the passage in the first book of the Bible that describes precisely how God created human beings: 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 (chay nephesh). Genesis 2:7 (KJV) The LORD […]

What Happens to the SPIRIT at the Second Death?

Addressing the death of an unredeemed person, Ecclesiastes 12:7 says “the spirit returns to God who gave it.” “Spirit” here refers to the “breath of life,” aka the animating life force from God, noted in what theologians call ‘the creation text’: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into […]