Jun 30

  • saintlewis
    saintlewis added a text contribution And the Sun rose...again... this time for a reason
    On the first of what is normally considered a creation day, God says, “Let there be light.” Elsewhere this same phrase is used to describe the sunrise, and is translated as such. Light was not created in our modern understanding, nor was the Sun it was just given a purpose (which is one of the meanings of the Hebrew concept of create): to give light to the land which Gods people will occupy. Read more »
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    saintlewis added a text contribution Desolate & without Life
    Since the creation of the universe is finished before the six days of Genesis one ever begin (see my note on Genesis 1:1 entitled the ACTUAL Creation Event), then what is God doing for the six days throughout the rest of the chapter? Sailhammer says (and I think I agree with him) God is preparing the Promised Land for the inhabitation of the human race. He is preparing the land, not creating the universe. “Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the… Read more »
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    saintlewis added a text contribution The ACTUAL Creation Event
    First, it is important to note that “Reshit”, the best English phraseology for the Hebrew word for “Beginning”: every place it occurs in Scripture (including this one) refers to a block of time - not a specific moment…an ‘age’ or period of time, not a ‘point’. In Job 8:7 ‘reshit’ refers to Job's early life, the entire period up to when his misfortunes began. “And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.“ If ‘reshit’ was here read as it is commonly understood in… Read more »