Man is a
tripartite being consisting of the Spirit, the Soul and the Body. This is a very important topic, a
subject which everyone should know about
and understand because it applies to all of us. Each of us was brought into this
world by Elohim Yahweh, our Creator (the true Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Israel), for a purpose. That purpose, whether we know it or not, is to LOVE and OBEY HIM and carry out HIS WILL for our lives.
Concerning
the Spirit, the Soul and the Body, Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:23:
“And the very [Elohim] God of peace sanctify
you wholly; and I pray [Elohim] God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our [Adonai Yahushua Ha Mashiach] Lord Jesus Christ”.
Each person born into this world is a
complex tripartite being consisting first of our spirit being which comprises an independent spirit and an independent soul. That independent spirit and soul was sent from heaven by Elohim Yahweh, when we were conceived.
Our spirit being, our true inner self, live in a body. That body is the third part of our being, which Yahweh created in
the wombs of our mothers. Like our physical bodies which must be fed and
nourished to be kept healthy and alive, so also must our spirit (spirit and
soul). They too must be fed and nourished on the Word of our Elohim, prayer, worship and
fellowship with others in the body of Yahushua; thereby we can have a healthy
and close relationship with our Elohim. Finally when we leave our bodies at death, we can go to be with Yahushua, who died to save us from hell and the lake of fire and brimstone, in His eternal kingdom
of Glory.
WE ARE NOT JUST BODIES!!
Many people
in this world, including many Christians, believe they are just bodies which come
to an end when they die and that is all there is of them. As such, they are not accountable or responsible to anyone and can live and do as they please because everything for them ends at death.
Some Christians, however, believe that they are only bodies and breath and that when they die it is only the breath which returns to Elohim. Their deceased bodies then rest in their graves (for those who are buried) until Yahushua returns and resurrect them and
take them to Heaven. This is what I was
taught in the church in which I was a member for most of my life. For them there is no independent spirit or soul (the true inner person) which came from Elohim at conception. Sadly, there is often great mourning when family members die. The only consolation they have is that they will meet again at the return of Yahushua.
My concept
began to change when the Ruach Ha Kodesh, the Holy Spirit, began to teach me about the “spirit” and “soul”,
our true inner persons, which Yahweh made in His “image” and “likeness”. Concerning this it is written In Genesis 1: 26, 27:
“And
[Elohim] God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness . . . So
[Elohim] God created man in his own image, in the image of [Elohim] God created
he him; male and female created he them”.
First we
must understand that:
“[Elohim] God is a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth”. John 4: 24.
This is what
Yahushua told the woman of Samaria at the well (John 4:24).
Yahweh, our Elohim,
is a not a physical being with a body of flesh blood and bones as we are. He is a Spirit Being. We must acknowledge this fact in order to understand the
subject of being made in the “image” and “likeness” of our Elohim. When Elohim created the man, Adam and Eve, his wife, He DID NOT CREATE them in
the “image” and “likeness” of His
BODY because He did not have a physical
body of flesh, blood and bones.
He made them in the
“image” and “likeness” of His Spirit,
then He furnished them with physical bodies to house their spirit (spirit and
soul) so that they could live upon the
earth and fulfil the purpose for which He created them.
Yahweh had a
definite purpose in making Adam and Eve and their descendants. In Genesis 1: 26, Yahweh
revealed His purpose, as we read:
“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”.
Therefore, the
man, Adam, His wife Eve, and their descendants would be gods in their own right, having dominion over His Creation. Concerning this we read in Psalms 82: 6:
“I
have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”.
Yahushua
also confirmed this fact in John 10: 34,35:
“Is
it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he
called them gods, unto whom the word of [Elohim] God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken.”
Each of us born
into this world possess Elohim’s “image” and “likeness” in the form of our
spirit (spirit and soul), which He sent
from heaven when we were conceived. In order for us to live in this world at
the time Yahweh appointed us to be here, He created a body for us in our
mother’s womb. That began for each of us at conception. In the wombs of our
mothers our bodies developed and grew until we were matured enough to live
independently outside of the womb.
The normal
gestation period (time from conception to normal birth) is forty weeks. However, from the 28th week onward the baby
can live independently outside the womb.
These days due to the increase in medical science and the necessary medical
equipments, such as incubators, etc., the
baby can live outside the womb from 20 weeks gestation.
To each one
born into the world is given a body which houses his or her spirit (the true persons we are). That is the independent, intelligent part of our
being which is made in the “image” and “likeness” of our Elohim.
When Elohim
made the decision to create mankind, He was fully a Spirit Being and did NOT
possess a physical body. He wanted us to
be like Him. Therefore for us to be in the world, have dominion and enjoy what He created and made for
us, He had to make physical bodies for us to house our spirit being.
NB. Our
Elohim comprises Three Individual Holy Beings:
Yahweh, our Father, Yahushua, our Saviour and the Ruach Ha Kodesh, the
Holy Spirit. Elohim is a plural Word but
it always carries a singular Verb, Adverb and Adjective, denoting the Oneness of
the Godhead. Therefore, we do not say Elohim “are” but Elohim “is”, or Elohim
“have” but Elohim “has”.
Here I would like to take a few moments and explain about the importance of Yahushua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ) taking on a
physical body in order to come and live in this world. His purpose for leaving His throne in the Third Heaven and come to this world was to redeem the human race from the
curse of sin and death and give eternal life to those who would accept His suffering, His great sacrifice and His death upon a rough and rugged cross for them.
THE BODY OF
YAHUSHUA HA MASHIACH.
