Let\u2019s see now what Ramchal said about Techiyat<\/i> HaMeitim <\/i>in some of his other works. <\/i>Interestingly, he sees it in light of the ethical continuum starting from Adam and Eve\u2019s sin until the end of all sin in the World to Come (Derech Hashem<\/i> 1:3:9). Since \u201chumanity and the universe at large will not be able to reach perfection while continuing to exist in a ruined state,\u201d he says there, \u201cthey and it will have to die and be undone, after which they and it will come back to life anew in a form that\u2019s conducive to perfection\u201d. Being more explicit he says elsewhere that the universe itself will \u201creturn to a state of formlessness and emptiness\u201d (Genesis 1:2) after 6,000 years (Sanhedrin<\/i> 97b), \u201creturning then to its \u2026. primal form\u201d (Ma\u2019amar<\/i> HaIkarim<\/i>, Geulah<\/i>) [1].<\/p>\n
Addressing the renewed relationship between body and soul then, Ramchal informs us that when the soul returns to the body after Techiyat<\/i> HaMeitim, <\/i>the soul will function \u201cin all its splendor and might\u201d (which it couldn\u2019t do while the individual was alive) and will purify the body to \u201ca great degree\u201d [2]. And then the conjoined soul and body will \u201cascend higher and higher\u201d (Derech<\/i> Hashem<\/i> 1:3:13).<\/p>\n
Note:<\/p>\n
[1] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Adir<\/i> Bamarom<\/i> p. 188 for more on the chronology as well as pp. 197-198 there.<\/p>\n
[2] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But see Da\u2019at Tevunot 72 for a discussion of a complete purification of the body from the first, and more.<\/p>\n
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