Alive Part 1

 

    Alive in Hebrew is Chay (חי).  nephesh chayyah is translated into living soul.  Chay is used in the Old Testament 763 times.  Alive in Greek is zontanós (ζωντανός).  Then in Latin it is vivus.  Most of the English language derived from Latin.  Not really sure how we got alive from vivus.

    Noah was a righteous man that lived among evil people.  He walked closely with God when everyone else was rejecting Him.  He had three sons that he raised to follow God.  They did, but they were not considered blameless like Noah.  Noah was kept alive because of the choices he made to follow God and led his family to do the same.

    Joseph was another man kept alive to serve God's purpose.  He had many people turn against him over his life, but God was always with him.  When his own brothers tried to get rid of him, God turned it into a good life.  Joseph had many ups and downs, but he never abandoned his walk through life with God.  God healed his heart so well that he was not even angry with his brothers for what they did.  Instead he saw how it was a blessing in disguise.  God had sent him ahead to keep his family alive during the famine that had been decided upon many years before by God.

    Aaron sacrificed a bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family before God.  Then two male goats were chosen.  One would be sacrificed at the tabernacle's entrance and one released into the wild to stay alive.  Sacred lots were cast to decide how things would proceed.  This made it where the people were made right with God and could stay alive.  Sin always kills.  It always required blood to purify.  Thank goodness we have Jesus as the final blood sacrifice.

    God opened the earth to swallow up some evil men.  Their sins corrupted everything they owned.  That meant that the ground also swallowed their family and all their possessions.  They went into their grace alive and then the earth closed in around them.  They vanished from the Israel nation in a span of seconds.  This scared the nation and they fled.  God brought forth fire from the sky that burned up 250 more men who were offering incense.

    Moses understood the importance to obey God in all things.  He encouraged the Israel nation to follow God no matter what.  He used what God had done to Baal-peor as an example.  God had destroyed all who followed Baal, god of Peor.  Everyone who stayed faithful to God stayed alive.  

    Today, if we stay faithful to God, we live a healthier and more productive life.  We stay alive.  God gives justice to His people.  When you follow God and your strength is gone, then He will give you what you need.  He will give you refuge.  You don't waste things in life.  To be alive is a gift.  He will heal your wounds (mental, emotional, and physical) with His powerful hands.

    Be kind to the poor and you will find joy because you will see how God rescues people from trouble.  God protects His people and keeps them alive to prosper.  He will rescue you from the true enemy.  He will nurse you back to health.  He will restore your life.

Genesis 6:9-10, 45:3-87, Leviticus 16:6-10, Numbers 16:31-35,  Deuteronomy 4:3-4, 32:36-39, & Psalm 41:1-3