8/14/2019 The Progressions Of God's Dwelling In Man Part One

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The Progressions Of God's Dwelling In Man Part One

In Genesis 2:7, we have a firm existential foundation for our first parents, inwhich Elohim formed man from the dust of the ground. On that special day which weread further on into Genesis, He took the dirt from the ground and formed Adam,and afterward, Jehovah formed the Spirit of man by breathing into his nostrils.Then what took place was more than an act of God, but a miracle of God. He had

given to man, what is called the Ruach (Hebrew for spirit). He blew into the mansnostrils and this word Ruach is Hebrew for Spirit. Elohim wanted His creation tobe not only distinct from the animal world, but also separated from it. Anotherview Jehovah gave evidence to us that we are separated from the animal kingdom wasthe following.

The act of the creation of the animal world was however different. He created theanimals to possess an actual living soul dwelling inside of them; however, thereis no such thing as a spirit residing inside of them. The soul of an animal istheir entire characteristic, which is what we would call their make-up for theiremotions. You will see that when God created man and blew into the mans nostrilsHe gave the man a part of His spirit. Jehovah also gave our first parents a soulwith the spirit. Moreover, this soul is the make-up for all human emotions. Their

spirit that God gave the man and woman is a compartment for them and for us tocommune with our creator and to worship Him.

Now since Lucifer had already fallen from his divine authority and his divineposition, only one authority was transferred to Adam (Man-Ish) and Eve (Woman-Ishah). What do I mean about divine authority being transferred to our firstparents? Satan at one time had a priestly function of being in charge of theworship music on earth. God created the Devil for music. In Ezekiel 28:13, Theworkmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you werecreated. In his book, The Invisible War, Donald Grey Barnhouse suggests Satan thecherub angel had a priestly function. The wings of a cherub, you might recall,were outstretched on the top of the ark of the covenant. Confirming thisinterpretation is the expression his sanctuaries, apparently a reference to

worship (v.18). This also points to the fact that Lucifer directed andorchestrated the worship of other angels.

The cherub angel, Satan, received the worship of other angels underneath him andgave all the praise and worship to God in the third heavens. Now, God has givenAdam and Eve, the authority of worship, since it was, transferred to our firstparents because of Satans rebellion. Satan has however lost his divine positionof ever being a worship leader ever again in Gods kingdom. This now explains thedeceivers action of jealousy toward Adam and Eve. This is why Satan the cherubangel, lied both to Adam and Eve. The Serpents mind said if only I (serpent) canconvince these new people to eat of the tree, The Tree of Knowledge of Good andBad. Then I (serpent) cannot only ruin their relationship with the Creator, sothen they can follow my ways, then God cannot dwell inside of them anymore, and

their closeness with God would be damaged.

By Michael Jones