-the bible calls man and animals nepheshs, the word and meaning is same for both in gen..
Satain said she would not die, that means being immortal and can not die.
what bible verse do you have that they where immortal before eating the fruit?
(The point is that Adam and Eve would not die as long as they didn't eat the fruit
they were created in a world in which death did not exist, which is why we read that death is a result (wage) of sin
-they did not eat of the tree of life, and where mortal before and after without it.
did they die right away, God said they would die and they did.
you're view that makes God's (gift) of immortal meaningless I believe.
Man, formed from material dust of the ground, upon breathing air, became a living soul
It does not say man is, or has, an immortal soul. What was formed from material ground became a soul(nephesh).
life is in the blood of all animals, not in that first breath God gave to man.
-but there is the spirit in man
this is not Gods holy spirit given to few, everyone has one.
1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens,
and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
- science calls it youre concience, they can't see, or feel, or understand it
8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
-it's what imparts thought, it seperates mans brain from animals
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
no brain, no eyes or ears or mouth, bible says we sleep untill our change comes.
a recording of youre life returns to God, without youre body it knows nothing and it's not immortal or alive by itself.
this spirit in man, man made in Gods image, is not the same as breathing for the first time.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?
even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
(Notice there are two steps to the creation of Adam - first he is formed from the dust of the earth - that alone set him apart from the animal world that was created by God's voice alone!)
-19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth,
so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
37:13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves,
O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
(so immediately we die we face the judgement - how can we do that if we are just dust? )
-16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
-the holy spirit filled first fruits, gets a new body at Christs return,
others later mabe, at the great white throne judgement.
what verse do you have for heaven bound now, or who judges you right away before time?
28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him
shall (he appear the second time) without sin unto salvation.
-when he appears the second time,
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Paul explains when, at the last trump. Changed to immortal.
We will be CHANGED to spirit, changed such that we do not see corruption.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.