We have considered how the soul may make various journeys or transitions from state to state. In this lesson we trace the ideal path that the soul should take.

The Perfect Path

I have called this one of "the paths of grace" because God has provided this path out of his kindness, goodness, and love. One special human being walked this perfect path setting us an example.

It will help you to follow this lesson if you have the diagram and notes from "Journeys of the Soul" . You can arrange the two windows side by side on your screen.

Diagram

There is a perfect path that ought to be taken by everyone. It consists of three of the twelve possible transitions that we studied in "Journeys of the Soul".

Trans	From state of:	Via Event Portal:	To state of:
1	[no state]	Physical Conception	Innocence
5	Innocence	Physical Death	Hadean Safety
10	Hadean Safety	Judgment Day	Eternal Life

A more simple and direct perfect path will be taken by many people. It consists of only two of the twelve possible transitions we studied in "Journeys of the Soul". Judgment day will come while a great many human beings are still living in this world. Many of those will not yet have committed sin. For these, the perfect path will consist of only two journeys, circumventing the portal of physical death and the state of hadean safety.

Trans	From state of:	Via Event Portal:	To state of:
1	[no state]	Physical Conception	Innocence
8	Innocence	Judgment Day	Eternal Life

 

Three Observations About the Perfect Path

1. We all got started on the perfect path. We all made the first journey (transition 1). We passed through the portal of conception, into a state of innocence. Thus we were born and developed as infants in this world. We had no say over this. It was God's doing. What we made of this perfect start, however, was up to our own choice.

2. We could have continued to walk in innocence until this day, and onward to the time ends in which we may exercise choice. If this were not because of judgment day's coming (transition 8), then it would be by reason of our physical death. We would pass through the portal of physical death into the state of hadean safety (transition 5). After that, we would be resurrected to life, our path taking us through the portal of judgment day and into the state of eternal life in heaven (transition 10). This perfect path was God's will for us.

3. We left the perfect path. We should have remained innocent and pure from sin all through our life on earth until this day. However we chose to go on a wrong journey (transition 2), from the state of innocence through the portal of first sin and into the state of spiritual death or death in sin (Rom 3:23). We will take that up later, when we look at the sinner's right path. But first we must notice this...