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EVANGELICAL BIBLE COLLEGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA


COMMENTARY.

GENESIS 1-11.

by

DR PETER MOSES

[BOOK 31-1]

REVISED OCTOBER 211

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W!O IS "ESUS C!RIST#

Professor Simon Greenleaf was one of the most eminent lawyers of all time. His Laws of Evidence for many yearswere accepted by all States in the United States as the standard methodology for evalating cases. He was teachingLaw at a niversity in the United States when one of his stdents as!ed Professor Greenleaf if he wold apply his Lawsof Evidence to evalate an historical figre. "hen Greenleaf agreed to the pro#ect he as!ed the stdent who was to bethe sb#ect of the review. $he stdent replied that the person to be e%amined wold be &ess 'hrist. Professor

Greenleaf agreed to nderta!e the e%amination of &ess 'hrist and as a reslt( when he had finished the review( SimonGreenleaf personally accepted the Lord &ess 'hrist as his Savior.

Professor Greenleaf then sent an open letter to all #rists in the United States saying in part ) personally haveinvestigated one called &ess 'hrist. ) have fond the evidence concerning him to be historically accrate. ) have alsodiscovered that &ess 'hrist is more than a hman being( he is either God or nothing and having e%amined the evidenceit is impossible to conclde other than he is God. Having conclded that he is God ) have accepted him as my personalSavior. ) rge all members of the legal profession to se the Laws of Evidence to investigate the person of the Lord&ess 'hrist and if yo find that he is wrong e%pose him as a fa!er bt if not consider him as yor Savior and Lord.

!OW CAN I BE SAVED#

S$%&$'()* (+ $&$(%$b%, ) $%% /,/b,+ ) '0, 0/$* $,.Salvation is the most important nderta!ing in all of God*s niverse. $he salvation of sinners is never on the basis ofGod*s merely passing over or closing His eyes to sin. God saves sinners on a completely righteos basis consistent with

the divine holiness of His character. $his is called grace. )t relies on God so man cannot wor! for salvation neither canhe deserve it. "e need to realise that the creation of this vast nmeasred niverse was far less an nderta!ing than thewor!ing ot of God*s plan to save sinners.

However the acceptance of God*s salvation by the sinner is the most simple thing in all of life. +ne need not be rich( norwise( nor edcated. ,ge is no barrier nor the color of one*s s!in. $he reception of the enormos benefits of God*sredemption is based pon the simplest of terms so that there is no one in all this wide niverse who need be trnedaway.

!) 4) I b,)/, $ C0(+'($*#$here is bt one simple step divided into three parts. -irst of all ) have to recognise that ) am a sinner /omans 0120341203 E5e!iel 67183 &ohn 9128:.

Secondly( realising that if ) want a relationship with ,lmighty God who is perfect( and recognising that ) am not perfect( )

need to loo! to the Lord &ess 'hrist as the only Savior 6 'orinthians 69103 6 Peter 21283 lsaiah 90143 &ohn 0164:.

$hirdly( by the e%ercise of my free will ) personally receive the Lord &ess 'hrist as my Savior( believing that He diedpersonally for me and that He is what He claims to be in an individal( personal and living way &ohn 61623 01043 ,cts641063 8162:.

T0, ,+%'+ ) S$%&$'()*$he reslts of this are nbelievably wonderfl1;y sins are ta!en away &ohn 612

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CONTENTS

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GENESIS C!APTERS 1 TO 11 - IN T!E BEGINNING

INTRODUCTION

;oses started the boo! of Genesis with the statement that *)n the beginning God created the heaven and the earth*.

$he Hebrew scholars even today stand in awe at these first words in the Hebrew @ible. )t only occrs once )n the

beginning. However there is a very similar commencement to &ohn*s gospel where we are again face to face witheternity &ohn 616?0:.

T!E FIVE BOOKS

$he Hebrew boo!s are !nown by the &ews by their first word so that1

Genesis is !nown as )n the beginningE%ods ,nd these are the namesLevitics ,nd He saidmbers )n the wildernessAeteronomy $hese are the words

"e however get or names from the Gree! Septagint or the Latin Ilgate. $hese five boo!s can therefore be called1

Genesis ? @oo! of @eginningsE%ods ? @oo! of AeliveranceLevitics ? @oo! of "orshipmbers ? @oo! of "anderingsAeteronomy ? @oo! of Aiscorses

$hese first five boo!s of the @ible were !nown as the law or the $orah. )n the Septagint they are !nown as thePentatech( the five boo!s. $hese are loo!ed pon as a nity.

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DIVISION OF GENESIS

Genesis can be divided into three sections1

JaK 'hapters 6 ? 66 introdces s to man and to nations. $he main featres of this section are the for Aivine)nstittions of -ree will( ;arriage( -amily and ations and the Satanic attac! on them. $his section( which we are tostdy deals with the fondation of or faith.

JbK 'hapters 62 ? 29 review the life of ,braham as a pictre of the faith rest life.

JcK 'hapters 24 ? 9> loo!s at the patriarchs )saac( &acob and &oseph which shows grace in action. Here we see thegood( the bad and the gly. ,mongst them they have every wea!ness imaginable bt God ses all in a wonderfl way.

"e have in Genesis many areas of stdy1 cosmology ? the stdy of the origin of the niverse( anthropology ? the stdy ofman( politics( sociology( the origin of cltre( psychology( psychiatry( demonology( hamartiology ? the stdy of sin(geology and geography( and history( bt pre?eminently we have the clear portrayal of grace in the nfolding of God*ssaving prpose.

Genesis is the divine eye witness accont of the start of the hman race ? &ob 0716?

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C!APTER 1

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)n Hindism at least 2>>> years before Aarwin the yoga philosophies of )ndia had the concept of the niverse being arope which always e%isted and nravelled strand by strand dring creation and then rewond again. $hs the niverseis eternal and prodces everything accordingly. "e are therefore according to Hindism part of a plsating eternalniverse.

$his is similar to the big bang concept. "e shold nderstand that the big bang is part of an eternal e%panding andcontracting niverse. $he big bang is #st a transformation from a clster to an e%pansion mode in an nending

changing niverse. $his shold never be constred as a description of creation. $he scientist view of the niverse is #stas mch a religios statement as belief in 'reation. $hey have the concept that a cosmic blip created all things. $heirgod is an eternal niverse marching on throgh an evoltion of gala%ies.

Genesis 616 is ths a radical docment against the people of the ancient world and most of the scientists of today. +rprayers and religios ceremonies become in their eyes merely rital with no reality and prely ceremonial vestiges of thepast. $his is how the prayers that commence Parliament are seen by many who participate in them.

$here are si% Hebrew words translated beginning

,5 meaning *then* ? )saiah 8719/osh meaning *head* ? E%ods 6212/ishah meaning *head* ? E5e!iel 04166/eshith meaning *first or former* ? Genesis 616

/ishon meaning * first( former* ? /th 016>$echillahmeaning *beginning( commencement* ? Genesis 6010Shamayim which is translated *heaven* and shold be translated OheavensN as it is in the plral.

$here are three particlar heavens mentioned in the Scriptres1

$he atmospheric heaven &eremiah 8129$he sidereal heaven )saiah 6016>$he heaven of GodNs throne Hebrews Holy Spirit ? revealed it throgh the Scriptres and restored it 2 Peter 6126

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Hebrew words ? create( ma!e( formed@ara ? create something ot of nothing

,sah ? create something ot of e%isting materialCatsar ? the molding or fashioning of an e%terior

@ara occrs three times in chapter 61v. 6 God created the niverse ot of nothingv. 26 God created the sols of animals ot of nothingv. 2= God created the sol and the spirit of man ot of nothing

,sahv. = God created the firmament ot of e%isting materialv. 64 $he two great lights were made ot of material already in e%istencev. 24 $he body of man was constrcted ot of the dst of the grond

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Genesis 21= $he body of man is shaped1 head at one end( feet at the other

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E%amples where all three words for creation are sed are1

6: )saiah 801= a verse on the creation of man. ? I have Baraed him (soul and spirit), I have Yatsared him (theshape of the body), I have Asahed him (out of the earth)

2: )saiah 89167 tal!s abot the creation of the earth ? Thus saith the Lord whih Baraed the heavens! "od #imselfwhih Yatsared the earth (mountains, valleys, rid$es, anyons, et)! and Asahed it out of material already in e%istene&

#e has reated it not a waste (Tohu)&

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'reation of the earth did not occr over a long period of time. 'reation occrred at an instant in time Psalm 0014(Hebrews 6610:.

