Second Part: The Soul or the heavenly body: As the Flesh is the earthly body.

The Soul is the heavenly or spiritual body which gives the form and appearance to the spirit of life within us. And as the body of flesh is the earthly vessel or house of the spirit and the soul, the Soul is also the ultimate heavenly vessel or house of the spirit or life or mind or whole consciousness of existence.

Both the physical body and the spiritual body or soul have the same form, for the similitude of the fleshly body was patterned after its celestial counterpart body, the soul, differing only mainly in the kind of glory given to each one.

And so, the apostle Paul wrote in this wise, saying, There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestial is another. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption (1 COR 15:40, 44, 49). Therefore, we are now certain that man has two kinds of body in himself. One the earthy or the flesh (which shall return to dust as it was), and the other the spiritual or celestial, the soul (which we bring in the life after this worldly life).

In the same token, there is designed two manner of living for each body, one according to the flesh or carnal and the other according to the spirit or godliness (though these two bodies have only one life or spirit in both). And as having two kinds of bodies and manner of living for both God has decreed a particular Judgement and Punishment of Death for each, that is the First Death which is of the flesh wherein the earthy body will return to the ground from whence it was taken (and unto which death all men are destined to die once because of Sin); and then there is that Second Death of which are all not familiar yet.

What is the Second Death? It is the Death prepared for the Soul or Celestial Body of the man who did not overcome the world of sin by Faith in Jesus Christ. It is written in the book of Revelations that on that Judgement Day, Death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the Second Death.

And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire (REV 20:14-15). So thus, the first death is earthy, concerning the body that is seen or visible, the physical or the flesh; while the second death is spiritual, concerning that body which is not visible to us, the body according to the spirit, which is the soul.

But how far more dreadful and terrible is the Second Death or the Final Death, for it would be the End of that body which has the Hope and Destiny to inherit the everlasting life, should the man thereof overcome by Faith.

Hence Christ spoke in this manner, saying. Fear not them that 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 (MAT 10:28).

Yes, dear brethren, let us not be truly afraid of our own fellowman who can kill the body of flesh but after that cannot harm the soul; but let us rather fear God who has the power over the life and death of both the earthly body and the spiritual body, the soul.

But as for us, brethren, we must always remember that our goal or aim in our Faith in God through Jesus Christ is to save, not the physical body or flesh, but our souls. As the apostle Peter wrote, saying, Receiving the end of your Faith, even the salvation of your souls (1 PETER 1:9).

Third Part: The Spirit, The Life: