Post by Dave on Jan 11, 2022 14:03:35 GMT -5
How Christianity Adopted Pagan Practices and Holidays
The majority of what we hear today about the afterlife simply does not agree with Scripture. Many of these teachings are the result of Greek philosphy and centuries of tradition embraced by the church.
I Agree – I am a Follower of Jesus Christ - this is exactly why – I focus upon the era of the Gospels and the writings of the Gospel authors – James, John, Paul, Peter, - as well as the disciples Phillip and Thomas
Jesus Christ – the culture He came from – His disciples – His primary audience – and most of the First Christians were all Messianic Jews - ahl/OT Jews who accepted Jesus Christ as their Messiah – who became the First agl/NT Christians
When I found this – I was so attracted to the source – but alas – reality = there are two basic types of Jews
Jews who believe in the spirit and the afterlife – Pharisees of scripture
Jews who deny the afterlife and spirit – Sadducees
Today – these two groups exist as Hasidic Jews (Mainstream Judaism Today) and Talmudic Jews
Talmudic Jews – deny the spirit – Like Robert all they can see is this world and its biology
Many of Roberts comes straight from this group of spirit deniers
I have chosen to study under the Hasidic persuasion – because I also believe in the spirit – for academic reasons and personal experience. – I Love a website called Chabad.org – it lead me to Hidabroot
“Hidabroot is a television network and the biggest site for Judaism in the World. It functions from Israel and has over 400 employees that work on behalf of the Jewish nation in about 40 different divisions. We provide original and unique programs dealing with Judaism, news, magazine, women, children, Torah and science, viral, culture and more.
The Hidabroot organization founded by Rabbi Zamir Cohen, was established for outreach and explaining Judaism. We believe that because of ignorance and lack of knowledge many Jews don’t know the nice face of Judaism. We took it upon ourselves to show the beauty of authentic Judaism and make it accessible to the world.”
Many of thier video are filed at - the Jersualem Institute for Hebrew Studies
Jesus Christ died on the cross – YET HE LIVES – working still for the Father
This is the entire point of Christianity – there is a real and viable afterlife – Christ is the proof
God is NOT DEAD – He is still alive working on the inside (song lyrics)
First – the Hasidic Jewish view - - my comments in read
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jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/the-journey-of-the-soul-its-mission-and-the-afterlife
THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL – ITS MISSION AND THE AFTERLIFE
JEWS FOR JUDAISM
I would like to share some thoughts about the mission of the soul and what happens after a person passes away.
What is the Soul’s Mission?
In Tractate Pesachim 87b, Rabbi Elazar said: “The Holy One, blessed be He, exiled Israel among the nations only so that converts (גרים) would join them.”
Converts from the 99% + the 1% = the WORLD at large
In his work Torah Ohr, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745 –1812) says this statement doesn’t make sense. He observes that during the Jewish people’s time in exile we have lost more Jews to assimilation and pogroms then we added through the small number of converts who joined our ranks.
The Chida, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1806) provides an explanation. He points out that in Yevamot 97b, a convert is referred to as (שנתגייר גוי ולא גר שנתגייר) a “convert who converted and not a non-Jew who converted.” The expression “convert who converted ” teaches that a sincere convert was never really a non-Jew, instead, a lost spark of godliness, a Jewish soul in a non-Jewish body.
Gnostic – we are all individual spirit beings – we are all children of God – we all know it deep inside – we are born with it (yester tov) -
Rabbi Shneur Zalman, explains that “lost sparks” are also scattered throughout the material world, and “making converts” means redeeming these sparks
Gnostic/Christian = generating FRUIT
Herein lies the mission of the soul. The soul descends into a physical body so that it can fulfill the Torah’s commandments with material objects, thereby transforming the material world into holiness - and proclaiming that God is everywhere.
Agreed – From God we come to Jer 1:5 (TLV) “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I set you apart—I appointed you prophet to the nations.”
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson (1902-1994) explains that on a mystical level this legalistic teaching is describing the mission of the soul.
Briefly, he said that in the Kabbalah the soul is referred to by many names, including “needle – מחט.” In the same way that a needle sews two separate garments together, the soul joins the spiritual world with the physical world. To accomplish this joining, the needle requires a hole and a thread.
A pin can pierce through a garment. However, to sew garments together, a needle needs a hole at one end to receive a thread. The hole represents the humility to accept the thread.
The “thread” alludes to the strings of the tzitzis (and the entire body of Torah and mitzvos which they represent). The Torah and mitzvos are the means by which we connect the world with God.
