THE CREATION OF MAN: THE DIVINE MYSTERY OF THE LIFE IN MAN:

As it is written in the book of Genesis, And the 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 (GEN 2:7).

My dear brethren, this particular verse may seem rather short, but it truly contains a wide dimension of knowledge concerning the hidden Truth in the beginning. For herein is revealed the wholeness of our parts and complete being:

First Part: The Dust of the Ground - the Body of Flesh:

The earthly part of man is the Body of Flesh, that physical and outer part, which, when a man dies, is buried into the ground, where it was taken, and eventually returns to dust. This outward part of man, the fleshly or physical body, being of the earth or ground has no Life of itself, for the earthly ground has no life of itself that even platn and tree cannot grow in it unless God giveth it energy or heat from the Sun and caused it to rain upon the earth, adn there be man to till the ground (GEN 2:5).

And since man is taken from the ground, it shall return to the ground, as God hast spoken unto Adam, saying, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it was thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (GEN 3:19).

But it was because of Sin that this Judgement of God unto con­demnation of man came; and more particularly He was refering to the earthly body or physical being of the man or Adam which was taken out of the ground. And when Adam was formed, that is his earthly body, he had no life yet in himself thus, at this particular stage, he could be likened unto a molten clay or graven images and idols which have no life or breath in them.

This is not the image of Godliness as we have known by the word of the Gospel. Notwithstanding, God hath designed and formed the physical body or flesh of man for a greater glory, at it was built to be the earthly vessel or container or house of the spirit of God which shall come into him which will give him life, for it is the image of the Living God.

Second Part: The Soul or the heavenly body: As the Flesh is the earthly body.