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  • From: Ephraim49 AT aol.com
  • To: villandra AT austin.rr.com, kwrandolph AT email.com, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen 1:2
  • Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 19:53:22 EDT

Hello, all.
<<So the poetic device would literally translate as an empty/ void and a
<<void that is empty. Formless does not appear in the discussion, but
<<makes the best sense in context, where God makes sense of the
<<universe by giving it form. Empty also works. Clearly a literal
<<translation is not possible.
Let the "bible scholars" which neither understand the text, nor believe
the scriptures take the above approach. The correct interpretation is
the following:
The "dry land" (earth) was not visible, and was void of life. The Sun was
turned off, the seas covered the whole Earth, and the Spirit of God
drifted across and surface of the planet (waters).
Genesis 1:2 begins the "seven days of Moses", not the "seven days of
Creation". Theology is under the false belief that Moses is describing
"Creation Week" in chapter one. The truth is, God was introducing
a new concept to mankind, which man would not understand until
the end of the 20th century AD.
If you're having trouble, ask yourself these questions:
1) Where did the water come from?
2) God is light, and in Him is no darkness Where did
God have to go in order to find darkness?
3) Suppose the "seven days" are not in chronological order?
Jesus gave a different order in the gospels.
Herman (_Ephraim49 AT aol.com_ (mailto:Ephraim49 AT aol.com) )




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