THE BODY!!
Cruden’s Concordance, Page 49 describes
the body as “The physical part of man as
distinct from the spiritual. 1 Samuel 31:4; Matthew 6: 22”.
The body is the physical, material part
of a person, consisting of bones,
muscles, blood, ligaments, nerves, glands, brain, heart, lungs, kidneys,
bladder, stomach, liver, intestines, reproductive organs, eyes, ears, mouth,
arms and legs and so much more
which Yahweh, in His infinite wisdom,
placed in our mortal bodies.
The body is the physical part of our
being, which Yahweh formed and fashioned from the ground and made into the man
Adam, or earth man. He then breathed into man the breath of life, so that man
could become a living soul (Genesis 2:7)
or a living person.
Of all the other beings Yahweh made,
man is the only one made in His
spiritual image and given a physical body, Yahweh's special gift to each
of us in this world.
Likewise, man is only one of Yahweh’s
creation, of whom it is said: “fearfully and wonderfully” made (Psalm
139:14). Into that body, He placed the spirit and the soul to complete the man,
Adam and also Eve, Adam’s wife. They
were our first parents from whom descended the entire human race.
Yahweh made man an intelligent being
and gave him the power to choose good or evil.
He made him with a mind, brain and emotions so that he could think, act and make wise and intelligent decisions, including worshiping Him as the
Creator.
The physical body is a very important
part of our tripartite being. Without
it, we could not be in this world and enjoy the things our Elohim has made for
us. It is unique to each person and must be cared for, nourished and fed with
nourishing foods and liquids, exercised and supplied with adequate fresh air,
in order that it may be healthy and serve us well in this life.
Each of us grew from a tiny egg and
spermatozoa which were invisible to the naked eye.
From the time of conception we began to
draw what we needed from our mothers so that our bodies which were being formed
could grow healthy and well. Over a period of approximately forty weeks we were
in the wombs of our mothers, where our bodies grew until we were ready to live
independently outside the womb. After
our births we continued to grow to the stage we are at present.
For those of us who have fully grown,
we must still feed and nourish and take care of our bodies, the earthly houses
for our spirit beings. Failure to nourish and adequately care for our bodies
will shorten our lives in this world.
Our bodies are Yahweh's gifts to us in
this world. It is the physical part of our tripartite being which enables
us to enjoy the things of our Elohim in
this world, do and achieve small or great things and fulfil the purposes for
which we were brought into the world. Our
bodies are the vehicles of our
spirit-being and soul-being.
In this life our bodies are very
important to us because they are our earthly houses and give us the legal right
to be in this world. Without our
physical bodies, we would be spirit beings and there would have been no need
for Yahweh to create this wonderful and beautiful world. He created this world
for the habitation of the human race, as we read in Psalms 115:16:
“The
heaven, even the heavens, are [YAHWEH's ] the LORD's: but the earth hath he
given to the children of men”.
We have further confirmation of this in
Isaiah 45:18:
`“For
thus saith [YAHWEH] the LORD that created the heavens; [Elohim] God himself
that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in
vain, he formed it to be inhabited”.
It is for this reason, Yahweh gave the
command in Genesis 1: 28:
“Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth”.
While we are in this world, our bodies
dictate to us our needs. Thus when we are hungry a message is sent from the
brain to the stomach informing us that nourishment is needed for the body.
If our bodies need to be rid of the
waste products, the appropriate message
is sent to the organs of elimination.
Likewise, the body needs rest so that it can repair itself, and in the
case of babies and children, sleep is
needed for growth. Therefore, if we are tired they demand sleep. If we are
cold, the message comes for extra warmth, or if we are hot, the message is sent
to cool the body. The body reacts
accordingly and sends out the necessary message when in pain or suffering
ailments, so that the condition can be
dealt with. Thus while we are alive, the body is constantly functioning
internally and externally.