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Every hman being li!es to !now their roots. )t gives them a sense of belonging and origin. Good e%amples of this arescientists and e%plorers who are constantly loo!ing for life on other planets or finding ot where we came from.

Political leaders are crrently spending a lot of money loo!ing for life in the niverse. /ossea came p with theconcept of the noble savage in an attempt to come p with the roots of society. Plato and others from the golden age of

Greece wrote abot government in boo!s sch as $he /epblic.

$he Gree!s called it their arche. $his is the word sed in the Gree! translation of the +ld $estament for the phrase inthe beginning. ,rchimedes said Give me a place to stand and ) will move the world. He was searching for the archeas well. People believe that if they cold get to their arche they wold be able to control things.

;any people do this to go bac! a nmber of generations to loo! for their roots. $his is often very frstrating for displacedpeople or illegitimate children. )n Genesis we are going bac! to the first man( ,dam( and prior to him( the creation of theniverse.

"hen yo get bac! to yor root yo reach ma%imm stability. $he first verse in the @ible says( )n the beginning Godcreated the heavens and the earth. God is or root if we are 'hristians.

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$he Scriptres demand that God be the starting point. )n E%ods 2>166( where we have the $en 'ommandments( it isclear that God( not the niverse( is the sorce of law and ethics.

$he fact that God is not seen as real and the root of law and ethics is the reason why we are having sch troble living inthe world as members of the hman race.

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the ltimate stability of God( things are constantly changing( why get edcated becase what yo learn today will bedifferent tomorrow.

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9. )n eternity past the world and stars were created by &ess 'hrist Hebrews )16>3 'olossians 6164:.

4. ;an was placed on the earth to be made a spectacle nto the world( and to angels( and to men. 6 'orinthians 81169:.

However( whilst God !new who wold believe( he did not coerce hman free will.

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SECTION 2 - EART! MADE WASTE AND EMPTY BY "UDGMENT - VERSE 2

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)n verse 6 we saw heavens and the earth. Having mentioned the heavens ;oses in sbseent verses immediatelydrops them and concentrates on the earth.

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$here are three ma#or views on the inter relationship of these three verses.

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$his was a view held by Lther( 'alvin and in this centry Ar Henry ;orris who see verse 6 as a general title followed byverse 2 which showed the conditions that e%isted at that time followed by verse 0 and following otlining the wor! ofcreation in detail. )n this format the watery condition as portrayed in verse 2 is the original conditions which are thenimproved on.

Lther said( $he plain and simple meaning of what ;oses here says is that all things that e%ist were created by God andat the beginning of the first day God pt into it the light so that the light of the day was shining and a shapeless heavenand earth cold be seen.

$here are some problems with this view1 JaK o where else in the @ible do the words heaven and earth refer to ashapeless mass( it always refers to the finished organised earth. JbK )n addition the dar!ness and chaos in verse 2 hasan evil connotation in relation to the rest of the @ible. )n /evelation 26( 22 it is stated that there is no dar!ness in thepresence of God. 'f. 6 &ohn 619.

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$his is the rin and restoration view. $his sees the fall of Satan occrring between verses 6 and 2. )t is also sed bysome to allow for geological ages between verses 6 and 0. )n this position a gap is placed between verses 6 and 0based on )saiah 89167. )n that verse )saiah says that the niverse was not created chaotically. $he second verse is anaction verse where it says that the world became toh waw boh a rbbish dmp( withot form and void. $he thirdverse ths shows restoration. $hose who hold this position inclde &ohn ;ilton( ' ) Scofield( ;errill Unger and( ,rthr'stance.

$his position also has problems1 JaK )n the Hebrew grammar in that by the rles of Hebrew grammar verse 2 is acircmstantial clase which wold favor the 'lassical position. JbK )t has allowed the possibility of geological ages.

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$his is very poplar amongst the intellectals of today and appears in many modern translations inclding the ewEnglish @ible. )n this view verses 6 and 2 are dependent and lead p to verse 0. $his shows chaos and e%isting materialprior to creation. ,ll the liberals hold this view. $his view has a fatal ob#ection in that it e%cldes e% nihilo creationJcreation ot of nothingK. God is seen resing materials at creation.

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$he state of the earth and sea in verse 2 is sch that there is dar!ness and chaos. God is perfect3 His wor!s are perfect.$his sitation is incompatible with the 'haracter of God. God did not prodce a rbbish dmp. $he fact that the Spirit ofGod is brooding over the waters wold indicate restoration rather than original creation as the Holy Spirit has a ministry

of restoration. He restores sinfl man into fellowship with God with the Lord &ess 'hrist being not only the 'reator btalso the creator of salvation by His wor! on the 'ross.

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;any creationists are overly concerned abot the gap allowing evoltion into the area and ths discard the gap theory. )tis however totally compatible with holding the gap theory( that the rbbish dmp formed( was formed by satanic revolt(and still hold a yong earth perspective with an age of less than 6>(>>> years for this planet. )t is also compatible withthe fact that physical death did not occr ntil after the fall. $he first recorded physical death in the @ible is that of theanimal which was !illed by God to provide s!ins for covering man!ind after the fall.

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$he heavens and earth were created originally by the Lord &ess 'hrist. ,ngels were created at abot that time andsang together indicating total nity. Satan who was the personal attendant of the Lord &ess 'hrist( the covering cherband was the most beatifl of the creatres ever to come from the hand of God. Satan later revolted against God andattempted a cop dNetat. ? )saiah 68162?69. )n the ensing trmoil the earth( which had originally been created perfectbecame toh waw boh( a rbbish dmp. @ecase of his revolt( in which one third of the angels #oined Satan( he and hisangels were sentenced to eternity in the La!e of -ire ? ;atthew 29186.

$o demonstrate the fairness of this sentence God refrbished the earth and placed on it a creatre who was lower thanthe angels bt eipped with free will. God !new that man wold se his free will at some point in the ftre against Godby failing the volitional test of the trees( and therefore provided his own Son in eternity past as a sacrifice for their sin.;an did fail and as a reslt Satan became the prince of the world. $he Lord &ess 'hrist strategically defeated Satan atthe cross and will retrn as ing of ings and Lord of Lords to reign on the earth.

)n eternity ftre believers will en#oy everlasting fellowship with the $rinity and the elect angels while nbelievers willsffer with Satan and the fallen angels in the la!e of fire. $he angels both good and evil are watching s all the time( theelect angels re#oice every time when a person believes in 'hrist

$his view allows me to accept that the geological ages and evoltion are a myth( that the geological strata and fossils area reslt of oahNs -lood. )t implies that dinosars coe%isted with man and that ,dam was the first man with the animalscreated dring the refrbishment wee! being the first living things created other than the angels. 'onservatives woldnot consider the modern theory and whilst the gap theory appears to be the most compatible view of these three versesit is recognised that there are good conservative 'hristians who follow both the classical and gap positions.

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)n &ames we are told that God is not the athor of sin. ;an who is said to be lower than the angels in Hebrews =(Ephesians 219( Hebrews 21=( Psalm 719( is given the same free will as the angels to choose for God or for Satan( an

isse of free will in SatanNs world.

