Posted by VCO #378
The genetic codes and DNA passed on to the next generation fulfill the physical reference to MAN. But you are missing the entire point of HE Created us in His image:
This is not a discussion of God creating man in his own image, it is a discussion about the pre-existence. Ok so you believe the creation continues, and there was no pre-existent spirits of men.
I thought it was fascinating, however, to review other versions of the Bible about the one scripture you gave me, Zechariah 12:1. Did you find that interesting how other versions of the same scripture actually state that God formed the spirit of man?
One last comment on the word "host". I want you to look up 2 scriptures that will give you a good idea of the unseen world of spirits that does really exist:
2 Kings 6:15-17 Here Elisha is surrounded by a hoard of Syrians and Elisha's servant ask him what could possibly be done? Elisha asked the Lord to open his eyes, which he did and he beheld spirit horses and spirit chariots. Who do you think was riding those spirit horses and spirit chariots? Spirit men created on the 6th day of creation.
Joshua 5:14-15 Joshua is at the walls of Jericho and sees a man standing off a ways, and goes to him and finds out it is the Lord, and the Lord tells Joshua that he is the Captain of the Lord's "host". If Joshua's eyes had been opened, like Elisha's, Joshua would have seen thousands of the Lord's spirit host that were there to tumble the walls of Jericho.
I would like to show you one of the most interesting scriptures in the Bible. In Genesis chapter 1 vs 26, God creates man and gives
them dominion over... Then in Genesis chapter 2 vs 1 he finishes his creation of the heavens and their "host" and the earth and its "host". So God has now created everything and he is going to rest on the 7th day.
Then in Genesis 2:5 it says a wierd thing: And every plant of the field
before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew, (Wierd statement that doesn't finish the thought) for the Lord God (notice not God /Elohim as in chapter 1, but the Lord God/Yahweh now in chapter 2) had not caused it to rain upon the earth,
and there was not a man to till the ground. Did the plants and herbs get created spiritually first in chapter 1 and then naturally in chapter 2 (see vs 8)? Could man have been created spiritually in chapter 1 and then naturally in chapter 2 (see vs 7)? Give me your explanation if you would of vs 5. Why 2 creations? Why were the man and plants created in chapter 1, not found on the earth yet in chapter 2 and then created in chapter 2 again?
I know you don't study this in Sunday school and certainly not in your Pastor preparation meetings, but if you are willing to look for the pre-existence of the spirits of men, you will find it all over the Bible. Like I say, I have just got started, there are many, many scriptures that teach of the pre-existence.
Just respond to the scriptures I have given you first, and then comment on anything else you are interested in. Thanks