What does it mean that Jesus came in the flesh?

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Quote (kerwin @ May 29 2014,03:12)

Scripture literally states Jesus' soul descended to Hades. Hades is translated from the Hebrew word Sheol.

Rachel named her child as he soul departed her body and she died, Genesis 35:18.

Jesus was resurrected so the opposite happened and his soul returned to his body.

This does not say what the soul is but it is clear that it includes consciousness from Genesis 35:18.

HERE ARE MOST OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT TALKS ABOUT a “soul”

GE 27:4 and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”
GE 34:8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.
GE 35:18 It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
GE 42:21 Then they said to one another, “ Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
GE 49:6 “ Let my soul not enter into their council;
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew men,
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.
LEV 26:11 ‘ Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you.
LEV 26:15 if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul abhors My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
LEV 26:16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.
LEV 26:30 ‘I then will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and heap your remains on the remains of your idols, for My soul shall abhor you.
LEV 26:43 ‘ For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes.
DT 4:9 “Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.
DT 4:29 “ But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
DT 6:5 “ You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
DT 10:12 “ Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
DT 11:13 “It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,
DT 11:18 “ You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
DT 13:3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
DT 13:6 “ If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, ‘ Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,
DT 26:16 “This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
DT 28:65 “ Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.
DT 30:2 and you return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons,
DT 30:6 “Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
DT 30:10 if you obey the LORD your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
JOS 22:5 “Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
JDG 5:21 “The torrent of Kishon swept them away,
The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
O my soul, march on with strength.
JDG 16:16 It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.
1SA 1:15 But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1SA 1:26 She said, “Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the LORD.
1SA 2:33 ‘Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life.
1SA 2:35 ‘But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
1SA 18:1 Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
1SA 20:3 Yet David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death.”
1SA 23:20 “Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.”
1SA 25:26 “Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.
2SA 3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
2SA 5:8 David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”
2SA 11:11 Uriah said to David, “ The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
2SA 14:19 So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman
replied, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant;
1KI 2:4 so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘ If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’
1KI 8:48 if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;
2KI 4:27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
2KI 23:3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

2KI 23:25 Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.
1CH 22:19 “Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.”

