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Sunday, April 29, 2012

PAGE 35 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(FLESH,SOUL,SPIRIT)

After the fall,  the part of Adam and Eve, and all of humankind thereafter, that is the essence of Satan, is in their blood and flesh.  The part of them that is like Yahweh Elohim is their spirit or "neshomah". 


Adam and Eve sold their God given birthright to rule and reign over the world and Satan for a bite of Satan's deceptive fruit.  Now Satan rules over them.  The Apostle Paul says that humankind was:


"sold as a slave to sin."  Rom 7:14


Their spirit and soul is now ruled over or enslaved by their flesh.  They know God and his goodness, righteousness and moral law, but the power of Satan is too overpowering.  They have the light of Yahweh Elohim still inside of them but it has become dim and cloudy.  


The Psalmist says about those that had rebelled against the words of God that they:


"...sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains." Psalm 107:10, 11


The Apostle Paul says that:


"the body is ruled by sin"  Rom 6:6


The Prophet Isaiah describes humans as:


"captives in prison" Isa 42:7


After the fall,  all humans are born with their flesh ruling over their spirit and soul.  King David says:


"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me."  Psalm 51:5


When the corrupted human body dies,  their soul,  unless it is rescued by Yahweh Elohim,  is still enslaved by Satan for eternity.


The  Apostle Paul says:


"I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Cor 15:50


Yeshua, Jesus, says to his disciples:


"Once more Jesus said to them, I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.  Where I go, you cannot come." John 8:21

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PAGE 34 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(POISONED FLESH)

THE FRUIT OF SATAN LOOKED PLEASING BUT IN REALITY WAS THORNS, THISTLES OR INEDIBLE FIGS.  IT WAS ABSORBED INTO ADAM AND EVE'S BLOODSTREAM AND FLESH.  NOW A PART OF THEM AND ALL OF THE HUMAN RACE AFTER THEM, CARRIES THE ESSENCE OR LIKENESS OF SATAN IN THEIR BLOOD, BODILY ORGANS AND FLESH.  THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS:

"FOR I KNOW THAT NOTHING GOOD LIVES IN ME, THAT IS, IN MY FLESH." ROM 7:18

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT "SIN IS DWELLING IN ME." ROM 7  SIN IS LIVING INSIDE OF HIM.   HE GOES ON TO SAY:

"WHAT A WRETCHED MAN I AM! WHO WILL RESCUE ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?" ROM 7:24

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LAW, MEANING SATAN'S LAW, IN THE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY.  THE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY ARE HIS LIMBS AND ORGANS.  HE SAYS:

"ANOTHER LAW AT WORK IN THE MEMBERS OF MY BODY"  ROM 7:23

THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS THE FLESH HAS AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS.  HE SAYS:

"THE FLESH WITH ITS AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS." GAL 5:24

THE STRONG'S BIBLICAL CONCORDANCE GIVES THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION FOR FLESHLY, "SARKIKO", IN THE GREEK.  IT SAYS:  HAVING THE NATURE OF THE FLESH- UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANIMAL APPETITES.  THE SENSUOUS  NATURE OF MAN - ANIMAL NATURE.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT DEEDS OF THE FLESH.  HE SAYS:

"THE DEEDS OF THE FLESH ARE SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, DEBAUCHERY, IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT, HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, ENVY, DRUNKENESS AND ORGIES."  GAL 5:19

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THE  FLESH EVEN STAINS CLOTHING.  IT SAYS:

"TO OTHERS SHOW MERCY, MIXED WITH FEAR--HATING EVEN THE CLOTHING STAINED BY CORRUPTED FLESH.  JUDE 1:23

Saturday, April 21, 2012

PAGE 33 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(FLESH,SOUL,SPIRIT)

BEFORE THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE, THE SPIRIT THAT DWELLED INSIDE OF THEM WAS A BRILLIANT LIGHT.  (THESE CONCEPTS ARE DIFFICULT TO GRASP AND MIGHT BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE, BUT I HOPE I AM DOING RIGHT BY GOD).  THEIR SPIRIT WAS CONTINUALLY BEING REFRESHED BY THEIR GOING AND EATING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH REPRESENTED YESHUA, JESUS AND THE WORD OF GOD.  THE SPIRIT INSIDE OF THEM RULED OVER THEIR SOUL AND FLESH.  THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THIS SPIRIT IS LIKE A CANDLE AND IT WAS SO BRIGHT THAT THEIR FLESH AND EYES WERE BRILLIANT.

