Most religions teach that souls are immortal. Then how do you interpret these Scriptures ?

Question

Ezekiel 18:20--"The soul who sins shall die."
Job 7:15--"So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. "
Psalm 33:19--"To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine."
Psalm 88:3--"For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave."
Proverbs 6:32--"Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul."
James 5:20--"let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins."
Proverbs 27:7--"A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."

Answer 1

Those scriptures are clear cut. The soul can and does die. They are not talking about spiritual death. They are referring to the death of the person who is a soul. When pronouncing sentence on Adam and Eve, Jehovah told them: "In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.” Was Jehovah talking about the spiritual death of Adam and Eve? No! He was referring to their upcoming physical death. God didn't tell them that they were going to roast in a hellfire. He told them they would be returning to the state of nonexistence that they were in before they were created.

The scriptures you quoted confirm that the soul or the living person can and does die.

If the soul were immortal, what need would there be for a resurrection from the dead? John 5:28: "Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out." If the human soul were immortal, what would it be doing in a memorial tomb?

Answer 2

It is your spirit or your higher consciousness that does not die.
A creature is just physical existing form without consciousness and when the breath of life enters into it, he become a man or a living soul. The soul is life itself that took on a vehicle called body. The punishment and death is not addressed to the flesh but to the soul because it is the one that really dictates the body to feel the sensations and the emotions. The body doesn't know when it is dead and the soul is the one that realizes it and there are times when the soul is so attached to the material things like his flesh, it takes him quite a time before he realized that he could no longer function in the physical dimension.
Your spirit which is different from your soul is the essence of your life which leave the marks of what your soul has done on earth while living. It stays forever in the heart and mind of those you left behind and if you have done great for your country or the world, your spirit remains alive forever. like the spirit of the man who first invented electricity, As long as there is electicity or any by product that it has produced, the spirit of that inventor stays alive therefore he becomes immortal.
Your soul on the other hand experience the consequence of all your actions while still in the flesh, it is not the flesh that carries the guilt, it is your soul. It is the one that feels how it is to die. It is the one who enjoys or suffer.

Answer 3

There are 3 words in Hebrew that can roughly be translated as "soul." Ruakh (probably better rendered spirit), Nefesh, and Neshamah.

I looked up every one of your quotes from the Old Testament in their original Hebrew. In every one of them, the word that is being translated as "soul" is "Nefesh." It is my understanding, that based on Jewish teachings, even animals have a nefesh. But only humans have a "neshamah." This makes me wonder if perhaps the Neshamah is what does not die, while the nefesh can indeed. I will try to find out more about the differences in these words for soul. But I think it is important to point this out - that there are different words for soul - and which one is being used here.

Answer 4

All souls are immortal each one implies that some souls will not escape eternal death. All unrepentent sinners who are cast into the lake of fire on Judgement Day will not die, they will reside in hell's torment forever into eternity. This is the Spiritual Death that the Bible is very clear about. They will be separated from God. The righteous believers in God will spend eternity with the Lord our Father who is in Heaven.....<>< <><

Answer 5

I do not believe the soul is immortal and do not believe it is accurate for any Christian to believe that. Souls are what we are. When God formed Adam from the dust he became a living soul after God breathed life into him. Souls are created by God and anything created by God can be destroyed by God. Humans only live as our life is sustained by God. We are not like butterflies, that change into something else. We were created human and that is what God intended for us to be. Just as Adam and Eve were created without sin and intended of God to live forever, We will be recreated with New sinless bodies when Jesus resurrects these Bodies. I am not me without a body. All that makes me who I am is in this clay. The life is the breath of God that animates this clay. I will Die. Everyone will Die once. We will all be resurrected (with the bodies that are who we are) from death to be Judged by God. and Those who do not believe will Die again. The rest of us will Live with God.
If your hope of eternal life is based on your belief in your own immortality then your hope is false. My hope is in Jesus who gives eternal life to me, and whosoever believes in him. :)

Answer 6

These refer to when the soul is sent to hell also called the second death because it is then completely cut off from God. The first death is of the body when you are cut off from worldly existence.

Answer 7

I believe this all relates to our souls while they are still in our bodies. A soul that lives forever will live forever with God. To choose the wrong path in life and stray from God will ultimately end badly for someone. I think it all comes down to freewill.

Answer 8

The verses are talking about a spiritual death, you are correct. Death is this sense is obviously not referring to death like we see it here on earth. "Death" spiritually speaking is eternal separation form God. A soul that 'dies' would be one that is condemned to Hell.

Answer 9

Teh Bible(basic instructions before leaving Earth) is written by man, not god, so in that book you'll find what man says about god, and not the very Word...

Answer 10

If you bother to compare Judaism to christianity, they "conflict" for the beliefs of both religions DIFFER, yet are melting into one by IGNORANCE.......