Why Evil Was Permitted and Related Topics, Part 9
The lie which deceived in Eden–“Thou shalt not surely die“–has been the teaching of the devil through all generations since. He has taught it to all heathen peoples, and among those who are God’s children–Christians–he has succeeded in getting many to believe him instead of God. But since death has come, he offsets the logical conclusions by saying that the real being (the soul) is not dead; that merely the house (the flesh) has died, and that the being (the…