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Genesis 1:6 - 1:25
In
the last study of Genesis, we learned that the first creation of the heavens and the earth
was very ancient, a time that no one can know for certain in years, while in the flesh.
Scientists can definitely document that this earth is much older than 6000 years. In this,
there is no disagreement with God's Word in Genesis.
God's People should not feel as though we are giving sway to all
of science's theories by admitting this geological fact. Our Father has left us many
archeological artifacts in which to discover that time 'of old'. Just the word dinosaurs
should bring to the mind an idea of how old this earth is. We also discovered in the last
study that God had not created our solar system's 'sun' or 'moon' on that first 'day', yet
there was a separation between 'Day' and 'Night' (Gen.1:5). We also learned that God is
that 'Light' wherein there is no darkness, the 'darkness' that Satan created through
rebellion against our Father. It is safe to say that this separation between 'Day' and
'Night' in Gen.1:5 symbolizes the very first dividing of heaven into two distinct abodes,
a dwelling referred to by our Lord and Savior in Luke 16 with the story of Lazarus and the
'rich man'. One side is God's Holy dwelling called 'Paradise' or 'Eden', and across 'a
great gulf fixed' is the dwelling of Satan and those who followed him during the
rebellion. Many are mis-taught that our Lord's teaching about Lazarus in Luke 16 is a
'parable'. It is not, as Matthew 25:30-34 makes it plain that this separation between His
'sheep' on the 'right hand', and the 'goats on the left' will continue through His
Millennium Reign on earth. One third of God's children, as stated in Rev.12 followed
Lucifer in that first rebellion, who was originally one of the covering cherubs of the
Mercy Seat (Ezekiel 28).
Jesus also promised to those who overcome, (that is, those
who are not deceived by Satan when he appears upon this earth in the near future), to eat
from 'the Tree of Life' 'in the midst of the Paradise of God' in Rev.2:7, and Paul the
Apostle's spirit was caught up to this 'Paradise' while in the flesh as written in II
Cor.12:4. We will soon discover in this book of Genesis that this 'Paradise' was on earth
at one time, and that is where God dwelt, before the sin of Adam and Eve as written in
Gen.2 and 3. God will dwell with man again in 'Paradise', upon a 'renewed' earth in the
future eternity (Rev.21). Until that establishing, those in Christ who put off this flesh
body before Jesus returns, their 'spirit' goes to God's 'Paradise', which is now in heaven
(See Eccl.12:7 and Luke 23:43 and Luke 16).
We found also, in the Hebrew text using a Strong's
Concordance, that Gen.1:2 refers to the destruction of a 'first earth age', as also
alluded to in Jeremiah 4 in the Hebrew manuscripts. In other words, Gen.1:1 is the time of
the first creation of the 'heavens' and the earth, but in Gen.1:2, the very next verse,
with 'tohuw va bohuw' in the Hebrew, the earth became an 'undistinguishable
ruin'. The 'overthrow' by Satan caused this condition of 'ruin' upon the earth in
that first earth age. The earth hadn't gone anywhere, it was established then as it is
now, but today, it is becoming an 'undistinguishable ruin' again. We had just finished
Gen.1:5, and the 'first day' of God restoring this earth anew. We ask our Father to bless
us in His Word in Christ's Name, Amen.
Gen 1:6 And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of
the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
This word 'firmament' in the Hebrew is 'raqiya',
meaning 'an expanse, the firmament, or visible arch of the sky' (Strong's no.
7549). This verse is God separating the waters that are upon the earth into two separate
sections or realms, part of those "waters" being left upon the earth
to form the seas, and the other part of those "waters"
moved above the earth turned into water vapor, or our atmosphere surrounding this
earth for today. Remember the point I made in the previous Genesis study
about "the face of the waters" of Genesis 1:2. The whole
earth was covered with those waters to end that time. The earth was created
at Genesis 1:1, then it became 'tohuw va bohuw' (a waste and a ruin),
and God brought the drowning waters upon it to end Satan's rebellion, but the earth was still always there
from its original first formation at Genesis 1:1. Now God is simply dividing
those "waters" into two parts, and taking a portion of
those "waters" up off the earth to form the sky and that will make
the "dry land" of the earth underneath to appear, or
reappear.