To accomplish this, a Jew must be in exile – represented by the dark cave – and encounter the challenges of life. The “waves” of water passing over the needle allude to these challenges, which the Torah refers to as “raging waters” (Psalm 124:5).
The Rebbe concludes that by surmounting the challenges of life in exile, “such a ‘needle’ becomes pure, i.e., it becomes connected with God, the source of all purity, as alluded to in the verse, ‘the Mikvah of Israel is God ’” (Jeremiah 17:13).
In addition to elevating the physical world, exile can elevate and purify the soul.
Because we are Exiled (from heaven) to souljourn here – we can elevate this world and puirify our soul by doing our job / our assignment / our commission – Jer 1:5
What is the Makeup of the Soul and What Happen when it Leaves the Body?
The soul leaves the body!
In the Torah, three words are used to describe the soul as it vests itself in a body, Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshama (נפש רוח נשמה). They are found in the following passages:
“The soul (life-nefesh) of the flesh is in the blood.” (כִּ֣י נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר֮ בַּדָּ֣ם הִוא֒) (Leviticus 17:11)
“The dust returns to the ground as it was, and the spirit (ruach) returns to God who gave it.”[14]
ְיָשֹׁ֧ב הֶעָפָ֛ר עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה וְהָר֣וּחַ תָּשׁ֔וּב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נְתָנָֽהּ)) (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
“God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils a soul (neshama) of life.”
(וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים) (Genesis 2:7)
These three parts of the soul are alluded to in King Solomon’s statement, (נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם) “the candle of God is the soul of man” (Proverbs 20:27).
The two letters of the word candle (ner - נר) can be seen as an acronym for (נפש רוח) nefesh and ruach, and the word for neshama is found at the end of the verse in the word (נִשְׁמַ֣ת) neshmat.
Neshama mean “breath,” and ruach means “wind.” The word nefesh, from “vayinafash,” means “to rest” as in the following verse:
“For six days God made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased from work and rested.”
(כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שָׁבַ֖ת וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ) (Exodus 31:17)
Rabbi Schneur Zalman explains that the Torah’s use of the word “breath” to describe the Neshama, to teach that it comes from the essence of God, and he refers to it as a “part of God.”[15] Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (1934-1983) provides additional insights into this metaphor:
This statement confuses Robert – he often accuses me of suggesting our spirit is a fragment of God we call our own – this makes every creature God
This is the pagan concept of pantheism
Each cow is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each fish is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each angel is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each archon is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each spiritual being man - is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
“God's exhaling a soul can be compared to a glassblower forming a vessel. The breath (neshama) first leaves his lips, travels as a wind (ruach) and finally comes to rest (nefesh) in the vessel.
Breathing our spirit being into our animal body – gen 2:7
Of these three levels of the soul, neshama is, therefore, the highest and closest to God, while nefesh is that aspect of the soul residing in the body. Ruach stands between the two, binding man to his spiritual Source. It is for this reason that Divine Inspiration is called Ruach HaKodesh in Hebrew.
The Torah is teaching us that the human soul came directly from God's innermost essence in the same way that a breath issues forth from a person's lungs and chest cavity. The rest of creation, on the other hand, was created with speech, which is a lower level.”
This statement confuses Robert – he often accuses me of suggesting our spirit is a fragment of God we call our own – this makes every creature God
This is the pagan concept of pantheism
Each cow is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each fish is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each angel is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each archon is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
Each spiritual being man - is a separate and independent being – a created thing by God
We see that the lofty soul’s descent into a physical body serves a purpose: the elevation of the soul and the revelation of God’s presence in the most concealed aspects of the physical existence.
Win win – we have the opportunity to become the Prodigal Son – and we can Jer 1:5 in the process
What Happens when the Person Completes their Mission and Returns their Soul to God?
Judaism teaches that the soul is now able to come closer to God’s essence than it could before its descent into the physical world. The Torah and mitzvos the person observed during their lifetime elevated the soul to a higher state of intimacy with God due to his or her having been connected to God’s will and wisdom while in a physical body.
This progression to a higher level of intimacy with God is alluded to in Zechariah 3:7, “If you go in My ways… then I will give you a place to move among [the angels] standing here.”[20]
It is also alluded to in the similarity of four Hebrew words:
נשמה - Neshama - Soul
שמן - Shemen – Oil
משנה - Mishna – Teaching
שמונה - Shemoneh - Eight
The relationship between the Hebrew words for soul (neshama) and eight (shemoneh) alludes to the soul’s transcendent spiritual nature. The connection between the Hebrew words for soul (neshama) and oil (shemen) provides a meaningful lesson. When oil is mixed with water, it rises to the top and floats. The more water there is in a vessel, the higher the oil rises. In the same way, the soul rises, riding on the accumulated Torah, which is compared to water, it learned during its lifetime.
