GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

Every Man In His Order341he that believeth [Faith] in me, though he were dead, yet shallhe live…” (Verse 25). Christ is telling you that when spiritualChristians die, they are only asleep - and will be resurrected.They will pass from death to life. Now consider Paul. He madea profound statement when he said, “…as it is appointed [Greek:“reserved”] unto men once to die, but after this the judgment…”(Hebrews 9:27). The Greek word for “judgment” is “krisis” - or“The Great White Throne Judgment” – the final judgment. So, itis obvious that no one can die more than once. But Lazarus diedtwice. He died once before Christ resurrected him after he wasdead for four days. Then, when he lived out his human existence,he died again and is still waiting for the resurrection. So Lazarusliterally died twice.In I Corinthians 15:18, Paul is speaking about Christians who havedied, but are only asleep - not really dead. So, those individualswho are in Christ only die once and are considered asleep - andnot dead. If Lazarus died twice and Christians are considered tobe asleep, then the appointment that everyone will die once mustbe a different kind of death than merely that of the body. Thatis what Nicodemus did not understand when Christ said, “Thatwhich is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of thespirit is spirit.” Read John 3. The flesh has nothing to do withthe resurrection to life. The body becomes dust or ashes.Kill The BodyJesus stated, “And fear not them which kill the body, but arenot able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is ableto destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28). TheGreek word for “hell” in this case is “Gehenna.” Many people believethe soul is immortal. But clearly, Christ said the soul can bedestroyed. In addition, Jesus said the body can also be destroyed