Common Sense Commentary: "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." Gen.2:7
Lesson One: Like everything else on this earth, out bodies came from the soil.
Lesson Two: The Lord God "formed" us in his own (trinity) "image and likeness". "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness .... So God created man in his his own image...." Gen.1:27-27.
Lesson Three: The Lord God then "breathed" into man's nostrils and lungs his own "breath" (This word translated from Heb. word "neshamah" and is also translated "spirit", "soul" and "inspiration".
Webster defines "inspiration" as "the act of drawing in air or spirit from someone else. God created Adam's body out of dirt and then breathed life (spirit) into him .... and us.
Lesson Four: "And man became a living soul. Man does not "have" a soul. Man "IS" a soul.
Lesson Five: God gives, sustains and preserves our lives as surely as if he were giving us artificial
respiration for each breath of life. When our time of physical life is finished, He does not have to find a way to snuff out our lives, He simply withdraws his hand ... and we are dead. Our body lies there cold and empty of life/spirit/unique personality. We see the empty body but where did the life/spirit go?
Lesson Six: When we have lived out our "appointed" time on earth (Heb.9:27), our Creator, who gave us breath and life/spirit reclaims that life for His eternal will and judgement ... depending on whether we truly accepted His Son Jesus Christ or rejected and ignored Him. That life will "live" somewhere for eternity... with God or "separated" from God which in itself is nothing less than eternal suffering. Separated from all that is good and holy and separated unto all that is bad, unholy and sinful.
Lesson Seven: When the minister says over our casket, "dust unto dust" he is speaking of our dust made body ... not the life/spirit which has departed to it's destined reward ... good or bad. That destiny is already determined by our own decision to accept or ignore Christ. Dust unto dust, life unto life,
spirit unto spirit and evil unto evil. James, the half brother of Jesus said, "We know not what shall be ... tomorrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour (of breath) ... that vanishes away." Jm.4:14.
Our respiratory system:
The diaphragm pumps carbon dioxide out of the lungs (exhales) and then inhales oxygen into the lungs where it enters the blood stream and is carried to all parts of the body with new life. At the same time, carbon dioxide is again picked up by the blood and dumped in the lungs to be exhaled out into the air where it is happily breathed in by trees and vegetation which then recycles it and breaths out more oxygen for us to breath in. That is called a symbiotic relationship. The entire universe has many such give and take relationships all in perfect balance. Realizing the action of our blood in carrying new oxygen life to every cell in our bodies, and removing carbon dioxide, we understand this verse: "The life of the flesh is in the blood". Lev.17:11.
Pass it on. RB
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