2CH 6:38 if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,
2CH 15:12 They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;
2CH 34:31 Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.
JOB 3:20
“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,
JOB 6:7 “My soul refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.
JOB 7:11
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
JOB 7:15 So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.
JOB 10:1 “ I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
JOB 21:25 While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.
JOB 23:13 “But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.
JOB 27:2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
JOB 30:16
“And now my soul is poured out within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.
JOB 30:25 “Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
JOB 33:18 He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.
JOB 33:20 So that his life loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.
JOB 33:22 “Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
JOB 33:28 ‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’
JOB 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
PS 3:2 Many are saying of my soul,
“There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah.
PS 6:3 And my soul is greatly dismayed;
But You, O LORD — how long?
PS 6:4
Return, O LORD, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.
PS 7:2 Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
PS 7:5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
PS 11:1 In the LORD I take refuge;
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain;
PS 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
PS 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
PS 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
PS 17:13
Arise, O LORD, confront him, bring him low;
Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
PS 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
PS 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
My only life from the power of the dog.
PS 22:29 All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
PS 23:3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
PS 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.
PS 25:1 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
PS 25:13 His soul will abide in prosperity,
And his descendants will inherit the land.
PS 25:20 Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
PS 26:9 Do not take my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with men of bloodshed,
PS 30:3 O LORD, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.
PS 30:12 That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
PS 31:7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
PS 31:9
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
PS 33:19 To deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive in famine.
PS 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.
PS 34:2 My soul will make its boast in the LORD;
The humble will hear it and rejoice.
PS 34:22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
PS 35:3 Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”
PS 35:7 For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
PS 35:9
And my soul shall rejoice in the LORD;
It shall exult in His salvation.
PS 35:12 They repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
PS 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.
PS 35:17
Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
My only life from the lions.
PS 41:4
As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
PS 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.
PS 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
When shall I come and appear before God?
PS 42:4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me.
For I use
d to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
PS 42:5
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
PS 42:6 O my God, my soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
PS 42:11 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
PS 43:5
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
PS 44:25 For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.
PS 49:8 For the redemption of his soul is costly,
And he should cease trying forever—
PS 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me. Selah.
PS 54:4
Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
PS 55:18 He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me,
For they are many who strive with me.
PS 56:13 For You have delivered my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.
PS 57:1 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.
PS 57:4
My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
PS 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They dug a pit before me;
They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
PS 62:1 My soul waits in silence for God only;
From Him is my salvation.
PS 62:5
My soul, wait in silence for God only,
For my hope is from Him.
PS 63:1 O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
PS 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.
PS 63:8 My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.
PS 66:16
Come and hear, all who fear God,
And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.
PS 69:10 When I wept in my soul with fasting,
It became my reproach.
PS 69:18 Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!
PS 71:13 Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
PS 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
PS 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
PS 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted.
PS 78:50 He leveled a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave over their life to the plague,
PS 84:2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
PS 86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;
O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.
PS 86:4 Make glad the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
PS 86:13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
PS 88:3 For my soul has had enough troubles,
And my life has drawn near to Sheol.
PS 88:14 O LORD, why do You reject my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
PS 89:48 What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
PS 94:17
If the LORD had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
PS 94:19 When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.
PS 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
PS 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget none of His benefits;
PS 103:22 Bless the LORD, all you works of His,
In all places of His dominion;
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
PS 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
PS 104:35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth
And let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Praise the LORD!
PS 107:5 They were hungry and thirsty;
Their soul fainted within them.
PS 107:9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
PS 107:18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
PS 107:26 They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths;
Their soul melted away in their misery.
PS 108:1 My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.
PS 109:20 Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD,
And of those who speak evil against my soul.
PS 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.
PS 116:7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
PS 116:8 For You have rescued my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
My feet from stumbling.
PS 119:20 My soul is crushed with longing
After Your ordinances at all times.
PS 119:25
My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
PS 119:28 My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
PS 119:81
My soul languishes for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.
PS 119:129
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul observes them.
PS 119:167 My soul keeps Your testimonies,
And I love them exceedingly.
PS 119:175 Let my soul live that it may praise You,
And let Your ordinances help me.
PS 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips,
From a deceitful tongue.
PS 120:6 Too long has my soul had its dwelling
With those who hate peace.
PS 121:7 The LORD will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
PS 123:4 Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud.
PS 124:4 Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The stream would have swept over our soul;
PS 124:5 Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”
PS 124:7 Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped.
PS 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait,
And in His word do I hope.
PS 130:6 My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen for the morning;
Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.
PS 131:2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.
PS 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me;
You made me bold with strength in my soul.
PS 139:14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
PS 142:4 Look to the right and see;
For there is no one who regards me;
There is no escape for me;
No one cares for my soul.
PS 142:7 “ Bring my soul out of prison,
So that I may give thanks to Your name;
The righteous will surround me,
For You will deal bountifully with me.”
PS 143:3 For the enemy has per
secuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
PS 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah.
PS 143:8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For I trust in You;
Teach me the way in which I should walk;
For to You I lift up my soul.
PS 143:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me.
In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
PS 143:12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am Your servant.
PS 146:1 Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
PR 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
PR 3:22 So they will be life to your soul
And adornment to your neck.
PR 13:4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
PR 13:19 Desire realized is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.
PR 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
PR 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
PR 19:8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.
PR 19:16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who is careless of conduct will die.
PR 21:10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
PR 21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue,
Guards his soul from troubles.
PR 23:14 You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
PR 24:12 If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?
PR 24:14 Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
PR 25:13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
PR 25:25 Like cold water to a weary soul,
So is good news from a distant land.
PR 29:17 Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also delight your soul.
ECC 6:2 a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
ECC 6:3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,
ECC 6:9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
SS 1:7 “Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

SS 3:1 “ On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.
SS 3:2 ‘ I must arise now and go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
SS 3:3 “ The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
SS 3:4 “ Scarcely had I left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”
SS 6:12 “Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of my noble people.”
ISA 10:18 And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
ISA 15:4 Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.
ISA 19:10 And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
ISA 26:9 At night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments
The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
ISA 38:13 “I composed my soul until morning.
Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones,
From day until night You make an end of me.
ISA 38:15
“ What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
ISA 38:17 “Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;
It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
ISA 42:1 “ Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.
ISA 53:11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
ISA 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
ISA 66:3
“But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
JER 4:19
My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
JER 12:7
“I have forsaken My house,
I have abandoned My inheritance;
I have given the beloved of My soul
Into the hand of her enemies.
JER 13:17 But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the LORD has been taken captive.
JER 20:13 Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD!
For He has delivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.
JER 31:14 “I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
JER 32:41 “I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
LA 1:16 “For these things I weep;
My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”
LA 3:17 My soul has been rejected from peace;
I have forgotten happiness.
LA 3:20 Surely my soul remembers
And is bowed down within me.
LA 3:24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”
LA 3:51 My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
EZE 18:4 “Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.
EZE 24:21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the
sword.
EZE 25:6 ‘For thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,
EZE 25:15 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,”
EZE 27:31 “Also they will make themselves bald for you
And gird themselves with sackcloth;
And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.
EZE 36:5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.”
JNH 4:8 When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “ Death is better to me than life.”
MIC 6:7 Does the LORD take delight in thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
MIC 7:3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.
HAB 2:4
“Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.
ZEC 11:8 Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.
MT 10:28 “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
MT 12:18 “BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN;
MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL IS WELL-PLEASED;
I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM,
AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
MT 16:26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
MT 22:37 And He said to him, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
MT 26:38 Then He *said to them, “ My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
MK 8:36 “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
MK 8:37 “For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
MK 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’
MK 14:34 And He *said to them, “ My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”
LK 1:46 And Mary said:
“ My soul exalts the Lord,
LK 2:35 and a sword will pierce even your own soul—to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
LK 10:27 And he answered, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
LK 12:19 ‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’
LK 12:20 “But God said to him, ‘ You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
JN 12:27 “ Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘ Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
AC 2:27 BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES,
NOR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.
AC 3:23 ‘ And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
AC 4:32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.
RO 2:9 There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,
1CO 15:45 So also it is written, “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
2CO 1:23 But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
1TH 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
HEB 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
HEB 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,
HEB 10:38 BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH;
AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.
HEB 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

