The State of the Dead

I'm very emotional especially when it comes on to the loss of a life. God has been favorable to me thus far to have both parents, my two brothers and 3 of 4 grandparents still alive and all of my uncles, aunts, cousins and loved ones alive. In 2013, a good friend of mine died and being the emotional wreck I am, I cried and I cried and I cried some more. He was youthful, vibrant, and father of 3. I'm not fond of funerals because the appeal at funerals always makes me do some introspection with my own soul...if I should die, would I be saved and where would I go when I die? It's not so much that the person is no longer with us. A life that comes into the world and one that leaves should be celebrated.

Where does the dead go? According to the creation story, Adam was formed from the dust, "And the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being" (Genesis 2:7 NKJV). The same place where we came from, thither we will go. In Ecclesiastes we are told that the mortal man will return to the dust, "then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7 NKJV). When a man dies the soul returns to God and the body is but in a resting state... it is not in heaven singing with angels or resting in the bosom of God.

Have you ever wondered why at funerals, the pastor refers to the person as 'body in the coffin' and never 'Jake in the coffin' or 'the body will proceed the family.' After a person dies, that 'soul' no longer exists because the breath has left the body so the soul no longer exists. Souls have name.

For a simpler analysis... (breath + dust = soul). 

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