That isnt the way I learned it.
I am a spirit. I have a soul. I live in a flesh body.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord.../KJV
Not only that but the spirit and soul are locked together and cannot be seperated.
Hebrews 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.../KJV
Of course the spirit is seperate and before the throne of God. That is why you are spiritually dead. Your soul is separated from the spirit. Besides the spirit is put on over the body. That is what Christ demonstrated on the mount of Transfiguration. His face started to shine like the sun.
In Revelation 6, the 5th Seal, the robe of white is symbolic of putting on the spirit.
Hebrews 4:12 has no context to say that one already has the spirit that is missing from all. The word for breath is the same word. Air is the same word. Without context it could be just your air that sustains life or the removal of the Holy Spirit.
If your spirit is corrupt, that is where demons originate from. Only demons can possess a person. Otherwise the clearest Scripture on what a spirit is can be found in both Kings and Chronicles when the kings went to battle, and a lying spirit came from God to deceive the prophets with a false message.
1 Kings 22
"I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so."
and 2 Chronicles 18
"I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so."
If one's spirit is not among that heavenly host, then that person has become reprobate and the spirit is now a demon. That is why the soul and body need to remain blameless to allow the spirit also to remain blameless.
If you had a soul body and spirit, you would be a complete son of God without Adam's dead corruptible flesh. People don't even think a soul has a physical body currently in Paradise. They certainly are not connected to their spirit. The spirit is given at the 5th Seal, when the rapture happens and the church as one body is glorified. Then told to wait until Jesus was finished working and gathering a harvest on the earth.
There are still people on the earth after the Second Coming/rapture. The 6th and 5th Seals. That would be the final harvest and firstfruits of the Millennial Kingdom on earth.
Unfortunately you have in this thread many pre-mill who agree with amil against God's Word. But no one here seems to accept the 5th and 6th Seals as the rapture and Second Coming.
Revelation 6 does not have the talking points of the "left behind" mentality, that even amil base their argument on. Why does the one poster keep asking "left behind" "talking points" instead of Scripture? That is their only argument. Even some amil are looking for an AC and some form of trouble. But many think 70AD was worse than the holocaust. I guess they never read about the concentration camps where German pharmacology practiced their medicine? Can you imagine purposely making prisoners sick, so they could find a cure for pain? There was cannibalism in some camps.
If one thinks 70AD and the world wars were bad, wait until the Holy Spirit is actually removed from the soul via the Word of God.
People who think they can persevere through the final harvest where the angels are constantly tossing humans into the LOF. Where Israel is gathered before their King in Jerusalem, after the baptism of fire has consumed all the works of mankind, they will wish they were in a better place like a German concentration camp, where there was at least a Holy Spirit at work.