God's Breath Came
And Until It Leaves "And the Lord God formed man of the hdust of the ground, and ibreathed into his jnostrils the breath of life; and kman became a living being". Genesis 2:7 So what this comes down to, is the fact that man, woman and child are all dirt. If adam was made from dirt/dust, and eve came from the rib of Adam, and all of us decended from the bowls of Adam and Eve, then the human race is on the wide sceme of things from the very begining were simply dirt. Asculpture of clay formed into a body. But there is a but here. It is true humanity was formed from the earth or ground (v. 7) and so is intimately connected to it. This is somerthing about this world, that attracts us, and even though we may be ready to go to heaven, we really don't want to leave earth. Our desire or conection to heaven is also strong, because we have been give a unique relationship to God, who gave to us the breath of life and the desire to live. “the breath of life” (v. 7). As I breathe ...