CREATION OF MAN

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GENESIS 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and  man became a living soul.

h'm'd]a'h-nim r'p'[ ~'d'a'h-t,a ~yih{l/a h'wh.y r,cyiY;w ~'d'a'h yih.y;w ~yiY;x t;m.vin wy'P;a.B x;PiY;w h'Y;x v,p,n.lt

Man had a spiritual body--a soul that giving him a mind, a will, and emotion

God formed man out of the physical elements of the earth, much like He did other earth creatures--so man is physical.
Then He breathed into him "the breath of life." This is different than other creatures.  After God breathed into man, "man became a living soul." The Greek word used in the Septuagint LXX (which the Apostle Paul used) for "soul" is psuche--or like the psychology psyche--our mind, will, and emotions.

1. WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DID MAN HAVE WITH GOD?

Man now has a unique cognition. Man now has a unique self-identification and a unique reasoning ability.
He now has the capability of "knowing good and bad"--morality.

The breath of life is what God breathed into man making him a living soul--not like the creation of other earth creatures.
THE BURDEN OR DRAG OF AGING  PHYSICAL BODY DOES AFFECT MY  SPIRITUAL BODY
As I reflect on my own life--I am now in my 80s, I have no problem recognizing I am a person living in a physical body grown old and weak.

 In a way, it's less hard to seperate my soul and body. My mind and will and emotions are yet strong, maybe more than in my youth, when I had a strong body. Obviously, I know this old body(brain cells) aging and dying will affect everything. Paul, the Apostle, used an old house analogy to present a useful picture of my situation.

	1 For we know that if this poor tent, our  earthly house, is taken down, we have in Heaven a building which God has provided, a house not built by human hands, but eternal. 2 For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven-- 3 if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found to be unclothed. 4 Yes, we who are in this tent certainly do sigh under our burdens, for we do not wish to lay aside that with which we are now clothed, but to put on more, so that our mortality may be absorbed in Life. 5 And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss. 6 We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord; 7 for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight
	Weymouth NT Translation 2 CORINTHIANS 5 How can I say that I have an immortal soul?

 As I've mentioned before by reflecting on my own person, Obviously I can easily detect a part of me that is not the physical part. I believe this is my soul. This part of me in which I have a worldview,  that has been the part that is led me down through life and making decisions shaped my reasoning and led me into different accomplishments and defeats. That's how I believe, but how can I prove that?

Obviously, observing the separation soul and body would have to be even supernatural or by death.

This is something that  I would like to develop and offer, however, as this involves much more information, this will follow in a later piece.

SEE MY BLOG ON PHYSICAL DEATH

HEAVEN--PARADISE--SHEOL--HADES, AND THE GRAVE, ...AND HELL

WHERE DO WE GO AFTER WE DIE?

THIS QUESTION RAISES A WHOLE SERIES OF OTHER RELATED QUESTIONS.

WHO ARE WE?
READ gENESIS
                 ARE WE JUST PHYSICAL?
                                  DO WE  HAVE A SOUL?--WHAT IS YOUR SOUL?
ONE EVENT THAT WE HAVE A SOUL HAPPENS
                                                  WHEN OUR PHYSICAL BODY DOES DIE.
                                                       IF I DO HAVE SUCH A SOUL
                                                                       WHAT HAPPENS AT DEATH?
                       
                                OBVIOUSLY
                                     OUR PHYSICAL BODIES DECAY--ROT--CORUPT
                BUT                                                           
                                  WHERE DOES MY SOUL GO ?

THE BIBLICAL PLACE AFTER DEATH OF OUR SOUL

HEAVEN--PARADISE--SHEOL--HADES, AND THE GRAVE, ...AND HELL.


THE GRAVE?

         NO

THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS THE SOUL GOES TO THE GRAVE.

          YOUR PHYSICAL BODY WILL GO THERE.  USUALLY THE BODY WILL BE PREPARED IN SOME WAY  AND  PUT IN THE GRAVE. 

                                           BY ANOTHER PERSON

Preserving the body has nothing to do with the final resurrected body.  Your body will be resurrected with an immortal body.  Many Christians' bodies have been blown up, burned up, eaten up, and disposed of in all manner of ways.

THE BIBLE SAYS PLENTY ABOUT YOUR SOUL
 GOING TO ONE OF THESE PLACES....
          THAT IS HEAVEN--PARADISE--SHEOL--HADES--AND HELL 

ASKING THE QUESTION AGAIN THEN--
AFTER ALL--EVERYONE FACES DEATH.

WHO ARE WE?
                 ARE WE JUST PHYSICAL?
                                  DO WE  HAVE A SOUL?--WHAT IS YOUR SOUL?


    ARE WE ONLY PHYSICAL?

NO--WE WILL  DEMONSTRATE HERE THAT WE HAVE A SOUL--A CONSCIENCE-COGNITIVE EXISTENCE OUT OF OUR BODY.

ISAIAH'S "SUFFERING SERVANT" OF ISAIAH 53

 THE "SUFFERING SERVANT"--JESUS CHRIST'S PHYSICAL BEING (BODY) PHYSICALLY LIVED AND PHYSICALLY DIED

 (ISAIAH 53:1-6) For he grew up... as a root out of a dry ground... no form nor comeliness; and... no 
               beauty that we should desire him.... despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we didn`t respect him.

Surely he has borne our infirmities, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions... bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed.

            JESUS CHRIST HAS A SOUL WHICH WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS BODY AT HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS..   
                                                                                          
 JESUS' PHYSICAL DORMENT DEAD BODY--(LIKE JOSEPH'S PHYSICAL BONES IN JOSEPH'S TOMB) WAS PUT IN THE RICH MAN GRAVE--LAYING THERE FOR 3 DAYS.               
   
         JESUS CHRIST'S SOUL (NOT HIS PHYSICAL BODY WHICH WAS LIKE JOSEPH'S BODY-BONES IN JOSEPH'S TOMB) (LXX: ISAIAH 53:10 THE SERVANT --JESUS' SOUL WENT TO A PLACE CALLED "HADES"

Acts 2:27

because Thou wilt not leave my SOUL to HADES, nor wilt Thou give Thy One to see corruption;

IN HADES JESUS CHRIST'S SOUL WENT THROUGH TERRIBLE SUFFERING FROM THE LORD.YAHWEH      

                ISAIAH. 53:10-11 "Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make HIS SOUL an offering for sin....He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities."WEB

WHERE DID JESUS' SOUL GO FOR 3 DAYS?

AFTER THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS, JESUS CHRIST RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE AS HOLY SCRIPTURE TELLS US:

1 .CORINTHIANS  15:4- 9          

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

that he was buried,   that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,.." WHERE DID JESUS GO FOR THREE DAYS? HE WENT TO HADES. "...His soul was not left in HADES..." ACTS 2: AFTER THE THREE DAYS JESUS SOUL UNITED WITH HIS PHYSICAL BODY( not corrupted-NOT DECAYED-ROTTED-still having wounds from cross) APPEARED AS A WITNESS THAT HE OVERCAME DEATH.

"...and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not found vain, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

"JUSTIFYING MANY" HAPPENS AFTER GOD THE FATHER--THE JUDGE__IS SATISFIED  BY THE "TRAVAIL OF JESUS SOUL"

The efficacy(EFFECT) of suffering of Jesus Christ's soul enabled CHRIST AS GOD'S righteous servant to justify many (Isa.53:11)--my or any believer's sin's penalty(my soul's penalty of death) transferred to Christ's soul's "offering for sin" --"the travail of his soul.".


AFTER THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS, JESUS CHRIST RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE AS HOLY SCRIPTURE TELLS US:
1 .CORINTHIANS  15:4- 9    

For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

that he was buried,   that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, WHERE DID JESUS GO FOR THREE DAYS?

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not found vain, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

THE SIN PROBLEM--GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION

	GOD SAVED US NOT BY GOOD WORKS, BUT BY HIS GRACE THROUGH FAITH
	"for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God not of works, that no one would boast.... WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, GOD'S RE-CREATED US IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS
	For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them."  EPHESIANS 2:8-10

WE ARE BORN AGAIN BY THE SPIRIT

	"But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God`s children, to those who believe in his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."  JOHN1:12-13
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WHAT ABOUT SIN?

THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE TO SIN:

DEATH

JUSTIFICATION

GOD'S JUSTIFICATION MEANS ACQUITTAL OF SIN

"                  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes should not perish but have eternal life IN ISAIAH 53 THE SCRIPTURE TELLS US WHY AND HOW GOD GAVE HIS ONLY SON  ISAIAH. 53:10-11 "Yet it pleased Yahyweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin....He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities."WEB "Justify" is an important word, because it takes account of your sin and judges you--all of us guilty but  acquits us by GOD THE SON PAYING the payment. He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied THIS IS WHAT JUSTIFYING MEANS

JUSTIFICATION

GOD'S JUSTIFICATION MEANS ACQUITTAL OF SIN

Strong's Greek: 1347. δικαίωσις (dikaiósis) -- the act ...

... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dikaiósis Phonetic Spelling: (dik-ah'-yo-sis) Short Definition: acquittal, justification Definition: acquittal ... //biblehub.com/str/greek/1347.htm - 14k

Strong's Greek: 1345. δικαίωμα (dikaióma) -- an ordinance ...

... approved act") – properly, an act God approves, focusing on its "result" (Zodhiates, Dict, note the -ma ending); justification (righteousness), with its ...//biblehub.com/str/greek/1345.htm - 23k

ROMANS 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood,                        pollw oun mallon dikaiwqenteV nun en tw aimati autou  we will be saved from God`s wrath through him.

swqhsomeqa di autou apo thV orghV

ROMANS 5:1Being therefore justified by faith                               (dikaiwqenteß oun ek pistewß). First aorist passive participle of dikaiow, to set right and expressing antecedent action to the verb ecwmen. The oun refers to the preceding conclusive argument (chapters 1 to 4) that this is done by faith. Let us have peace with God (eirhnhn ecwmen proß ton qeon). This is the correct text beyond a doubt, the present active subjunctive, not ecomen (present active indicative) of the Textus Receptus which even the American Standard Bible accepts.  It is curious how perverse many real scholars have been on this word and phrase here. Godet, for instance. Vincent says that "it is difficult if not impossible to explain it." One has only to observe the force of the tense to see Paul's meaning clearly. The mode is the volitive subjunctive and the present tense expresses linear action and so does not mean "make peace" as the ingressive aorist subjunctive eirhnhn scwmen would mean. A good example of scwmen occurs in Matthew 21:38 (scwmen thn klhronomian autou) where it means: "Let us get hold of his inheritance." Here eirhnhn ecwmen can only mean: "Let us enjoy peace with God" or "Let us retain peace with God." We have in Acts 9:31 eicen eirhnhn (imperfect and so linear), the church "enjoyed peace," not "made peace." The preceding justification (dikaiwqenteß) "made peace with God." Observe proß (face to face) with ton qeon and dia (intermediate agent) with tou kuriou.

(11) He shall see of the travail . . .--Better, On account of the travail of his soul, he shall see, and be refreshed. We may find the truest explanation in the words, "To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43).
    THIS IS THE THIEF ON THE CROSS STANDING BESIDE THE CROSS OF CHRIST.  Thief had no occasion to be baptized, to "go forward and join the church", and keep any commandment,  but the only thing he could do was trust Jesus' words were true--"today you shall be with me in paradise."

GOD WAS SATISFIED WITH THE "TRAVAIL--SUFFERING OF CHRIST'S SOUL"  In that way the punishment for the thief's sins passed on to Christ, and thus bringing justification for the thief.  The thief by his trust became "born again" (John 3:3,6) and a fellow member (Romans 8:15-17, Eph. 1:12-14)

KNOWING CHRIST...

 The refreshment after travail, because of the travail, was already present to the sufferer's consciousness.

By his knowledge . . .--The phrase admits of two meanings, objective and subjective: (1) by their knowledge of Him; or (2) by His own knowledge; and each expresses a truth. Men are saved by knowing Christ. To know Him and the Father is eternal life (John 17:3). On the other hand, the Christ Himself makes His knowledge of the Father the ground of His power to impart that knowledge to men, and so to justify and save them (John 17:25). Without that knowledge He could not have led them to know God as He knew. If we dare not say that the prophet distinctly contemplated both meanings, we may rejoice that he was guided to use a phrase which includes both. Isaiah 11:2 and Malachi 2:7 are in favour of (2).

For he shall bear.--The conjunction is not necessarily more than and. 

The importance of the renewal of the assurance given in Isaiah 53:4 lies in its declaring the perpetuity of the atoning work.

The sacrifice of the Servant is "for ever" (Hebrews 10:12). He "ever liveth to make intercession for us" (Hebrews 7:25). He taketh away the sin of the world, through the ons of all duration (John 1:29).

Pulpit Commentary

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◄ Hebrews 10 ►

Berean Study Bible Christ's Perfect Sacrifice(Psalm 147:1-20; Romans 3:1-8) 1The Law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased?  For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all and          would no longer feel the guilt of their sins. 3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take away sins. 5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for me. 6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. 7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”a 8In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are required by the Law). 9Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.13Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, 14because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are sanctified. 15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says: 16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put My Laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”b 17Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” c Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 18And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed. A Call to Persevere(Jude 1:17-23) 19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body                                      ,                                                                                 21and                                                                                                                                                       since we have a high priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold resolutely to the hope we confess, for He who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. 25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and raging fire that will consume all adversaries. 28Anyone who rejected the Law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,”d and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”e 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32Remember the early days that you were in the light, when you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated. 34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession. 35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. 36You need to persevere, so that after you have done God’s will, you will receive what He has promised. 37For, “In just a very while little, He who is coming will come and will not delay. 38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”g 39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.