[RobRoy]

“The spirit it self lives on forever...”

I am confused by that. First, understanding the personality of God as I do, I don’t understand how it can live apart from God. Second. The Bible is pretty clear that Jesus died that we all may live, if we accept the free gift of eternal life. The wages of sin is death. And it is not about the death of the body, since even the saints “die” in that sense.

Over and over again the bible speaks of death of the non-believers. I honestly don’t know where we get the belief that one “lives” forever outside the presence of God. I confess it is what I used to believe.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

The spirit of man never dies,,, the body dies.
When the Bible speaks of eternal death... it is speaking about being separated from God eternally... as in ? hell...
Eternal life is being with God in heaven for eternity.
Someone can be alive here on Earth physically, but, still be spiritually dead.... it's when someone becomes " BORN AGAIN " that they receive new eternal life......