Satan when he was condemned may well have said How can a loving God cast His creatres into the La!e of -ireMSatan created sin from his own negative will. He had mis#dged the character of God.

Love was not the isse bt /ighteosness and &stice( which combine to ma!e GodNs Holiness( was. )n Love Godprovided for man the soltion to the /ighteosness and &stice problem. "hen 'hrist died on the cross he wasrighteos( the &stice of God was satisfied at the cross. )n Love God provided salvation nto Eternal Life.

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$he only place where Love( /ighteosness( &stice and Eternal Life meet is at the cross. "hat form of salvation if anythe angels may have had is not stated. Satan and the fallen angels re#ected any approach by God and were condemnedto the La!e of -ire.

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$wo tests for manNs free will1

a: )n the garden ? only one tree forbidden ? negative free will eat or positive free will abstain from eating.b: ,t the cross ? follows God or follows Satan ? negative free will choose Satan or positive free will choose God.

Even thogh Satan is the rler of the world( he cannot eliminate free will. @y allowing sin in the world God candemonstrate Love( /ighteosness( &stice and Eternal Life meeting at the cross. @y the re#ection of the cross God isable to show Satan how He is able to cast a creatre into the La!e of -ire.

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Satan tries to confse hman free will in a nmber of ways1 eeping the nbeliever from accepting 'hrist. eeping the

believer from doing the will of God by varios methods1

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JiK @y religion ? Satan !eeps the nbeliever from accepting 'hrist and gets the believer to stray from doing the will of God./eligion is condemned in ;atthew 20( &ohn 0( 6 $imothy 8( 6 'orinthians 6>.

JiiK @y rationalism ? Satan ses rationalism in the @ible where he says to the woman in Genesis 0 yo will be li!e God. 2'orinthians 810( 8 the method of operation of Satan L!e 7162:.

JiiiK @y deceit ? He deceives the nbeliever into thin!ing his own good deeds will get him into heaven. He deceives thebeliever into thin!ing that he does not need doctrine or he deceives nations /evelation 621:.

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$he earth was created not originally a rin. $he earth was created to be inhabited )saiah 89167:( and was inhabited by,ngels. $he rin of the earth was the reslt of SatanNs fall and the angelic conflict )saiah 6816=:. $he earth was then inrin Genesis 612:. $he Holy Spirit moves pon the face of the waters to restore the earth Genesis 612:.

$he athor of restoration ? $he Holy Spirit ? ,nd the Spirit of God moved pon the waters. ;an is created and placedon the earth in day 4 therefore there mst be 9 days of restoration. -ive is the nmber of grace.

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$he Holy Spirit has a ministry in restoration in a nmber of areas1JaK $o restore life Psalm 6>810>:.JbK /egeneration ?restoration of spirital life &ohn 019(4:.JcK /esrrection ?restoration of physical life /omans 7166:.JdK /estoration ?restoration of fellowship &ohn 641=?66:.JeK 'onvicting ministry ?can attempt to restore fellowship.

)n order to have a perfect test for manNs free will( man has to be created in innocence. He has to have perfectenvironment so that only his free will is tested.

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6. $here are two !inds of angels1a: Elect ,ngels 6 $imothy 9126: ? those which have chosen to remain with God.b: -allen angels ? those which have rebelled against God and followed Satan1

i: imprisoned ones &de 4( 2 Peter 218: ? apparently active on earth prior to the -lood Genesis 4:ii: demons( crrently active on earth 6 'orinthians 6>12>(26( ;ar! 916?2>:.

2. $here are varios orders in the angelic realm1a: 'herbim highest order: ? Genesis 0128( E%ods 2916

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b: Gabriel a messenger angel Aaniel 7164(

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Said ,mar $o say( lift p the voiceLight +r LightSaw /aah See( behold( loo!Good $ob GoodAivided @adal $o separate'alled Tara $o call( nameAay Com Aayight Layi ight

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Aay and night are appointed( light is ta!en ot of dar!ness.

)n Genesis 6 there are two types of light ? 6: +/ ? essence or sbstance Jday 6K ? $he light which is restored on the firstday is fndamental light. 2: ;,+/ ? light in a container or light bearer day 8: ? $he prpose of the light is to solve theproblem of dar!ness. $he light does not absorb the dar!ness bt is separated from the dar!ness.

Having formed the light( God now names light day and dar!ness night. ;any of the ancient peoples had creation storiesbt only the Hebrews believed that fndamental light came before the sn. $his shows that the athor of the boo! ofGenesis was an original and did not copy legends from the nations arond him.

-or thosands of years man has been aware of the line dividing light from dar!ness on the face of the moon bt ntil

'opernics in 6980 no one had the same concept for the earth. )t is only in the last thirty years that the astronats havebeen able to photograph this.

;oses cold not have had this concept in mind. )t was God in verse for that gave man this information several thosandyears before it was OdiscoveredN.

,nother area made clear in verse five is the concept of the earth spinning on its a%is with morning and evening occrringbefore the sn was created. +nce again the @ible predated the discovery of 'opernics by several thosand years. Cohave to !now a thing academically before yo can apply it.

God also distingishes between Good and Evil and Aivine Good and Hman Good( Light and Aar!ness. Aar!ness ?Unbeliever ? 2 'orinthians 810(8( Light ? @eliever ? &ohn 7162.

)f the concentrated( light of day was not dispersed( we wold all be dead. @y analogy concentration of power is bad for

man. ationalism cannot allow itself to be ta!en over by +ne world government. $he e%ception is 'hristNs reign in the;illennim even thogh there are still individal nations dring that time.

"e !now from 6 &ohn 619 that God is light and in Him is no dar!ness at all. Perhaps God did things this way to show thatHe is light and that the sn is #st a light bearer( the 'reator and the created.

God is perfect as demonstrated by the fact that He created ot of nothing in an instant of time withot error simply byordering it. He spo!e and it happened immediately.

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6. God is light and in Him there is no dar!ness at all 6 &ohn 619:.

2. $he Lord is the visible manifestation of that light &ohn 618( 7162( 62184:.

0. $he Lord*s coming as the Light of the "orld was prophesied )saiah 8:.

4. @elievers are said to be light bearers ;atthew 9168?64( &ohn 62104:.

=. "e are said to be the children of the light &ohn 661

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6>. @ible doctrine in the sol is portrayed by light Psalms 669(60>:.

66. $he gospel is called light 2 'orinthians 810(8( 2 $imothy 616>:.

62. Salvation brings the believer ot of dar!ness into light #st as the planet Earth was broght ot of dar!ness into lightby God L!e 61=812( JbK ,crtain made of ga5e( it has weight bt is light and yo cannot see it ? )saiah. 8>122( JcK , transparent wor! of sapphire ?the ble s!y ? E%ods 2816>( JdK ,s a molten loo!ing glass ? transparency ? &ob 0=167.

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)n verses 4b to 7 we have two bodies of water which are divided. $hese are thoght of as canopies of water. $hishowever is not the only interpretation. )t is water vapor rather than water liid. )n Genesis 6168 the sn( moon andstars were visible. )f yo have a thic! layer of water yo are not going to be able to see them.

$he Hebrew preposition OalN can be translated in one of two ways. )t can be translated pon or over. )f it is translated ponit is over the atmosphere.

$he birds do not fly above the atmosphere. $his statement reflects an observer loo!ing at the s!y. "e say that clodscover the s!y or are pon the s!y when viewed from earth.

,nother area of interest is &ob 27129 O T) /$=, '0, ,(60' ) '0, (*4+> $*4 0, ,(60,'0 '0, $',+ by /,$+,.)n this verse it states that God gave weight to air( a scientific fact that was not !nown ntil a ppil of Galileo( Evangelista$orricelli Odiscovered it in 6480 when he made the first barometer.

