My point is WHEN is one absent from the body. I think you're assuming the body has a spirit that is everlasting / eternal and leaves the body at death. That is not what this scripture says.

The SOUL is defined in Genesis as the Body + the breath of life. Given this clear definition, I think the scripture becomes clear: when the (human) body is replaced by the new body at the resurrection when the breath of life returns then you will be with the lord. That's how I would read that promise. There is no everlasting spirit that is eternal. Only God can grant eternal life and for most believers that happens at the resurrection of the righteous.

Once a believer rejects these teachings of man that we are all immortal and either go to eternal bliss or eternal torment, the sonner one will understand the true nature of God. God would NEVER subject his children to eternal torment. And if he did I would immediately reject Him as a tyrant and unjust (eternity is forever) no way.

My point is WHEN is one absent from the body. I think you're assuming the body has a spirit that is everlasting / eternal and leaves the body at death. That is not what this scripture says.

The SOUL is defined in Genesis as the Body + the breath of life. Given this clear definition, I think the scripture becomes clear: when the (human) body is replaced by the new body at the resurrection when the breath of life returns then you will be with the lord. That's how I would read that promise. There is no everlasting spirit that is eternal. Only God can grant eternal life and for most believers that happens at the resurrection of the righteous.

Once a believer rejects these teachings of man that we are all immortal and either go to eternal bliss or eternal torment, the sonner one will understand the true nature of God. Gid would NEVER subject his children to eternal torment. And if he did I would immediately reject Him as a tyrant and unjust (eternity is forever) no way.

My point is WHEN is one absent from the body. I think you're assuming the body has a spirit that is everlasting / eternal and leaves the body at death. That is not what this scripture says.

The SOUL is defined in Genesis as the Body + the breath of life. Given this clear definition, I think the scripture becomes clear: when the (human) body is replaced by the new body at the resurrection when the breath of life returns then you will be with the lord. That's how I would read that promise. There is no everlasting spirit that is eternal. Only God can grant eternal life and for most believers that happens at the resurrection of the righteous.