TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 3 01 PRIMARY QUESTIONS 7 02 IMMORTAL AND IMMORTALITY 13 03 THE IMAGE OF GOD 21 04 THE BREATH OF LIFE 29 05 THE LIVING SOUL 33 06 WHAT IS SOUL? WHAT IS SPIRIT? 42 07 THE SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD 53 08 THE FORMATION OF THE SPIRIT 60 09 WHO KNOWETH? 66 10 THE SPIRITS OF JUST MEN MADE PERFECT 73 11 THE SPIRITS IN PRISON 80 12 DEPARTURE AND RETURN OF THE SOUL 91 13 CAN THE SOUL BE KILLED? 95 14 THE SOULS UNDER THE ALTAR 102 15 GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE 109 16 SAMUEL AND THE WOMAN OF ENDOR 115 17 THE TRANSFIGURATION. Matthew 17:1-9 123 18 DID CHRIST TEACH THAT THE DEAD ARE ALIVE? 132 19 THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 137 20 THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS 143 21 WITH ME IN PARADISE 152 22 ABSENT FROM THE BODY 161 23 IN THE BODY AND OUT 171 24 DEPARTING AND BEING WITH CHRIST 174 25 THE DEATH OF ADAM 190 26 THE RESURRECTION 203 27 THE JUDGEMENT 237 28 THE LIFE EVERLASTING 243 29 THE WAGES OF SIN 247 30 EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT 253 31 THE UNDYING WORM AND QUENCHLESS FIRE 259 32 TORMENTED FOREVER AND EVER 267 33 THE END OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL 275 34 GOD’S DEALINGS WITH HIS CREATURES 287 35 THE CLAIMS OF PHILOSOPHY 295 36 HISTORICAL VIEW 313 37 INFLUENCE OF THE DOCTRINE 327