The Beginning

In Genesis we are told the story of the beginning of the earth, humankind and all that we know that surrounds us. Let's loo at the first 10 verses of Genesis.

Genesis 1Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB)

1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 And the earth was without order, and empty; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

My comments: In 2 Peter 2 we are told 5 But these people don’t want to remember what happened long ago. The skies were there, and God made the earth from water and with water. All this happened by God’s word.

So in my mind the earth existed but had become void from possibly the battle that took place between the Angels and the Fallen Angels (demons).

Notice the Spirit of God moved over the waters and then the Word of God spoke light into existence.

3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

My comments: "This firmament has been hidden from most people and not discussed within religious circles." 

7 And God made a firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

My comments: "Here is how the Hebrews viewed the earth" 

Far different than what we have been taught in the school and college.

9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

My comments: In verses 11 thru 13 God created the trees and plants. What is interesting is He created these before he set the sun, moon and stars in the sky.

14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky. These lights will separate the days from the nights. They will be used for signs to show when special meetings[d] begin and to show the days and years. 15 They will be in the sky to shine light on the earth.” And it happened.

16 So God made the two large lights. He made the larger light to rule during the day and the smaller light to rule during the night. He also made the stars. 17 God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth.18 He put them in the sky to rule over the day and over the night. They separated the light from the darkness. And God saw that this was good.

19 There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.

My comments: "God spoke two major lights to separate day from night. The sun burning brighter and hotter for the day and the moon putting off a cooler light for the night." Verse 16 indicates that both the sun and moon put off their own light instead of what we have been taught."

Again the Hebrew view of earth.

You might be asking what am I trying to say. What I want to do in this blog is to get you to think about what you have been taught and then research it and prove it. Do this with the Bible in one hand and whatever information you gather in the other. Keep in mind the Bible always trumps the other.