This elevation through learning is also indicated by the similarly of the word soul (neshama) and the word “mishna” which is specifically associated with teachings of Torah that elevate the soul.
However, blemishes that the soul may have acquired while in a body need to be cleansed because they can obstruct the soul’s perception and appreciation of Godliness. The transitory cleansing of the soul is alluded to by King David in Psalm 16:10, (כִּ֤י לֹא־תַעֲזֹ֣ב נַפְשִׁ֣י לִשְׁא֑וֹל) “you will not abandon my soul to purgatory.”
Proportional Punishment awaiting the First Resurection
Transgressions form blemishes that become obstacles between the soul and God, preventing the light of the soul from reconnecting to the source it came from. As it says in Isaiah 59:2, “But your iniquities have been a barrier between you and your God; your sins have made Him turn His face away and refuse to hear you ” (כִּ֤י אִם־עֲוֺנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ הָי֣וּ מַבְדִּלִ֔ים בֵּינֵכֶ֕ם לְבֵ֖ין אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם וְחַטֹּֽאותֵיכֶ֗ם הִסְתִּ֧ירוּ פָנִ֛ים מִכֶּ֖ם מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ).
Sins are compared to a cloud that prevents us from seeing the sun. As it says in Isaiah 44:22, “I will wipe away your sins like a cloud and your transgression like mist ” (מָחִ֤יתִי כָעָב֙ פְּשָׁעֶ֔יךָ וְכֶעָנָ֖ן חַטֹּאותֶ֑יךָ).
Imagine trying to point a powerful laser at the sun. In the vacuum of outer space, it will travel uninterrupted and be absorbed into the sun. However, if we shine it from earth the specks of dust and moisture in the atmosphere impede it from reaching its goal. These specks represent the blemishes.
During one’s lifetime, one’s soul can be cleansed through repentance, known as Tshuvah.[25] Judaism refers to this cleansing process after death as “Gehenom.” It is not the eternal damnation of Greek mythology, but a temporary purgatory that purges the soul of its blemishes.
Proportional Punishment while awaiting the First Resurection
When the oil in a lamp is consumed, it enables a wick to burn and its flame to rise. Similarly, the soul rises higher and returns to its source, empowered by the mitzvos observed in the material world, which are “consumed” and propel the soul to experience higher revelations of God’s divine light.
From God we came – and to God we will return – to Proportional Punishment or to higher revelations of God’s divine light
This novel explanation sheds meaningful light on why God is compared to a consuming fire, “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire ” (כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֵ֥שׁ אֹכְלָ֖ה ה֑וּא) Deuteronomy 4:22.
Our sages teach a valuable lesson,[27] based on the heartfelt reflection of King Solomon concerning death, (ה֖וּא ס֣וֹף כָּל־הָאָדָ֑ם וְהַחַ֖י יִתֵּ֥ן אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ) “it [death] is the end of every person, and the living should take to heart ” (Ecclesiastes 7:2), that we should increase in learning Torah and doing mitzvos (especially charity), in the memory of the departed.
Sitting Shive and saying the kadish comforts / aids the dead as they pass through Proportional Punishment
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Now the Talmudic view – Roberts view
In this inquiry we will examine exactly what the Bible says about death, what it means to die, how long death lasts and where we go when we die. For example, does Scripture really say that the righteous go to heaven while the ignorant or sinners burn forever in a relentless hell-fire? You might be surprised by what your Heavenly Father reveals in His Word. Get out your Bible and let’s begin an honest inquiry.
No Man Has Ascended
Possibly the most eye-opening discovery at the start of our investigation is what our Savior, Yahshua the Messiah plainly says in John 3:13, “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
Peter confirms this truth in his dynamic sermon on the day of Pentecost: “Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day…For David is not ascended into the heavens” (Acts 2:29, 34).
Boom – Enoch, Elijiah, and Paul all ascended into heaven
They forget – there are 7 heavens above us – Jesus is not speaking of the same locality
If anyone would have been found worthy of heaven it would have been David.
Yes David repented – and he also committed many sins
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, so that each one may receive what is due for the things he did while in the body—whether good or bad.