WHEN WE FIRST SEE SATAN, WHO IS A SPIRIT BEING, HE IS DESCRIBED AS A BEAST OF THE FIELD.  GOD IS TRYING TO STRESS THAT THERE IS NO SPIRIT OF GOD IN HIM AND THAT HE IS ONLY MADE OF SOUL AND FLESH.  HIS DESIRES AND ATTRIBUTES ARE LIKE THAT OF AN ANIMAL.

WHEN ADAM AND EVE ATE THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, THE FRUIT OF SATAN, THE FRUIT WAS DIGESTED AND ABSORBED INTO THEIR BLOOD STREAM.  THEIR BLOOD BECAME CORRUPTED, POLLUTED AND POISONED.  THEIR BLOOD THEN CARRIED THE CORRUPTION TO THEIR FLESH AND BROUGHT SIN AND DECAY TO IT.  ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE RELATED BY THE BLOOD OF ADAM AND ARE UNDER THIS GENERATIONAL CURSE OF DEATH AND SIN. THE SIN NATURE OF SATAN IS LOCATED IN THE BLOOD AND FLESH OF ALL HUMANS.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

PAGE 32 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(FLESH,SOUL,SPIRIT)

GOD CREATED HUMANS TO REFLECT HIS DIVINE NATURE AND TO BE A PARTNER WITH HIM ON THE EARTH.  HE CREATED THEM  DIFFERENTLY THAN THE ANIMALS.  HE CREATED MAN WITH THREE PARTS:  FLESH; SOUL; AND SPIRIT.  HE CREATED ANIMALS WITH TWO PARTS: FLESH AND SOUL.

BOTH MAN AND THE ANIMALS WERE FASHIONED BY YAHWEH ELOHIM FROM EARTH'S RAW MATERIALS AND BOTH MAN AND THE ANIMALS HAVE A FLESH.  THE WORD FOR FLESH IN HEBREW IS "BASAR" OR "SE'ER" AND IN GREEK IS "SARKIKO".  IT IS THE SOFT TISSUE COVERING THE BONES AND CONSISTING MOSTLY OF MUSCLE AND FAT OR THE SURFACE SKIN OF THE BODY.  BLOOD IS A SPECIALIZED BODILY FLUID THAT DELIVERS THE NECESSARY SUBSTANCES SUCH AS NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN TO THE CELLS IN THE FLESH.  THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IT IS THE BLOOD THAT GIVES LIFE TO THE FLESH:

"FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD." LEV 17:11

BOTH ANIMALS AND MAN HAVE A SOUL, WHICH IS THE WORD "NEFESH" IN HEBREW AND THE WORD "PSUCHE" IN GREEK.   IT IS THE PERSONALITY, EMOTIONS OR WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHOLE BEING OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON.

WHAT MAKES ANIMALS AND HUMANS DISTINCT IS THE SPIRIT, "NESHAMAH OR RUACH" IN HEBREW AND "PNEUMA" IN GREEK.  THIS SPIRIT CAME FROM GOD AND IS WHAT MAKES HUMANS LIKE HIM. THIS SPIRIT THAT IS IN ALL HUMANS, WHICH THE APOSTLE PAUL CALLS THE INNER MAN, IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE RUACH HAKODESH, WHICH IS GOD HIMSELF.  THIS HUMAN SPIRIT IS WHAT MAKES US CONSCIOUS OF MORALITY, RECOGNIZE A REALITY BEYOND THIS UNIVERSE, BE ABLE TO RELATE TO GOD AND TO OTHERS,  BE ABLE TO REASON AND THINK LOGICALLY, BE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE, AND IS UNSEEN LIKE THE WIND.  IT IS THE INTELLECT IN HUMANS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO FREELY CHOOSE THE WAY OF GOD, THE TREE OF LIFE OR THE WAY OF SATAN, THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE THIS ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOD OR REJECT HIM AND THEREFORE CANNOT SIN.  IT IS THIS THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT THAN THE ANIMALS AND NOT ONLY THE FACT THAT WE WALK UPRIGHT. THE BIBLE SAYS:

"THE SPIRIT OR "NESHAMAH" OF MAN IS THE CANDLE OF THE LORD SEARCHING ALL OF THE INWARD PARTS OF THE BELLY." PROVERBS 20:27

"FOR WHO AMONG MEN KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN EXCEPT THE MAN'S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? IN THE SAME WAY NO ONE KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD." 1 COR 2:11

GOD GAVE ADAM AND EVE THIS SPIRIT, A PART OF HIM, AND IT IS THE PART OF US THAT IS LIKE HIM.