And God said, “let us (the Godhead) make man in our image, after our likeness; and God animated man by breathing into his nostrils the breath of life.”
[Gen 1:26]
You might ask the question: To what end was man created? That he would be made “one,” joined to the “life” of the Godhead; to participate, thru “dominion,” over the works of God; and express the glory (and image) of God in/thru creation.
[Pastor; Gen 2:7]
But man was not saved yet; thus, not fully enabled to exercise the dominion for which he was created. After the Holy Ghost was given, man was then empowered.
[Pastor; Lk 24:49; Acts 1:8]
The virtue of the power of God, in the midst of life's vicissitudes; to the working out of that salvation (with fear and trembling), is to every one that believeth.
After saying “As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you;” Jesus breathed on them , and said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.”
ThenSingsMySoul:
BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD
FILL ME WITH LIFE ANEW
THAT I MAY LOVE WHAT THOU DOST LOVE
AND DO WHAT THOU WOULDST DO.
Hymn: Edwin Hatch