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&st as the atmosphere divides the waters( so the cross divides the hman race &ohn 0104: ? $he canopy represents@elievers( the sea nbelievers.

)n this day there is an e%pansion of the firmament. $here has been e%tensive discssion regarding the meaning offirmament some say that the ancient world thoght in terms of a triple dec!er niverse with a solid glass s!y. $hey aresaid to believe that the windows came open and rain came throgh. $his however is the thoghts that have come downto s from the dar! ages or medieval times rather than the ancient world. )t is !nown that the Egyptians measred

correctly the circmference of the earth and that the earth is seen in the @ible as a sphere sspended in space.

Some te%ts that the critics ote are JaK &ob 24166 which tal!s abot the pillars of heaven seems to indicate a tripledec!ed system bt if yo loo! at it in conte%t in &ob 241= we note that he hangs the world on nothing. JbK )n &ob 0=167 wesee the e%panse of heaven. "hat is the sitation when glass e%pands ? it is liid and e%pands to fill the mold. )n)saiah 88128 God is said to have created the heavens and stretched it ot. )t is pictred #st as a tent stretched ot overhim. JcK "hen clods are measred they are said to be a certain percentage clod cover of the celestial dome. $hesewaters are pon the s!y cover. Psalm 68=17 tho coverest the heavens with clods. Psalm 68718 ? the waters above theheavens ? this was written after the flood.

)t is of note that again the @ible confirms accrately the fact that clods are waters above the heavens. )t has beencalclated that there are 89(>>> thnderstorms in the world daily and that each thnderclod carries abot 6>>(>>> tonsof water. )t appears therefore that the waters were spread in a continm otwards. $here is high density of water vaporarond the earth and becomes less and less dense. "ater is a prime compond throghot the niverse bt it isconcentrated on the earth.

DOCTRINES

DAY

6. $he word Aays is sed in the @ible in three different ways1

2. $he Aay which is less than 28 hors1a: $he day of salvation is the moment of time when an individal believes in the Lord &ess 'hrist and refers to thatmoment of faith in 'hrist 2 'orinthians 412:.b: $he day of 'hrist ? is the raptre of the 'hrch which will be instantaneos in the twin!ling of an eye Philippians616>( 2164( 6 'orinthians 69192:.c: $he day of wrath ? is the Great "hite $hrone &dgement when the nbeliever is #dged by &ess 'hrist and cast intothe La!e of -ire /omans 219?4( /evelation 2>166?69:.d: $he day of declaration ? refers to the &dgment Seat of 'hrist( when the wor!s of 'hrch ,ge believers will be #dged6 'orinthians 0160( 2 'orinthians 916>:.

0. $he Aay which is more than 28 hors1a: $he day of redemption which refers to the resrrection of believers for all eternity Ephesians 810>:.b: $he day of the Lord can refer to the $riblation( Second ,dvent or ;illennim( depending on the conte%t )saiah 2162(6014( &oel 6169( 216 echariah 6816( 6 $hessalonians 912( 2 Peter 016>:.c: $he day of God ? which refers to eternity 2 Peter 0162:.

8. $he $wenty?for Hor Aay ? the solar day1a: $he si% days of the earth*s restoration were literal 28?hor days Genesis 610?06:.b: $he Sabbath E%ods 2>16>: a holy day in the dispensation of )srael.c: $he Lord*s Aay ? which is Snday( in remembrance of the /esrrection /evelation 616>:.

d: Living one day at a time concept in the 'hristian life /omans 6819?4:.

TIME

6. ,s God is eternal He is not constrained with time , thosand years are a day and a day as a thosand years.

2. ;an reires time.

0. $here is a principle of planned time &ames 8160?6=:.

8. "e are to redeem the time ? not to waste time in vain prsits Ephesians 9164?67:.

9. $he principle of tilised time 6 'orinthians =12

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SECTION @ - T!E T!IRD DAY - VERSE -13

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KEY WORDS

"aters ;ayim "atersPlace ;aom , place of standingAry land Cabbashah , dry place

,ppear /aah $o be seen'alled Tara $o call( nameEarth Erets Earth( landSeas Cam Sea( la!eSaw /aah See( behold( loo!( consider

@ring forth Catsa $o case to go otGrass Aeshe $ender grassHerb Eseb HerbSeed era Seed$ree Ets $reeCielding ara $o case to sow-rit Peri -ritind ;in ind( species$hird Shelishi $hird

+n the third day we have tectonic activity with the wrin!ling of the land with the waters being gathered together into seas.Here not only roc!s and minerals had been made bt the comple% soil te%tres graded with sfficient ntrients to sstainvegetable life.

+n this day what the biologist calls life was created. $he @ible tells s that life however reires a sol( which refers toanimals and man( specifically the vertebrates. $he comple% cell replication which we see in the vegetable world was setp( each according to its !ind yet all based on A,.

$he earth is covered with water. ;ch of the water is now withdrawn nder the earth with the e%ception of seas andoceans where a small portion of the water only was stored. ;ost of the water from oahNs flood came from below andnot from above. oahNs ,r! cold not have srvived the rain necessary to cover the earth. Prior to the flood the grondwas watered from below.

Iegetation appears. $hree categories 1 ? JaK Grass which inclded all spreading( grond covering vegetation( JbK Herbsinclding bshes vegetables and shrbs( JcK $rees inclding frit trees "hose seed is inside itself F non transmtationof species( progression or regression bt no transmtation. ? cf 6 'orinthians 69107?0< otice also that plant life beganon land and not in the seas

)t shold also be noted that snlight is reired for the chlorophyll cycle and many insects assist in pollinating flowers.$he fact that the sn was not present ntil day 8 and insects ntil day 4 reinforces the literal natre of the trth of theliteral 28 hor day.

)t is probable that the highest montains were not pshed p ntil after the -lood and the oceans hollowed ot toaccommodate vast antities of water Psalm 6>814?

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to attempt to cater for changes in types. $his is a philosophical position where creation has creative properties itself andis in essence a religios statement.

A,C ? ,GE

$here are a nmber of problems when we loo! at the day age concept.;odern 'osmology has problems with1

6. $he light still preceded the sn and moon.2. Life started on land rather than in the sea with an atmosphere of ammonia.0. @irds and fishes were created before the animals. )n evoltion the birds are a reslt of animals.8. $here is no rain ntil after man is created.9. "oman was spernatrally ta!en ot of man. Evoltion does not tell of an ape woman coming from an ape man.4. ;an named all the animals. $his wold have been impossible if most of them were e%tinct.

SECTION - T!E FOURT! DAY - VERSES 17-1

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KEY WORDS

Lights ;aor Light giver -irmament /aia E%panseAivide @adal SeparateAay Com Aayight Layil ightSigns +th , signSeasons ;oed ,n appointed time or seasonAays Comim AaysCears Shanah , year( a repetitionGive light +r $o case to give light

$wo Shenayim $woGreater Gadol GreatLesser Taton Little( small( yong/le ;ashal $o rle;ade ,sah $o ma!e( to doStars o!ab , star Aar!ness 'hosha! Aar!ness-orth /ebii -orth

$here is symmetry in the first 4 days with the first three dealing with elements of the environment and the second set ofthree with the poplation of that environment. -or instance in day 6 we have elemental light. $hen in day 8 light bearerssch as the sn( moon and stars are provided.

$his is the last time God named things. ,fter this it was for man to name them. aming by man is nderta!en for

instance in the area of biology( 5oology and botany. $he point sorces of light were now provided with the stars being forseasons( days years and signs. )t shold be noted that these things were made. )t was not that they were covered inclod and the clods rolled bac! to reveal them.

)n verse 69 we see it is to give light to man on the earth. $he stars were made for the earth( the earth for man and manfor the incarnation of God.

