Those of earth and those of heaven

 Those of earth and those of heaven

 

In Ecclesiastes 12:7, “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.” This means that when a person dies, the spirit goes to God, and the body returns to the dust. In other words, the spirit is released from the prison called dust and returns to God. However, in order for the spirit to return to the kingdom of God, he must wear holy clothes. The holy garment is the same as the soul. In the world, the soul, a living being, is like clothes contaminated with sin. We must change our clothes into the clothes of Christ. In other words, the spirit must be changed into a new soul body (clothes of Christ). So this changing of clothes is called baptism.

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.(kjv)

In Genesis 6:6, “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” In Ba erets ( בָּאָ֑רֶץ), Ba(בָּ) is a non-separable preposition and means on the ground. It means to lament and worry that humans were created from the ground. It was a sorrow in God's heart that he had imprisoned the spirit of his sons, the sinful angels, in the dust. God regrets this. Even in this world, it would be painful for parents to have their children commit a crime and turn themselves in to the police station and then put them in jail. That is why God tells humans the way to return to God’s kingdom.

The flood means that all humans must die. The Bible tells us that if a person dies by the flood (union of the cross) and enters the ark (baptism of fire), he or she will be reborn with new life (baptism of the Holy Spirit: resurrection) and receive salvation. Noah and his family were also baptized by water (rain) from the sky and died. And because they entered the dark ark and turned on the light, they were judged by fire. They took off their previous clothes and put on the clothes of the ark (the clothes of Christ). And when the door of the ark opens, they go out into new life (resurrection). So, the soil tells us through Noah's flood that all humans must die.

In Ecclesiastes 3:20-21, “All(ben) go unto one place(Makom); all are of the dust(Afar), and all turn to dust(Afar) again. Who knoweth the spirit(ruach)  of man that goeth upward, and the spirit(ruach)  of the beast that goeth downward to the earth(Aretz)?

The origin of the word makom is derived from kum (to arise, to achieve). When Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue, from the dead, he said the word Talithakum. Qum means rising from the dead. And Macomb means hometown. Since soil is used as a material for both humans and animals, the flesh returns to the soil. However, it means that the spirit goes to its hometown. The Hebrew word translated soul, ruach, is spirit. The spirit of life goes upward, to its hometown, the kingdom of God.

The Hebrew word ben means sons of God. The sons of God refer to angels who sinned. This means that when the angels who sinned repent and return to being the sons of God, they return to the kingdom of God, but those who did not repent (represented as animals) go down (to Hades). Because the sinful angels who were sons of God did not keep their positions, their spirits were trapped in the dust and became humans. Those who repent are those who realize that they have opposed God and turn back.

In 2 Corinthians 5:1-2, “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:』

The earthly house of this tabernacle means the body. Paul is lamenting about being in the earthly house of this tabernacle. Because what is in heaven is eternal, the body, which is the earthly house, must fall. This means realizing that people made of clay must die.

In 1 Corinthians 15:46-50, 『Howbeit that was not first(Proton) which is spiritual, but that which is natural(Pushkikon); and afterwards that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.』

Proton means first person. To-Pneumaticus is a spiritual person. Since there is an infinitive wu before it, it means that the first person is not a spiritual person. It means To Pushkikon (soulistic person). The next (Echeita: Adam, the second man) is a spiritual man.

What is the difference between a spiritual person and a soul person? A spirit person has a body that lives forever (resurrection), and a soul person has a body that must die. Those who believe in death and resurrection with Jesus Christ are spiritual people. Of course, the current body is not taken into account. The body is like a shell. So, a soulish being is a person who wears clothes received from the flesh (clothes that are soiled), and a spiritual being is a person who receives clothes received from heaven (clothes of Christ).

The soiled clothes must be burned with fire (baptism of fire) and new clothes from heaven must be put on (baptism of the Holy Spirit). So, a soulish person goes down to Hades and receives fire baptism. However, those who received fire baptism while alive (those who were crucified with Jesus) are considered by God to have received fire baptism, and so they are clothed with the clothes of resurrection (the clothes of Christ) from heaven.』

The first man, Adam, was said to be of the earth. Since we have a body of sin, dirt symbolizes sin. Chapter 15 Verse 47『The first man is of the earth, earthy; The second man is the Lord from heaven.』

Chapter 15 Verse 48 『As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.』 Those who are joined to the dust (the first man Adam) belong to the earth, so Those who are in the first man, Adam, take on the image of those who belong to the earth.

The image of someone who belongs to the earth is the image of an idol. Idols represent wanting to be like God (greed). But those who belong to heaven wear the image of heaven. The image of heaven is the image of God (Christ). Those who have Christ have taken on the image of heaven.

Chapter 15 Verse 50 『Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.” Corruption is the physical body. Incorruption means resurrection. This means that a body without Christ cannot have a resurrection body. In order to enter Christ, one must believe that he died on the cross with Jesus.

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