Semantic Search Results
- etc3-16-origins-of-ect (0.701) -- prior iteration of this study
- etc2-16-origins-of-ect (0.694) -- prior iteration
- etc-16-origins-of-ect (0.686) -- prior iteration
- etc4-16-origins-of-ect (0.626) -- prior iteration
- etc-02-who-has-immortality (0.595) -- key findings on biblical immortality
Key Prior Study Findings (etc series)
etc-01-what-is-man
- Man BECAME a living soul (Gen 2:7) -- not "received an immortal soul"
- Nephesh chayyah applies equally to animals
- God ONLY has immortality (1 Tim 6:16)
- Thoughts perish at death (Ps 146:4)
- Dead know nothing (Ecc 9:5)
- The "immortal soul" claim classified I-D (requires overriding multiple E/N statements)
etc-02-who-has-immortality
- Immortality belongs to God alone (athanasia -- 1 Tim 6:16)
- Must be sought (aphtharsia -- Rom 2:7)
- Put on at resurrection (1 Cor 15:53-54)
- Brought to light through the gospel (2 Tim 1:10)
- Not inherent in humans; humans are thnetos (mortal)
etc-04-state-of-the-dead
- Death = unconscious sleep (7+ biblical authors)
- Being with the Lord tied to resurrection (1 Thess 4:16-17)
- No biblical description of conscious intermediate state
etc-09-rich-man-lazarus
- Luke 16:19-31 classified as parable (genre analysis)
- Not didactic teaching about afterlife conditions
etc-15-ect-strongest-case
- Strongest ECT passages are apocalyptic (Rev 14:10-11; Rev 20:10) or parabolic (Luke 16)
- No didactic passage explicitly teaches ECT