Even thogh stars are far larger than the earth and many larger than or sn they are mch simpler than the earth beingmade p of hydrogen and helim. $he earth however is niely designed for living creatres. God also made twolights which were distingished from the stars. $he moon and the sn.

$he light is divided into three types of containers ? stars reflectors ? planets and the moon. $he sn and moon were torle over the day and the night. $he niverse was pt in place in its final form from the very beginning. $he prpose ofthe light containers was to give light on the earth.

$here are a nmber of reasons for the light containers1

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JaK Aivide the day from night ? in the fallen state the dar!ness of the earth had no light in it at all. ,t night there is light(whilst a lot of the light containers are brighter than the sn( they are mch frther away. God the Holy Spirit thereforearranged things so that there wold be a difference between day and night.

JbK Signs which are miraclos activities which indicates that something as coming from God. $hese are divided into 2categories1 i: tre and iiK false. $he &ews loo!ed for signs. @oth the Lord and the ,postles showed them tre signs. )nthe triblation period there will be false signs and lying wonders performed by the ,ntichrist 2 $hessalonians 21

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-ritfl Parah $o be fritfl;ltiply /abah $o be many( abndantSeas Cam Sea( la!e( pool-ifth 'hamighi -ifth

$he creation of aatic and aerial life. $his section commences with let the waters swarm with swarms. Ierse 2> hasthe word life for the first time ? ephesh. $his can be translated sol. ephesh is always seen as a combination of aspirit and a body.

)n this verse as well we have an erroneos translation in ing &ames Iersion. $he corrected translation is ,nd God saidlet the waters swarm with OswarmsN mammals( reptiles and fish:( let the birds fly above the earth in the atmosphere. $hisshows that the waters did not bring forth the swarms( God did.

)n verse 26 God created whales ? long stretched creatres Heb.: which the water broght forth abndantly after itNs!ind. Long nec!ed creatres are apparently antedilvian sea monsters. $hese were the most feared of all sea creatresin the ancient world. $he word O$aninN is most freently translated dragon. $here are freent references to dragons inthe @ible as well as in the traditions of many ancient cltres. ;ost probably represent memories of dinosars beforethey became e%tinct.

)n verse 22 God blessed them and said ? be fritfl and mltiply ? the birds are to mltiply on the earth. God blessed theanimals showing they are an ob#ect of his love and care ? ;atthew 4124.

$his passage is against God ma!ing a molecle and allowing it to evolve. God addresses the waters and says that it is

to be filled with life. $his shows GodNs will over natral law. Evoltion states that life came into being in the sea and thenit emerged onto dry land. )n Genesis =122 animals have the spirit of the breath of lives in the Hebrew. $his is not thesame as man. ;an and animals are however contrasted in Ecclesiastes 0126.

$he fact that animals have OnepheshN or sol life ma!es them eligible to represent 'hrist in the +ld $estament sacrifices.@ecase they have a sol they are also liable for demon possession ;atthew 7( ;ar! 9:. Iegetables are not said tohave OnepheshN. )t is apparent that only vertebrates have sols. $his is an inference by biologists and it is of interest thatonly they have blood. )f men ever create man in a test tbe it is a body not a hman being as it has to have a sol in it tolive.)t shold be noted that science does not ma!e laws. Scientist discover laws. Scientific laws are the portrayal of GodNsnchangeability. $here is variation and change throgh all species bt no change from one species to another.

SECTION ? - T!E SIT! DAY - CREATION OF ANIMALS - VERSES 27-2@

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KEY WORDS

Earth Erets Earth( land'attle @ehemah 'attle( beast@east 'heva , living creatre;ade ,sah $o ma!e ot of e%isting material'reepeth /emes , creeping creatreSaw /aah $o see( behold( loo!( consider Good $ob Good

Here is the accont of the creation of animal life. )n verse 28 we have the creation of the advanced vertebrates otherthan man Let the earth bring forth living creatres after its !ind( cattle( creeping things reptiles:.

Here in verse 29 we have the word ,sah translated OmadeN. $he animals were constrcted ot of e%isting material asthey were from the earth and their bodies at death wold retrn to the earth. $his is in contrast to the air and seaanimals which were created ot of nothing ObaraN as they are not made of water. "e also have the concept of !inds here.

$here is great variety within !inds bt no transmtation between !inds. God blesses them and tells them to go forth andfill the earth. ,ll the remar!s are addressed to the environment apart from man. God has infinite ability to create ot ofnothing( create from e%isting material and to mold from e%isting material.

DOCTRINE

GOD9 C!ARACTER OF GOD

6. "hilst God is three persons all three persons have e%actly the same essence or character1

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a: S+IE/E)G$C$he -ather Ephesians 6166( cf. )saiah 8>17( ;atthew 416>( Hebrews 6>1=( :

e: E$E/,L L)-E$he -ather &ohn 9124:$he Son ;icah 912( cf. &ohn 616?2( 6 &ohn 9166

$he Spirit )saiah 87164:

f: ,LL?+")G$he -ather Hebrews 8160( cf. ;atthew 6612=( 6 Peter 612:$he Son &ohn 6718( cf. ;atthew ( 2 'orinthians 621

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,ir Shamayim Heaven'attle @ehemah 'attle( @east;ale a!ar ;ale-emale eebah -emale

ow we come to a new creation Homo Sapien. )n verses 24 and 2= God said let s ma!e bara( asah: man ot of thechemicals of the soil. He is not tal!ing to the angels as man is not going to be made in the li!eness of the angels thsone member of the $rinity mst be spea!ing to another person in the $rinity.

$his type of conversation between the varios members of the $rinity occrs in other passages in the +ld $estament cf.Psalm 21=( 891=( 66>16( )saiah 87164. ;a!e man in or image. $he immaterial part of man is already in e%istence. $hecreation of man had been determined in eternity past where according to GodNs plan the Lamb had been slain( thenames of the redeemed recorded in the boo! of life and God has called those to be his by His grace 2 $imothy 61( /evelation 6=17:.

$HE );,GE +- G+A

) ,; God is self conscios ? He is aware of His own e%istence.) +UGH$ God has sovereignty ? moral reasoning power.) ")LL God has free will.

God is a spirit and while we do not physically loo! li!e God we are similar in a nmber of ways. God has free will( ,ngels

have free will as does man. $he creation on this day was the most comple%. ;an was created and given control over thelower creation. "hilst God has no body being a spirit( He fnctions in many way in which man fnctions. He seesGenesis 64160( hear Psalm

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have been created in these days it is clear from the Scriptres that only one hman was created( both male and female.$he chromosomes of man are C whilst those of a woman are showing that woman came from man and not manfrom woman.

DOCTRINES

SOUL AND !UMAN SPIRIT

6. $he real person is in the sol Genesis 21=:( the body is merely a hose for the sol 2 'orinthians 916?8:.

2. $he sol and the spirit are separate Hebrews 8162:.

0. )n creation( ,dam received sol and spirit Genesis 21=:.

8. )t is the sol that is saved( not the body /omans 9162( Psalm 610164 cf. /evelation 661693 echariah 68 cf. /evelation 6

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4. Light is a good illstration of the $rinity 6 &ohn 619:. Light is one( bt has three elements.a: -ather ? actinic light ? that part of light which is invisible( nor felt.b: Son ? lminiferos ? that part of light which is both seen and felt.c: Spirit ? calorific ? that part of light which is not seen bt felt.

SECTION 1 T!E SIT! DAY - T!E EDENIC COVENANT - VERSES 2?-31

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KEY WORDS

-ritfl Parah $o @e -ritfl;ltiply /abah $o @e ;any( ,bndant/eplenish ;ale $o -ill( @e -llSbde abah $o SbdeAominion /adah $o /le( $read AownGiven athan $o Give

@earing ara $o Sow-ace Panim -aceEarth Erets Earth( Land;eat +!lah "hat )s Eaten( -oodLife ephesh Living( @reathSaw /aah $o See 'onsider( En#oy;ade ,sah $o Ao( ;a!eSi%th Shishshi Si%th

Here we see manNs domination and rlership over animals. "hen man came from the hand of God he was givendominion over the earth. However when he sinned he relinished his rlership to Satan. "hen &ess 'hrist comes atthe Second ,dvent He will rle the earth as man ? the God?man 'hrist &ess.

