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The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man
The Nature of Man - The Nature of Man - IntroductionIntroduction IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
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Man is a creature formed from the Man is a creature formed from the dust dust
Gen. 2:7 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.
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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.
Formed Formed Heb. = “Yatsar”Heb. = “Yatsar” = “To sqeeze into shape= “To sqeeze into shape Like a potter squeezing Like a potter squeezing
clay clay The LORD God made The LORD God made
mans body from the mans body from the dustdust
But man was not yet But man was not yet livingliving
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Gen. 2:7 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.
Breath Breath “Neshamah” = “Neshamah” = “breath” or “breath” or “atmospheric air” “atmospheric air” - God filled our - God filled our lunges with airlunges with air
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Gen. 2:7 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.
Do we have a soul Do we have a soul that is separate from that is separate from our bodies?our bodies?
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die.
““soulsoul” = “nephesh” ” = “nephesh” = “body”= “body”
Man became a living Man became a living bodybody
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Man is sustained by the Spirit and by the breath of God
Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
What is the Spirit of God? What is the breath of the Almighty?
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Spirit of God = The Power of the Highest
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
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Job 37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Breath of God = God’s Power
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Elihu speaks in Job...
Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Elihu’s body was Elihu’s body was like Adam’s, like Adam’s, made of the made of the dust of the dust of the ground (Gen.2:7; ground (Gen.2:7; 3:19; see also 3:19; see also Gen. 2:7; Job Gen. 2:7; Job 27:3; 34:14-15).27:3; 34:14-15).
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Conclusion:Man is sustained by the
Power of God The Spirit of God & The breath of
the Almighty are talking about the same thing -
Gods Power
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Psa. 104:25 So is this great and wide sea,
wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
What can we learn from these What can we learn from these verses?verses?
““Breath” = “ruach” usually Breath” = “ruach” usually translated “spirit” as in v.30.translated “spirit” as in v.30.
““breath” (air) is not mentioned herebreath” (air) is not mentioned here If man had a soul then this verse If man had a soul then this verse
tells us that so must animalstells us that so must animals The removal of God’s Spirit (the life The removal of God’s Spirit (the life
power of God) - leads to the power of God) - leads to the animals deathanimals death
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence 29 Thou hidest thy
face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Creatures return Creatures return to the dust from to the dust from whence they whence they camecame
““Spirit”=“ruach” Spirit”=“ruach” the life power of the life power of God which He God which He used to create used to create manman
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RecapRecap
Man is formed from the dustMan is formed from the dust He does not have a Soul separate He does not have a Soul separate
from his bodyfrom his body He is sustained by the Power of GodHe is sustained by the Power of God This is identical to animalsThis is identical to animals
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Body - Our meat, Body - Our meat, bones and gutsbones and guts
Breath - The air Breath - The air that we breathe - that we breathe - Hebrew Hebrew “Neshamah” “Neshamah”
Spirit - Gods Spirit - Gods sustaining power - sustaining power - Hebrew “Chayim”Hebrew “Chayim”
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
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Job 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s DeathMan’s Death Job 34:14 If he set
his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Spirit = “Ruach” - Spirit = “Ruach” - Gods PowerGods Power
Breath = Breath = “Nashamah” - the air “Nashamah” - the air in our lungsin our lungs
These two added to These two added to the formed body the formed body gave lifegave life
Death is the reversal, Death is the reversal, God takes them away God takes them away
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Body Body - Our meat, bones - Our meat, bones and gutsand guts
BreathBreath - The air that we - The air that we breathe - Hebrew breathe - Hebrew “Neshamah” “Neshamah”
SpiritSpirit - Gods sustaining - Gods sustaining power - Hebrew “Chayim”power - Hebrew “Chayim”
Take away any one of Take away any one of these and we diethese and we die
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Eccl. 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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Eccl.3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Man’s DeathMan’s Death Eccl. 3:18 I said in
mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
Man, in respect to Man, in respect to death differs not death differs not from the beastsfrom the beasts
In mental capability In mental capability he is the highest of he is the highest of the creatures and the creatures and was hence was hence promised dominion promised dominion over them over them (Gen.1:26,27)(Gen.1:26,27)
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which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
In death the same In death the same thing happens … thing happens … “Breath is “Breath is removed”removed”
Breath = “ruach” = Breath = “ruach” = “Spirit” - the “Spirit” - the sustaining power of sustaining power of God which is God which is common to man & common to man & beast alikebeast alike
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unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Their bodies Their bodies dissolve and dissolve and corrupt to dustcorrupt to dust
An animal dies in An animal dies in exactly the same exactly the same way as a man way as a man doesdoes
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Some people have problems with verse 21.
