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1 | Creation days | Genesis | jlhetrick | 238940 | ||
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (NASB) | ||||||
2 | Creation days | Genesis | Jalek | 238941 | ||
Greetings, Read it carefully, "In the beginning ..." Before he began creating the heavens, he had to start with time. Look at the end of verse 5, "There was evening and there was morning, one day." God started with time. Jalek |
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3 | Creation days | Genesis | jlhetrick | 238950 | ||
Hi Jalek - one of the most important reasons to "read it carefully" is to ensure we don't read something into it that isn't there. It's also important that we don't assume that The Creator God is limited in ways that our logic might suggest He should be. In other words, we shouldn't assume (especially in the clear context given in the opening verses of Scripture) that God was required to put one before the other. This is why I didn't offer my own creative explanation of the first verse in Scripture. It, Scripture, speaks for itself. Still, we are given a logic to think and problem solve and even to help us understand and interpret Scripture. We are "thinking" creatures. With that said, I would argue the logical point that if something comes first (verse 1) we shouldn't attempt to put verse 5 ahead of it. If we are reading carefully we can't possibly point to verse 5 to support your point can we? Reading carefully would require that we also read the verses between 1 and 5, particularly verse 3. Verse 3 says "Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light." . Notice the adverb "then". Then in verse 4 it says "God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.". Finally, we get to verse 5 where it says that God called the light day and the darkness night declaring "one day". Without reading into the text myself or trying to say something is there that isn't there my best attempt to understand the text, as it is written, is that God created the heavens and the earth (verse 1) AFTER that He called light onto the formless void and still after that he separated that light from the darkness at which "time" (no pun intended) TIME as the earth and it's creatures would know it began. |
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4 | Creation days | Genesis | Jalek | 238951 | ||
Greetings, I understand where you're coming from, and held that belief at one point myself. Then I asked a question that I couldn't answer: When did God declare that the First Day began? Verses 1-5 consist of one day, which is the context in which I'm referring to. At some point, God had to declare that he was beginning, and to declare it "one day" he had to at the very least begin counting and measuring time in some form. The first thing created had to be time in order for God to conclude that one day had transpired. Jalek |
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5 | Creation days | Genesis | jlhetrick | 238954 | ||
I understand Jalek - I would encourage you to not be distracted by that question that you still cannot answer as there are so many truths of scripture that, once answered for us, are truly edifying. The rabbit trails can appear interesting and inviting but in the end really only circle back having gone nowhere. | ||||||
6 | Creation days | Genesis | Jalek | 238955 | ||
Greetings, First off, I'd like to remind you that this began because I responded to the original post, which was about the calculation of time prior to the creation of the sun and stars on the fourth day. My answer is that time was created first, and calculated by God who is beyond time. This belief isn't just my own, but one that others have taught as well. Also, it fits in the scope of creation when you stop and think about it. God began to create, he ended the first day at a specific point after the passing of a specific amount of time, and declared that the duration that passed would be considered one day. That implies that he first had to create and start time in order to begin calculating. Another point to consider about the point of creating time first is that what did exist apart from God was in the form of chaos. Time unanimously represents order. Amidst the chaos that existed, God made order out of chaos by the first act of creating time. Second off, just because the question was one that I couldn't answer in the past doesn't mean that it remains unanswered. Obviously, I have an answer. Thirdly, I dislike the notion that I'm being distracted by this. In fact, I've remained on point with the original post the entire time. I don't mean to be rude, but you did start the "rabbit trail" about which was first time or the heavens and the earth. Jalek |
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