Module
1 Lesson 2: Mysteries of the Scriptures – Light
Now that we’ve already
dealt with the history of the OAC, warts and all without the typical sugar
coating, let’s delve into the doctrine of “spiritual” interpretation. Here we
will look at how the word “light” is interpreted “spiritually”.
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| Creation or natural coincidence? |
The original document
was updated in Afrikaans on May 10th, 2011.
Original Afrikaans:
“…Kom ons soek nou antwoorde op die vraag in lesing
1, hoekom God volgens GENESIS 1
mense maak terwyl daar volgens SPREUKE 8
alreeds mense bestaan het? Wat is dan die verskil tussen die mense?…”
English translation:
“…Come let us seek the
answers to the question in lesson 1, why God according to GENESIS 1 made people whereas according to PROVERBS 8 people already existed? What is the difference between
these people?…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
It’s only in your own mind that you
think Proverbs
8 says people already existed before the earth was created.
Let us recap:
Proverbs 8:31 Rejoicing in the
habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
You falsely added “even before the earth was made” to this verse
yourself. Be careful about adding to Scripture (Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy
12:32, Proverbs 30:5-6, Revelation 22:18-19)!
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…1
KORINTHIERS 15:44. 'n Natuurlike liggaam word gesaai, 'n geestelike liggaam
word opgewek. Daar is 'n natuurlike liggaam, en daar is 'n geestelike liggaam,
VERS 47 wys “Die eerste mens was uit die aarde aards, die tweede mens is die
Here uit die hemel”.
ONTLEDING: In VERS 40 “En daar
is hemelse liggame en aardse liggame; maar die heerlikheid van die hemelse is
anders as dié van die aardse” sien ons dat die heerlikheid van die hemeIse
Iiggame anders is as die van die aardse, omdat volgens
VERS 44 ‘n natuurlike liggaam gesaai word en ‘n geestelike liggaam word
opgewek. Om hierdie stelling meer duidelik te stel sien ons dat die aardse mens
eerste bestaan het en dat hy net aardse belange gehad het en was nie bewus van
die heerlikheid van God nie. Want in JOHANNES
4:24 word vir ons gesê:
JOHANNES 4:24 God is GEES en die wat Hom aanbid, moet Hom in GEES en in
WAARHEID aanbid. Die tweede mens het God dus geskep deurdat Hy die aardse mense
OMSKEP het in ‘n HEMELSE mens sodat die hemelse mens bewus kon word van Sy
heerlikheid. Hier wil ek nou stil staan om vir jou te wys hoe God die aardse
mens omskep het in ‘n hemelse mens…”
English translation:
“…1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body, VERSE
47 shows “The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from
heaven”.
ANALYSIS: In VERSE 40 “There
are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the
celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another” we see that the
glory of the celestial bodies is different to the glory of the terrestrial
bodies, because according to VERSE 44
a natural body is sown and a spiritual body is raised. To clarify this statement
we see that the earthy man existed first and that he only had earthy interests
and wasn’t aware of the glory of God.
Because in John 4:24 we are told:
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth. The second man was thus created by God when He converted the
earthy people into HEAVENLY people so that the heavenly people could be aware
of His glory. Here I want to pause to show you how God converted the earthy man
into a heavenly man…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
It’s really not that complicated, the
Bible states it quite simply.
The first MAN was Adam:
1 Corinthians
15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
The first MAN Adam was formed from the dust of the ground (earthy):
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living soul.
The first MAN Adam would return to the ground after his disobedience:
Genesis 3:17-19 And unto Adam he
said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of
the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed
is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy
life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat
the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return.
MAN today carries the same physical (earthy)
resemblance (image) of the first MAN
Adam because we are his physical descendants:
1 Corinthians
15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear
the image of the heavenly.
When we die, our physical bodies will
return to dust – EARTHY dust!
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…In GENESIS
1:2 sê God die aarde (die mens) was woes en leeg en in duisternis.
ONTLEDING. Dit is die toestand waarin die AARDSE mens was…”
English translation:
“…In GENESIS 1:2 God said the earth (the
man) was without form and void and in darkness.
ANALYSIS: This is the condition wherein the EARTHY man was…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
No, go read that whole chapter again
very carefully. The EARTH had to be
created first so that the first man Adam could be formed out of the dust of the
ground – EARTHY dust.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…1. WOES.
Beteken deurmekaar…”
English translation:
“…1. BLUSTEROUS.
Means disorganized…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Let us recap:
The Old Testament wasn’t
originally written in Afrikaans, but in Hebrew.