Eccl.3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Word Spirit carries Word Spirit carries meaning “mental meaning “mental disposition” cp. Eccl.2:11 disposition” cp. Eccl.2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Man aspires to greater Man aspires to greater thingsthings
While men and beasts While men and beasts are alike in death, are alike in death, during life, however during life, however their ambitions differ. their ambitions differ.
The beast is incapable The beast is incapable of man’s ambition and of man’s ambition and pride (See Eccl.12:7; pride (See Eccl.12:7; Job 34:14-15).Job 34:14-15).
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ConclusionConclusion
When man dies, When man dies, • God’s Power is removedGod’s Power is removed• He stops breathing airHe stops breathing air• He returns to dustHe returns to dust
In death man is identical to animalsIn death man is identical to animals
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Seeing man’s life Seeing man’s life is in God’s control, is in God’s control, he cannot he cannot presume to make presume to make future plans with future plans with any certainty. any certainty.
Life is not, Life is not, naturally, man’s naturally, man’s eternal possessioneternal possession
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Man and the Man and the hundreds of hundreds of generations that generations that have come and gone have come and gone are just like the are just like the vapour cloud of vapour cloud of steam, which appears steam, which appears so tangible but so tangible but dissipates leaving no dissipates leaving no trace of its existence.trace of its existence.
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Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Life is like a flower; Life is like a flower; one day it is full of one day it is full of blooms, but the next blooms, but the next day - withered and day - withered and gonegone
A second comparison. A second comparison. Like a shadow of no Like a shadow of no substance and substance and leaving no trace of its leaving no trace of its existenceexistence
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Psa. 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
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Life as possessed now is not Life as possessed now is not everlastingeverlasting
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - The death stateThe death state Man is unconscious knowing nothing Eccl. 9:5 For the living know that they shall
die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
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Isa.38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the grave cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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Psa.49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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In death man is unconscious, In death man is unconscious, knowing nothingknowing nothing
His body corruptsHis body corrupts
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
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Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What is Sin? 1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin
transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
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Gen.3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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ConclusionConclusion
God has condemned all men to God has condemned all men to death because they inherit Adam’s death because they inherit Adam’s nature and walk in his sinful waysnature and walk in his sinful ways
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Is man immortal?Is man immortal? Contradictions that arise if man is immortalContradictions that arise if man is immortal 1 - Men would not perish like beasts 1 - Men would not perish like beasts
Psa.49:14, 19-20Psa.49:14, 19-20 2 - Immortality would not only be for the 2 - Immortality would not only be for the
righteous righteous Rom. 2:6-8Rom. 2:6-8 3 - Immortality would not be the gift of God 3 - Immortality would not be the gift of God
Rom. 6:23Rom. 6:23 4 - Neither could immortality be now 4 - Neither could immortality be now
hidden with Christ in God hidden with Christ in God Col.3:3Col.3:3
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - Is man immortal?Is man immortal? 5 - Immortality could not be said to have 5 - Immortality could not be said to have
been brought to light by Jesus and the been brought to light by Jesus and the Gospel Gospel 2 Tim.1:102 Tim.1:10
6 - Immortality would not be dependant 6 - Immortality would not be dependant upon belief in Jesus Christ upon belief in Jesus Christ Jn.6:40; 11:25; 3:16,36.Jn.6:40; 11:25; 3:16,36.
7 - Paul would not have waited anxiously 7 - Paul would not have waited anxiously for the “redemption of the body” for the “redemption of the body” Rom.8:23Rom.8:23
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Man is Mortal...Man is Mortal... ……. Because of sin . Because of sin ……. (disobedience to God’s Laws). (disobedience to God’s Laws)
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man IntroductionIntroduction Man’s ExistenceMan’s Existence Man’s DeathMan’s Death Is life now everlasting?Is life now everlasting? The death StateThe death State Why do we die?Why do we die? Is man immortal?Is man immortal? ConclusionConclusion
The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man - - ConclusionConclusion Man is a creature formed from the dustMan is a creature formed from the dust He lives by the Power of GodHe lives by the Power of God This is identical to animalsThis is identical to animals Life as possessed now is not everlastingLife as possessed now is not everlasting In death man is unconscious, knowing In death man is unconscious, knowing
nothing, His body corruptsnothing, His body corrupts God has condemned all men to deathGod has condemned all men to death Man is MortalMan is Mortal
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What hope is there?What hope is there?
Luke 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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Man’s True HopeMan’s True Hope Is the Kingdom of GodIs the Kingdom of God On earthOn earth Ruled by Christ & His SaintsRuled by Christ & His Saints
How can I be in this Kingdom?How can I be in this Kingdom?
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Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