Elohim Yahweh, the Father, and Elohim Ruach Ha Kodesh are both fully Spirit Beings. Yahushua, however, is not a Spirit Being. He took on a body when He came to
this world to rescue us from the curse of sin and death and He has retained His Human Form. However He is no longer in a sinful body subject to death and
decay. Since He was resurrected from the dead almost two thousand years ago, He has been in a glorified body which is immortal. This glorified body, we, too, will possess when we are changed
at the return of Yahushua for His redeemed children. Our bodies will then be
immortal and incorruptible as Elohim intended we were to be before sin entered and brought
death upon the entire human race (1 Corinthians 50: 50-55; Romans 3: 23; Romans
6: 23).
Concerning
the physical body of Yahushua Ha Mashiach, our Saviour , it is recorded in Hebrew 10: 5,7 :
“Wherefore when he cometh into the
world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou
prepared me … Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written
of me,) to do thy will, O [Yahweh] God”.
Concerning that physical body of Yahushua, it was prophesied in Isaiah
9:6:
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son
is given”.
Please note that it says “A CHILD IS BORN”. It denotes the body which was necessary for our
Saviour to have so that He could live in this world. Without that physical body, He could not come
to this world and do the “WILL” of His Father, Yahweh.
Please notice what follows next after “a child is born”, it is: “UNTO US A SON
IS GIVEN.” The SON, is the Spirit and
Soul of our Saviour, Yahushua, (The True Spirit of Yahweh and the Second Person
in the Godhead) Whom Yahweh, the Father,
sent from Heaven to this world at the time He was conceived in the womb of the
virgin Mary, through the divine power of Ruach ha Kodesh, the Holy Spirit.
When the time came for Yahushua to enter this world, the angel Gabriel
was sent from heaven to the virgin Mary and in Luke 1: 31-32, it says:
“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name [YAHUSHUA] JESUS. 32 He
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.”
Yahweh sent His Son to this world in a body, the body of the Child,
whom He called Yahushua Ha Mashiach, the True Messiah, Who would save His
people from their sins (Matthew 1: 21).
Yahushua Ha Mashiach did not come into the world one day late or one day early. He came in at Yahweh's appointed time. Concerning this we read in Galatians 4:4:
"... but when the fulness of the time was come, [Yahweh] God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
ADAM AND EVE FULLY GROWN ADULTS WHEN THEY WERE CREATED!
When our Elohim created our first parents, Adam and Eve, He made them as fully grown adults. After He made them, He breathed into their nostrils the breath of life and they became living souls as we read in Geneses 2:7:
“And
the [Yahweh Elohim] 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”.
After they were created, Yahweh gave them the command to “multiply and
replenish the earth”( Genesis 1:28 ). From that time when Yahweh gave them the command the children born into the world were all incubated in the wombs of their mothers.
IN THE WOMB WE DID NOT BREATHE!!
While we
were in our mother’s wombs, from the time of conception when our lives began to
the time of our births, we DID NOT BREATHE. For the first twelve weeks our
bodies were formed with the various organs including our brains, hearts, lungs,
livers, stomachs and reproductive organs.
During that time our blood vessels, nerves,
sinews, limbs, bones and other parts of the body including our various
systems, i.e. the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urinary systems, etc.
were also formed.
Once the
Placentas (attached to our mother’s
wombs) were formed and began to function, we got our nourishment and oxygen
from them through the umbilical cords
(at the point of the navel or belly button). For the next twenty eight weeks (or until we were able to live outside the
womb) our bodies developed and grew.
During the time we were in the womb, we
did not breathe because our lungs were solid.
However, we were fully alive and we are living proof of this fact
because we are all alive in the world, which our Elohim has given to us.
We only
began to breathe when we came out of the womb at birth. At that time our air
and passages and lungs opened up and took over from the placentas, the function
of which came to an end when we came out of the womb. For the lungs to open up
and begin to function, we had to cry.
That is the same for all babies. We had to cry in order for our air
passages to open up and allow oxygen to enter our blood stream and in
particular or brains, otherwise who
could have had brain damage or died.
At birth if
a baby fails to cry, there is serious trouble.
The midwife or doctor will have to stimulate the baby to cry by giving a
few short slaps (the only time a person will not be accused of child abuse or
assault).
If the baby
still does not cry and is unable to respond after the clearing of the airways and other medical interventions, then that baby will be
certified as STILL BORN. That is a terrible
thing to happen to any mother, yea, parents and other members of the
family.
THE BREATH!!
The breath is NOT our spirit (spirit and soul) our true inner person. It is the
PHYSIOLOGICAL function which allows us to
breathe in oxygen from the air and exhale impure air from the body in
the form of carbon dioxide.
The oxygen we
breathe in, gives oxygen to the blood, while the carbon dioxide or impure air
is exhaled from the body. These two functions
of breathing in air and exhaling air keep our physical beings, our
bodies, alive.
By this function
of the respiration (one inspiration and one expiration) there is a constant
interchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide whereby the blood is kept healthy and in turn, our bodies
are healthy.
Oxygen is vital for our lives. If it is unable to get to our brains within a certain time (which is just about three
minutes), there is the likelihood of brain damage which could result in a vegetative state or death.
NB: The breath of life is totally different and
separate from our true spirit (spirit and soul). The breath we breathe performs ONLY a
physiological function. The breath is not an intelligent, independent being in
man as is his spirit (spirit and soul). It functions from the time of birth
when we came out of the womb and took our first breath and continues until we breathe our last breath at death.
This is so unless there is reason for medical intervention to take over
the breathing by mechanical means through the use of respirators. Such medical interventions occur for example during certain surgical operations, or when the breathing is seriously affected during certain very
serious illnesses, or very serious
accidents.
NB: SCRIPTURES IN THIS POST WERE TAKEN FROM THE KING
JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
