by Arthur Jason

Created on: October 10, 2009   Last Updated: October 12, 2009

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".
Gen 2:15:"And the Lord God took the man and put Him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it".
Gen 3:19:"In the sweat of Your face shall You eat bread till You return to the ground,for out of it You were taken for dust You art,and unto dust shall You return.

Gen 3:23:"Therefore the Lord God sent Him forth to from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence He was taken.
Lev 22:8:"That which dies of itself,or is torn with beasts,He shall not eat to defile himself therewith:I am the Lord.
Lev 17:14:"...Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh,For the life of all flesh is in the blood,Whosoever eateth it shall be cut off".
John 12:25
John 8:21:"Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come".
John 8:23:"And He saith to them,Ye are from beneath,I am from above,Ye are of this world :I am not of this world.

Many people(Christians included)are of the notion that it is when our earthly lives are terminated (death) that we are taken by God to heaven.These people believe that all their loved ones that have died irrespective of their beliefs are in a better place (which some call heaven).Is this notion true? Let us check to see what God's word has to say on this matter:

If you examine the 1st Bible verse above, You would realize that God formed man of the dust of the ground (He was an earthly being,1 Cor 15:47.Also,The Hebrew meaning of His name :Adam means Dust,Ground )and breathed into His nostrils the "breath of life"(Breathed into His soul His Holy Spirit which gives life)and as a result of this man "became" a living soul."Became a living soul" means that God's breath (Holy spirit) transformed Him from being an earthly and "dead soul" into a living one.This means that Man had to depend on God's spirit for life.That is exactly why God told Adam that the consequence of disobedience was death.The implication of foregoing the tree of life(God's Holy spirit)and choosing the tree that makes You Explore Your beastly self I.e Makes you control Your own life and choose what is good and evil for Yourselves outside of Gods garden(makes you non-reliant on God )is that You will be eternally dead to God unless You repent.

The second Bible verse tells us that the Lord took the man and put Him into the garden.Where do You think God took Man from?He took

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