I don't understand your question at all. But here are some fun facts to chew on regarding Adam and Eve:
The brain is the hardware; the mind is the software for the brain. The SPIRIT is yet another dimension of each human. The BODY is the 3rd part of a person.
Humans are made of SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY. Just as God is made of SPIRIT, SOUL & BODY. MAN is made in God's IMAGE, i.e., constructed the same way God is. GOD is made of Spirit, Soul & Body--the Trinity.
God's SPIRIT is the Holy Spirit. God's SOUL is God the Father (containing God's mind, emotions and Will). Jesus is the body or physical form of God. Jesus' mother was human, Jesus Father was supernatural. Therefore Jesus was 100% God while also being 100% man. The Bible says God became FLESH and dwelt with us, i.e. Jesus is God in the flesh.
The SOUL is also broken down into 3 parts: the mind (which is the "software" that correlates to the "hardware" of the brain), the emotions and our Free Will.
The SPIRIT is the life force of the person. The SPIRIT is the part that gets born-again when someone gets saved. People who are not saved have a SPIRIT, but it is D E A D, i.e., separated from Christ (and in fellowship with the devil, their spiritual father). The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is mainly the SPIRIT (at least when a person INITIALLY becomes a Christian, with time they will be less and less similar to non-Christians in their SOUL and BODY, as their reborn SPIRIT has time to influence their SOUL + BODY). A Christian's "citizenship" changes from Earth to Heaven upon salvation. The SPIRIT is the part that is missing when you see a dead person laying in the morgue. The SPIRIT is the part that goes to Heaven (OR HELL) when we die. But STAY TUNED, THERE'S MORE INFO:
When a Christian dies, their SPIRIT goes to be with Christ, but their body is still in the Earth. LATER, once the Rapture happens, any dead Christian's BODY is reunited with their SPIRIT (already in Heaven) and becomes a complete eternal BODY that never needs sleep, is always in perfect health and never will die or have reason to cry (just like Adam & Eve before The Fall, but even better). In this resurrected and eternal body, they are able to perceive and experience Heaven without having a coronary. If any of us saw heaven in our current earthly body, we would die of a heart attack!
Christians who are still ALIVE when the Rapture happens will NOT EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL DEATH AT ALL. They will, in the blink of an eye, go to Heaven, SPIRIT, SOUL + BODY miraculously (just like Jesus did upon his Resurrection---He is referred to as "the Firstborn of Many Brethren...). If Christians did not believe in the literal resurrection of Jesus following His death, they would have no reason to believe they also will be resurrected when the time comes. Belief in Jesus resurrection is also a part of the act of receiving salvation through faith (without proof). SEE ROMANS 10:9-10.
People that are saved still have their OLD body right now, but it contains their reborn SPIRIT. They also have their SOUL of course, which they spend the rest of their lives working to get it to conform to their reborn SPIRIT. That is why a Christian can still make mistakes and sin: because they still have a SOUL that is in need of becoming aligned with their reborn SPIRIT and that takes homework, effort, sacrifice, introspection, obedience. To the degree that any Christian is NOT doing their spiritual homework is the degree to which they will screw up, because they are not utilizing the blood-bought tools which God gave them to overcome SIN. Christians are to "work out their salvation with fear (respect for God's Word) and trembling." In other words, that is OUR homework, for the rest of our lives--to align our SOUL with the Word of God and our SPIRIT. The SPIRIT is always in 100% agreement with the Word of God (i.e., the Bible, that is when correctly interpreted). To get our SOUL to align with our SPIRIT, we have a handbook: the Bible. We also have the Holy Spirit living inside our SPIRIT, leading and guiding us in all righteousness and success. Some do better than others, depending on their effort. If a Christian does not do their homework, they will not have victory in all walks of life, but they will still go to Heaven because they have a TICKET TO HEAVEN (i.e. a re-born SPIRIT). The longer someone has been a Christian, the less trouble they should have in their SOUL because they have used their reborn SPIRIT to make the SOUL conform.
UNSAVED people are 3 parts too, except their SPIRIT is dead. In other words, their SPIRIT is not in relationship/fellowship with GOD because we were all born with a dead SPIRIT. All mankind came from Adam & Eve's loins, who Fell in the Garden of Eden, breaking spiritual relationship with God. Prior to The Fall, Adam & Eve had relationship with God and their SPIRITS were alive and eternal, and their BODIES were going to live FOREVER on Earth. However, after the Fall, their BODIES took on Death through their now dead SPIRITS. By being disobedient to God in The Garden and following the direction of the serpent (satan), they effectively changed their alliegence from God to satan. Adam (& Eve) originally had full authority in the Earth given to them by God, but because of The Fall they relinquished that to satan and satan became the "god of this world." Many years ensued, then the Messiah was born for the PURPOSE of dying to bring us eternal life. Once Jesus died on the cross, He TOOK BACK that authority and handed it back to mankind, on a case-by-case basis. Those who have not accepted Christ are still under the rule of the god of this world, satan. However, those who receive Christ by faith receive the AUTHORITY over satan that Jesus purchased back for them through His blood. You can see all around you that there are many people in the world living a living hell right now, and many people in that same world living almost like it's Heaven on Earth. What is the difference? Some are saved and some have rejected Christ and by default they maintain servitude to satan, whether they know it or believe it or not. That is why the Bible says that those who have not accepted Christ are "condemned already."
