Elder Gaul: The Quickening

Sir:
You will be a most cherished witness on the Great and Terrible day of judgment. For now, please see the following verses and respond.

I Corinthians
[35] But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
[36] Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

What is meant, here, by "quickened"?

If not...

Eph.2

[1] And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
[2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
[3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
[4] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
[5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
[6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

THEREFORE

DEATH, in Christianity is associated with the soul, for man can kill the body, but only God can destroy the soul. That dichotomy begins when thsoe who were "dead in trespasses and sins" (which RESULT in death and hell, these cast in Revelation into the lake of fire) are quickened.

SO

The death and resurrection of Christ MUST be viewed in the same foundational context. However Christ's physical death occurred, he died first to sin and was raised in righteousness allowing others to follow suit.

The following verse seems clear to me that we CAN take the crucifixion metaphorically..

what do you think?

[9] For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
[10] And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
[11] In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
[12] Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
[13] And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
[14] Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
[15] And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
[16] Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

AND

1 Peter 3
[18] For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
[19] By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

In other words, Elder Gaul, Christian "death" occurs BEFORE physical death, as does Christian resurrection. It is evidence, proof if you will, of the redemption of the soul and not its destruction.