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Mystery of the Ages.PDF - Blow the Trumpet

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But <strong>the</strong> brute animal and man have <strong>the</strong> same breath, <strong>the</strong> same source <strong>of</strong> life. Theydie <strong>the</strong> same death. Human life is animal existence, but in <strong>the</strong> form and shape <strong>of</strong> God, andwith <strong>the</strong> human spirit added to <strong>the</strong> brain.Man was created to have a relationship with him Maker. Therefore he was madein his Maker's form and shape, with contact and relationship made possible by <strong>the</strong>presence within him <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> human spirit.Man's Creation Not Yet CompletedBut man's creation was not completed. He was made mentally and spiritually only "half<strong>the</strong>re." He needed <strong>the</strong> addition <strong>of</strong> God's Spirit to unite with his spirit, begetting him as achild <strong>of</strong> God--uniting him with God--ultimately enabling him to be born into <strong>the</strong> veryGOD FAMILY.Pause here a moment. Notice once again <strong>the</strong> duality in God's creative process. Thefirst man Adam was a physical creation with <strong>the</strong> human spirit added. When man'screation is finally complete, he will be a spiritual creation, formed wholly <strong>of</strong> Spirit.When man receives <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit <strong>of</strong> God <strong>the</strong> very Spirit and mind <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>immortal God is injected into him. It joins with his human spirit. The Spirit <strong>of</strong> Godcannot be received by, or injected into, <strong>the</strong> brute animal because <strong>the</strong> animal has no spiritwithin itself with which <strong>the</strong> Spirit <strong>of</strong> God could combine.At this point, let me inject a truth that, at <strong>the</strong> time this is being written, is probably<strong>the</strong> most controversial question at issue among <strong>the</strong> Western world's population--<strong>the</strong>question <strong>of</strong> abortion.The human spirit enters <strong>the</strong> human embryo at conception. It is this spirit that may,upon adult conversion, be united with <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit from <strong>the</strong> great Creator God,impregnating that human with God-life as a child <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> living God, in a state <strong>of</strong>gestation, though as yet unborn. To destroy an embryo or a fetus in a mo<strong>the</strong>r's uterus is toMURDER a potential future God Being.Therefore, abortion is murder.Now back to our original question: "What is <strong>the</strong> only real value <strong>of</strong> a human life?"Human life is animal existence but with human spirit empowering <strong>the</strong> brain withintellect. The human spirit in man makes possible <strong>the</strong> union with <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit andmind and immortality <strong>of</strong> God. When mortal man dies, <strong>the</strong> body reverts to dust, and <strong>the</strong>spirit returns to God.Life After DeathThe departed human spirit at death is in fact a spiritual mold, <strong>of</strong> itself unconscious, yet in<strong>the</strong> resurrection bringing into <strong>the</strong> resurrected body all <strong>the</strong> memory, knowledge andcharacter as well as form and shape <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> person before death. The human spirit <strong>of</strong> itselfcannot see, hear, think or know. The only real LIFE, inherent and self-containing, lies in<strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit <strong>of</strong> God, united with <strong>the</strong> human spirit. The value <strong>of</strong> a human life lies in <strong>the</strong>human spirit and its potential <strong>of</strong> being united with God's Spirit--which is God-mind andGod-life.

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