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NASB | Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants). |
Bible Question:
Hello Tim, I hope you are well. Thank God for your reply! Tim I really hope you are on line at the moment so that I can chat with you. My dilema here is that 2:1 says '...were completed, and all their hosts. ie, does this mean all of us too? 2:2 says that God rested not man. What does the Bible say about man entering God's rest? 2:3 Did God then go back to working His creation after the seventh day? 2:4 Moses only uses this type of sentence as an intro to a list or record of history (well I haven't yet been able to find evidence that this sentence is used at the end of what it refers to so at this point I am assuming that v4 refers to the story which follows it.) 2:5 begins to tell the account of day 6 but I cannot find an obvious end to this account, ie. to indicate we are now looking at the time after God's rest day. And so Tim, looking at all these I am trying to work out if it is feasible for us to think that we are still in the sixth day of creation. I have prayed for an answer and then spent all day searching commentaries with no luck. My first thought was: no way, as God says that all is good and so it must be the time before satan puts in his two bob in chapter 3. But then I thought, isn't all good only at the end of time? In a nut shell, is it possible that the bulk of the Bible is the story of day 6, God's creation of man? I sincerely hope this all makes some sense to you. I could not explain myself to my friend here, so hopefully you can make sense. Any ideas? Thanks again, deb |
Bible Answer: Greetings Deb! Allow me to touch upon each verse you mentioned. 1) Gen. 2:1 - This one threw me for awhile, since I wasn't sure what you were asking. If I understood you correctly, you were asking if we were included in the 'hosts' of heaven. The answer would be 'no'. The term 'host' in this context simply refers to all of the component parts necessary for the heavens and the earth. Things like 'air', 'water', ect..., would be included in this term. But, the term 'host' does not refer to every single person who has ever lived. 2) Gen. 2:2 - Heb. 4 discusses the spiritual rest promised to God's people. 3) Gen. 2:3 - I would say that He at least 'rested' or 'ceased' the creative work He had been doing. But, we know that He does other kinds of work all the time. 4) Gen. 2:4 - There are some varying opinions, but I would agree that v. 4 goes with what follows. 5) Gen. 2:5 - If I have understood your reasoning correctly, this may be what is causing you some confusion. Beginning at Gen. 2:4, God retells the creation account, but this time with more detail about the creation of man. So, Gen. 2:4ff is not another creation account, but simply a fuller accounting of Gen. 1. So, I would say that we are not still in the 6th day. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |