The Breath of Life [ ζωή zōē ]

Enabling you to live | to be alive ζάω Zaō

Breath of Life [zoe]:	"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed (spirit) into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life [zoe];
To live | To be alive [zao]:	and man became a living [zao] soul."

Greek Septuagint translation: 

καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. 

body → formed man of the dust of the ground.

spirit → the breath (spirit) of life [zoe].

soul → man became a living [zao] soul." 

Adam's sin brought death: "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." (Genesis 3:22).

• Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 6:17-19; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 8:55:  No man was ever alive [zao] without the breath of life [zoe] sustaining his living.

• Genesis 3:22; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 8:55; James 4:14; John 3:3-8: Since the fall of Adam the breath of life [zoe] does not remain with anyone who is born of the flesh, forever. We must also be born of the Spirit.

• 1 John 5:11-12: Eternal life [zoe aionios] is given IN CHRIST to those who believe in Him.

• John 5:26: Jesus alone possesses the (eternal) life [zoe] in Himself. 

• 1 Timothy 6:16; Revelation 1:18: Jesus alone possesses immortality. 

• John 11:23: Jesus told Martha that her brother, who had died, will rise again.

• John 11:25: Jesus IS the resurrection and the zoe (the life). Whoever believes in Him will be zao (alive) even though He die *

• * The resurrection of the dead renders the person who died, alive [zao] again.

Slides presentation: 

Mainstream Christian doctrine / theology has conflated the life [zoe] with living | being alive [zao] in certain biblical passages, and produced confusion through the false doctrine of a "spiritual quickening / regeneration / resurrection of a 'dead' human spirit".

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LIFE [ZOE] IS IN THE WORD

By the word of YHWH were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath (Hebrew: ruach, i.e Spirit) of His mouth. (Psalm 33:6). In the beginning the Word existed, and the Word existed with YHWH [o. theos], and the Word is God [theos].  (John 1:1).

King David had prophesied the following regarding Him:

The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” (Psalms 110:1).

ζωή zōē (NOUN) (life) exists in God, who is the source of all life.

ζάω Zaō (VERB) means to live, to be alive, or to continue living:

Creator:	"All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life [zoe], and the life was the light of men." -- John 1: 3-4. "There is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we IN HIM; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we BY him." -- 1 Corinthians 8:6. "In Him (God) we live | are alive [zao], and move, and have our being; For we are also his offspring." -- Acts 17:28.
Creature:	To be alive [zao] forever is to be immortal, but after Adam sinned, the LORD God said,  "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."  -- Genesis 3:22. Solomon wrote that when the creature is no longer living | alive [zao],  "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:
Creator:	and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." -- Ecclesiastes 12:7. When Jesus raised a young maiden from the dead, her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat (Luke 8:55).
Eternal life given IN Christ:	"For as the Father has life [zoe] in Himself, so He has given to the Son to have life [zoe] within Himself." -- John 5:26 (He became flesh). "And this is the record, that God has given to us everlasting life, [zoe aionios]  - and this life [zoe] is IN His Son.  - He who has the Son has (everlasting) life [zoe); he who does not have the Son of God does not have (everlasting) life [zoe]." -- 1 John 5:11-12.

God did not create human beings "to die and then go to heaven when they die"  - but the living [zao] God alone has life [zoe] in Himself. 

The two gifts given by God to human beings through Christ, are:

1. Eternal Life [zoe aionios] IN Christ (who alone possesses eternal life in Himself).

Eternal life is "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).

2. The promise of being alive [zao] forever (immortal) following the resurrection of our bodies from the dead THROUGH Christ's bodily resurrection

- which cannot happen unless the dead body is 'quickened' (made alive again). 

- WHICH REQUIRES being placed in Christ through new birth (being born of the Spirit of God).

For all of you are (bodily) dead, and your life [zoe] is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life [zoe], shall appear, then shall all of you also appear with him in (bodily resurrection) glory. (Colossians 3:3-4).

John 1:2 & 4 The Word was in the beginning with God. In Him was life [zōḗ], and the life [zōḗ] was the light of men.	John 5:26 For as the Father hath life [zōḗ] in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life [zōḗ] in himself.
1 John 5:11-12 God has given to us eternal life [zōḗ], and this life [zōḗ] is in His Son. He that has the Son has (eternal) life; and he that has not the Son of God has not (eternal) life [zōḗ].	2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life [zōḗ] (which is) in Christ Jesus.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life [zōḗ]: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.	Romans 8:10-11 "If Christ's Spirit is in you, (1)  your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit (of Christ)  is your (eternal) life [zoe] because of (Christ's) righteousness.  (2) Moreover, if the Spirit of the one who raised [egeiro] Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised [egeiro] Christ from the dead will also quicken [zōopoiéō]  your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you."

Life [zoe] exists in God alone. No human being except Jesus will ever have life [zoe] in himself (John 5:26), because that would make Adam and his seed (created human beings), God 

- but in Christ God gives eternal life to those who believe in Him (1 John 5:11-12).

A thorough New Testament search reveals that:

• Every New Testament verse using the word ζωή zōē is using the word in reference to life. 
• Every New Testament verse using the word ζάω zaō is using the word in reference to living | to being alive.
• In the New Testament eternal life is always called aionios zoe (life eternal). 
• The Greek texts of the New Testament never call eternal life zao aionios (alive forever)

• The words zoe (life) and zao (to live | to be alive) are both used in certain passages of scripture - but are conflated by churches in their interpretation of those passages - see: To live | to be Alive [ζάω zaō]: 

Breath of Life [zoe] (This page)	To live | to be Alive [ζάω zaō]
List of verses  (each verse quoted)	List of verses  (each verse quoted) THE LIVING [ZAO]  GOD
ζωή zōē is a noun, and often refers to life as God has (possesses) it, and gives it. The word can refer either to:  (a) Eternal life; OR  (b) To the life-time of the creature, for example:  "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life [zōḗ] (your life-time)? It is even a vapour, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away." (James 4:14).	ζάω zaō is a verb. "Zao" means to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead) (from Thayer's Greek Lexicon) "There is to us only one God: The Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him."  "In Him we live | are alive [zao], and move, and have our being; For we are also his offspring."  "There is to us only one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him." (1 Corinthians 8:6; Acts 17:28)

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