THE
FIRST DAY OF THE WORLD
07-11-21
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(Eph
1:4) According as he [God]
hath chosen [Gk: selected] us [i.e., you and
me] in
him [into the body of Jesus Christ] before [Gk:
prior to]
the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame [Gk: unblemished: faultless] [i.e., innocent] before [Gk:
directly in front of: in the sight of] him in love:
A
WONDERFUL DAY
(Gen
1:1-5) In the beginning God [“God
is a Spirit.” John 4:24; “God is love.” 1 John 4:8,16] [1]
created the [eternal] heaven [2]
and then
God created] the [temporary, transient] earth.
And the earth was without form [3], and void
[4]; and darkness [5] was upon the
face [(anthropomorphism)]
[6] of the deep [7]. And the [Holy]
Spirit of God moved [movement is life] upon the
face
of the waters [a biblical symbol of humanity]. And
God
said, Let there be light [Heb: illumination; happiness]:
and
there was light [Heb: illumination; happiness] [the
precious archetype
of our being born-again] [8]. And God saw
the
light, that it was good: and God divided [Heb:
separated]
the light from the darkness [i.e., separated the saved
from the
unsaved]. And God called the light Day [Heb: to
be hot (as
the warm hours)], and the darkness he called Night [Heb:
a
twist (away of the light)] [i.e., understanding]. And the
evening and
the morning were the first day. [9]
1.
Commentary:
God loves all His angels,
good or evil. Each angel was originally created Holy (innocent)
as a
part of His (composite) Holy Spirit, but a third of the angels
sinned
(Rev 12:4), became criminals in the (composite) spirit of Satan
and
consequently lost their Holiness, and God “drove [them]
out” (Gen
3:24) of the Holy Spirit/Heaven/the Garden of Eden.
a.
(John
3:16) For God so loved the world [Gk:
kosmos; “cosmos” (universe)], that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. [i.e.,
those that shall perish are unwilling to understand]
2.
Commentary:
“the heaven” = the eternal
heaven is a spiritual abode inclusive of eternal angels who are
“spirits” (Psa
104:4; Heb:1:7), and who are altogether the complete composition
of the
Holy Spirit of God.
3.
“without
form” = Heb: a waste, a
desolation; fig. a worthless thing: confusion, wilderness.
4.
“void”
= Heb: an undistinguishable ruin.
5.
“darkness”
= Heb: fig. misery, destruction,
death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.
6.
Dictionary:
anthropomorphism = the
attributing of human shape or characteristics to a god, animal, or
inanimate
thing.
7.
“the
deep” = Heb: an abyss (as a surging
mass of water). [water, the sea, is a biblical symbol of humanity,
also a
biblical symbol of the Holy Spirit]
8.
(Prov
4:7) Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
9.
Commentary:
Question: Why did our eternal God create
the perfect eternal “world,” i.e., Heaven
wherein dwelt Lucifer
(Heb: morning star), a good angel, and then
(afterwards) “create
evil” (Isa 45 :7) in Heaven, typified by the serpent
in
the Garden of Eden, and then create an imperfect
temporary
world,” i.e., earth, wherein God imprisoned
Lucifer-Satan
(good-evil) and his like-thinking fallen angels? Answer: The
earth
was created for a purpose!
a.
(Isa 45:7) I form the light, and create darkness: I
make peace, and
create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
(Heb
13:1,2) Let brotherly
love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers [Gk:
hospitableness]: for
thereby some
[of the
billions of people] have
entertained
[Gk: hosted] [good, innocent] angels
unawares [i.e.,
“without knowing it.” NIV].
Amen