The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Genesis 2:7,
"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."
God first formed man's body, and then "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." It wasn't until that "breath of life" was breathed into him that man became a living being. For us to become a living being requires a physical body with life breathed into it - something that only God provides.
Today we see incredible medical and biological advances where tissues, etc. can be created. However, that spark of life, that "breath of life" is something that is not at all reproducible apart from that original breath of life God breathed into Adam. It is only the transmission of that original breath God breathed into Adam that we have succeeding generations - that we live today.
The day comes when that physical body returns to the earth (because of our sin) and that breath of life from God that has eventuated into our own personhood transitions into the next age, an eternal age. For some, a transition into eternal bliss (those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith), for others (those who reject Jesus Christ) a transition into everlasting judgment and suffering.
We will all take up renewed bodies as Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15. A resurrection will take place that joins our share of the breath of life with what he calls a "spiritual body", "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body." 1 Corinthians 15:42-44.
"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."
God first formed man's body, and then "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." It wasn't until that "breath of life" was breathed into him that man became a living being. For us to become a living being requires a physical body with life breathed into it - something that only God provides.
Today we see incredible medical and biological advances where tissues, etc. can be created. However, that spark of life, that "breath of life" is something that is not at all reproducible apart from that original breath of life God breathed into Adam. It is only the transmission of that original breath God breathed into Adam that we have succeeding generations - that we live today.
The day comes when that physical body returns to the earth (because of our sin) and that breath of life from God that has eventuated into our own personhood transitions into the next age, an eternal age. For some, a transition into eternal bliss (those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith), for others (those who reject Jesus Christ) a transition into everlasting judgment and suffering.
We will all take up renewed bodies as Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15. A resurrection will take place that joins our share of the breath of life with what he calls a "spiritual body", "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body." 1 Corinthians 15:42-44.
Contemplating these things is just an amazing exercise for me, as I am sure it is for all of us.
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