The document discusses the origins and history of life according to biblical scripture. It notes that Genesis says God formed man from dust and breathed the breath of life into him, making man a living soul. It was then that man sinned and died, because the wages of sin is death. Jesus was subsequently sent to remedy this by providing freedom from sin. His victory over sin destroyed death's power or sting to kill. Through faith in Christ, believers are made free from the law of sin and death and are now under the law of the Spirit of life.

1. LIFE
A SYNOPSIS
SOLOMON APPIAH
August 7, 2016

2. • SYNOP'SIS, n. [Gr. with, and view.] A
general view, or a collection of things or
parts so arranged as to exhibit the whole
or the principal parts in a general view.
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3. WHAT IS LIFE?
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4. Rev 19:11-16
(11) After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a
white horse [appeared]! The One Who was riding it is
called Faithful and True, and He judges and wages war
in righteousness (holiness, justice, and uprightness). [Ezek.
1:1.]
(12) His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on His head
are many kingly crowns (diadems); and He has a title
(name) inscribed which He alone knows or can
understand. [Dan. 10:6.]
(13) He is dressed in a robe dyed by dipping in blood,
and the title by which He is called is The Word of God.
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5. 14) And the troops of heaven, clothed in fine linen,
dazzling and clean, followed Him on white horses.
(15) From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with
which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and
He will shepherd and control them with a staff
(scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of
the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God
the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent). [Ps. 2:9.]
(16) And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He
has a name (title) inscribed, KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS. [Deut. 10:17; Dan. 2:47.]
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6. • The WORD of GOD is called FAITHFUL and TRUE
• He JUDGES and WAGES WAR in righteousness
• The Word has eyes, mouth etc. is a person(ality)
• The WORD OF GOD is crowned and covered with
the Blood
• The WORD of GOD is the Commander In Chief of the
Armed Forces of Heaven
• The troops of heaven, clothed in fine linen, dazzling
and clean, follow the WORD of GOD on white horses
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7. • Out of the mouth of the WORD of GOD goes forth a
sharp sword (scepter) with which He can smite the
nations; and He will shepherd and control them with
a staff (scepter, rod) of iron
• The WORD of GOD is the KING OF KINGS and LORD
of LORDs
• Heb 1:3 KJV Who being the brightness of his glory,
and the express image of his person, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by
himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand
of the Majesty on high;
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8. Col 1:15-18 KJV
(15) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
of every creature:
(16) For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities,
or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
(17) And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist.
(18) And he is the head of the body, the church: who is
the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all
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9. Col 1:15-18 (my translation)
(15) The WORD of GOD is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature:
(16) For by the WORD were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all
things were created by the WORD, and for the WORD:
(17) And the WORD is before all things, and by the WORD all
things consist.
(18) And the WORD is the head (foundation) of the body,
the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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10. • WHAT IS LIFE?
Joh 1:1-4 KJV
(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.
(3) All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made.
(4) In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
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11. • LIFE in the NT is found within/inside the WORD of
GOD
• LIFE is the LIGHT of men
• LIFE is the illumination of man
• It is what causes all things to live
• Joh 1:9 KJV That was the true Light, which lighteth
every man that cometh into the world.
• Pro 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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12. • WITHOUT the LIFE resident within the WORD of GOD,
it is impossible to LIGHT men
• If you are lightened, it affects your health, family,
business, finances etc.
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13. • WHAT IS DEATH?
Joh 1:4 In the Dragon is death and ; and the death
was the darkness of men. (my translation)
Death and LIFE reign(ed) for certain periods
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14. Rom 5:14-21
(14) Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses [the Lawgiver], even over those
who did not themselves transgress [a positive command] as Adam did. Adam
was a type (prefigure) of the One Who was to come [in reverse, the former
destructive, the Latter saving]. [Gen. 5:5; 7:22; Deut. 34:5.]
(17) For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through
that one, much more surely will those who receive [God's] overflowing grace
(unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right
standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the
Messiah, the Anointed One).
(18) Well then, as one man's trespass [one man's false step and falling away led]
to condemnation for all men, so one Man's act of righteousness [leads] to
acquittal and right standing with God and LIFE for all men.
(21) So that, [just] as sin has reigned in death, [so] grace might reign also
through righteousness (right standing with God) which issues in eternal LIFE
through Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) our Lord.
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15. Death: The absence of the spirit of life from plants, food,
marriage, your business etc. One can be animated and
dead
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LIFE is that which
brings …
DEATH is that which brings …
- Healing, restoration,
fruitfulness,
illumination Rev 22:2;
John 1:4
- Killings (Guns, Knives, bombs,
chemicals) e.g. armed robberies or
war mongering, terrorism
- Famines, Poverty, Inequality
- Plague (pestilence, disease)
- Accidents/deaths by wild beasts Rev
6:8

