It is very clear from Scripture that our lives on this earth will be either a blessing or a curse. Adam produced two sons---the natural man (Cain) and the godly/ spiritual man (Abel). The natural man wars against the spiritual man and seeks to destroy him. The natural man knows that the spiritual man is destined to take his place; he understands that should he allow the spiritual man to gain ascendency, that he himself will diminish to the point of death. This is why Jesus, the man from heaven, was destroyed in the flesh.
Those who are not born of the Spirit believe that by killing the spiritual man, they will hold on to their realm of power. What they do not know and cannot know is that the spiritual man is indestructible and will return in even greater power and glory once he has shed the natural man.
Jesus said to the Apostles, "You grieve now because I am going away---but I will return, and in that day, your joy will be full, and no one will rob you of your joy."
In our own lives, we see the destruction of the natural man, the man of vengence and bloodshed, the man of war and of hatred, and we rejoice at the arrival of the spiritual man, a man of blessing, created in the image of God.
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