A question about the afterlife, does the soul arise soon after death and since the body houses the soul - is the physical appearance of a person also reflected in the spiritual essences? More or less, are both the appearance the same? We know that man was made in the image and likeness of God and Angels are spiritual beings of pure light and would be considered the radiate or the pure light of God’s glory, ("wherever the angel appears the the divine Presence appears (Exodus 32:9)) Then what happens when the soul looses its statue? As with the fallen ones, who no longer have the light of God in them as their spiritual appearance (or make up) would then change along with their form, wouldn’t this be correct?
The book of Job indicates or questions,can the soul have the same ability to repent in the afterlife? Is there, at death and then a resurrection, a judgment place on the soul, at that moment - or does our own spirit give away to our own sins? When we are physically alive - and sin, our sin are judged instantly but what about at death if the sin remains (John 9:41 “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”) What makes man unique, while alive (?), is that we have the ability to repent but what makes this so different from death? When we are alive but spiritually dead we raise our voices until God hears our cries/prayers and upon hearing our prayers, thus raises us up from the ashes? So then at death, the physical part of us is dead but what about the spiritual?
1 “O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, from the depth of our troubled, weary souls we cry out to you. 2 Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy on us, because we have sinned against you. 3 You reign as king forever, but we die and are gone forever.”
There are ten expressions or phrases that are representative of Tefilah (Prayer). The first phrase is composed of three separate words: zaaka, shavah, and naakah (cry out, cry, sigh). As the Torah states (Sefer Shemot (Exodus) 2: 23-24): “Now it came to pass in those many days that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed from the labor, and they cried out, and their cry ascended to G-d from the labor. G-d heard their cry, and G-d remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.” Tefilah is also called batzar and kriah (distress and to call). As Scripture states (Shemuel II: (Samuel 2)22:7): “When I am in distress, I call upon the L-rd, yes I call upon my G-d: and out of His abode He hears my voice, and my cry enters His ears” Tefilah is represented, as well, by the terms rinah and p’giah (cry and prayer). As Scripture states (Sefer Yirmiyahu 7:16) “And you , pray not on behalf of this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer, and entreat Me not for I will not hear you.” Tefilah is called nipul (to fall down in supplication)
