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The normal traditional view is that at death the human soul or spirit lives on (either in Heaven or in hell or some other intermediate state) pending the final judgment of God. Soul-immortality entered Christianity, not through Scripture, but from ancient Greek philosophy, profoundly influenced by Plato, 428- 348 B.C.
The primary metaphor used to describe death in the Scriptures is “sleep,” which connotes the ideas of inactivity and unconsciousness.
By Sean FinneganThe normal traditional view is that at death the human soul or spirit lives on (either in Heaven or in hell or some other intermediate state) pending the final judgment of God. Soul-immortality entered Christianity, not through Scripture, but from ancient Greek philosophy, profoundly influenced by Plato, 428- 348 B.C.
The primary metaphor used to describe death in the Scriptures is “sleep,” which connotes the ideas of inactivity and unconsciousness.