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What is man? Few today have an adequate answer to this enormously significant question.
In the Hebrew Scriptures the question "What is man?" is asked twice. David’s reflections in Psalm 8 are widely known and are quoted in the New Testament book of Hebrews. In contrast, the passage in Job 7 is rarely remembered. But both are worthy of careful consideration. (They are specifically addressed in the last section of this lesson, "God’s Great Purpose for Man.")
But how do we define humanity? What is a human being? These questions have exercised the minds of philosophers from time immemorial. But in this lesson we are concerned with what God’s Word reveals about the nature of people.
What does God reveal about man?
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being (soul, KJV)" (Genesis 2:7).
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