Our bodies are Elohim’s gifts to us and
are “fearfully” and “wonderfully” made (Psalm
139: 14). The greatest invention of men, including the most sophisticated computers cannot put
together or make a living limb or organ in the body. Men have made replicas of
the various parts of the body but not living ones. Due to advancement of science and technology
they are able to repair the organs, etc.
when it is necessary to do so, including the growing of tissue cells from live
cells for various reasons.
In Job 10: 11, 12, Job gives a good definition about the body. He
wrote:
“Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones
and sinews. Thou hast granted me life
and favour”.
Due to the sin nature with which every
person born in this world, the body responds according to the cause or need
including joy and laughter. It also feels pain and sorrow is expressed. Due to that same sin nature, our bodies get
sick, old, deteriorate and die. Death to the body could come at anytime, from
as early as in the womb in the form of abortion or still birth. After birth death is sure and could occur at
anytime up to very old age.
DESIRES AND CRAVINGS OF THE BODY!!
Due to
the physical natures of our bodies they often create strong desires and
cravings which are not always brought under control. The desires and cravings
of the body can be so great that it dominates the rest of the being,
thereby satisfying its various
appetites.
This is especially so if there are
addictions to which it has become a slave.
The cravings of the body without
the control of the Ruach Ha Kodesh,
will always override or overpower the spirit and the soul. That is the reason the apostle Paul says in
Romans 7: 21-24:
“I find
then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight
in the law of [Yahweh] God after the inward man: But I see another law in my
members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to
the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall
deliver me from the body of this death”.
The apostle Peter, knowing the constant
conflict between the body and the soul admonished:
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the
soul”. 1 Peter 2:11.
Because of the nature of the body, we
should daily beseech to the Ruach Ha Kodesh, Who is our Elohim here upon earth,
to help us to bring our bodies under His divine control. That is what the apostle Paul did and made him to write:
“But I keep under my body, and bring
it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I
myself should be a castaway”. 1
Corinthians 9:27.
It must also be noted that the physical
body without the spirit and the soul, is only a third of man and cannot
function as a normal intelligent being.
As humans, Yahweh blessed us with
physical bodies, unlike angels
who are spirit beings and who do not possess physical bodies, as we do.
As human-beings we are very unique in
Yahweh’s creation and were specially made
by Him. There is no other in this
world, or other worlds, like us whom our
loving Elohim has so “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14).
OUR BODIES ARE MORTAL AND CORRUPTIBLE!!
Our bodies were meant to be immortal
and incorruptible because death was NOT in Yahweh’s plan for His children.
Sadly, Adam and his wife, Eve (our first parents), sinned and changed that
privilege. Their sin caused all their
descendants to be born in sin and shaped in iniquity (Psalm 51: 5).
Our time upon earth in our physical
bodies is very limited because our
bodies are temporary and are given to us only in this life. Due to our
sinful natures, decay and death set in and limit the time we are in this world. David said that our days are approximately 70
years (Psalm 90: 10), though Elohim tells us in Genesis 6:3:
“My
spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years”.
Today the life span of
man is drastically reduced from the 120 years which our Elohim has
given; due to sicknesses, diseases, accidents, disasters, murders, old age,
etc.
Our bodies are meant to be the Yahweh’s
temples, in which the Ruach Ha Kodesh lives and does His work through us: It is for this reason the apostle Paul
admonishes the followers of Yahushua:
“I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of [Elohim] God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto [Yahushua] God, which is your
reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of [Yahweh] God”. Romans 12:1,2.
Paul also wrote in Romans
3: 16,17:
“Know ye not that ye are the temple
of [Elohim] God, and that the Spirit of [Yahweh] God dwelleth in you? If any
man defile the temple of God
In
addition king Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes 11: 10:
“Put away evil
from thy flesh”.
Our Elohim
had a plan in making us human beings with physical bodies, unlike the angels
who are fully spirit. Therefore, we
should love our bodies and take good care of them. This will enable us be in good health, enjoy
the gift of life and live our allotted time and fulfil the purpose for
which we were born into this world.
NB: SCRIPTURES USED IN THIS POST ARE TAKEN
FROM THE KJV OF THE BIBLE