Back to Adam & Eve: As a result, instead of living FOREVER as originally planned by God, they only lived about 930 years. Mankind's lifespan has been getting shorter and shorter since and is now down to about 70 years. Since The Fall, each generation experiences a more marked effect of SPIRITUAL DEATH upon their BODIES and SOULS (unless they get saved and do their homework). It is true that recently, due to medical advancements, etc. mankind's lifespan is being lengthend by a fraction--we are still nowhere the 930 years Adam experienced. Therefore all mankind are born in the same spiritual condition that Adam & Eve were after the Fall, i.e., with a DEAD SPIRIT that is out of fellowship with God and IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE DEVIL (whether they know it or not and whether they believe it to be true or not). That is why the Bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We were all born, by default, with the SIN NATURE because we were born from Adam & Eve's loins. The side-effect of having a SIN NATURE is individual acts of SIN. God is less concerned with individual acts of sin than He is the SIN NATURE, because He know one causes the other. Jesus took on our SIN NATURE on the cross and gave us His Holy Nature. That was done 2000+ years ago, (remember Jesus said on the cross "It is finished,"), but it only takes effect in each individual's SPIRIT when they individually receive Christ in their lifetime.
The purpose of becoming born-again is to pledge allegiance to God as our spiritual Father (AGAIN) and disavow our default relationship with satan as our spiritual father that we were all born with. This DEAD SPIRIT is what gives mankind the SIN NATURE. Once a person is born again, they now are RESTORED back to their spiritual relationship with God through faith and reliance upon Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. As a result, they no longer possess the SIN NATURE in their SPIRIT, because their SPIRIT is re-born unto LIFE and they no longer have their DEAD SPIRIT. Christians are considered RIGHTEOUS and qualified to enter Heaven when and if they should die the entire time they continue to live on Earth. That is because when Jesus bore our sins, He gave us His RIGHTEOUSNESS in exchange. What a bargain for us! He knew no sin, He had never sinned yet he received our punishment for the SIN NATURE we inherited from Adam & Eve. All we have to do is believe it (FAITH) and receive that sacrifice for ourselves and we receive His RIGHTEOUSNESS. In other words, as we enter Heaven, God doesn't see US so much as He sees Jesus and says 'cmon in! It is as if we are clothed in Jesus' robe of RIGHTEOUSNESS. The Old Testament story of the Passover is meant to be a type of this scenario. They put the blood [OF A SPOTLESS LAMB] over the doorway and the Angel of Death PASSED OVER their house. Well, Jesus purposely spilled His SPOTLESS AND SINLESS blood and WHOSEOVER believes on Him shall have their DEAD SPIRIT pass them over and instead will possess the SPIRIT OF LIFE (in Christ).
Also, because their SPIRIT is quickened they no longer are a slave to SIN. They now have the POWER to resist sin (but they have to UTILIZE that power). They will still sin at times, but less and less over the course of their lives (if they are doing their homework). Plus, the Christian has an audience with God now and they have the chance to receive forgiveness for acts of sin going forward if they ask God for forgiveness. If a Christian does not utilize their new power in their reborn SPIRIT to overcome the old sin nature still influencing their SOUL, they will have difficulty on Earth, but they will STILL go to Heaven because nothing has changed regarding the status of their SPIRIT, it's just that their SOUL isn't as conformed as it could have been.
UNSAVED people, when they die, their SPIRIT goes into Hell, awaiting JUDGMENT DAY. Upon JUDGMENT DAY, THEIR BODIES ARE ALSO RESSURECTED AND REUNITED WITH THEIR SOULS AND DEAD SPIRIT INTO AN ETERNAL FORM THAT WILL ALSO NEVER DIE. They will burn in Hell forever and experience it fully with their bodies that cannot die. Also, their souls (which contain their mind, emotions and free will) will condemn them day and night as they recall all the opportunities they had to receive Christ. But, of course, the TIME WILL HAVE PASSED by then for them to EXERCISE their free will to become saved, so they will be in submission to satan in his domain forever and their free will won't do them any good, which will be very frustrating. From their location in Hell, they will be able to SEE those in Heaven, just as you can see the guests at a party in a lighted house from the darkness of the yard at night. Hell was only created by God for satan and his cohorts, not humans. However, ever since The Fall, man has been born with spiritual relationship with satan and therefore MUST share in satan's punishment---UNLESS they change CITIZENSHIP, i.e., get saved, i.e., become born again, i.e., become a Christian with a NEW FATHER thereby receiving their born-again SPIRIT of LIFE (as opposed to keeping their SPIRIT of DEATH). That's why Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the LIFE and NO MAN COMMETH TO THE FATHER BUT BY HIM. Jesus was the only entity qualified to give mankind a way to escape Hell. He was God in the flesh while also being 100% human, He never sinned yet He willingly took upon himself corruption and paid the ransom by shedding His innocent blood (the blood of the SPOTLESS Lamb) to buy us back out of the hands of the devil so that we who believe can put on incorruption (eternal life) like we had before The Fall. The Bible refers to Jesus as "The Second Adam." Adam messed it up for all of mankind. Jesus came to un-mess it up.
THE FUTURE: Please note that satan also has a SPIRIT, SOUL and BODY. Satan's body in the Earth will be the Antichrist...
2006-12-04 17:04:28
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