"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.". Socrates
"I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings". Hellen Keller
While the Catholic Church asserts the immortality of the soul, the Old Testament made no reference to an immortal soul independent of the body. In Islam, I quote, the spirit that does not leave him unless he leaves this world and the soul that he can see dreams and stations by it and body which will be corroded and returns to soil after death. In Judaism, only human beings have immortal souls, but not all humans are human. Goy can also be a swarm of locusts, other animals. However immortal soul is debated. Enough with what people think. Let's see what the Bible says.
If you do a search for immortal soul on Blue Letter Bible Online KJV, there's no results. Immortal is used one time and soul is mentioned 432 times.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and Glory forever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17
Immortal is the Greek word aphthartos. It is used 7 times in 7 verses as uncorruptible Romans 7:23, incorruptible 1 Corinthians 7:25, 15:52, 1 Peter 1:4, 1:23 and 3:4. In Romans we find that corrupted man sees the Glory of the incorruptible, immortal as a image of corruption. In Corinthians we see we can have an immortal crown. That's to say mortals are given a mark, a crown of immortality. 1 Peter we see we have an inheritance of immortality. We are Born again into immortality. 1 Peter 3 is worth the time reading it. It speaks of Godly Living. Yahusha. We are to have Yahusha in our feelings, His immortality with our meekness, our quiet spirit in Yahuah's sight.
Having said all that, the natural man does not have a immortal soul, he has a corrupted soul. Now we move on to study the soul of humans.
Hebrew had 3 different words for soul. Greek has one.
In Hebrew nᵊḏîḇâ, is a feminine noun meaning nobility, nobleness, noble deeds. It's used one time in Job 30:15.
Nep̄eš is a feminine noun meaning soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion. I believe this is what is corrupted by natural birth. Although it's also used for the lives of animals.
Nᵊšāmâ is a feminine noun meaning breath, spirit. Nᵊšāmâ is the Breath of Life in Genesis 2. This is the Breath of fowl, cattle, beast, every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man as in Genesis 7.
To say a person has an immortal soul is to say the sinful act of Adam and Eve had no effect on humans. Hebrew had 5 words for Spirit. One is the same for soul. This is the word nᵊšāmâ.
ôḇ is masculine noun used in verses as in familiar spirits.
Baʿălâ is a feminine noun used in verses for familiar spirits and mistress of witchcraft.
Rûaḥ or Reach is a feminine noun meaning wind, breath, mind, spirit. This word needs a study in itself.
Before Adam and Eve was corrupted, I believe they were immortal. Once corrupted, everyone born after them are corrupted, not immortal. Yahusha being immortal, everyone truly born again are mortal, putting on the inheritance of immortality.
I believe that someone who is dead, not born again is in Hell. They forget who Yahuah is. Their sins on earth are still upon them. In a way, they design their own Hell of their lusts and regrets.
Hell will be emptied at the time of the Great White Throne Judgment. The Universe as we know it will be gone, including the Abyss, the vapors above and below the Earth. Death will face the Second Death of the Lake of Fire. Death will be Dead. This is a Death that's unimaginable. Do not confuse what happens in Hell with the Lake of Fire.
