Mental verses physical! Yes,”verses” is the appropriate term as far too many who claim “faith” have taken the broad road in thought, believing that what is being discussed is matters of and about physical life and how to attain to such. A broad road that leads to mental destruction of course. We have opened many doors and each door leads to the next. The intent was to reveal that the “image”, “likeness”, the “living” and the “soul”, all point to those things within the mind. That “mind” is the grand theme of the mystery and that ALL of Scripture, the hidden intent, speaks to states of mind and NOT life physical. In order to further prove this, let’s actually look at the several Hebrew words translated as “mind”, and analyze their intent. We have two main Hebrew words that speak to the mind and I think it will be a delight to you that they are Strong’s #s 5315 and 7307. You remember these right? These were the words nephesh (soul) and ruwach (breath) that have been fully vetted already. Knowing this is perfectly appropriate to do some more math:
soul= mind
breath=mind
soul= breath= mind
soul= life= mind
breath=soul= life= mind= will

They all speak SPECIFICALLY to the mind (will). Now we also have the Hebrew word leb (labe), its definition; “heart, center of intellect”; #3820. As you can see Hebraically, heart= intellect, and so leb too speaks to the mind. There is one more profound truth in regards to mental states, but let’s first look at a couple verses with nephesh, ruwach and leb translated as the word “mind”.

#5315 (nephesh – “breathing, breathed upon”)

“If a Levite (“attached”; the unity faculty in the mind; #3881) comes from any of your cities (“encampment”; thought habitations; #5892) where he had been living (consciously residing) among Israyl (thoughts ruled by and for Yahweh), and comes with all earnestness of nephesh (mind= breath) to the place Yahweh chooses…” (Deuteronomy 18:7)

Interestingly enough the word translated in the verse and verses to come could utilize the word soul or mind and be a 100% consistent either way. You could now go back and read the verses we explored in reference to Genesis 2:7 and realize that it all speaks to the truth that, “And Man became a living mind!” The systematic translation of certain verses to say “soul” while others like the one above utilize “mind” can be appropriate, however, this systematic attempt by both Strong’s and the many translations of Scripture available can also be very deceptive, wittingly and unwittingly so. It will be up to you to decide to indulge in the other words I have written to expose these truths, but for now on another verse about the mind (nephesh):

“And you Solomon (“wholeness”; a sound mind; #8010) my son (builder), know the Father [Yahweh] of your Father (David= love; love is the father of a sound mind), and serve him with a perfect heart center of intellect (our word leb, #3820) and a willing nephesh (mind), for Yahweh searches all centers of intellect(#3820), and understands all the imaginations (vain pursuits) coming from the mind/soul (nephesh). If you seek (consciously focus upon) Him, He will (His “will”) be found by you, but if you forsake (consciously ignore) Him, he will cast (consciously throw) you off forever (a conscious void of Yahweh’s presence eternally=hell).
(I Chronicles 28: 9)