Strong’s definition for the
Hebrew word tôhû which is used
where the Afrikaans word woes (“without form” in the KJV) is used:
From an unused root meaning to lie
waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless
thing; adverbially in vain: - confusion, empty place, without form, nothing,
(thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
If you don’t understand
English, then for the benefit of our Afrikaans readers:
Met ander woorde soos ‘n woestyn,
onbewoonbaar want daar was niks.
Die HAT Afrikaanse
verklarende handwoordeboek se definisie vir woes:
1. Onbewoon en onbewerk,
2. Wild, ru, onbeskaaf,
3. Buitensporig, abnormaal
baie,
4. Losbandig,
5. Ontstuimig
A dictionary and a
concordance will really prove useful before jumping to false conclusions,
especially when reading Scripture not written in the original language.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…Die aardse mens se lewe was gevul met aardse
dinge en dit het God nie behaag nie, want Hy wil in Gees en waarbeid aanbid
word…”
English translation:
“…The earthy man’s life
was filled with earthly things and it didn’t please God, because He wants to be
worshipped in Spirit and truth…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
That is a blatant LIE!
After He created man and
everything that he had made, it was very good.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…2. LEEG. Beteken daar was niks…”
English translation:
“…2. EMPTY.
Means there was nothing…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Let us recap:
The Old Testament wasn’t
originally written in Afrikaans, but in Hebrew.
Strong’s definition for the
Hebrew word bôhû which is used
where the Afrikaans word leeg
(“void” in the KJV) is used:
From an unused root (meaning to be
empty); a vacuity, that is, (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin: -
emptiness, void.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…Die AARDSE mens se Lewe was leeg ten opsigte
van die heerIikheid van God want hy (die aardse mens) het die heerlikheid van
God nie geken nie…”
English translation:
“…The EARTHY man’s Life
was empty with respect to the glory of God because he (the earthy man) didn’t
know the glory of God…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
How could his life have been empty if
God blessed them and placed them in the garden of Eden (paradise)? They had direct
access to the tree of life and commanded to eat from it!
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and
God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and
subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
If the EARTH is a MAN according
to your logic, why would God tell MAN
to multiply and replenish (fill up) the EARTH?
Do you read it as MAN that must fill
up the MAN?
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…ROMEINE
8:5-9, sê die wat vleeslik is bedink vleeslike dinge maar die wat geestelik
is geestelike dinge, omdat wat die vlees bedink vyandskap teen God is, want dit
onderwerp hom nie aan die wet van God nie…”
English translation:
“…ROMANS 8:5-9, says they that are fleshly are fleshly minded but
they that are spiritual, spiritual things, because a carnal mind is enmity
against God, because it is not subject to the law of God…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Allow me to contribute more verses to
this discussion.
Being spiritually minded does not mean
reading the Bible out of context or “naturally”:
Galatians 5:22-24 But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Being spiritually minded means you seek
the will of God above your own fleshly lusts (carnal mindedness) and desires:
Colossians 3:1-3 If ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…3. DUISTERNIS.
Hier is dit nou noodsaaklik dat ons eers saI stilstaan by GENESIS 1:3 Hier sê God: Laat daar lig wees. En God het skeiding
gemaak tussen lig en duisternis. Eers in GENESIS
1:14 op die vierde dag maak God die SON, MAAN en STERRE. Dit wat
verantwoordelik is vir die lig op die aarde, maar daar was alreeds deur God lig
gemaak op die eerste dag.
Dit Bewys dat die lig
wat God op die eerste dag gemaak het NIE dieselfde lig was wat ons van die SON,
MAAN en STERRE ontvang nie.
Kom ons kyk nou wat se
verklaring kry ons in die bybel daarvoor.
- EFESE 1:18 “.. verligte oë van julle verstand.”
- EFESE 5:13 “..want alles wat openbaar word, is lig.”
- PSALM 119: 130. “Die opening van U woorde bring lig, dit maak die
eenvoudiges
verstandig.
VERDUIDELlKING. Openbaar beteken om iets bekend te maak of te verduidelik
sodat dit verstaan kan word. M.a.w. as ‘n saak aan my verduidelik word en ek
verstaan dit, dan sê ek; "EK SIEN”. Dit meen dat ek lig sien ten opsigte
van daardie spesifieke saak. LIG beteken dus VERSTAANBAARHEID.
Ek glo amper nie dit is
nou nodig om ‘n uitgebreide verklaring te gee van duisternis nie, omdat dit net
die teenoorgestelde van lig is. DUISTERNIS beteken dus ONVERSTAANBAARHEID, of
ONKUNDE …”
English translation:
“…3. DARKNESS. Here it is crucial that we
first pause for a moment at GENESIS 1:3
Here God said: Let there be light. And God divided the light from the darkness.
