Genesis 1:1 What is your interpretation?
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Yes, the text does say the earth brought forth grass and seed-bearing plants and trees
yielding fruit after their kind... and God created man from the dust of the earth, which
I have long taken to mean (in a manner of speaking) the table of elements .
yielding fruit after their kind... and God created man from the dust of the earth, which
I have long taken to mean (in a manner of speaking) the table of elements .
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Jesus is the Eternal Word, John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
Our creation was formless and void and in darkness, then when God spoke the Word "let there be light", then Jesus is revealed to the creation and light is now made manifest and the division between light and dark now exists. That command is still happening today.
Before the creation began, it was already planned to send Jesus to redeem us from sin, to send the light into the world to rescue us from darkness.
He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. 1Pet 1:20
Notice we now have light in our creation, yet the sun and the moon and the stars were not created until the fourth day.
Jesus is the true light and when He walked in His pre incarnate form past Moses who was in the cleft of the rock Moses would have died from His brilliant glory if he saw His face, as it was, God placed His hand over the cleft in the rock, yet Moses face still shone from talking to God so that he had to veil his face in front of the Israelites.
And then in our eternal Home in heaven, there be no need for a sun as the light of God will be enough, we will be in the cleft of the rock(Jesus) and covered by His hand(the cross work) so we can be in His presence. What a terrible thought that those who are not covered by His blood will come before Jesus face to face to bow the knee, their presence will literally melt away like a man in a spacesuit floating towards the sun.
They will be sent to darkness which is the absence of light, as there will be no way for them to tolerate the light.
Anyway Jesus veiled His glory when he clothed Himself in His human vessel yet He was still the light come into the world and will again put on His glory.
"And now, O Father glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. John 17:5
Our creation was formless and void and in darkness, then when God spoke the Word "let there be light", then Jesus is revealed to the creation and light is now made manifest and the division between light and dark now exists. That command is still happening today.
Before the creation began, it was already planned to send Jesus to redeem us from sin, to send the light into the world to rescue us from darkness.
He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. 1Pet 1:20
Notice we now have light in our creation, yet the sun and the moon and the stars were not created until the fourth day.
Jesus is the true light and when He walked in His pre incarnate form past Moses who was in the cleft of the rock Moses would have died from His brilliant glory if he saw His face, as it was, God placed His hand over the cleft in the rock, yet Moses face still shone from talking to God so that he had to veil his face in front of the Israelites.
And then in our eternal Home in heaven, there be no need for a sun as the light of God will be enough, we will be in the cleft of the rock(Jesus) and covered by His hand(the cross work) so we can be in His presence. What a terrible thought that those who are not covered by His blood will come before Jesus face to face to bow the knee, their presence will literally melt away like a man in a spacesuit floating towards the sun.
They will be sent to darkness which is the absence of light, as there will be no way for them to tolerate the light.
Anyway Jesus veiled His glory when he clothed Himself in His human vessel yet He was still the light come into the world and will again put on His glory.
"And now, O Father glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. John 17:5
Thanks Jaybo, for your response. You have noticed that Genesis 1:1 talks about the earth. I think you have assumed that this means planet earth. However, have you ever really stopped to consider how the Bible defines the earth? I think I know how you define the earth. Planet earth, if I am not mistaken. I have spoken a bit about how the Bible defines heaven and how it is not necessarily saying heaven is the sky and outer space. Rather it is God's throne and Jesus is in the midst of the throne. Now think about how the Bible defines the earth. First of all, we read: "Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? " Notice the emphasis on house in this verse. Again we read: "As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: " Notice again the emphasis upon house and building. We may have learned from reading the Bible that the people of God are the house, the building of the Lord: "But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. " Psalm 110 makes it even clearer that planet earth is not how the Bible defines the earth. It says: "[[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. " This is interesting because God's enemies are people, not a planet. Did you notice how the Bible says that? The people become the footstool, the place of God's rest. In changing the people who were once God's enemies into the people who are God's footstool, the people are converted to Christ. So, we can say: "We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. " It seems that the Bible defines God's footstool, which is called the earth, as a group of people, not as a planet.
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@TabinRivCA
He has a unique approach to <ignoring>
He reads the post and then decides from his rarefied atmosphere of the super intellectual it is not worthy of a response.[/QUOTE]
He has a unique approach to <ignoring>
He reads the post and then decides from his rarefied atmosphere of the super intellectual it is not worthy of a response.[/QUOTE]
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@2ndTimeIsTheCharm
In this guest column below, the Rev. Arthur Collins addresses how the liberal NCC’s NRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue) translation significantly dilutes the meaning of two key words related to homosexuality, relying on more extensive analysis by New Testament scholar Robert Gagnon (which in turn cited even liberal scholars in support of his points). Professor Gagnon’s The Bible and Homosexual Practice has been credited with definitively, once-and-for all discrediting any serious scholarly attempts to argue that the Bible does not really condemn consensual homosexual practice.
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In this guest column below, the Rev. Arthur Collins addresses how the liberal NCC’s NRSV Updated Edition (NRSVue) translation significantly dilutes the meaning of two key words related to homosexuality, relying on more extensive analysis by New Testament scholar Robert Gagnon (which in turn cited even liberal scholars in support of his points). Professor Gagnon’s The Bible and Homosexual Practice has been credited with definitively, once-and-for all discrediting any serious scholarly attempts to argue that the Bible does not really condemn consensual homosexual practice.
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Oh! Okay I read the Source article and it makes more sense why you posted this. I looked up NRSVue and it's on Bible Gateway. It will be interesting to read the differences according to the article!
Before I got saved, my parents used to bring the family to a Methodist church every Sunday. It was okay. My Mom stopped going to it when the old reverend retired and a new one got hired who was very liberal.
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