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.
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