Absent From Time

About the Book

This book covers a spectrum of topics that deal with: 1. who we are as created beings 2. How we spend our time 3. The love of God for us, and 4. Our departure from the world; “absent from the body, present with the Lord”. The composition of “man” is: 1. Spirit, 2. Soul and 3. Body, and this confuses even the well versed Christian. We are actually SOULS that have a spirit residing in a body. This is what Jesus died for, to save from destruction “that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life”. In Ecclesiastes 12:7 it states that all men, when they die, their “spirit returns back to God who gave it”. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it (Eccl 12:7 KJV). When we die: 1. the Spirit goes back to God who gave it, 2. the body goes back to the earth (for it is dust transformed by the power of God); 3. the soul is in the hand of God reserved for judgment.

About the Author

Rev. Henry B.J. Cooper II is the 4th child of Henry Sr. and Iva Cooper (both deceased), the 7th Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Disciple Centre, High Rock, Grand Bahama. In his theological advancement, he served as the Youth Minister, Sunday School Superintendent, Minister of Music, and Superintendent of all the Baptist churches in East Grand Bahama that are affiliated with the Zion United Baptist Convention (tenure completed Feb. 2019). He is a Justice of the Peace and a Marriage Officer. Rev. Cooper began his early education at the High Rock All-age School, a graduate of Highbury High School (R.M. Bailey), Teachers’ College (Teachers’ Cert in Ed.), the College of the Bahamas (Associate in Business Admin.), Florida International University (Bachelors in Accounting & Computer Sc.). He has been married to Lucette Neely-Cooper for 45 years; and the proud father of Henry “BJ” III, Derrell and Samantha, and cherished by 6 grandchildren.