Only in GENESIS 1:14 on the fourth
day did God make the SUN, MOON and STARS. These are responsible for light on
the earth, but there was already light on the first day.
This proves that the
light that God made on the first day was NOT the same light that we receive
from the SUN, MOON and STARS.
Come let us see what
explanations we can get in the Bible for this.
- EPHESIANS 1:18 “..eyes of your understanding being enlightened”
- EPHESIANS 5:13 “..for whatsoever doth make manifest is light”
- PSALMS 119:130. “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth
understanding unto the simple.
EXPLANATION. Manifest means to reveal or explain something so that it can
be understood. i.e. if a matter is explained to me so that I can understand it,
then I say; “I SEE”. That means I see the light with regards to that specific
matter.
LIGHT thus means
COMPREHENSIBILITY.
I almost believe it’s
unnecessary to elaborate further on what darkness is, because it’s just the
opposite of what light is. DARKNESS thus means INCOMPREHENSIBILITY, or
IGNORANCE…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
In verses 3-5 light (singular) is divided from the darkness on the first day. The word
used here for light in Hebrew is 'ôr,
which means illumination.
In verses 14-19 lights (plural) are placed in the firmament to give light (singular - 'ôr) upon the earth. The word used here for light in Hebrew is mâ'ôr, which means a luminous body.
Maybe you’ll understand it better with a
little birthday “parable”:
Daddy is at his child’s birthday party
and there’s a cake with little candles on it. At some point everyone gathers
around the cake and mommy realizes she doesn’t have something to light the
candles with. Daddy happens to carry a lighter in his pocket, so when mommy
says “anybody got a light?”, daddy happily takes the lighter out of his pocket.
With one flick of his bic he is able to light all the candles before returning
the lighter to his pocket. One light, many candles, get the picture?
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| Lights lit with one light can also provide light |
God created the sun, moon and stars on
the fourth day and “ordained” them as “light bearers” to divide the day from
night, and for seasons, and for days, and years, and to give light upon the EARTH.
Genesis 1:14-15 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: And let them
be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and
it was so.
The proof is visible to us every single day:
- In a 24 hour period we have day and we have night
- In a 365 day period we have summer, autumn, winter and spring
- The cycle of all these seasons is called a year and it takes 365 days for the EARTH to complete one orbit around the sun
All these periods and cycles are unique to
the EARTH.
Do you know why God created the sun,
moon and stars only on the fourth day? Because there is no other God besides
our heavenly Father. Neither the sun nor the moon nor the stars are gods
because they are only creations of God. They are mere objects that serve a
purpose in God’s creation. The celestial bodies are there to serve a purpose, they’re
not there to be served.
God is the source of all creation, even
light, He doesn’t need the sun because God is also light.
1 John 1:5 This then is the message
which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him
is no darkness at all.
The light of God cannot be confined in a
box because light takes on different forms. Light is varied in the visible and
invisible spectrums. Think of all the shades and colours for instance that can
be seen by the naked eye. A rainbow is a colourful example. Then you get the
invisible spectrum such as infrared light and ultraviolet light which we can’t
see with the naked eye. What you alluded to in your example is a form of “enlightenment”.
God is much more than mere “comprehensibility”. About 2000 years ago something
a lot more significant than mere “comprehensibilty” took place, Old Testament
prophecies were fulfilled when Jesus Christ was born in flesh, He is the light
of the world in more ways than one (Matthew 17:2, Luke 9:29, John 8:12, John 9:5, Acts 9:3-5, Acts 22:6-8 and Acts 26:13-15).
When you read the verses in brackets and in context of the chapters they were
written in, you will hopefully notice that it wasn’t the sun that was so
bright, but The SON!
His word is also a lamp unto my feet, a
light unto my path (Psalms 119:105).
There is an awesome future promise with
regards to light. The sun and moon will have served their purpose as “light
bearers” and “time keepers” and their services will no longer be required.
Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need
of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did
lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no
night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord
God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
According to Revelation it’s the glory of God,
and the Lamb instead of “comprehensibility” that shines when there’s no need
for the sun or the moon. Read also what happened to Moses after he was with God
on mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights (Exodus 34:29-35). Besides the
allegorical sense, there is also the Divine sense which should not be ignored.