Notice I'm being very specific about these "waters".
It's very important, because it helps us to understand Revelation 21:1 for
the future third Heaven earth age, for there will be "no more sea"
on earth in the Eternity.
Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it
was so.
First the stated plan in Gen.1:6, and now the act of
dividing the 'waters' already upon the surface of the earth. Notice the word 'And'
begins each of these deliberate acts by God. This is a 'figure' which allows us to
understand the sacredness of our Father's intentions in these acts of preparing this old
earth for the second earth age (the age that is now).
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
morning were the second day.
This word 'Heaven' is 'shamayim' in the
Hebrew and it means 'lofty, the sky, the universe and its celestial bodies'
(Strong's no. 8064). It's also translated in the King James in places for 'astrologer',
and of course it also symbolizes 'the Abode of God'. This Hebrew word is also where
'Shaman' comes from, used of a so-called mystic holy man, star gazer, etc. (See my letter
'God's Time' in the Archive if you want to know what God thinks of the 'Shaman'. The
'Abode of God' is where the Shaman wishes to penetrate of his own will while in the
flesh).
The earth 'sun' and 'moon' have not been "created"
yet at this verse. That happens in Gen.1:14, so this phrase "...the evening and
the morning were the second day" is for our flesh understanding of time, not
God's. You'll find in 2 Peter 3:8 and in Psalms 90:4, that to God, a 'day' is as a
thousand years to us. So you might say that these particular 'days' here in Genesis are
each one thousand years of man's time, which is doing a little common sense speculating.
That idea doesn't interfere with His Plan, so please, don't get too excited and take it
too literal. God can make 'time' whatever increment He wishes (remember Joshua 10:12?).
Gen 1:9 And God said, "Let the waters under the heaven be
gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear:" and it was
so.
Very, very important verse here; don't skip over it, for
this verse links to 2 Peter 3:5. God is still talking about the dividing of the waters
overspread upon the 'whole' earth to create today's earth atmosphere and the
earth's oceans. The second
'day', which we just covered, ended with the whole earth being covered with water, and an
atmosphere of water above the earth being formed from part of the "waters".
The 'firmament' above is called our sky and clouds.
At this verse, we begin the 'third day', and what is taking place? God is gathering the
remaining 'waters'
which are remaining on the earth, and He is moving them here and there in order to make the 'dry
land' appear (that is, 'appear again'), or in other words, the earth was already
there underneath all that water, along with buried cities where man dwelt upon this earth
in that first age between Gen.1:1 and Gen.1:2.
And by the way, this word for "appear"
in the Hebrew is ra'ah, which does not mean to make or create, it
definitely means for something to appear, or to see and be visible (Strong's
no.7200). That means the phrase "and let the dry land appear"
was not an act of creating the land or earth, for the earth was already
there under those waters.
Note the word 'place' in this verse. This is
where we link to 2 Peter 3:5. This word 'place' in the Hebrew is 'maqowrn',
meaning 'a standing' or 'a spot' (Strong's no. 4725). Now let's turn to
2 Peter 3:5 and read it again:
2 Pet 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word
of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the
water:
This is the state of the earth here in Gen.1:9 that Peter
was talking about; the earth 'standing out of the water and in the water',
meaning the movement of a portion of the waters to locations above the earth (our atmosphere), and upon
the earth, making the 'dry land' to appear, forming the seas and oceans of today's
world. There is no literal 'creating' of soil out of nothing in this verse of Gen.1:9, for
God had already created this earth in Gen.1:1. God had only to speak (The Word), and it
was done ('it was so').
Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the
gathering together of the waters called He Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Here we have the product of 'gathering the waters' over the
earth to make the dry land (erets in the Hebrew) appear.
(It would be nice if I had a link right here to
information on the stone roads [some say Roman, but I doubt it], found deep underwater off
the Azores many years ago. How deep is the Mariana's Trench in the Pacific?)
God spoke and it was done, and it was 'good';
that's always the product of our Father's actions, 'good', never evil which
properly translated in the Old Testament is 'calamity' where He causes it for
disciplining His children. You might wonder, was the destruction by God of that first
earth age by water 'evil'? No, since Satan was the one who caused it; God had to overflow
that age with water upon the whole earth 'cleansing' it in order to re-establish this old
earth, and prepare it for this second earth age of now. For us, His children He did this,
He reinstituted order so that each could 'return' unto Him. Only those who made their
definite choice to rebel against Him in that first earth age are already destined to
'perish' (Satan and those of Jude 1:6).
I realize it's very difficult for many to grasp this idea of
a prior earth age, mainly because of the dependence
upon the world of the flesh, and the
flesh understanding that goes along with it. However, like it or not, God's Word describes
a previous earth age, an age long before the time of Noah. Many people seem to think that
when a new child is born, that child's 'soul' is then created to go into that new flesh
body, but God's Word refers to the pre-existence of the 'soul' (see Jeremiah 1; Romans
8:29-30, 9 concerning Jacob and Esau; Romans 11; 1 Peter 1:2; Rev.13:8). Those 'wrapped
up' in the flesh even have a hard time believing that the 'soul' leaves this old flesh
body upon death, and returns back to The Father (Eccl.12:7). They would rather believe
that their relatives are waiting it out somewhere for their old flesh body to rise from
the casket when Christ returns. Holding to that idea is an insult to Christ, for Jesus
became angry at this 'flesh reasoning' when He went to raise Lazarus in John 11. (Because
of their lack of faith in the Power of God, Jesus tarried
purposefully from arriving too
early in order to perform the raising of Lazarus, because one of the traditions held by
the religious community of that day, was that the spirit of the dead person roamed for
four days, and if it was not able to return into the body within that time limit, it then
left for good and could not return. Note what Mary stated in John 11:32, and translate the
word 'groaned' in John 11:33 using your Strong's. Our Lord performed those miracles during
His Mission as Savior to show us His Power as Immanuel, "God with us",
fulfilling His prophesied coming as Messiah. None have been raised up out of their casket
today that I know of, because their spirit is now in Heaven).
Gen
1:11 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and
the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the
earth:" and it was so.
Again, this is not the first formation of the earth, but the
'putting back' of the 'grass', 'seed', and 'tree yielding fruit'
upon a destroyed earth, by a flood (Not Noah's flood). The evidence of this can be found
in comparing the different fossil records, such as the putrefied forest with later specie
of trees, dinosaur fossils, etc.
Note the phrase 'upon the earth' in this verse?
We still haven't found in these verses of Genesis so far where God created
earth matter past
Gen.1:1.
Gen
1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after
his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
God 'spoke' His Word, and it was done. But remember, a day
to our Father is as a thousand years to us. This ends the 'third day' of the 'renewing',
and the start of the second earth age, the earth age that is now.
Gen
1:14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,
and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth:" and it was so.
Finally, we now have the forming of our 'sun' and 'moon' to
give light upon the earth. So what was dividing 'day', such as 'the morning and evening
were' the first, second, third days of the previous verses? This idea requires leaving
your 'flesh mind' 'outside the door' in order to get anywhere near the Truth of this
message of no sun, yet there was Light (our Father). See my previous Letter on this idea
in Gen.1:5.
