The Trichotomous Nature of Man in Christianity: A Trichotomy of Body, Spirit, and Soul in Life, Death, and Eternity

By Robert Alan King

The Trichotomous Nature of Man in Christianity: A Trichotomy of Body, Spirit, and Soul in Life, Death, and Eternity by Robert Alan King is a booklet of approximately 7,000 words. It discusses the difference between the body, the soul, and the spirit in physical life, after death, and after the judgment. It has some technical discussion of Hebrew and Greek words such as neshamah, ruwach, psuche, pneuma, hades, and sheol. It is a thorough biblical study for laymen and scholars alike. Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Alan King
• Release date: Mar 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465892652

Robert Alan King

Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has written numerous theological and inspirational articles for a variety of publications, including Advocate, The Church Herald & Holiness Banner, Companions, The Priest, Proclaim, Pulpit Helps, Vista, War Cry, and Decision Magazine. He also has authored numerous printed books and dozens of eBooks.King has a Master of Arts Degree Sum Cum Laude in Psychology from Touro University Worldwide with an 4.0 institutional GPA, a Bachelor of Science Degree Cum Laude in Bible and Theology from Lee University with an 4.0 institutional GPA, and an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Science from Coastline Community College. He has a total of at least 256 units of education from universities, seminaries or colleges. This includes at least 130 units of Bible and theology related classes from Lee University, Calvary Chapel Bible College, and Chafer Theological Seminary.

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The Trichotomous Nature of Man in Christianity:

A Trichotomy of Body, Spirit, and Soul in Life, Death, and Eternity

By Robert Alan King

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Published by King & Associates

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Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Apocrypha, copyright 1957; The Third and Fourth Books of the Maccabees and Psalm 151, copyright 1977 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Threefold Nature of Man

The Sting of Death

The Intermediate State

The Resurrection

Eternal Life & Everlasting Death

From Mythology to Sound Doctrine

Footnotes

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Introduction

It is unfortunate for us today that much of the Church has lost the understanding of the true nature of man and the real significance of the salvation of the soul as conveyed to us in the biblical text. Instead, most of us have a clouded perception of man’s nature rather than a sound understanding of the truth. The cause of this distortion stems from the heavy influence of Greek philosophy upon the development of Christian theology in the beginning centuries of the church. Greek philosophical thought filtered into Church dogma as early as the second century and influenced interpretation of both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament.

With the subtle shift to Greek thought within the church, some Greek words of great theological significance in the Septuagint and the New Testament writings were often interpreted in light of their prevalent meaning in the Greek philosophy of the second century. This error has continued up until the present day.

My objective in this book is to restore the biblical teaching on the nature of man, the intermediate state between death and judgment day, and the eternal destiny of both the saved and unsaved, as well as to expound the true characteristics of the soul as revealed to us in the Scriptures.

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The Threefold Nature of Man

We as humans consist of body, soul and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23), and it is this trichotomy that is life for us as defined in Scripture. It is the failure to recognize this teaching of a threefold nature in the Holy Scriptures that has resulted in much misunderstanding and confusion on the true nature and eternal destiny of the human soul. Many of us often speak of soul and spirit interchangeably, as if they were one and the same, but they are not. Contrary to popular belief, though the conscious spirit departs upon physical death, the soul cannot