Creation begins in the primordial “chaos”, the tohu vabohu of Gen. 1:2. The process of divinely re-organizing it into a universe is described in the first chapter of Genesis in language that, in its rhythm and poetry, sounds explicitly liturgical, culminating in the holy Sabbath day where the work ceases. Creation consists largely of separating the elements and confining them within proper boundaries.
The purpose of this account is threefold. First, it teaches essential facts about the way God ordered the world so that humans might understand their place and role in creation. Second, it leads us to praise God as the wise, all-powerful Creator. Third, it preempts the deification of any created elements or forces regardless of their splendor. The text presents the process of creation in six frames called days. Each frame follows a fixed pattern that begins with “and God said” and concludes with “And there was evening and there was morning . . .”. Within each frame God gives a command, sometimes stating the reason behind it. The report of the accomplishment of the command follows. God defines the purpose of what came into being, evaluates it, and in certain cases blesses it.
The repetition of this structure echoes God’s careful ordering of the cosmos, while the scarcity of detail about how God created fosters our sense of wonder at the marvelous creation. In the process of creating, God was involved with the world in many ways: speaking, creating, making, naming, evaluating, deciding, caring for, pondering, blessing, and resting. The focus of the six days alternates between time and space. Time is central to the activities of days one, four, and seven, while spatial aspects of creation are addressed in days two, three, five, and six. Furthermore, the ordering of each of the first three days corresponds to what is created on days four through six. The light-giving bodies of day four correspond to the origin of light on day one. On days five and six God fills the space defined on days two (sea/air) and three (land) with the appropriate life forms. A number of literary features point to God’s creation of humans on the sixth day as the goal of creation.
(a) This day receives the longest coverage. (b) Only before making humans does God take counsel. (c) Humans are created in the image of God. (d) Three of the seven occurrences of the nodal term “create” (bara’) occur with humans. (e) God pronounces a blessing on humans, and (f) God invests them with authority over other members of the created order. Three features give the seventh day secondary emphasis: first, its pattern is different from that used for the other days; second, God rests; and third, God declares it holy. This account gives God’s people the proper orientation to the created world.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy https://a.co/d/8x6Nnce
The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis: A Commentary https://a.co/d/im5Zxjh
The New Creation and the Storyline of Scripture (Short Studies in Biblical Theology) https://a.co/d/cpPPTzp
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https://youtube.com/user/IsraelYarah
https://treasuresofthetemple.com
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The purpose of this account is threefold. First, it teaches essential facts about the way God ordered the world so that humans might understand their place and role in creation. Second, it leads us to praise God as the wise, all-powerful Creator. Third, it preempts the deification of any created elements or forces regardless of their splendor. The text presents the process of creation in six frames called days. Each frame follows a fixed pattern that begins with “and God said” and concludes with “And there was evening and there was morning . . .”. Within each frame God gives a command, sometimes stating the reason behind it. The report of the accomplishment of the command follows. God defines the purpose of what came into being, evaluates it, and in certain cases blesses it.
The repetition of this structure echoes God’s careful ordering of the cosmos, while the scarcity of detail about how God created fosters our sense of wonder at the marvelous creation. In the process of creating, God was involved with the world in many ways: speaking, creating, making, naming, evaluating, deciding, caring for, pondering, blessing, and resting. The focus of the six days alternates between time and space. Time is central to the activities of days one, four, and seven, while spatial aspects of creation are addressed in days two, three, five, and six. Furthermore, the ordering of each of the first three days corresponds to what is created on days four through six. The light-giving bodies of day four correspond to the origin of light on day one. On days five and six God fills the space defined on days two (sea/air) and three (land) with the appropriate life forms. A number of literary features point to God’s creation of humans on the sixth day as the goal of creation.
(a) This day receives the longest coverage. (b) Only before making humans does God take counsel. (c) Humans are created in the image of God. (d) Three of the seven occurrences of the nodal term “create” (bara’) occur with humans. (e) God pronounces a blessing on humans, and (f) God invests them with authority over other members of the created order. Three features give the seventh day secondary emphasis: first, its pattern is different from that used for the other days; second, God rests; and third, God declares it holy. This account gives God’s people the proper orientation to the created world.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy https://a.co/d/8x6Nnce
The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis: A Commentary https://a.co/d/im5Zxjh
The New Creation and the Storyline of Scripture (Short Studies in Biblical Theology) https://a.co/d/cpPPTzp
https://walteragosto.org
https://youtube.com/user/IsraelYarah
https://treasuresofthetemple.com
https://wisdomintorah.com
https://israelyarah.org
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ciy/id1610097103
Facebook: #YASHAV / #CasadeIsraelYarah
YouTube: #YASHAVCIY/ #IsraelYarah
Instagram: #yashav20
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