... The words of Daniel 12:13 express in a clear way the view by the writer of that book: NIV says: "You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your alloted inheritance." The hope is not connected with an intrinsic immortality, but with God`s ability and desire to give life to a dead person, i.e., to resurrect or recreate that person. In fact, the view that every man has an immortal soul (intrinsic immortality) and the view of a resurrection of the dead are mutually exclusive concepts. A person needs not be given life (immortality) if that person already possesses life (immortality).
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