Our journey begins at Genesis and a passage quoted by the apostle Paul when he was writing to the church in Galatia stating, “Since we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the spirit. (NIV)” What I really want to cover is: what’s really behind the word when it says “spirit” and how does this common but uncommon word relate to us in our everyday lives?
Let’s take a look at Genesis chapter 1 verse 26 when Moses the author writes, “Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…” Now I could stop right here and tell you who God was talking to since it was only suppose to be Him in the beginning, but I’m not. I plan to save that for a later date. I want you to grasp something else. After doing a little homework, to show my self approved, I found the Greek/Hebrew translations of some words that will allow us to see the scriptures in a whole new light. Are you ready? Well, “image” in the Hebrew means SELEM which means image. That’s funny huh? You thought it was going to be something deep. The next word, “likeness” in the Hebrew is demut, which means “manner, or similitude.”
One thing I would like for us to establish is that God is spirit or “pneuma.” I will later go into greater dept of what that’s all about, but for now let’s rest on the fact that God is a spirit being. Now the bible records that God was sitting around looking at earth and said “Let us make man…” We understand that God is a spirit being and He wants to make man in, which will be made of dust/flesh, the likeness of Himself. The revelation I received after reading this was, spiritually God wanted man to resemble Him in the purest form. So then it [the bible] says God breathe into his [man] nostrils the breathe-of-life. That word breathe in the Hebrew is SAMA, which means “life.” So God literally blew His life into man. God blew His likeness into man. God basically blew his make-up into man/us.
Wait! We too can claim a share of God’s breathe-stock by reference of Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 5. It states, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. (NIV)” That word “Knew” in the Hebrew means “to be acquainted with or intimacy.” So before God formed us in our mother’s womb He was intimate with us. At this point I started asking questions, like how? How did God know us intimately before He formed us? I know He’s God but I need understanding. I hope now you’re beginning to understand that we are ultimately pneuma or spirit beings housed in fleshly temples. Secondly, when we revert back to the beginning when God breathe into Adam we remember He basically blew Himself into him. Well, I strongly believe for ourselves when God says He knew us. He is saying, “You came from ME.” Just like it was in the beginning of man, by breathing, God does the same thing to us. That’s why we are eternal beings. Amen! God says, “You don’t remember ME but I knew you when…”
Can you grasp that? We are pieces of our creator.
To Be Continued…
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great read!
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