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You see,
The creation story brings us from the eternal spirit world into the material world.
The things of the spirit world, are told to us in a way, so we can relate to them.
Things like, the hand of God,
Or his eyes were as a flame of fire Rev 1:14. Fire can be judgement.
So the description given in the creation story, is one that all men everywhere would understand, if it is understood correctly.
God had to speak to primitive men, and modern man also.
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Should God have written a book on nuclear physics and given it to Moses? Maybe one on biology?
Jesus gave us everything that we need to know for the salvation of the soul. That's what it is about.
Good and evil, Love and no love, Light and dark, day and night, reason and chaos, fullness and emptiness, God and the void.
All those things are understood as symbols for our world.
Symbols, a world of symbols, that point to our world and the eternal, spiritual place where God/Jesus is.
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Not a literal passage, Gen 1, but one that is to be about good and evil, light and dark.
All 4 elements, air, water, earth, and fire. Each coming together and separating at the same time.
The waves of the waters, foaming with air, wash on the earth shore, mixing and separating.
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Then comes Adam.
All 4 elements are needed to create and maintain the human souls.
Air to breath, water to drink, earth plants to eat, and there is heat fire within man.
All the elements mixing within man, then passing through and separating.
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But then, we also see the principal that good and evil are present in man.
Selfish thoughts, mixed with the goodness of God, coming out of us to others. Waters of life? or deeds of darkness?
So the creation story is mixed and fixed in symbolism.
If you try to take it as literal, without allowing for the interpretation of the symbols, you are missing the most important parts of the story.