JAS 5:20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1PE 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
2PE 2:8 (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
3JN 1:2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

after you read all of it you should have a better understanding of what is a SOUL ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES

May 28, 2014 at 9:57 pm#385152

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Hi T,
Where does scripture say these things?

May 28, 2014 at 10:05 pm#385159

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Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 29 2014,03:57)

Hi T,
Where does scripture say these things?

NICK

i used Kerwin scripture for one and John 3 for the other

May 28, 2014 at 10:13 pm#385168

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Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 28 2014,12:10)

Mike…….Yes they were able to enter the kingdom of God while still in the flesh. You simply do not believe what Jesus said, THE KINGDOM of GOD , comes “NOT with “OBSERVATION” It is “WITHIN YOU”, . Why would Jesus even say that if it weren't true ?

Peace and love ………….gene

From NETNotes:

[the kingdom of God is in your midst] is a far better translation than “in you.”

Jesus would never tell the hostile Pharisees that the kingdom was inside them.

The reference is to Jesus present in their midst. He brings the kingdom.

Another possible translation would be “in your grasp.” For further discussion and options, see D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1414-19.

I don't know the exact meaning of that statement, Gene. Jesus starts by telling them the kingdom will not come with observable signs. But later, he tells the disciples about all kinds of signs in the heavens and on earth that will foreshadow the coming of the kingdom.

I'm sure the statement you quoted doesn't mean the kingdom of God is literally inside any of those Pharisees. And even if it DID mean such a thing, a flesh and blood person would still not be able to enter it – unless a human being can walk around inside their own bodies.

I don't know the answer right now. But I know that statement doesn't contradict Paul's teaching that we HAVE borne the flesh body of “those of earth”, and we WILL bear the spiritual body of “those of heaven”.

For now, I will stick with my current understanding of flesh bodies being transformed into spirit bodies in order to enter heaven.

May 28, 2014 at 10:21 pm#385173

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Quote (kerwin @ May 28 2014,11:33)

Mike,

2 Enoch

What point would you like to make with that Enoch passage?

May 28, 2014 at 10:22 pm#385174

Participant

Hi t,
lets break it up and see what is written
“WHAT SCRIPTURES SAYS IS THIS ;THAT UNLESS WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY INCLINE AND FULL OF TRUTH IN GOD'S WAY WE WILL NOT ENTER “
Is this written?

“THIS IS FOR SOME ONLY ,INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ,AND THAT WE CANNOT ENTER THAT KINGDOM UNLESS WE ARE CHANGED INTO WHAT IT TAKES TO GO THERE ,”

So where is this written?

The kingdom of heaven is to be in heaven and on earth
but the meek shall inherit the earth, not heaven

BUT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS

May 28, 2014 at 10:24 pm#385176

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Quote (kerwin @ May 28 2014,13:20)

We are told that Jesus body did not see corruption but that his soul descended to Sheol/Hades.

Is that really explicitly said in scripture, Kerwin? Which scripture, please?

May 28, 2014 at 10:43 pm#385187

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Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 29 2014,04:22)

Hi t,
lets break it up and see what is written
“WHAT SCRIPTURES SAYS IS THIS ;THAT UNLESS WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY INCLINE AND FULL OF TRUTH IN GOD'S WAY WE WILL NOT ENTER “
Is this written?

“THIS IS FOR SOME ONLY ,INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ,AND THAT WE CANNOT ENTER THAT KINGDOM UNLESS WE ARE CHANGED INTO WHAT IT TAKES TO GO THERE ,”

So where is this written?

The kingdom of heaven is to be in heaven and on earth
but the meek shall inherit the earth, not heaven

BUT THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS

nICK

Quote

“WHAT SCRIPTURES SAYS IS THIS ;THAT UNLESS WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY INCLINE AND FULL OF TRUTH IN GOD'S WAY WE WILL NOT ENTER “
Is this written?

