«...Иисус Наставник, помилуй нас!»

Anthropology of Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses

Priest Daniel Sysoev, Ph.D. in Theology.

CONTENT

Introduction

THE NATURE OF PRIMORDIAL MAN

1.1. Soul and body. Two natures or one.

1.2. What is the cause of human thought?

1.3. The human soul and the soul of an animal

1.4. The Creation of Man

1.5. The Image of God

1.6. The Existence of Man Before the Fall

THE FALL OF MAN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

2.1. The Fall. Death of the soul

2.2. Original Sin

2.3. Death and sleep

2.4. The Concept of Death in the Old Testament

SHEOL

OLD TESTAMENT TESTIMONIES ABOUT HUMAN NATURE, CONSIDERED BY SECTARIANS

4.1. Testimonies of the Psalms

4.2. Who appeared to Saul at the Sorceress of Endor?

4.3. The Old Testament Resurrections

4.4. The True Meaning of Ecclesiastes' Words

THE HUMAN NATURE OF CHRIST

5.1. Sectarians' Understanding of the Mystery of the Incarnation of God the Word

5.2. The Soul of the Lord Jesus Christ and Its Properties

5.3. The Death of the Lord Jesus Christ

5.4. The Descent into Hell

5.5. The Resurrection of Christ in the Representation of Sectarians

NEW TESTAMENT TESTIMONIES ABOUT HUMAN NATURE

6.1. Evidence of the Immortality of the Soul during the Earthly Life of the Savior

6.2. Testimonies in the Lord's Doctrine

6.2.1. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

6.2.2. Martyrdom as a Testimony to the Immortality of the Soul

6.3. Testimonies of Miracles