PART I
Genesis 1: 1
In the beginning God (‘Elohim’) created the heavens and the earth:
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The earth was without form and void (Cp. Jeremiah 4: 23), darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. NOTE: Like the Hindu deity ‘Vishnu’ as well as the existence of ‘matter’ without form; the Hindu ‘Absolute,’ Dark Matter and cosmic or ‘dark’ energy.
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And God said, “Let Light become.”
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God divided the Light from the Darkness.
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The Light called ‘DAY’ and the Darkness called ‘NIGHT.’ Evening and morning was the FIRST DAY.
NOTE: The Days and Nights of Creation comparable to the Hindu religion version by the god ‘Brahma’??
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God said, “Let there be a firmament (‘expanse’) in the midst of the waters, let it divide the waters from the waters.
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God divided the waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.
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God called the firmament [above] Heaven. Evening and morning was the SECOND DAY.
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God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in one place; let the dry land appear.
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God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas.
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God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, the fruit tree that yields fruit in itself.
NOTE: All of this before sunlight or rain??
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Evening and morning was the THIRD DAY.
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God said, “Let Light become in the firmament of the heavens to divide the Day from the Night, and let them (??) become for signs, seasons, days, and years.
NOTE: The chronology for the Earth seems to be a ‘Lunar’ (Night to Day) one, according to the cosmic cycle.
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God made two great Lights: The greater Light to rule the Day and the lesser Light to rule the Night; He made the stars also.
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God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the Day and the Night; and to divide the Light from the Darkness (v. 4).
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The evening and morning was the FOURTH DAY.
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God said, “Let the waters abound with (1) living creatures, (2) birds flying across the firmament of the heavens.
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God created great (1) sea creatures [‘Leviathan’??], every (2) winged bird.
NOTE: It is to be stated that not all birds have wings or can fly.
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Evening and morning was the FIFTH DAY.
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God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creatures: (3) cattle, (4) creeping things and (5) beasts of the earth.
NOTE: Does this include the ‘Serpent’ (Cp. 2: 17-18)??
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God said, “Let Us create ‘Man’ in Our Image, according to Our likeness; Let ‘them’
have dominion over (1) fish, (2) birds, (3) cattle, every (4) creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
NOTE: Man was not given dominion over the (5) beasts of the earth??
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God created ‘Man’ in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created ‘them.’
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Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful; fill (‘replenish;’ “KJV, ASV”) the earth and subdue it.
Replenish 2 a; to fill something that had been previously emptied.
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God said to them, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed, every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
NOTE: The original diet of primordial humankind was that of being ‘omnivores.’
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Then God saw everything that He had made; and indeed it was very good. The evening and morning was the SIXTH DAY.
Genesis 2: 1
Thus the Heavens and the Earth, and all the host of them were finished.
PART I
(End)
Postscript:
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God ended His work of the SEVENTH DAY AND RESTED FROM ALL His work which He had done.
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God blessed the ‘seventh day’ and sanctified it because in “it” He rested from all His work which God created and made.
NOTE: There is no mention of a garden of Eden, talking Serpent, Tree of Life, Tree of Good and Evil, or anything about being ‘naked,’ sword-wielding cherubim, hearing the sound [‘Logos;’ “Word”] of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, or any curse, whatsoever.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
February 4, 2009
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