The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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d. Death is universal for all human beings associated with Adam and his transgression, 1 Cor. 15.

e. The Apostles spoke of and anticipated their own death, as in Paul’s case in 2 Timothy 4.7-8.

f. Until Christ comes and finally consummates his kingdom work, death will remain an inevitable fact for all of us.

2. The nature of our death is both physical and spiritual.

a. The physical nature of death: the ending of life and separation of the soul from the body (1) Jesus distinguished between the death of the body and the soul, Matt. 10.28. (2) Physical death is separation of the body from the soul and the spirit. (3) The body returns to dust, the spirit to the God who gave it, Eccles. 12.7.

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(4) The body without the spirit is dead, James 2.26.

(5) Death is not the end of our existence, but a movement to a different mode of being.

b. The spiritual nature of death: separation of the person from God

(1) To be dead spiritually refers to the state of being alienated and separated from the life in God. (2) The second death, spoken of in Revelation 21.8, is the eternal death that represents for the one who is lost for all eternity their disconnection and separation from God forever.