These 'signs' are the Zodiac; not Horoscopes,
etc., that's man's twist. An interesting work to read on these 'lights in the
firmament' is E.W. Bullinger's The Witness of the Stars.1
Gen
1:16 And 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.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
The 'greater light' of course, is our sun, and the 'lesser
light', the moon. Just as in heaven, also upon the earth, as there was and is a
division in Heaven between 'Day' (Christ) and 'Night' (Satan), we have
these divisions in the physical also. God's people are 'children of the light'
(John 12; Ephesians 5; 1 Thess.5), so prophecy given in days according to the solar
calendar apply to the 'children of light', i.e. God's people, and prophecy given in months
apply to the 'children of darkness', i.e. Satan's offspring.
Gen
1:20 And God said, "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven."
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after
his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Science teaches that humans evolved from this 'water', from
the protozoa organism. This may be true of these creatures God is speaking of here in this
verse, but for others, such as 'man', God tells us a different version. It seems that
evolutionists like to think that since aquatic life has some similar features (tepods) to
land animals, that these appendages apply to man also. They are constantly trying to find
more links in fossil records to prove their somewhat 'shallow' conclusion that man, and
even all animals evolved out of water life.
The perfect human arch footprint inside a dinosaur footprint,
both preserved in stone together, and dated from 10 - 50 million years ago, located in
Glenrose, Tx., is a stumbling to them. Of course, most of them simply 'choose' not to
believe its authenticity, and others would attempt to discredit it because it doesn't fit
their 'theory' of the evolution of humans. Humans supposedly did not exist during the age
of dinosaurs, but our Father's Word alludes to the idea of man's existence then, in
spiritual angelic bodies, and the fossil record at Glenrose, Tx. shows this to be
probable.
Notice that every creature is made 'after their kind',
pointing 'each' to a specific genealogy or specie. One of the reasons why many wish to
prove human 'evolution' verses 'creation', is to allow our so-called modern civilized
world to appear to have more of the Truth as it continues down the path of knowledge, in
the sense of always progressing. The reason they attempt to disprove
'creationism'
is for the purpose of treating the 'idea' of a Godhead as folklore based on myth. This
would mean bowing down all spiritual belief for the sake of science, so that we would
become more like animals, thriving solely based upon instinct and the primordial brainpower
of an ape. This then, would justify their theories that the universe 'evolved', instead of
being created. What fallacy, for if this were true, then why can scientists discover from
the study of Anthropology ancient living behaviors that are still extant today, and
emotional patterns such as 'murder' linked to ancient times, that still exist today? Even
the ancient Egyptians treated cancer with surgery, and the basis of the science of
metallurgy originated from them. Truly, as written, "There is no new thing under
the sun"(Eccl.1:9). For those who refuse to believe that The God of the Hebrews
exists, they can always find enough 'partial' evidence to cast doubt in the minds of those
who are unlearned in our Father's Word.
Gen.1:24
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle,
and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:" and it was so.
Gen.1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their
kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
Notice each 'creature' is created 'after his kind' in these verses.
Either you believe it, or you don't. One thing to consider though; is there any half
and half creatures, crosses of evolution between species walking around today? I'm not
talking about creatures that develop small changes to adapt to the
environment, but
something like, a 'reptile bird', etc.
Let's cover one more Scripture about that first
earth age, a time when our Heavenly Father created a Perfect earth. Let's
turn to Romans 8 where the apostle Paul was telling us some differences
between that time of old, this time today, and for a time in God's future
glorious Eternity:
Rom
8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
Him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
We are "heirs of God" and "joint-heirs
with Christ", if we remain in the Faith of believing on Him
through His Son, as first delivered by His prophets and Apostles in His
Word. And because of that Faith we will be "glorified
together". This "present time" Paul speaks of is
this second earth age of today, a time our spirit must suffer in this
flesh. But the way things are today are not worthy to be compared to the
future Glory of God's Kingdom on earth. Part of that future glory will be
revealed in us then. That's not simply a spiritual Message only; there is
reality behind it, and it involves real manifestations upon a future
earth. Paul has set the subject of the next verses with that idea. It's
important to keep that in mind for what follows.
Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
The Greek word for "creature" is
important to grasping Paul's meaning here and in the next verses. In the
Greek that word "creature" is 'ktsis' and it means
'original formation' (Strong's no. 2937). It means the
'original formation' of God's creation per this subject Paul is covering.
Its Greek root 'ktizo' is related to the act of creating and its
creator; in this sense meaning God The Creator of all things. Paul
is speaking of the first creating of all things by our LORD. The "creature",
or 'original formation' of all things, also awaits the future time of
God's Eternity with the manifesting of the sons of God. That means God's
creation also waits for the future new heavens and a new earth time.
Some might say at this point, "Well, what
does that have to do with the idea of a first earth age?" Hold on,
Paul's getting ready to show us in the next verses.
Rom 8:20 For the creature was made subject to
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him Who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Note what Paul says here, that the "creature"
was "made subject to vanity". Do you recall the 'tohuw va
bohuw' Hebrew phrase of Genesis 1:2 translated to "without form,
and void"? We learned in the first Genesis study that tohuw va
bohuw phrase really means the earth was in a waste and undistinguishable
ruin state. That Hebrew word 'tohuw' was also translated to "in
vain" where God said He did not create the earth "in
vain", meaning in a state of vanity (Isaiah 45:18). This
Greek word for "vanity" Paul used is in that same idea
about the "creature". But is that what Paul is really
talking about here?
Paul made this very plain, because note he says
the "creature" was placed in a state of vanity, or in vain,
meaning in a state of "bondage of corruption" even. Not
only does Paul say the creation was made subject to vanity, but also that
it will one day be delivered from the state of corruption it's been in.
Here's where we have to ponder this for a while.
Something that is put into subjection to corruption and bondage naturally
was not always in that state. Even without going into the Greek one should
understand that's what Paul is saying with this kind of comparison of
conditions or states. He is speaking of the condition God's creation is in
today with that vanity and bondage of corruption idea, because this time
we are now in has been "kept in store, reserved unto fire against
the day of judgment" like Peter said (2 Pet.3:7). Thus, the state
God's creation is in today is one of decay, an imperfect condition, and
not how God originally created it. If we think His creation today is
beautiful, then wait, for we haven't seen anything yet when He will put it
back to its original Perfect state.
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Here we have it; the KJV translators finally
translated that Greek word 'ktisis' as "creation".
All of God's creation today for this second earth age groans and travails
in pain for release from the state of bondage and corruption it's been in.
Even "until now", meaning to this day, the whole creation
groans for that release by God to the new heavens and a new earth.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Not only does the whole creation groan, but we also
within our spirit, as we await the future manifestation as the sons of God
living on this earth put back to its original formation, and with our LORD
living here on that earth with us (Rev.21). That part of the "adoption"
and "redemption" Paul speaks of is about God's Plan of
Salvation. God's Salvation Plan is not just a spiritual wanting without
real substance, It will be a reality on a Perfect earth.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
In these things Paul described here, that is part of
our hope in Salvation, for it is Promised by God for those who believe on
Him through His Son. Today's state of corruption and bondage of the
creation is not what we hope for, because we can see the state of vanity
it's in today, along with how we have to live in this flesh time also.
Paul is clear that our hope is in a future condition that we cannot see
yet. And by this, he gives us to ponder when it was in that time 'of old'
that God's whole creation was originally in a perfect state. With that,
Paul is talking about a first earth age, a time before Satan rebelled
which caused God to place this second earth age of today into a state of
corruption.
The next Letter on Genesis is going to be an eye-opener for many,
so stick around. We're going to learn that human females were created on God's 'sixth day'
also.
Peace be with you in Christ,
Dave Ramey.
Footnotes:
1 The
Witness of the Stars. E.W. Bullinger.(Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI.,
[Reprint of the 1893 ed.], 1967).
All references to
"Strong's nos." are from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, PC Study
Bible, Biblesoft, 1993-1996
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