Beliefs 8–10 establish the hope of the believer in the resurrection rather than in the idea of an immortal soul living apart from the body. Believers of the Way United teaches that death is a state of unconsciousness, silence, and non-existence. The dead do not continue in awareness in heaven or torment in hell; they await the resurrection as their only hope of life.
From this foundation, we understand the soul not as an immaterial entity separate from the body, but as the living being itself — the complete person formed when body and breath unite by the power of YHWH. Therefore, the hope of the righteous is not escape from the earth, but bodily resurrection at the return of Yeshua the Messiah, when YHWH raises His people to eternal life.
8. RESURRECTION
The belief that death is a state of complete unconsciousness and non-existence, and that the hope of the believer is not an immortal soul going to heaven at death, but a bodily resurrection from the dead at the return of Yeshua the Messiah, when YHWH will raise his people to eternal life.
Old Testament
Job 14:12 — Job 14:21 — Job 19:25-27 — Psalm 6:5 — Psalm 13:3 — Psalm 49:15 — Psalm 88:10 — Psalm 115:17 — Psalm 146:4 — Ecclesiastes 9:5 — Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Isaiah 26:19 — Isaiah 38:18 — Daniel 12:2 — Daniel 12:13 — Hosea 13:14 — Ezekiel 37:1-3 — Ezekiel 37:12 — 2 Kings 4:32-35 — 1 Kings 17:21-22
New Testament
Matthew 22:31-32 — John 5:28-29 — John 6:39-40 — John 11:23-25 — Acts 2:29-32 — Acts 4:2 — Acts 17:18 — Acts 24:15 — Romans 6:23 — Romans 8:11 — 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 — 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 — 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 — 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 — 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 — 2 Timothy 1:10 — Hebrews 11:35 — Revelation 20:4-6 — Revelation 20:12-13 — John 3:13
9. STATE OF THE DEAD
The belief that death is not the gateway to an immortal soul floating in heaven or burning in hell, but a state of complete unconsciousness, silence, and non-existence — the dead know nothing, feel nothing, and await the resurrection as their only hope of life.
Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 9:5 — Ecclesiastes 9:6 — Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Psalm 6:5 — Psalm 13:3 — Psalm 30:9 — Psalm 49:12 — Psalm 49:17 — Psalm 88:10-12 — Psalm 115:17 — Psalm 146:4 — Job 7:9-10 — Job 14:10-12 — Job 14:21 — Isaiah 38:18-19 — Isaiah 26:14 — Ezekiel 18:4 — Ezekiel 18:20 — Genesis 2:7 — Genesis 3:19
New Testament
John 11:11-14 — John 11:23-24 — Acts 2:29-34 — Acts 13:36 — Romans 6:23 — Romans 6:7 — 1 Corinthians 15:18 — 1 Corinthians 15:20 — 1 Corinthians 15:51 — 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 — 1 Thessalonians 4:16 — 2 Timothy 1:10 — Hebrews 9:27 — Revelation 20:12-13 — Revelation 20:4 — John 5:28-29 — John 6:40 — John 3:13 — Matthew 9:24 — Luke 8:52-53
10. THE SOUL
The immaterial entity separate from the body, but rather the living being itself — the complete person created by YHWH when breath and body unite. The soul does not survive death independently but dies with the body and awaits resurrection.
Old Testament
Genesis 2:7 — Genesis 1:20 — Genesis 1:24 — Genesis 2:19 — Leviticus 17:11 — Leviticus 17:14 — Numbers 9:6 — Numbers 19:11 — Deuteronomy 6:5 — Joshua 11:11 — 1 Samuel 18:1 — Job 7:15 — Psalm 22:20 — Psalm 34:22 — Psalm 49:8 — Psalm 63:1 — Psalm 72:13 — Psalm 78:50 — Ezekiel 18:4 — Ecclesiastes 12:7
New Testament
Matthew 10:28 — Matthew 16:26 — Matthew 22:37 — Mark 8:36-37 — Mark 12:30 — Luke 1:46 — Luke 12:19-20 — Luke 12:22-23 — Acts 2:27 — Acts 2:31 — Acts 3:23 — Romans 2:9 — 1 Corinthians 15:44-45 — 1 Corinthians 15:53-54 — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 — Hebrews 4:12 — Hebrews 10:39 — James 1:21 — James 5:20 — Revelation 16:3
Foundations of the Way is a seven-part teaching series designed to walk readers through the fundamental beliefs of Believers of the Way United. These articles provide a clear introduction before readers explore the full Scripture references and doctrinal statements.