Jn 3:6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
Jn 3:7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
Jn 3:8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Jn 3:9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
Jn 3:10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
Jn 3:11 I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
Jn 3:12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
Jn 3:13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
Jn 3:14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Jn 3:15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
Jn 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Jn 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Jn 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.

COL 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,
COL 3:10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—
2PE 1:3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
2PE 1:8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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“THIS IS FOR SOME ONLY ,INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ,AND THAT WE CANNOT ENTER THAT KINGDOM UNLESS WE ARE CHANGED INTO WHAT IT TAKES TO GO THERE ,”

So where is this written?

JN 10:16 “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

Rev 14:3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

May 28, 2014 at 10:44 pm#385188

Participant

Hi T,
Best to stick with what is written and not ADD

May 28, 2014 at 10:46 pm#385189

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Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 29 2014,04:44)

Hi T,
Best to stick with what is written and not ADD

nICK

IT IS BEST TO KEEP QUITE IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING

May 28, 2014 at 10:54 pm#385193

GeneBalthrop

Participant

Mike….all who have the spirit ofGod in them know clearly what that scripture is saying. No “maybe”, “could be” , “might mean” , “can be taken” or “possibly could mean” about it, THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES” WITHOUT .”OBERSAVATION” it is “WITHIN you” , and he wasn't talking about the Pharisees either, because they were not of the kingdom of God , because the Kingdom off God was not in them at all. Jesus was referencing that the Kingdom of God comes to be in a person , it has to do with to effectual working of the Spirit of GOD, being “IN” a person, in their heart and mind, it is SPIRITUAL implanted into a person by GOD. God rules from within, our minds and hearts.

It is clear just believe what Jesus said and quite trying to make his words meet you dogmas.

Peace and love to you and yours…………………..gene

May 28, 2014 at 10:59 pm#385198

GeneBalthrop

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Quote (terraricca @ May 29 2014,09:46)

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 29 2014,04:44)

Hi T,
Best to stick with what is written and not ADD

nICK

IT IS BEST TO KEEP QUITE IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING

Terricca………The one who lacks understanding here is you, not NICK, that is obvious to all here. IMO

Peace and love…………..gene

May 29, 2014 at 1:05 am#385255

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Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 28 2014,16:54)

THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES” WITHOUT .”OBERSAVATION” it is “WITHIN you” , and he wasn't talking about the Pharisees

Gene,

Jesus said those words TO the Pharisees. If it means what YOU think, then he was telling the Pharisees that the kingdom of God was inside of them.

May 29, 2014 at 1:07 am#385257

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Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 28 2014,16:59)

Terricca………The one who lacks understanding here is you, not NICK, that is obvious to all here. IMO

It's not obvious to me, Gene.

May 29, 2014 at 1:17 am#385261

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Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 28 2014,16:54)

Jesus was referencing that the Kingdom of God comes to be in a person……………

Matthew 21:31
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.”

Gene, do YOU have prostitutes and tax collectors INSIDE OF YOU?

Mark 9:1
That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Will they be able to SEE the kingdom of God as it arrives INSIDE OF THEM?

Mark 9:47
And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Will this man enter INSIDE OF HIMSELF with one eye?

There is more to the story than that ONE teaching, Gene.

May 29, 2014 at 1:18 am#385263

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Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 29 2014,04:59)

Quote (terraricca @ May 29 2014,09:46)

Quote (Nick Hassan @ May 29 2014,04:44)

Hi T,
Best to stick with what is written and not ADD

nICK

IT IS BEST TO KEEP QUITE IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING

Terricca………The one who lacks understanding here is you, not NICK, that is obvious to all here. IMO

Peace and love…………..gene

GENE

spiritual blindness is only affecting those of the world ,because they do not look for the truth of God, in the scriptures ,

May 29, 2014 at 1:20 am#385264

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Quote (Gene Balthrop @ May 28 2014,16:54)

Jesus was referencing that the Kingdom of God comes to be in a person , it has to do with to effectual working of the Spirit of GOD, being “IN” a person, in their heart and mind, it is SPIRITUAL implanted into a person by GOD. God rules from within, our minds and hearts.

And if what you say is true, then what Paul said is also true. A FLESH AND BLOOD PERSON cannot enter into the “spiritual heart and mind” of a human being, Gene.

So even in YOUR understanding, flesh and blood cannot inherit this kingdom……. because it has to do with the SPIRITUAL things that are “implanted into a person by GOD”, right?

May 29, 2014 at 2:38 am#385293

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hi MB,
The kingdom within begins when Jesus is allowed to enter men and allowed to rule there.

rev3
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

May 29, 2014 at 5:20 am#385310