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Notes on the Physical and the Spiritual ManLet me begin with the teaching that "the first shall be last". Scripture saysthat the "physical" man Adam came first. Then came the 2nd Adam (Yeshua) who isspirit. Now, if we stay with the precept that the first shall be last, we seethat man was first a spirit, then a physical body. Therefore, we are like Yeshua:we were 1st a spiritual being that was placed into a physical body.It follows that "the last shall be first". The 2nd Adam [Yeshua] is spiritual.Now we know that the spiritual must come first. When God created everything(including man) in the beginning, each Day ends with "and God saw that it wasgood" [Genesis 1:31]. God created everything in 6 days. This includes all thespirits of every man that has ever lived or ever will live. This must meanspiritual bodies because mankind originally came from only one physical body [the1st Adam]. The scriptures say that God knew us BEFORE we were born into thisworld.Therefore, it is the reconciliation and restoration of man [1st Adam] to wherehe was [the Garden of Eden--paradise] BEFORE he sinned that is the purpose ofYeshua's (who is now BOTH the first and the last) LIFE--DEATH--RESURRECTION inthis physical world. Through Yeshua we will have "perfect physical [glorified]bodies" for eternity; and, it is because of the spirit of Yeshua the Messaiah(ONLY through him) that we can be resurrected in a glorified body. Paul said, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." It is the flesh thatcauses temptation, NOT THE SPIRIT. It was Adam and Eve's physical desire for thefruit of the tree of the knowledge that tempted them. It "looked" tasty! Howcould they be tempted by desire for knowledge when they did not understand whatknowledge was? Therefore, in this world we must be overcomers of fleshly[physical] temptations. We do this by accepting the holy spirit of God and Yeshuainto our hearts. The scriptures say that the soul of man is enmity with God, notthe heart of man.FOOTNOTE 1: Satan was not created with a body of "flesh". His body was alreadyin a glorified spiritual state (read about Lucifer and how magnificent God createdhim). The scriptures say that he can take many forms in this physical world. Thedevil cannot be given "another" glorified body because he has already rejected it,as have the angels who followed him and "left their first estate". They will becompletely destroyed. As will all others who reject the "glorified body" God hasprovided for us through/by/in the risen Yeshua of Nazareth.FOOTNOTE 2: The Revelation speaks to everyone, not only God's elect. "Noscripture is for private interpretation" can also mean that every word of theBible is meant for "whosoever will" read it and desire to know it. Yes, there aredeeper understandings in the scriptures. Yeshua said so! He often (not always)spoke in parables. When Yeshua commanded demons to depart from someone's physicalbody, he did not speak in a parable.Read John 21:21-24 This is the same John of whom Yeshua said, "If I will that hewait until I come, what is that to you?" John did wait and Yeshua did come to himin the Revelation.*Notice the actual words spoken by Yeshua (through the messenger angel) cease atthe end of chapter 3 until the very last chapter, 22. John wrote the actual wordsof Yeshua to the 7 churches and at the closing of the book (Yeshua, the Word, is1st and last). Everything in between was written by John as he explained what hehad seen. It was necessary for John to be transported from this world to Heavenin order for him to see the future, not just prophesy the future. (1) John saw adoor opened in Heaven. John saw it with "physical eyes". (2) John heard the 1st
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