The Progressions Of God's Dwelling In Man Part One

In Genesis 2:7, we have a firm existential foundation for our first parents, in
which Elohim formed man from the dust of the ground. On that special day which we
read further on into Genesis, He took the dirt from the ground and formed Adam,
and afterward, Jehovah formed the Spirit of man by breathing into his nostrils.
Then what took place was more than an act of God, but a miracle of God. He had
given to man, what is called the Ruach (Hebrew for spirit). He blew into the man’s
nostrils and this word Ruach is Hebrew for Spirit. Elohim wanted His creation to
be not only distinct from the animal world, but also separated from it. Another
view Jehovah gave evidence to us that we are separated from the animal kingdom was
the following.

The act of the creation of the animal world was however different. He created the
animals to possess an actual living soul dwelling inside of them; however, there
is no such thing as a spirit residing inside of them. The soul of an animal is
their entire characteristic, which is what we would call their make-up for their
emotions. You will see that when God created man and blew into the man’s nostrils
He gave the man a part of His spirit. Jehovah also gave our first parents a soul
with the spirit. Moreover, this soul is the make-up for all human emotions. Their
spirit that God gave the man and woman is a compartment for them and for us to
commune with our creator and to worship Him.

Now since Lucifer had already fallen from his divine authority and his divine
position, only one authority was transferred to Adam (Man-Ish) and Eve (Woman-
Ishah). What do I mean about divine authority being transferred to our first
parents? Satan at one time had a priestly function of being in charge of the
worship music on earth. God created the Devil for music. In Ezekiel 28:13, “The
workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were
created.” In his book, The Invisible War, Donald Grey Barnhouse suggests Satan the
cherub angel had a priestly function. “The wings of a cherub, you might recall,
were outstretched on the top of the ark of the covenant. Confirming this
interpretation is the expression ‘his sanctuaries,’ apparently a reference to
worship (v.18).” This also points to the fact that Lucifer directed and
orchestrated the worship of other angels.

The cherub angel, Satan, received the worship of other angels underneath him and
gave all the praise and worship to God in the third heavens. Now, God has given
Adam and Eve, the authority of worship, since it was, transferred to our first
parents because of Satan’s rebellion. Satan has however lost his divine position
of ever being a worship leader ever again in God’s kingdom. This now explains the
deceiver’s action of jealousy toward Adam and Eve. This is why Satan the cherub
angel, lied both to Adam and Eve. The Serpents mind said if only I (serpent) can
convince these new people to eat of the tree, The Tree of Knowledge of Good and
Bad. Then I (serpent) cannot only ruin their relationship with the Creator, so
then they can follow my ways, then God cannot dwell inside of them anymore, and
their closeness with God would be damaged.

By Michael Jones