What happens after we die? Do we go to heaven? Or do we come back to life?

I'm John Collins. This is the Bible Project podcast and we're talking about Hebrew word nefesh.

It's often translated in English as soul. In this episode we're discussing what happens to our

souls are nefesh after we die. People often assume the idea of an eternal non-physical existence

that humans living on after death apart from their bodies as disembodied souls forever and ever.

That's a really important idea in the Bible or a main teaching of the Bible. And I certainly

thought that till actually started to read the Bible. In the past two episodes we've discovered

that in Hebrew thought people don't have a soul, they are a soul, a living breathing nefesh.

According to the Bible, God has committed to recreating and renewing his whole world, a physical

world. And if that's the case. Then within this biblical mindset death cannot be the end of me.

What is the me? What is the state and experience of the me after I die?

So what's after death? You might be surprised with the biblical authors think. Thanks for joining us.

Here we go.

So why are we having this conversation? Well because you're trying to ruin my existence, Tim.

You're nefesh? You're trying to know.

No, no, no, no. I'm joking. We're having this because we're going to do a video on soul and it's

going to spin some people out. We're going to try and condense all this into a three and a half

minute video. Yeah. And honestly, the video will be like, that's really interesting, but really?

I have a ton of questions. I have a ton of questions. That's what it's going to do.

And then hopefully you can listen to this and have less questions.

I'm sorry. So let's bring it around because the video is part of explaining the shaman.

So hero is real. Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all of your nefesh.

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