-)LL)G $HE E,/$H

;an is told to be fritfl and mltiply and replenish the earth. $he Hebrew word OmaleN translated replenish is sed over0>> times in the +ld $estament with only seven times it being translated replenish. )t is normally translated fill( flfil andbe filled.

$he word replenish has the concept of refilling something that had been previosly filled. )t is therefore better to translatethe word fill the earth.

$his command in verse 27 indicates that ,dam wold have many children and fill the earth. @oth ,dam and his wife attheir creation were flly eipped physically to have children to flfil this command.

"e are not told how long ,dam and his wife lived in innocence. Genesis 0 reveals no children from the nion before thefall nor ntil after ,dam and Eve were driven from the tree of life and e%pelled from the Garden of Eden. $he first childrenare seen in Genesis 8 with ,dam having relations with Eve. She conceived and 'ain was born. )n verse 2 of that chapter

,bel is born. $he filling of the earth which now has reached si% billion commenced at this time.

-++A -+/ ;,)A

God said that the herbs of the earth and frit of the trees had been provided for man for food showing that man prior tothe flood was a vegetarian. ,fter the flood man was commanded to eat flesh Genesis.

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)n verse 06 it states the evening and the morning were the si%th day $his mar!s the first time that the definite article issed. )n previos days the accont has conclded with the saying a fifth day "e also have the concept of !inds here.$here is great variety within !inds bt no transmtation between !inds.

God blesses them and tells them to go forth and fill the earth. ,ll the remar!s are addressed to the environment apartfrom man. "e have here an eyewitness to the whole of the creative act which broght man and his environment intoe%istence over a si% day period.

DOCTRINES

COVENANTS9 EDENIC COVENANT

6. $he covenant in the Garden of Eden Genesis 6127?0>( 217?6=:.

2. ;ain points1a: $o be fritfl and mltiply Genesis 6127:.b: $o sbde the earth Genesis 6127:.c: $o have dominion of the animal creation Genesis 6127:.d: $o eat the herbs and frit Genesis 612

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64. o plan in itself opposes hman freedom bt once a choice is made from the free will then the plan limits yorhman freedom. ,t the same time it gives yo the freedom to love and appreciate God. God lays down the means ofliving the 'hristian life.

C!APTER 2

INTRODUCTION

People often criticise Genesis chapter 2 as a contradictory rendering of the story of creation to that fond in Genesis 6.'lose stdy shows that they are compatible( they are one bt of a different emphasis. )n Genesis 219(4 critics say thatthe @ible teaches that plant life was not created ntil after man whereas chapter 6 states that plant life was created onday 0 and man on day 4.

E%amination of the te%t in Genesis 2 however shows that the passage is tal!ing abot cltivated plants rather than plantsin general. )n order to have cltivated plants yo have to have a cltivator. )t is also of great note that the Lord &ess'hrist when discssing divorce otes from both Genesis 6 and 2 ths confirming that both chapters are Scriptre.

"here we have the statement $his is the generation of it indicates that this is an introdction to a frther section of thete%t. "e have this in verse 8 of this chapter as well as in Genesis 916( 4116. ;oses apparently sed written sorcesavailable to him here and nder the direction of the Holy Spirit pt the events down to form part of inspired Scriptre.

$his chapter begins with rest ? the Sabbath ? and ends with marriage. Genesis 2 describes the beginning of the hmanrace. ;an in his creation and the separation of the woman from the man. "oman had to be separated from the man sothat he cold become aware of her and therefore to be #oined to him. ;an had to become aware of the e%istence ofwoman becase man was lonely and therefore did not have perfect environment. +nce the woman was separated( manis incomplete withot the woman. $he woman completes or complements the man. $he woman was never designed tobe a man.

$"+ ",/)GS ) GEES)S 2

Ao not se yor free will in defiance to God ? verse 64(6=.

Ao not let yor in?laws rn yor marriage ? verse 28.

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KEY WORDS

Heavens Shamim HeavensEarth Erets Earth Land-inished alah $o be completed( finishedHost $saba Host( warfare( serviceSeventh Shebii SeventhAay Com AayGod Elohim God"or! ;ela!ah "or!;ade ,sah $o do( ;a!e/ested Shabath $o cease( rest

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@lessed @arah $o declare blessedSanctified Tadesh $o separate( Set apart'reated @ara $o create( prepare( fashion;ade ,sah $o do( ;a!e

)n verse 6 we have a smmary of 'hapter 6 whilst in verse 2 we note that God ended His wor! which is the tre meaningof Sabbath. $he nons heavens and earth are an all encompassing concept of the whole niverse. $here was no sin( noevil and no death. God did not rest becase He was tired. God is all powerfl( eternal life( nchangeable and therefore

cannot become tired or e%hasted. He rested becase there was nothing else He cold do for man in innocence. Godrested ntil man sinned( which was an indeterminate length of time. +nce man sins God wor!s again( the first wor! ofGod being Salvation.

)n E%ods 2>166 the sign of the ;osaic covenant was the Sabbath. Here the Lord created for si% days and on theseventh he rested and hallowed it. He told the &ews that they shold mirror in a finite way the wor! of God. $he &ewswere greatly criticised in the ancient world as being la5y bt in si% days they cold accomplish more than other nations ingreater time. )t is of interest that the heartbeat of the hman is slower on one day in seven. Everybody had to rest( eventhe animal !ingdom. $his confirms the literal statement of the Genesis days.

-rom Genesis 212 to E%ods 64120 there is no reference to the Sabbath. -or almost 2(9>> years there is no reference tothe Sabbath.

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$here were 0 Sabbaths nder the ;osaic Law16. Every seventh day ? Satrday2. Every seventh year ? no wor! for one year 0. Every 9>thyear ? the year of #bilee

,ll the Holy days were also called Sabbaths1Passover was a SabbathUnleavened @read was a Sabbath-irst -rits was a SabbathPentecost was a Sabbath$rmpets was a Sabbath$abernacles was a Sabbath

,tonement was a Sabbath

$HE "EELC S,@@,$H"hy were the &ews reired to stop wor! on a Sabbath ? not the legalism of &essN day. $he original reason for theSabbath was so that the &ews wold remember grace by not wor!ing. $hey cold do nothing for salvation ? grace. ,longwith the Holy days( the Levitical offerings( the frnitre in the $abernacle( the Sabbath was a way of preaching thegospel. E%ods 2>17?66

$HE = CE,/ S,@@,$HEvery seventh year they were to stop sowing( stop reaping and be entirely dependent pon the Lord for their provision.+nce the &ews got into the Land they failed to observe the Sabbatical years and ths spent => years in the @abyloniancaptivity E%ods 2016>?60( cf. &eremiah 2( Aaniel

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)n verse 0 God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Sanctified it( set it apart. $he Sabbath was set apart to thedoctrine of grace. +nly God can wor! for manNs benefit. ;an can never wor! for his own benefit and achieve lastingreslts. )n /omans chapter 6 we find that there is ample general revelation arond to allow the nbeliever a !nowledgeof God. @t the nbeliever converts God into an image and God gives them p to ncleanness which in trn leads on tohomose%ality and in verse 27 to a completely shifted thoght pattern.

, researcher at Harvard ;edical school showed that the more people engaged in homose%al activity the bodychemistry changes. )t is responding to the behavior pattern. )t was originally thoght that the chemistry affected the

attitde bt it has been fond that it is the other way arond. Unless God intervenes there is no chance of being releasedfrom it.

