A matter of Life and Death

There are literally dozens of views and opinions about life and death - just what exactly is life (?), and what happens to our consciousness or self-awareness when we die (?). These views range from the materialist, who sees life as a random clustering of atoms which, for a brief moment in eternity produce a living creature, to the mystic, who thinks that life is either an illusion, or a passage through a multi-layered experience in which …

…when oxygen enters their blood stream. God is called the "God of the spirits of all flesh" - Num.16:22, 27:16 and also Luke 23:46, Acts 7:59. And the "Father of spirits" in Heb.12:9. The 'spirits' means 'the breaths'. Ecclesiastes 12:7 The breath of God is taken back from the soul (nephesh) resulting in the death of the soul. "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it".