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Anthropology: Man’s Uniqueness; Material and Immaterial Nature Dr. Andy Woods
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Man and the Animals Similarities to the animals Similarities to the animals Nephesh (Gen 1:20-21, 24, 30) Psuche (Rev 8:9; 16:3) Breath of life (Gen 6:17; 7:15, 22) Dissimilarities to the animals Dissimilarities to the animals Object of God’s life-giving breath (Gen 2:7) Image bearer of God (Gen 1:26; 5:1)
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Man in God’s Image Male and female are both image bearers (Gen 1:26-27) Male and female are both image bearers (Gen 1:26-27) Not deity Not deity Effaced but not erased due to the fall (Gen 9:6; Jas 3:9; 1 Cor 11:7) Effaced but not erased due to the fall (Gen 9:6; Jas 3:9; 1 Cor 11:7) Sharers of God’s personal image Sharers of God’s personal image Potential sharers of God’s moral image (Eph 4:23-24; Col 3:10) Potential sharers of God’s moral image (Eph 4:23-24; Col 3:10)
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Not Deity GodMan Omniscient (Matt 11:21) Not omniscient (Job 38:4) Omnipotent (Rev 19:6) Not omnipotent (Heb 4:15) Omnipresent (Ps 139:7-12) Not Omnipresent (John 1:50) Holy (1 John 1:5) Sinful (Isa 64:6) Eternal (Ps 90:2) Created (Gen 1:1, 21-27) Truth (John 14:6) Deceitful (Jer 17:9) Just (Acts 17:31) Lawless (1 John 3:4) Loving (1 John 4:8) Vices (1 Cor 3:3) Rhodes, Christianity According to the Bible, 93-94
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God’s Personal Image Social Social Personhood (intellect, emotion, will) Personhood (intellect, emotion, will) Spiritual Spiritual Immortality Immortality Dominion Dominion Rationality Rationality
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God’s Moral Image (Eph 4:23-4; Col 3:10) Righteousness Righteousness Holiness Holiness Truth Truth Spiritual knowledge Spiritual knowledge
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Man’s Other Unique Features Little lower than the angels (Ps 8:4-6) Little lower than the angels (Ps 8:4-6) Wonderfully complex (Ps 139:14) Wonderfully complex (Ps 139:14) Descended from one man (Acts 17:26) Descended from one man (Acts 17:26) No pre-Adamic race (Rom 5:12; 8:20-22) No basis for racism (Gen 1:27-28)
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Man’s Material Nature No dualism (Gen 1:31) No dualism (Gen 1:31) Physical body not inherently evil (Rom 12:1-2; 1 Cor 6:19-20) Physical body not inherently evil (Rom 12:1-2; 1 Cor 6:19-20) Designations for the body Designations for the body Future of the body Future of the body
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Designations for the Body Body (Matt 6:22) Body (Matt 6:22) Flesh (Gal 2:20; 1 Pet 1:24) Flesh (Gal 2:20; 1 Pet 1:24) Tent (2 Pet 1:14) Tent (2 Pet 1:14) Body of humiliation (Philip 3:21) Body of humiliation (Philip 3:21) Earthen vessel (2 Cor 4:7) Earthen vessel (2 Cor 4:7)
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God’s Resurrection Program 2 GENERAL RESURRECTIONS BELIEVERSUNBELIEVERS First Fruits Christ General Harvest Rapture Gleanings Beginning of Millennium After Millennium
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Order or Tagma (1 Cor 15:23) General: Christ’s resurrection (1 Cor 15:23) General: Christ’s resurrection (1 Cor 15:23) Officer: Rapture (1 Thess 4:13-18) Officer: Rapture (1 Thess 4:13-18) Soldiers: OT saints & Tribulation martyrs (Rev 20:4) Soldiers: OT saints & Tribulation martyrs (Rev 20:4) Captives: Unsaved of all ages (Rev 20:5) Captives: Unsaved of all ages (Rev 20:5)
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Man’s Immaterial Nature Trichotomy Trichotomy Parts Body Soul Spirit Biblical support 1 Thess 5:23 Heb 4:12
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Man’s Immaterial Nature Dichotomy Dichotomy Parts Body Soul/Spirit (synonymous) Biblical support Soul/spirit used interchangeably-John 12:27; 13:21 Whole man referred to as body/soul or body/spirit- Matt 10:28; 1 Cor 5:3 Man relates to God via the soul-Luke 1:46 Other parts?-Mark 12:30 Differing parts of the material
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