Is The Soul Immortal?
Is the soul really immortal? Why most people believe that the soul is immortal?
The soul is not immortal. There is only one immortal being in this whole universe, and that is God.
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul is not based on the Bible. There is no single verse in the whole Bible to support it. This man-made doctrine supports the doctrine of spiritism. Many people believe that the soul of the dead still comes back to converse with their loved ones and relatives. They believe that souls are alive, and they talk to them and offer them foods during All Souls Day.
When Adam and Eve fell in sin, God, in his mercy to man, immediately sent powerful angels to secure the tree of life that man may not partake of the fruit of the tree of life and remain a sinner forever and suffer its consequence without end. So a powerful angel with a flaming sword guarded the tree of life that man may be saved from suffering this consequence eternally.
Man is a living soul. This soul that makes man alive is the breath of God that enlivens a body created from dust. When this body dies, the soul or breath returns to its rightful owner, God, and the body returns to dust. A dead man does not go to heaven or hell – he decays in the tomb. He “sleeps”, and is unconscious of everything that is happening under the sun. He does not ascend to heaven nor descend to the pit of hell. For why should Christ come again to judge the living and the dead if these dead men are already in heaven or hell? None has gone up to heaven except Enoch, Elijah, Moses, and those who were resurrected together with Christ in Jerusalem. All others are still in their tombs. So the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is a doctrine of spiritism. It is a doctrine of the devil. Fallen angels mimic the appearances and voices of our dead loved ones to deceive us that the soul is really immortal, and are able to converse with us anytime they want to. We should be careful conversing with them – these devils might easily posses us.
Do not be deceived. Be vigilant, because our enemy the devil, as a roaring lion is walking around, seeking whom he may devour. The great deceiver and his cohorts are all around us all the time trying to pull us to hell.
I used to be ignorant of this fact. Whenever somebody dies in our neighborhood, I was terribly afraid that their soul or ghost will show up at night. I had fear of corps, coffin, and candles. It was only lately that I had been freed from this great lie, and I laughed at myself behaving like an idiot on those days.
Dead men are dead. They no longer know whatever thing is done under the sun. The bouquet we buy – they cannot see anymore nor appreciate its beauty. No matter how fragrant, they cannot smell it anymore. A truckload of beautiful fragrant flowers cannot bring them joy and happiness anymore – they are dead and their senses are dead with them. These flowers should have been given when they were still alive, and could have given them inspiration to live and prolong their lives. The tender loving care we showed to the dead should have been better done when they needed our help the most in their time of sadness and sufferings. The money we spent on flowers, candles, and expensive coffins could have been spent to buy medicines, food, shelter and all the basic need of our loved ones. The time we spent on sleepless vigils could have been usefully spent on them when they were still alive in their sick bed, at home when they needed our quality time to converse with them and vent their pent up feelings and problems that eventually cause their demise. It could have been spent with the kids in the park – to breath the refreshing and invigorating air from the trees, and appreciate the beauty of Nature that strengthens the body and ennobles the mind to appreciate life and live it to the full with zest.
This is our moral lesson: We must love our wife, our husband, our children, our parents, our in-laws, our brothers and sisters, our friends, our neighbors, and all our loved ones, and even our enemies . Let us show them our care and affection while they are still alive with us. Let us love them in deed and not in words. For in death, there is no more consciousness to appreciate all things that are being done under the sun. Flowers, candles, vigils, and even an ocean of tears are all useless when given for the dead.