What man is?
posted by jvbanay2 in: Bible
Before we can comprehend man's eternal destiny, however, we need to clearly understand what man is now. We are physical beings composed of the chemical substances on earth. That is how God created us. "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 being.
But almost all ancient religions taught the error that man is more than just a physical being. They taught that man has a dual composition, that a human being is both a physical body and an immortal soul.
Even today most people believe that after our physical body dies our supposedly immortal soul will continue as a living and conscious entity party from the body.