Only God is immortal; Eternal life is a gift

1 Timothy 6:15-17

15. Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

16. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy

Romans 2:7

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

How long does forever last?

Exodus 21:6

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

Jude 1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Dead people don't go to heaven or hell judgment, they must be resurrected

There are two resurrections, one for the saved and the other for the lost

John 5:28-29

28. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice

29. and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

Mathew 27

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,  

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.  

54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Mark 12:25 

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

John 5:25

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

John 14

2. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also

1 Corinthians 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.

Hell judgment is at an appointed day

Romans 2:7

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 

Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

One life, one judgement

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

The soul can be destroyed in Gehenna

Note: Gehhena is Jerusalem's City Dump and it symbolizes the Lake of Fire in Revelation

Fiery "hell" is the lake of fire

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (gehenna).

Hell (hades) is the grave (not to be confused with the lake of fire)

Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell (hades), neither his flesh did see corruption.

1 Corinthians 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave (hades), where is thy victory?

Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell (hades) and of death.

In the Lake of Fire is the second death in which there is no resurrection

Revelation 20:12-14

12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

 13. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell (hades) delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

 14. And death and hell (hades) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

"Hell" in the old testament is from the hebrew word "sheol", which means "grave"

Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave (sheol) unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Jonah 2

1Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 

2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell (sheol) cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

Deuteronomy 32:22 

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell (sheol), and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

(note that the "fire" here merely symbolizes God's anger against sin, which he will destroy in the lake of fire in the final judgement. The "lowest grave" symbolizes profoundness of His anger.)

In hell judgment, the fire falls from heaven and it annihilates the lost

Revelation 20:9

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

Jesus didn't go to paradise when he died, nor did the thief on the cross

Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee today, thou shalt be with me in paradise. 

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus mentions the resurrection

Luke 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Demons can pose as dead people. Saul even bowed to one claiming to be Samuel

1 Samuel 28

13. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

14. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 

The Creation of man

Genesis 2:7 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 (nephesh).

Genesis 2:17-18

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 

 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

 Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth....

In the original Hebrew, nephesh (soul) refers to animals too.

Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature (nephesh) that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Souls are physical mortal beings

Genesis 14:21

And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons (nephesh), and take the goods to thyself.

Numbers 9:6

And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body (nephesh) of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Numbers 31:19

And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person (nephesh), and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

Joshua 11:11

And they smote all the souls (nephesh) that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

Psalms 25:20

O keep my soul (nephesh), and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Psalms 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life (nephesh).

Revelation 6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls (psuche) of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Revelation 16:3

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul (psuche) died in the sea.

Psalm 6:4-5

 4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Psalm 115:17

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 146:3-4

3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 

4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (breath) shall return unto God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 9

5. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

James 5:20

Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

Can the dead haunt us?

Job 14:10-12, 21

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Job 7:9-10

9. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

10. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

David didn't ascend to heaven yet

Acts 2:34 

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 

Relation between breath and Spirit

Job 27

 3. All the while my breath (neshamah) is in me, and the spirit (ruach) of God is in my nostrils;

4. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

The Resurrection of Jesus

1 Corinthians 15

13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised

 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

 18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

John 2:19-21

19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

 21 But he spake of the temple of his body.

Matthew 28:5-7

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

Luke 24: 39

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

Jesus is the resurrection and the life

John 11:25-26

...I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

You either perish or have everlasting life; you can't have both.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The worm that doesn't die isn't the soul

The WORM serves the SAME FUNCTION AS the FIRE (to devour the soul)

Mark 9:45-46 

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.