In my recent article [see: “Are You Zealous for the Fear of the LORD All the Day?”], I referred to the website set up by a distinguished American scientist who, for now, goes by the name “Adon” [https://thehighestofthemountains.com].
I was greatly amazed by how this American mechanical engineer and former aerospace engineer who is also a neuro-scientist and computer engineering expert disproved the theory of evolution – proving it to be a big lie – by his complex scientific explanations. By mapping out the complex circuitries of the human brain, Adon proved that intelligent mankind could not have existed by some mindless evolution, but by deliberate design and execution by a supremely intelligent divine Engineer!
While Adon goes on to explain other matters of the Bible from his expert scientific viewpoint, it struck me that everything we’ve wondered about life seems to be capable of being understood and explained by science!
But can it – really?
For example, I got the sense from Adon that we can construct and develop our own human “spirit.” But what does God’s word, the Holy Bible, say?
Job 52:8 and 1 Corinthians both affirm that “there is a spirit in man.” And Ecclesiastes 12:7 clarifies that God gave mankind their individual spirit, which at death returns to God as its Maker and Giver.
The Bible does not specify when or at what stage of human development each individual human being receives his unique spirit from God. Herbert W. Armstrong (HWA), the late founder and Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God (WCG), proposed that the spirit of a man comes to him at his first draw of breath at birth, just as Adam became a living soul or being when God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils (Genesis 2|:7).
However, one can justly ask: “Is not a human baby, while still in its mother’s womb, already a living human being even though it has not yet breathed through its own lungs? Otherwise, how can anti-abortionists call abortion a murder of infants?
A human fetus in its mother’s womb is already a human being, and we must assume that the baby already has its own spirit as its brain develops. Studies have shown that human fetuses are already sentient – they can respond or react to temperature changes, trauma such as poking, sounds, etc.
Some parents make it a point to speak lovingly to their fetal baby as if it were already a fully born child, in order to calm the baby. Some parents even play classical music for the unborn baby to listen to, in hopes that the child will eventually grow up appreciating this kind of music. Which demonstrates that a human fetus already has enough ability to absorb some “knowledge” (such as the sounds of classical music) to be able to appreciate it later, after birth.
Life itself is a miracle! Scientists might explain it in terms of chemistry, physics or biology, but they cannot explain how life really begins, or what – who – causes human life to exist? Indeed, the mystery of life!
That mystery can only make sense if there is a Designer/Creator God behind all life on our planet – human, animal and plant. Adon amply explains this through his vast scientific knowledge and research.
But what about our human spirit? While we did not create it in ourselves, we can do things to enhance our spirit – through self-study or training such us by tutors or in schools. God also imparts spiritual “gifts” to human spirits as He sees fit (1 Corinthians 12).
Divine miracles unexplainable by science
Besides the miracle of God creating Adam and Eve and, by His mere word or command God also creating ALL other things on earth and our atmosphere (Genesis 1-3), the LORD or God of Israel delivered the people of Israel from their bondage and slavery in the land of Egypt through miracles and wonders and brought them to their Promised Land (accounts in the books of Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges).
The history of the people of Israel (the rest of the Old Testament) is punctuated by God’s miraculous interventions to save His people from their own folly and sin and from their enemies.
In the New Testament we find plenty of scientifically unexplainable miracles done by Jesus Christ and His apostles. Jesus Himself was born through a miracle of a virgin conceiving without the participation of a human father (Luke 1:26-80).
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- When the wine at a wedding party in Cana ran out, Jesus turned plain water into superior-quality wine (John 2:1-10).
- Jesus calmed the stormy winds and sea by His mere command (Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-42; 7:24-37; Luke 8:22-25). He also walked on water like on dry land, as did Peter for a moment (Matthew 14:22-33).
- Without any medication or surgical procedures, Jesus healed all manner of diseases brought to Him (Matthew 4:23-25; 15:30-31; Mark 7:31-37; Luke 4:40 -41).
- With just a few pieces of bread and fish, Jesus fed thousands of people more than once (Matthew 14:13-21; 15:32-38; Mark 6:30-44; 8:1-10).
- Jesus raised people back to life from the dead: the son of a widow at Nain (Luke 7:11-17); the daughter of a synagogue ruler (Matthew 9:18-28; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56); Lazarus, brother of Jesus’ friends Mary and Martha (John 11:1-44).
- Jesus Himself resurrected from the dead three days after His crucifixion (Matthew 27:62-28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10). He then ascended to heaven (Acts 1:9-11).
- Through Peter, a lame man was healed (Acts 3:1-10).
- Through Paul God healed many diseases (Acts 19:11-12).
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When Christ returns from heaven to this earth, many signs and wonders will occur as detailed in the book of Revelation (6-11;14-22), and mentioned by the Old Testament prophets (Isaiah 13; Joel 2:1-11; Zechariah 14).
Does the human spirit live forever?
Adon believes and teaches that, as such, the human spirit lives forever, that it cannot or will not be destroyed. He did say that the spirit of a righteous man lives forever, but if we examine the testimony of the holy Scriptures, the same does not apply to unrepentant, wicked people.
Hebrews 12:23 mentions “the spirits of just men made perfect” who are counted worthy to become part of the “general assembly and church of the firstborn who are “registered in heaven” (Verse 23, first part) – those who will have a place in the New Heavens (Revelation 21:1-5). On the other hand, unjust (unrighteous) men – those who persist on doing evil and not repenting of it will be cast into a “lake of fire” at the end of the Day of Judgment – never to have another chance to be resurrected to life ever again, having died the “second death” (Revelation 21:8). God will use the spirit of true Christians and children of God who have died as some kind of blueprint or template to resurrect them to everlasting life at Christ’s return, or at the end of the judgment period after the millennial rule of Christ (Revelation 20:5, 11-12). It stands to reason that the spirit of incorrigibly wicked people will need to be destroyed, along with their body and soul in hell-fire (Matthew 10:28).
The Bible does not teach that man has an “immortal soul.” Ezekiel 18:20 plainly says that “The soul who sins shall die.” [See: “What Happens to Man After Death?”]
Isaiah 45:5, 6, 21; 6:9 repeatedly affirms that the LORD God exists, and there is none other God besides Him. He alone is worthy of the highest glory, honor, worship and praise (Revelation 4:11)!
Pedro R. Meléndez, Jr.
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