Page 13 - BCCA4

themselves of all whom they chose" in disregard of YEHOVAH's instruc-
tions regarding racial separation and purity. Genesis 1:26-28.

The Breath of Life

1. What is the most important difference between Genesis 1 and Genesis
2?

COMMENT: The most important difference between the mankind of Gene-
sis 1:26 and Adam in Genesis 2:7 is that Adam received the Breath of

The dynastic Egyptian belief was that unless one of the gods or goddesses held the cross-like ankh to your
nostrils you could not breathe in the breath of life, and could not therefore truly live.
YEHOVAH God in his nostrils.

2. What happened later when the procreative power of Abram and Sara
was regenerated? Genesis 17:15-16.

COMMENT: The spirit of YEHOVAH God was embedded in their genes --
memorialized by the addition of the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet to
their names. Salvation requires that the individual believes YEHOVAH God
and that belief is a function of the indwelling spirit, NOT of the natural
flesh -- as the Messiah said to Nicodemus "what is spirit is spirit." Hence
there was no point in the Messiah dying for people who do not have the in-

13 | P a ge