16. QUESTION: WHAT IS LIFE? WHAT IS DEATH?
ANSWER: A SPIRIT
• Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of LIFE [which is] in
Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me
from the law of sin and of death.
• Rev 6:8 So I looked, and behold, an ashy pale horse,
and its rider's name was Death, and Hades (the
realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they
were given authority and power over a fourth part of
the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and
with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild
beasts of the earth. [Ezek. 5:12; Hos. 13:14.]
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17. • The Word of GOD rides a white horse.
• This Word is the way, the truth and the LIFE
• Death likewise rides a horse
• Each are followed
• The WORD by troops of HEAVEN clothed in WHITE
• DEATH is flowed by HADES. But why?
• They were given authority and power to kill with the
sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence,
disease) and with wild beasts of the earth
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18. • There are only two (2) who qualify to seed/give
authority and power to Death to kill
• The first is GOD
• Second is man
• We must watch our utterances
• Death and life lies in the power of the OUR tongue
• The Dragon could do this before the Cross but not
afterwards—hence death reigning from Adam to
Moses (the law)—not after the Cross when Grace
reigns (Rom 5:14-21)
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19. QUESTION: What is the Life?
ANSWER
Joh 14:6 AMP Jesus said to him, I am the Way and
the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father
except by (through) Me.
Joh 11:25 KJV Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live:
See “the way” in the next scripture. Jesus is the Life
and the way to the Life is narrow. FEW find the way.
Not all here will find the way
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20. Mat 7:13-14
(13) Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and
spacious and broad is the way that leads away TO
DESTRUCTION (Death), and many are those who are
entering through it.
(14)But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the
way is straitened and compressed that leads away to LIFE,
and few are those who find it. [Deut. 30:19; Jer. 21:8.]
TWO GATES DISCUSSED. Where do each lead?
Not primarily about heaven and hell in the after-life but LIFE
& DESTRUCTION in the here and now
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21. ORIGIN & HISTORY

22. ORIGIN & HISTORY
• Gen 2:7 KJV And the LORD God formed man of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath
(neshâmâh) of life ; and man became a living soul.
neshâmâh: From H5395; vital breath, divine inspiration, …,
soul, spirit.
• Man sinned and died? Why? Because sin has wages or a
consequence—death (Rom 6:23)
• Jesus was then sent to sort out the mess
• Why was he sent? OR For what reason did Father give His Son?
• What did he accomplish? Freedom from sin
• What implication does that have for death?
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23. 1Co 15:55-57 KJV
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory? (death followed by hades/grave)
(56) The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the
law.
(57) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
WHAT VICTORY? OVER WHAT?
Question: O death, where is your sin? When the sting of
serpent is removed, is it any more dangerous?
The WORD of GOD gave victory over sin, thus destroying the
sting of death or the ability of death to kill
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24. Rom 6:18 Being then made FREE from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness.
Rom 6:22-23 But now being made FREE from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness,
and the end everlasting LIFE.
(23) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord.
V23 contrasts 2 things: sin & life
It takes WORK to operate in death but no work to operate in
LIFE. It’s a gift of GOD
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25. Legal matter
Rom 8:2 KJV For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me FREE from the law of sin and death.
If we are FREE from SIN and its consequence DEATH, what
else is there but LIFE
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26. THANK YOU
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