Since the creative process is no longer going on the scientist can no longer see the process in operation so they eitherhave to accept or re#ect it. $he processes going on in chapter 6 are not open to scientific investigation so it is pointlessfor them to criticise them.

Co rest when the #ob is done. o matter how yo try and rest physically yo cannot if yo have mental stress. "eshold finish or wor! before we rest. E%ods 0616= confirms that there was a seventh day of rest and that on theseventh day he was refreshed.

)n Hebrews 810 God is said to have finished His wor!( He had pt into the earth everything that was necessary to cometo a sccessfl conclsion. -or instance with the entrance of sin into the world God had already bilt in the womb in awoman to become the vehicle of the virgin birth. )f God had contined to rest we wold have remained in the dar!ness.He however came into the world as a light in a dar! place. Aar!ness and those whom inhabit dar! places are often

considered evil. $hese animals of the night are worshipped in the occlt. $he blind man and salvation is a very goodpictre. $he light !eeps on shining in dar!ness and the dar!ness does not overcome it.

DOCTRINE

SABBAT! AND T!E LORDS DAY

6. Sabbath means /est.

2. Salvation is the eternal Sabbath ;atthew 66127: ? we mst trst in God to save s( apart from or own wor!s.

0. $rsting in the promises is the daily Sabbath Hebrews 0166: ? we mst trst in God to provide all or needs.

8. $he original Sabbath Genesis 212( 0: ? God finished His wor! of creation on the si%th day and rested on the seventh.

9. $he Sabbath of )srael E%ods 2>17?66( Aeteronomy 9162?69:1a: )n the +ld $estament( the &ews were commanded not to wor! on the seventh day. $hey were to trst in the finishedwor! of God to spply their needs.b: $he Sabbath Satrday: was the /emembrance Aay of the old creation( of the old covenant E%ods 2>16>?66( 06162?6=( Hebrews 818:.c: Legalists brdened the Sabbath with many hndreds of e%tra?biblical commandments and reglations.d: Under the ;osaic Law the &ews had a sabbatical year3 they were spposed to rest every seventh year E%ods2016>( 66:.e: @ecase they did not ta!e their sabbaticals they endred the => years of @abylonian captivity Levitics 24100?09( 2'hronicles 0412>( 26( Aaniel 16:.

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SECTION 2 - SUMMARY OF CREATION - VERSES 7-

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KEY WORDS

Generations $oledoth GenerationsPlant Siach Plant-ield Sadeh Level place( -ieldHerb Eseb HerbGrew $samach $o shoot or spring forth'ased rain ;atar $o case or give rain;an ,dam ;an( Hman @eing$ill ,bad $o do service( wor!( labor

Grond ,damah Soil( Grond"ent p ,lah $o go p;ist Ed ;ist( Iapor "atered Shaah $o water( give or case to drin!-ace Panim -ace

)n verse 8 there are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created @ara: in the day that theLord made ,sah: the earth and the heavens. $he reversal of heavens and earth( to earth and heavens( shold benoted. $his verse contains an official Hebrew title and chapter 2 which shold begin here rather than at verse 6.

Generations means posterity or history of generations of what happened after the restoration of the earth. )n thisparticlar case( since there were no hman beings present at creation this toledoth is regarding the niverse itself ratherthan a toledoth of sections of the hman race of the other ten toledoths in this boo!. $he new toledoth which goesthrogh to Genesis 916 was probably written by ,dam himself and represents his view of creation and the first events inthe history of man.

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)n verses 9 and 4 all watering before the flood was done from water nderneath the earth and a mist which watered thewhole world. $he word for mist occrs only in one other part of the @ible. $he word mist cold be more accratelytranslated artesian wells. )n mythology the gods of the nderworld come p from the nderworld and bring fertility andthe water from the nderworld. $he hydrological cycle prior to the flood was therefore radically different from that afterthe flood. +riginally it was by mist and spring fed rivers rather than rain as we have after the flood. Ecclesiastes 614?=&ob 27128?24( 04124?2(>>> years old. 'arbon dating is based on the speed of lightwhich has been fond not to be constant bt gradally redcing in speed.b: Helim. Prodced by the action of cosmic rays on the atmosphere the amont of helim present in the atmosphere

indicates an appro%imate age of 6>(>>> years. o atmosphere 6>(>>> years ago ? no life ths fossils and men arecontemporaries.

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8. +ceans'osmic dst enters the atmosphere at 68.0 million tons per annm. )f the earth was 8.9 billion years old the earth sholdhave a dst blan!et in e%cess of 6>> feet in depth. $his doesn*t allow for the greater rate of dst deposit which mostscientists believe occrred in ancient times. $he dst is not evident. $his dst has been sb#ect to rain translating thedst from the land via the new system to the oceans.

a: ic!el. ,ssming that the oceans were initially of absoltely pre water we wold e%pect a certain amont of nic!eldeposits in the ocean as thogh somewhat rare on earth nic!el is common in cosmic dst. $here shold be ponds

of nic!el per sare foot of ocean floor if the earth is 8.9 billion years old. $he amont of nic!el present in the oceanindicates an age of >> years for the ocean.

b: Uranim and Silicon. Similar readings with ranim and silicon give ocean ages of appro%imately 6>(>>> years only.

9. $he Earth*s 'rsta: ;agnetic -ield$he magnetic field of the earth has a half?life of 6(8>> years. $his means that 6(8>> years ago the magnetic field wastwice as strong( 2(7>> years ago for times as strong( etc.@y contining this process bac! into history by 7>>> @' it has been calclated that the magnetic field wold be the sameas a magnetic star preclding life on the planet. , magnetic star maintains its field by thermo?nclear reaction.Pro#ecting forward by 06>> ,A the magnetic field decaying at its present rate will collapse casing the Ian ,llan belt todisintegrate allowing massive radiation of the earth which will end life on this planet. $his e%cldes divine intervention inthe ;illennim:. $he magnetic field is less than 6>(>>> years old.b: Earth*s ;olten 'ore

$he famos scientist Lord elvin calclated the heat loss from the molten core of the earth throgh the earth*s crst andshowed that the earth was far yonger than its estimated 89>> million years. He also estimated the age of the sn asbeing yong.

4. @iologya: ;les. ;les are formed by crossing horses and don!eys. "hilst male mles are always infertile( occasionally afemale mle can prodce offspring. @y crossing a male horse with the mle a horse will always reslt. Similarly a maledon!ey will prodce a don!ey. atre will revert bac! to its own !ind.b: 'ereals. Hybrid grains can be grown bt are generally infertile. "ith the recrossing of wheat or oats with the hybridwheat or oats are formed( never the hybrid.

=. Geologya: $he Geological 'olmn according to evoltionary theory ranges from Pleistocene in the ,ge of ;ammals to Pre'ambrian of 9=> million years or more. $here are 69 sbdivisions in this colmn. owhere in the world does the

geological colmn e%ist in its correct order in natre.b: )n the colmn $rilobites are in the 'ambrian period of 9>> to 9=> million years. )n recent years a fossil of a trilobite hasbeen fond with a hman sandal print sperimposed over it showing trilobites and man coe%isted on the earth at thesame time.c: )n the Pal%y /iver( $e%as( along the river bed are lines of dinosar foot prints( foot prints of man and children togetherwith giant foot prints 67 long Genesis 416?4:. Giants in the land.d: )n the ,ppalachian ;ontains from ;aine to Georgia are hman foot prints in granite.e: Spposed missing lin!s in hmanity.

i: eanderthal ;an is now considered to be modern man. $he famos -rench general Lafayette had a perfecteanderthal s!ll.ii: 'ro?;agnon ;an had a brain capacity of 689> cc towards the pper limit of hman cranims nowadayswhich range from > cc to 69>> cc. 'ro?;agnon had a s!ll e%actly li!e 'harles Aarwin.iii: Piltdown ;an( fond in East Ssse% was fond to be an elaborate hoa% which fooled the scientificcommnity for over 8> years.

iv: ebras!a ;an was created from a tooth. $he tooth was eventally identified as a pig*s tooth.v: &ava ;an was constrcted from a cranim and #aw fond many metres apart in a gravel bed in &ava.