You can’t pigeon-hole Almighty God into a one-dimensional comprehension with
arguments of the imagination.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…SPREUKE
4:18 - 19. Terwyl die pad van die regverdiges is soos die lig van die
moreglans wat al helderder word tot die volle dag toe. VERS 19 Is die weg van
die goddelose soos duisternis, hulle weet nie waaroor hulle sal struikel nie.
Nou kom ons terug na
die aardse mens waarin God ‘n geestelike denkwyse wil plaas. God skep ten
eerste in hom lig, verstaanbaarheid ten opsigte van die heerlikheid van God.
Dit vind plaas deurdat iemand die Bybel vir my verklaar.
1 KORINTHIERS 15:49 bewys bogenoemde stelling: Soos ons die beeld van die aardse
gedra het so sal ons ook die beeld van die hemelse dra. VERS 50, want vlees en
bloed kan die koninkryk van God nie be-erwe nie. Nadat God volgens GENESIS 1:4
skeiding gemaak het tussen LIG en DUISTERNIS was dit aand en more die eersie
dag.
VRAAG. Waarom aand en toe more, en nie liewer MORE EN AAND nie?
ANTWOORD. Die maan skyn in die aand en hy het ‘n sagte lig terwyl die
son ‘n baie skerp lig het. As iemand uit die donkerte direk in die skerp lig
van die son kom sal hy verbrind word…”
English translation:
“…PROVERBS 4:18-19. But the path of the just is as the shining light,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. VERSE 19 The way of the wicked
is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Now we come back to the
earthly man wherein God wants to place a spiritual mindset. God first creates
light in him, understanding in terms of the glory of God. This takes place when
someone explains the Bible to me.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:49 proves the statement above: And as we have borne the image of
the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. VERSE 50, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. After God according to GENESIS 1:4
divided the LIGHT from DARKNESS it was evening and morning the first day.
QUESTION. Why evening and then morning, and not rather MORNING AND
EVENING?
ANSWER. The moon shines in the evening and it has a soft light while
the sun has a very bright light. If someone comes out of darkness directly into
the bright light of the sun he will be blinded…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Allow me to refresh your memory. The sun, moon and stars were only
created on the fourth day. Even
before the sun, moon and stars were
created it was evening and morning
on the first day (Genesis 1:5),
it was evening and morning on the second day (Genesis 1:8) and it was evening and morning on the third day (Genesis 1:13). There was
darkness upon the face of the deep (Genesis 1:2) before God said “Let there be
light” (Genesis
1:3), that’s why the subsequent days also begin with evening and morning. It has absolutely
nothing to do with the sun and the moon. Their only purpose is to divide the
day from night, for seasons, days, years and to give light upon the EARTH (Genesis 1:14-15).
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…ONTLEDING.
Die aardse mens was in duisternis ten opsigte van die heerlikheid van God en
die maan se lig moes eers vir hom skyn…”
English translation:
“…ANALYSIS. The earthly man was in darkness in terms of the glory of
God and the moon’s light first had to shine for him…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
The only earthy man in Genesis
was Adam and he was only created on day six (Genesis 1:27-31), two days after
the moon was created. He was NOT in darkness in terms of the glory of God
either, he had direct access to the tree of life in the garden of Eden (Genesis 2:9)
which is the paradise of God (Revelation 2:7). We should not be obsessed
with the moon.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…Dit is die opklaring van die bybel vanaf
GENESIS 1 tot OPENBARING die laaste hoofstuk, terwyl die son van geregtigheid,
Christus, eers later vir kom sal opgaan. Dit sal hom vermaan en tereg wys ten
opsigte van sy goddelike verpligtinge. (Die beloftes wat hy gemaak het met
opnaamste ens.) Indien ‘n mens vermaan word nog voordat hy die skrifte verstaan
sal hy volgens JESAJA 59:10 “Ons tas
rond soos blindes” want hy sal nie weet waaromtrend die dinge gaan nie…”
English translation:
“…This is the
clarification of the Bible from GENESIS 1 to REVELATION the last chapter, while
the sun of righteousness, Christ, will only rise later for come. It will
admonish him and rebuke him with regards to his godly duties. (The promises
that he made when he was taken up etc.) If a man is admonished before he even
understands the Scriptures then he will be according to Isaiah 59:10 “We grope like the blind” because he won’t know what
these things are about…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Please go read the whole chapter of Isaiah 59.
Sin makes a person sick, it impacts your whole being. The people acknowledged
that their relationship with God was only superficial, and that their
relationships with their neighbours was characterized by unrighteousness. The
author thinks he understands the Scriptures but it appears as if he is the one groping
around like a blind person!