God decides who is Pardoned and who is not – man’s opinions do not matterr
But what about Yahshua’s description of heavenly mansions in the book of John? Did He not promise that a heavenly paradise awaits the saved? Let’s investigate. We read in John 14:2-3, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
At first blush this passage seems to describe a heavenly paradise. However, as we often must do when digging out the truth, we need to look below the surface. Yahshua here is not speaking of places of eternal dwelling but of positions of authority in His governing family.
The word “house” is from the Greek oikia, which by extension refers to a family, and the word “mansions” is derived from the Greek root meno, meaning “to stay in a given place, state, relation or expectancy” (Strong’s Concordance). This passage would be better rendered, “In my Father’s [family] are many [positions]: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a [position] for you.” When the Messiah returns the saints will receive offices as priests in Yahweh’s Kingdom (Rev. 20:6) and will reign on the earth, not in heaven (Rev. 2:26; 5:10).
OK – we have positions / jobs / specific localities within heaven – how does this deny the spiritual?
Spirit (Breath of Life) Returns to Yahweh
If we don’t go to heaven, where then do we go? We find the answer in two key passages. The first is from the pen of King David and speaks about the death of human beings: “Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust,” Psalm 104:29. The second is from his son, Solomon, “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto Elohim who gave it,” Ecclesiastes 12:7.
When we die our bodies go to dust and our spirit goes back to Yahweh. Spirit is the Hebrew ruach and means,”wind; by resemblance breath,” Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary. The Brown Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon defines ruach as “spirit (used of the living, breathing being in man and animals); as gift, preserved by [Elohim], spirit, departing at death.”
A gift preserved by God – agreed
Depart our body and returns to God - agreed
Ruach literally means a burst of air, and by extension, breath of life. It can also refer to spirit beings and to the Holy Spirit. In the context of the aforementioned passages, it represents the life that Yahweh our Father in heaven breathes into every living soul or human being, as can also be seen from the following:
• “And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life [ruach], from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die,” Genesis 6:17.
Fish and insects not included – many survived the flood
• “And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life [ruach],” Genesis 7:15.
Fish and insects not included – many survived the flood
The spirit led those God chose
• “In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath [ruach] of all mankind,” Job 12:10.
YEP – God is in control – I am a Calvinist predestination agreer – some are called for a purpose
• “Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath [ruach] in them,” Jeremiah 51:17.
YEP – not being spirit filled leads to worldly idol worship and ritual
• “Thus saith my Sovereign Yahweh unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath [ruach] to enter into you, and ye shall live,” Ezekiel 37:5.
Reincarnation – YES – I believe in Jewish Resurrection
To make a person come alive Yahweh breathes the breath of life into him or her, just as He did with the first humans, Genesis 2:7. According to Genesis 7:15 this breath of life is also given to animals so that they come alive. Unlike our life, however, the life essence of animals does not return to Yahweh but goes down to the earth, Ecclesiastes 3:21.
Fish and insects are animals – not like us – unlike our life their essence does not return to God who gave it
Ezekiel’s statement in 37:5 is key. It’s a reference to the second resurrection when Yahweh will revive His people Israel. Once he restores the fleshly body He will return the breath of life or ruach to each person in the second resurrection.
While the first resurrection is to spirit essence (1Cor. 15:42-44),
YES – agree – First Fruits and those of the First resurrection and not corporeal biology – they are ethereal / spirit beings
the second resurrection is to physical life, meaning that those in it will be resurrected to flesh with the potential to live forever, the same potential Adam and Eve had in the Garden of Eden before their sin. This is likely the reason for the tree of life in New Jerusalem, Revelation 22:2. Those who eat of it will have perpetual life.
In the New Testament the parallel word that corresponds to the Hebrew ruach is the Greek word pneuma. Strong’s defines this word as, “a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) [Elohim], [Messiah’s] spirit, the Holy Spirit.” Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words further states, “pneuma NT:4151 primarily denotes “the wind” (akin to pneo, “to breathe, blow”); also “breath”; then, especially “the spirit,” which, like the wind, is invisible, immaterial and powerful….”
The essence of ruach and pneuma is defined as a current of air, i.e., wind, or breath. It is the breath of life. By extension, it also signifies angelic beings as well as the Holy Spirit.
YES – all of these are not corporeal biology they are ethereal spirit beings
Perish the Thought
When we die our spirit or ruach returns to Yahweh. All our thoughts and awareness of our world come to a complete end, Ecclesiastes 12:7. There is no more consciousness at death.
