When Does Life Begin?

Is not the spirit the intellect of the soul? As we are told in Luke regarding the conception of Christ, John while 6 months in the womb leaped in acknowledgment of the Holy Spirit.

While the brain is the intellect of the flesh body, as described in the creation/formation of the Adam in Genesis, Adam was not 'alive' until the breath of life = soul was breathed into his nostrils. So with what we are told about John in the womb able to sense the Holy Spirit now dwelling within the soul of Christ just conceived. That seems to indicate that the soul is always with the spirit, the intellect of the soul, at least that is how I understand the same but separate entities.

Paul also describes how that before they were ever born having done good or evil that God loved Jacob and Esau he hated. Now that tells me that the soul/spirit has a history before the soul/spirit is placed into flesh at conception.

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