Body and spirit. That’s how the Lord made us. All we need to do is return to the first book of the Bible—Genesis—to learn that.
In Genesis 1:26-27 and 2:7, the New International Version version says,
“Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,…
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
“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.”
Clearly, at that point, once God breathed life into Adam and Eve, they were both spirit and body. Combined. Melded perfectly—body and spirit—into human beings. A man and a woman.
And God said it was good.
So the question is—
If God thought the spirit was the most important aspect or component, why did He bother to encase man’s spirit in flesh? Why go to the trouble?
There’s no indication from Scripture that Adam’s spirit existed in heaven prior to his creation or “birth,” and there’s no indication ours do either.
When Adam started life, the intention was for him to be perfect, unblemished, living forever in perfect communion with God. No pain, no suffering, no illness, no death.
God even walked with them in the garden in the cool of the afternoon. Why would he bother to do that if flesh, and physical communion, weren’t as important as the spiritual?
I may be way off in my thinking, but I get the impression that—from the beginning—the body was pretty important to God, and still is.
I’ll explain why I think that’s true NEXT WEEK.
But I’d like to hear your opinion. What do you think?
Until next week!
Blessings,
Andrea
May you prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2).
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