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…In HANDELINGE
9 kan ons dit ook sien waar Saulus tot bekering gekom het
In 2 KORINTHIERS 4:4 sien ons dat die verligting van die evangelie van
die heerlikheid van Christus is die beeld van God…”
English translation:
“…In ACTS 9 we can see where Saul came to
repentance
In 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4 we see that the enlightenment of the gospel of
the glory of Christ is the image of God…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Unbelievers are spiritually blinded by
satan to remain in their unbelief. The Holy Spirit places the understanding of
the glory of Christ in a believers heart. He opens the spiritual eyes to see
and believe. Read the whole chapter as well as John 12:37-50, Acts 26:12-18,
Ephesians
2:1-3, Colossians 1:13-23 and Hebrews 1:1-4.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…ONTLEDING.
Die verligting beteken weereens die verstaanbaarheid van die evangelie van
Christus wat die beeld van God is. God is volgens 1 JOHANNES1:4, LIG, JOHANNES
1:4, ‘n WOORD. In GENESIS 1 sien ons God na Sy beeld, m.a.w. God omskep die
aardse mens tot ‘n hemelse mens deur die aardse mens ‘n verstaanbare geestelike
denkwyse to gee…”
English translation:
“…ANALYSIS. The enlightenment means once again the comprehensibility
of the gospel of Christ which is the image of God. God is according to 1 JOHN 1:4, LIGHT, JOHN 1:4, a WORD. In GENESIS 1 we see God in His image, i.e. God
converts the earthly man to a heavenly man by giving the earthly man an
understandable spiritual mind set…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
How often do you read the Bible? Did you
ever check the verses you’re quoting? Please go and read those verses again and
see if they correspond with your statements.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…As ons die hele hoofstuk van GENESIS 1 lees, sien ons dat God Sy
skepping voltooi deur alles op die aarde te maak plus die mense op die sesde
dag, maar in
GENESIS 2:5 lees ons “Was daar nog geen struike in die veld op die aarde
nie, en daar was nog geen mens om die grond te bewerk nie.
Nou wat het van die
plante en die mens geword wat God op die 3de en 6de dag gemaak het?…”
English translation:
“…If we read the whole
chapter of GENESIS 1, we see that
God completed His creation by making everything on earth plus the people on the
sixth day, but in GENESIS 2:5 we
read “And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and there was
not a man to till the ground.
Now what became of the
plants and the man that God made on the 3rd and 6th day?…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Genesis 1 is the summary and Genesis 2 from verse 4 onwards
is the detail of how Adam and Eve were created on the sixth day. Context is very
important if you want to understand these verses. The original Scripture wasn’t
written in chapters and verses, the first three verses of Genesis 2 should actually be at
the end of Genesis
1. The context of Genesis 2:5 is about Eden, not the whole
earth.
“Plant” is a very broad term and your
argument uses it very loosely. When we start to read the verses more carefully
we’ll see that there are specific details which your question seems to have
overlooked.
Day three:
Genesis 1:11-13 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. 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. And the
evening and the morning were the third day.
- Grass (deshe' in Hebrew)
- Herb yielding seed (‛eśeb zâra‛ zera‛ in Hebrew)
- Fruit tree (‛êts perı̂y in Hebrew)
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Day six:
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the
field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before
it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there
was not a man to till the ground.
- Plant of the field (śı̂yach śâdeh in Hebrew)
- Herb of the field (‛eśeb śâdeh in Hebrew)
If you start a garden or an orchard, is
the garden or orchard already established because there are already plants
growing there? If a farmer buys a field and decides to grow wheat, does he just
leave the field as it is and hope to reap wheat simply because there is already
grass growing wild in his field? Plants of the field would not have been there
before Adam. Read a little further then you’ll see that the LORD God planted a
garden eastward in Eden where he put the man whom he had formed (Genesis 2:8).
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| Herbs of the field |
We read about the herb of the field a
little later:
Genesis 3:18-19 Thorns also and
thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return.
Original
Afrikaans (continued):
“…Dit bring ons by die
einde van Lesing 2 van Module 1…”
English translation:
“…This brings us to the
end of Lesson 2 of Module 1...”
Thus ends the second attempt by the
author of the original document to insult your intelligence.
Summary:
Summary:
In a spiritual sense, there is only one
true light and His name is Jesus (John 8:12, John 9:4-5), as His children we
are called to be children of light (John 12:35-36, Ephesians 5:8-11, 1 Thessalonians
5:1-5, 1 John 2:9-11). Unfortunately not all light
leads to the truth, we need to be wary of satan who also transforms himself
into an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:13-15, Galatians 1:6-10, Revelation 12:7-9).
Further reading:
Further reading:
