CREATION OF MAN--MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL

IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED MAN SO THAT MAN HAD A UNIQUE PRESENCE. He was like God without being God. Man  had a physical body like the rest of the physical creation. But man is different 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. . 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them God's view of man here is a view in the plural: "In the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (v. 1:27)  Man shall leave his former family relationships "and cleave unto his wife and they shall be one flesh." (v.2:24) Man also had a spiritual body--a soul that giving him a mind, a will, and emotion.

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.

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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