L
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-cover.jpg)
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-1.jpg)
"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 soul." Genesis 2:7. Answer: God made us from dust in the beginning.
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-2.jpg)
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Ecclesiastes 12:7. Answer: The body turns to dust again, and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it. The spirit of every person who dies--whether righteous or wicked--returns to God at death.
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-3.jpg)
"The body without the spirit ["breath," see margin] is dead." James 2:26. "The spirit of God ["the breath which God gave him," see margin] is in my nostrils." Job 27:3. Answer: The spirit that returns to God at death is the breath of life. Nowhere in all of God's book does the "spirit" have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the "breath of life" and nothing more.
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-4.jpg)
"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 soul." Genesis 2:7. Answer: A soul is a living being. A soul is always a combination of two things: body plus breath. A soul cannot exist unless body and breath are combined. God's Word teaches that we are souls.
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-5.jpg)
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel 18:20. "Every living soul died in the sea." Revelation 16:3. Answer: According to God's Word, souls do die! We are souls, and souls die. Man is mortal (Job 4:17). Only God is immortal (1 Timothy 6:15, 16). The concept of an undying, immortal soul goes against the Bible, which teaches that souls are subject to death.
<DIV style="WIDTH: 100%; DISPLAY: table; PADDING-TOP: 25px">
![](http://www.bibleuniversity.com/images/CourseID2//afsg10-6a.jpg)
"All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth." John 5:28, 29. "David ... is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." "For David is not ascended into the heavens." Acts 2:29, 34. "If I wait, the grave is mine house." Job 17:13.
<SPAN class=content1>
Answer: No, people do not go either to heaven or hell at death. They go to their graves to await the resurrection day.
For more go to Amazingfacts.org