In the creation account we have a picture of the pattern of our being: soul, body, and spirit. This design of our being is pattern after the image of the triune God. The corresponding inage is Father/soul; Son/body/Spirit/spirit.
In the death that came upon mankind the soul was cast into darkness. Man cannot find his way through life and into eternity. He is drifting toward hell and destruction. The death to the soul takes place at the judgment when all who have rejected God’s salvation will be cast into hell. The Bible calls this the second death. It is the day that the soul dies. It is future.
The soul searching for the ultimate experience in life … love is the story of the Song of Solomon.
The physical bodybegan to detoriate immedately. Time tells the story. All die and are placed in the grave. It is a present experience with us. It is the suffering of the soul through the physical body and this physical world. That is the story of Job.
The spirit, which has the essence of life in it, cannot be destroyed. The spirit does not die. Upon the point of physical death the spirit returns to God who gave it as a gift to man. The human spirit is restless. It is the soul searching for meaning in life. The spirit does not find rest until it finds God through His word. That is the story of Ecclesiastes.
An analysis of how that triune being processes information and deals with life is found in the Book of Proverbs. One of the themes in Proverbs is how the triune being self-distructs. It also shows how to prevent that process and rebuild itself and enter into fellowship and dialogue with God.
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God bless,
Harold