What Are We Really?

[Latuwr]

Hi Everyone,
Blessings to you through Messiah Yahushua, My YAHWEH and My ELOHIM!
Shabbat Shalom!
Prior to my baptism on December 7, 1977, I spent a number of intense years in seeking knowledge, understanding, and wisdom from YAHWEH ELOHIM. Of course, this engaged me almost exclusively in the study of HIS Word in both the Old and New Testaments. As a former ministerial student, I was trained to read biblical Hebrew and Greek, and, therefore, could go to the Greek of the New Testament to help me in my seeking. I did not retain but very little of my Hebrew learning so I could not really study the Hebrew text as an aid. My studies actually went according to what is said in the Hebrew Scriptures: "Here a little, and there a little", and I struggled every step of the way. I once fasted three days and three nights, I neither ate food nor drank water in order to understand just one verse in the New Testament, Romans 5:15. Of course, my fast mercifully ended because I was given what I was seeking. I wrote a number of papers on various subjects and sent them to various pastors in order to receive responses. My first paper was entitled, "Little Did I Know", and the paper ended with this phrase, "And little do I know".
While I was slowly learning, I began to understand that my beliefs were constantly changing. While Seekers are continually learning, we are nonetheless given some knowledge of the truth upon which we can fully stand, but even in standing, we are wise to admit that we do not have full knowledge, and, therefore, we should remain willing to alter our stand should our knowledge be expanded. What I know today, is not what I will know tomorrow. As such, Seekers live a wonderful life of discovery. As a Seeker, I did not make a good husband, nor a good father because my head was always in the clouds.
One of the first things I learned from the Scriptures was that I myself did not possess an immortal soul which after physical death floats off to either heaven or hell. I surprisingly discovered that I was myself, in this life, a mortal soul that could very easily perish through death. So, what is our purpose here on this earth? How did we come to be here, and where are we going? Is this our first rodeo, or did we have a preexistence? When we die, do we live again? Is there any way to avoid physical death?
Thanking in advance any Seekers that are moved to give answers to these and other pertinent questions, I am,
Sincerely, Latuwr

[Latuwr]

Formed Dust That Comes Alive!

Hi Everyone,
Blessings to you through Messiah Yahushua, My YAHWEH and My ELOHIM!
Shabbat Shalom!
It is written:
Genesis 2:7
7 And YAHWEH ELOHIM formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
What exactly is it that YAHWEH breathed into man to make the formed dust come alive?
Thanking in advance any that should be moved to reply, I am,
Sincerely, Latuwr

[Latuwr]

The Breath Of Life!

Hi Everyone,
Blessings to you through Messiah Yahushua, My YAHWEH and My ELOHIM!
I asked:
"What exactly is it that YAHWEH breathed into man to make the formed dust come alive?"
In my humble opinion, it is My Messiah Yahushua who gives us the answer right here through HIS interaction with HIS Disciples:
John 20:21-22
21 Then said Yahushua to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Where did Yahushua get the idea that HE could breathe upon HIS Disciples and command them to receive the Holy Spirit?
Obviously, the Disciples were not given the spirit at this time, so Messiah Yahushua went through this little exercise to show HIS Disciples who exactly HE was, and just who exactly the resurrected Messiah Yahushua is!
The Apostle Thomas later indicates who the resurrected Messiah Yahushua really is through this great confession:
John 20:28
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My YAHWEH and my ELOHIM.
And who exactly was it that breathed the breath of life into Adam and Eve? So, is there any doubt that it was HIS spirit that YAHWEH ELOHIM breathed into Adam and Eve to make them living souls, or to put it another way, is there any doubt that the Holy Spirit itself is the breath of LIFE?
Thanking you in advance should you be moved to reply, I am,
Sincerely, Latuwr

[Latuwr]

Spirit Is Spirit!

Hi Everyone,
Blessings to you through Messiah Yahushua, My YAHWEH and My ELOHIM!
I asked:
"So, is there any doubt that it was HIS spirit that YAHWEH ELOHIM breathed into Adam and Eve to make them living souls, or to put it another way, is there any doubt that the Holy Spirit itself is the breath of LIFE?"
There is no doubt. My Messiah Yahushua taught that ELOHIM is a spirit. Does a spirit have physical lungs to blow physical air into the lump of clay that became a living soul? Absolutely not! A spirit is composed of spirit. A spirit is not composed of flesh. So, it was spirit that was blown into man that caused man to become alive. Messiah Yahushua said this about spirit:
John 6:63
63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Does anyone know how much of THEIR spirit did the ELOHIM blow into man to make man come alive?
Thanking you in advance should you be moved to reply, I am,
Sincerely, Latuwr

[Latuwr]

Renewal!

Hi Everyone,
Blessings to you through Messiah Yahushua, My YAHWEH and My ELOHIM!
I asked:
"Does anyone know how much of THEIR spirit did the ELOHIM blow into man to make man come alive?"
The Apostle Paul knew, and that is why he could write this:
Philippians 2:5-11
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Messiah Yahushua:
6 Who, existing in the form of ELOHIM, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with ELOHIM:
7 But emptied himself, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore ELOHIM also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Yahushua every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Yahushua Messiah is YAHWEH, to the glory of ELOHIM the Father.
When the ELOHIM created man in THEIR image, THEY were in a war. This war was a family war, a war amongst the ELOHIM. The primary issue before the ELOHIM was one of renewal. The ELOHIM had need to renew THEMSELVES.
Now, you may ask me: Latuwr, how do you know these things?
Well, are we not made in the image of the ELOHIM? I recently watched my father die at the age of 94. He was old and feeble. He could no longer walk or even sit up in bed to relieve himself. He could not feed himself. He was helpless, and he needed someone to constantly care for his needs. My Brothers and I and our Sister served in that capacity until the day of his death. My father had need of renewal, did he not?
And renewal was the exact issue before the ELOHIM when war broke out amongst THEM.
YAHWEH ELOHIM, that is, the preexistent Messiah Yahushua, knew exactly what was required of all of THEM. YAHWEH understood that THEY all needed to give up completely what THEY were in order for ALL to be renewed. This requirement did not meet with acceptance amongst all the ELOHIM, and, hence, the unity of the ELOHIM was destroyed. The ELOHIM were now divided, and HaSatan became the leader of the rebellion.
Man was created by YAHWEH ELOHIM as a means whereby the renewal of the ELOHIM could take place. This is why the ELOHIM are mindful of us.
The ELOHIM that favored renewal agreed to empty themselves potentially into Adam and Eve. THEY willingly gave up their spirit to eventually become men and women, that is, servants themselves. The preexistent Messiah Yahushua was our leader in the creation of man, and HE is now the leader of the restored and renewed ELOHIM. The resurrected Yahushua is now the only begotten SON of the FATHER, that is, an exact duplicate of what the Father was in the Beginning, and HE won the war. HE took everything away from the ELOHIM that did not want to renew themselves, and they right now are exceedingly upset.
Do you know why?
Thanking any in advance that should be moved to reply, I am,
Sincerely, Latuwr