Charles — Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Vol. I — Section 1172
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Work: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament — Vol. I
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R. H. Charles ed. 1913, Vol. I
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Physical death, however, is practically disregarded by our author: he fixes his attention upon spiritual death, and this can take place even on earth. The wicked are made to say, ‘as soon as we were born we ceased to be’ (v. 13). According to this statement spiritual death does not mean annihilation; the wicked are spiritually dead even on earth; and in the next world this miserable condition continues, with the additional fact that they are now conscious of their condition. That they are likened to a city razed to the ground, the very name of which is forgotten, does not mean that they …
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- R. H. Charles, ed., 1913 — Internet Archive
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- Public-domain-era 1913 edition; unrestricted Internet Archive derivative required
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- English
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