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explained in terms of a technological analogue:<br />
When an electrical current (considered as being<br />
spirit) flows though a lamp (representing the<br />
body), a third entity is produced, namely light<br />
(the phenomenon of a new soul).<br />
Man’s fall into sin: Without the trialistic biblical<br />
view of man, some fundamental biblical concepts<br />
would remain a mystery. In the garden of Eden<br />
God gave a single commandment: “You are free<br />
to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must<br />
not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good<br />
and evil, for when you eat of it, you will surely<br />
die” (Gen 2:16-17). After they had sinned, Adam<br />
and Eve still lived on, but their spirit which was<br />
in direct communication with God, died immediately.<br />
The close communion with God ended, and<br />
as a result of their sin, physical, bodily death<br />
entered the world – “the wages of sin is death”<br />
(Rom 6:23). They not only died spiritually that<br />
day, they began to die physically from then on.<br />
The end result is that eternal death awaits every<br />
person, but that does not mean that his/her existence<br />
will be ended (Luke 16:19-31). It means that<br />
man will for all eternity be separated from God.<br />
God’s wrath remains on him, since “the result of<br />
one trespass was condemnation for all men”<br />
(Rom 5:18).<br />
Salvation: But, praise God! He has provided<br />
everything necessary to make it possible for us to<br />
leave the train of death in which all of us are<br />
travelling towards eternal doom. How this happens,<br />
how our dead spirits can be revived, is discussed<br />
fully in the second part of this book.<br />
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