Fatal Deception

1. Fatal Deception What really happens when you die

2. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

3. Two who never died Genesis 5:23-24 – 23So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. 2 Kings 2:11 – Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

4. Seven raised from the dead Son of Shunammite woman – by Elisha – 2 Kings 4:8-37 Man buried in Elisha’s tomb – 2 Kings 13:20-21 Son of the Widow of Nain – by Jesus – Luke 7:11-17 Daughter of Jairus – by Jesus – Luke 8:40-56 Lazarus – by Jesus – John 11:1-44 Tabitha (Dorcus) – by Peter – Acts 9:36-43 Eutychus – by Paul – Acts 20:7-12

5. Other Resurrections “Saints” – Raised during Jesus’ death/resurrection Matthew 27:50-53 – 50And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 51Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

6. Other Resurrections “Saints” – Raised during Jesus’ death/resurrection – Ascended with Jesus Ephesians 4:8 – Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”

7. Other Resurrections Moses – Died Deuteronomy 34:5-7 – 5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor; but no one knows his grave to this day. 7Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.

8. Other Resurrections Moses – Died – Raised Jude 1:9 – Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

9. Other Resurrections Moses – Died – Raised – Transfiguration Luke 9:28-31 – 28Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening. 30And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, 31who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

10. The Preeminent Resurrection Jesus – The “firstfruits” of the resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 – 20But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep... 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.

11. The Preeminent Resurrection Jesus – The “firstfruits” of the resurrection – Who holds the keys of death Revelation 1:17-18 – 17And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”

12. The 1st Death – What happens? Genesis 2:15-17 Genesis 3:1-5 God’s Original Truth - Dying you will die Satan’s Original Lie - Dying you will not die - You will become like God

13. Bible Study Guidelines 1. Examine all relevant passages 2. Never conclude on few or obscure passages alone 3. Let the Bible define its own terms 4. Draw conclusions from “clear” passages 5. Re-examine “difficult’ passages in light of the “clear”

14. The LIFE Equation Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Dust of Ground + Breath of Life Living Being Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

15. Dust of the Ground Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Ground = “adamah” – Red dirt Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

16. Breath of Life Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Breath = “nishmah” Greek equivalent = “pneuma” Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

17. Genesis 7:20-23 nishmah-ruach Breath of LIfe nishmah 20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22All in whose nostrils was the breathof thespiritof life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

18. Joshua 11:11,14 nishmah ruach Breath of LIfe 11 And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was none left breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire. 14 And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

19. Job 27:3-4 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach 3 As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, 4 My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

20. Job 33:4 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

21. Job 34:14-15 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach 14 If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath. 15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

22. Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 19 For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

23. Proverbs 20:27 nishmah ruach Breath of LIfe The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

24. Genesis 1:1-2 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spiritof God was hovering over the face of the waters. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

25. Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 6 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well. 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

26. Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach Ecclesiastes 9:5-6,10 5 For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; nevermore will they have a share in anything done under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

27. Psalm 104:29-30 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, They die and return to their dust. 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

28. Psalm 146:3-4 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach 3 Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

29. Psalm 6:5 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks? Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

30. Psalm 115:17 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor any who go down into silence. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

31. Psalm 13:3 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death... Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

32. Psalm 17:15 Breath of LIfe nishmah ruach As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

33. James 2:26 Breath of LIfe pneuma For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

34. John 3:5-8 Breath of LIfe pneuma 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

35. Matthew 5:3 Breath of LIfe pneuma Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 26:41 The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 1 Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

36. Living Being Soul Genesis 2:7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Being = “nephesh” Greek equivalent = “psuche” Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

37. Genesis 12:5 Living Being nephesh Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

38. Genesis 1:21,24 Living Being nephesh 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

39. Acts 2:41 Living Being psuche Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

40. Acts 27:37 Living Being psuche And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

41. Genesis 9:4-5 Living Being nephesh 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely for your life-blood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

42. Acts 27:22 Living Being psuche And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

43. Living Being nephesh Deuteronomy 12:21 ...you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires. Judges 16:16 [Delilah] pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death.... Psalm 63:1 O God, You are my God… My soul thirsts for You; Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

44. Psalm 33:18-21 Living Being nephesh 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy, 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

45. Psalm 116:7-8 Living Being nephesh 7 Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. 8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 7 Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. 8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

46. Ezekiel 18:4,20 Living Being nephesh 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 shall die. 20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

47. Matthew 10:28 Living Being psuche And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (gehenna). Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

48. James 5:19-20 Living Being psuche 19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. Life Equation: Physical Body + Breath of Life = Living Being

49. 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 Immortal 51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

50. 1 Timothy 1:17 Immortal Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Corinthians 15:53 …this corruptible must put on incorruption... …this mortal must put on immortality...