YES – intellect – brain work – intelligence – mind – corporeal biology
Solomon in Ecclesiastes 9:5 wrote, “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.” King David confirmed this fact about death in Psalm 146:4: “His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
YEP his spirit goes forth – as it returns to God who gave it (Gen 2:7)
AND corporeal biology – brain, mind, intelligence, intellect all perish
When the ruach returns to Yahweh two things happen. First, our bodies return to the dust and second, our thoughts, which include all mental awareness, totally stop. The word “thoughts” is from the Hebrew eshtonah which literally means, “thinking” (Strong’s). The word “perish” is the Hebrew abad, a primitive root that means, “to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish or destroy” (Strong’s).
The Hebrew clearly shows that when our spirit returns to Yahweh that our ability to think stops; at death we fall into total unconsciousness.
So angels cannot thing and make decisions?
Archon cannot think or make decisions?
The Holy Spirit cannot thing or make decisions?
Ruach does not mean an “immortal soul” but rather the life-force that our Father gives to each living person. Through His prophet Yahweh stated, “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 18:4.
YEP – deny the spirit and the spirit in favor of corporeal biology and this WORLD
Scripture nowhere teaches that death is an automatic portal to another life.
Correction – this is the entire point of Jesus Christ and His Gospel
Free yourself from this corporeal world and long for the next world in heaven with God
Daniel shows that only at the resurrections do the dead come alive again: “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt,” Daniel 12:2. Paul called the rising of the Messiah from the dead, “the firstfruits of them that slept,” 1Corinthians 15:20, 23.
YES – and the agl/NT adds First Fruits and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Contrary to the beliefs of the pagan Plato, the soul is not immortal. As Ezekiel wrote, “…the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
DUH – it is called the Second Death – The Lake of Fire
Life Essence Is Called ‘Soul’
The word “soul” comes from the Hebrew nephesh and means “a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):” (Strong’s). It first appears in Genesis 1:20 where we read, “And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature [nephesh] that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”
As we see, the word “soul” does not refer to an indestructible inner spirit, but to the life bestowed by Yahweh on His creation, including animals. The words “immortal” and “soul” never occur together anywhere in Scripture.
Following are more uses of nephesh:
• “And Yahweh Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul [nephesh],” Genesis 2:7.
Except man awas already a living creature like all the beast of the field an entire chapter earlier
Gen 2:7 the living creature become a Human Being a living soul
God did not do Gen 2:7 for every beast of the field – only man
Beast of the field remain living creatures – man become a Human Being – a living soul
Immortal Soul Arguments Answered
We’ll now look at some of the popular passages often cited by advocates of the immortal soul belief. The first is in Genesis 35:18 where Rachel was giving birth: “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.”
Many will point to the phrase, “soul was in departing,” as indicating that the soul as an immortal, inner spirit flitters away to heaven at death. The problem is that the word “soul” or “nephesh” refers not to a separate being or essence but simply to the life of the person. When we die our life leaves us, just as it does with animals.
YEP – our spirit retuns to God who gave it – just as Christ gave up His Spirit and commended it to God
In 1Kings 17:21 Elijah is restoring life to a child, translated “soul”: “And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Yahweh, and said, O Yahweh my Elohim, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.” Soul here is nephesh.
YEP – Jewish Reincarnation – Jewish Resurrection
Here is an incredible story of Yahweh’s healing through the prophet Elijah (properly EliYah, meaning, “my El is Yah”). In response to the boy’s death, EliYah prayed that Yahweh would restore the soul or life of the child. In verse 22 we find that Yahweh answered his prayer: “And Yahweh heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.” The word “soul” used here again is nephesh, referring to the life force of the boy.
YES – our soul /spirit = our essence = our life force
An immortal essence (“soul”) does not make an individual come to life, rather, the soul IS the life.
Correct – Life Lives
We use the same terminology when speaking of human life when we say, “many souls were lost” in a disaster.
YEP – those souls/spirits are no longer corporeal – therefore they can no long do your Job / assignment / commission Jer 1:5
Did Enoch and Elijah Head to Heaven?
Denial – of scripture
The account in Matthew 17 of Moses and Eliyah on the Mount of Transfiguration with Yahshua also leads some to believe in an immortal soul. But in verse 9 Yahshua tells the three disciples who witnessed it that it was a “vision” (Greek horamah, meaning a supernaturally granted spectacle). This vision was used to accentuate Yahshua’s teachings about immortality in the kingdom to come.
(Greek horamah, meaning a supernaturally granted spectacle)
2 King 6:8-33 horamah, meaning a supernaturally granted spectacle
You can dismiss it as a vision of something unreal / imaginary – I DO NOT – I BLEIVE SCRIPTURE