7. ,stronomya: &piter and Satrn both give ot 26R2 times the heat received from the sn showing they are yong bodies.b: lo( one of the moons of &piter( not only has an atmosphere bt has active volcanoes.c: $itan( the largest moon of Satrn also has an atmosphere. $his indicated that the moon is less than 6>(>>> years old.d: $he rings of Satrn are ndlating not smooth. @y the gravitational pll of Satrn it is estimated that the rings woldhave smoothed ot completely between 6>(>>> and 6>>(>>> years.e: ,stronomers agree that comets have a life of no more than 6>(>>> years. ,ssming that comets are not being createdthis shows a solar system of less than 6>(>>> years.f: "hen the first space ships landed on the moon ,S, e%pected that there wold be a 27 mile thic! layer of dst of theconsistency of icing sgar. ,S, spent 6(>>> million e%perimenting for a sccessfl soft landing. "hen eil ,rmstrongstepped on the moon he fond the dst on the srface averaged 0 in thic!ness indicating some 7(>>> years in age.g: Space probes were sent to ;ars and Iens to try to find life. @oth were nsccessfl.

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b: 2nd Law ? "hen changes ta!e place( the strctre always becomes less organi5ed( never more comple%. 'reationconfirms this. Evoltion is based on the opposite stance of simple systems becoming more organi5ed or comple%.c: $his very brief topic shows clearly how science spports the fact of creation rather than the theory of evoltion with ali!ely date of original creation less than 6>(>>> years ago.

SECTION 3 - CREATION OF MAN - VERSE

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KEY WORDS

Lord ,donai He who is-ormed Catsar $o form( fashionAst ,phar ,shes( 'lay AstGrond ,damah Soil( Grond@reathed ishma @reathostrils ,ph oseLife 'hayim LifeLiving 'hai Living( ,live( LivelySol ephesh ,nimal sol

$he se of the Hebrew word chayim means lives rather than life chai. $he word chai is translated live 6>8 times in theScriptre. "ith the sffi% OimN what was breathed into the nose was lives( both spirital and physical.

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;an was created with three sections1 @ody( Sol and Spirit. $he body of man was made from the grond O,damahN thsproviding a shelter into which the invisible portion( the sol and spirit( was placed. 6 'orinthians 6918= HA*4 b,$'0,4(*') 0(+ *)+'(%+ '0, b,$'0 ) %(, %(&,+J> $*4 /$* b,$/, $ %(&(*6 +)%. $he body itself is not alive so life or livesmst be pt with the lifeless body by a living entity( God 6 'orinthians 69189:.

)n Hebrews 8162 a distinction is made between the sol and the spirit( physical and spirital life.

Sol ? $he ability to have fellowship with man and to dominate lower creatres. )n manNs sol is intelligence( emotion(free will. )ntelligence mst have dominance over emotions to act properly.

Spirit ? $he ability to have fellowship with God. ,t the time of ,damNs sin the spirit became dormant and ,dam hid fromGod.

)n the spirit again the intellect is critical ? it is necessary to !now doctrine( then yo can respond to 'hrist throghemotion and free will. Emotion ot of control however gives rise to distortion. )n this verse we have the closest thing thatwe have got to or own creation ,dam was the original3 sorce of all genetic material. )n ,dam we die )n 'hrist we are allmade alive.

Ierse =b says that H/$* b,$/, $ %(&(*6 +)%&;an became self?conscios in the sol. "hat yo thin! is what yo are.Co may smile otwardly bt be bitter inwardly. &oy is freedom from mental attitde sins. ,fter ,dam and Eve sinnedthey cold not have relationship with God becase they were spiritally dead. Unbelievers can only derive a limitedamont of happiness by fellowship with other nbelievers or from materialistic ob#ects.

-orm is a word sed for a potters wheel. Here we have God the Son standing on the earth and pic!ing p dst andma!ing manNs body. ;an is made from the dst of the earth and he is to retrn to the dst of the earth ? Genesis 016=."hen yo die and are bried yo will go bac! to dst. $he cost of the materials that ma!e p yo body is less than 6>bt the labor cost when added to it is greatD $he name of the man is ,dam. $he name of the grond is O,damahN. everforget that yo are made of dst. $he ew $estament prespposes the literal interpretation of this area of Genesis ? 6'orinthians 69189(84 $he body had to be enlivened by the spirit and the sol when God breathed into his nostrils thebreath of lives. /eal life came into being with the spirit coming in rach

)n Genesis 8

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KEY WORDS

Planted ata $o plantGarden Gan GardenEastward Tedem East( eastwardEden Eden AelightPt Sim $o set( Place( Pt

;an ,dam , man( hman being-ormed Catsar $o form( fashionGrow $samach $o case to shoot p( spring p$ree Ets $ree( "ood( $imber( Stic!Pleasant 'hamad $o be desiredSight ;areh ,ppearanceGood $ob Good-ood ;aa!al Eating foodnowledge Aaath nowledgeLife 'hayim LifeEvil /a Evil( @ad/iver ahar /iver "ent +t Catsa $o go forth or ot"ater Shaah $o water( give or case to drin!Parted Parad $o be parted( separated

-or ,rba -or Heads /osh Headame Shem ame( /enown

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-irst Echad +nePison Pison -ree flowing'ompaaseth Sabab $o be or go rond abot.Land Erets Land( Earth( 'ontryHavilah Havilah Aistrict( 'ircleGold ahab Gold@delm @edolach ,n oily gm( "hite pearl+ny% Stone Shoham Lee! green beryl

Second Sheni Second( other againGihon Gihn StreamEthiopia Ethiopia @rnt face$hird Shelishi $hirdHidde!el Hidde!el /apidGo towards Hala! $o go onEast Tidmah East( eastward

,ssyria ,ssyria Plain( Level-orth /ebii -orthEphrates Ephrates @rsting( SweetPt ach $o rest( set downAress ,bad $o serve( tilleep Shamar $o !eep( observe( ta!e heed'ommanded $savah $o set p a precept or commandEat ,!al Eat

Aay Com AayAie ;th AieHelp E5er Help@east 'heva , living creatre-ield Sadeh Level place( field-owl +ph -owl

,ir Shamayim Heaven@ring @o $o case to come in'all Tara $o call( nameLiving 'reatre 'hai Living alive( lively'attle @ehemah 'attle @east

,s this passage is written in both the past tense Jverse 6>( dealing with the gardenK and present tense Jverses 66?68dealing with the riversK it is apparent that at the time of writing the garden of Eden was not available to ,dam( access

had already been withdrawn. )t is noted that Eden means delight. God provided for man a Garden of Aelight.

$he place where believers were accommodated awaiting the resrrection of 'hrist was called Paradise( which is derivedfrom the Persian word meaning garden of the ing. ,gain we have the word OchayimN meaning lives( so that it was thetree of lives. )f man ate of the tree he had contining spirital and physical lives. ,fter the fall he was banned from thetree becase sin had made him sb#ect to two deaths( spirital and physical. )n verse 2> it is of note that God named fivethings( day( night( atmosphere( earth and sea while man named the plants and animals.

Ierse 7 is a topical verse( which introdces the topics from verses

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c: $ree of Life ? /evelation 2212( 22168 ? in or day the cross is a literal tree to perpetate man in innocence

d: $ree of the nowledge of Good and Evil ? the test of volition. $his more accrately cold be called the tree of!nowing good and evil.

God was not nfair. God had given ,dam trees that he cold en#oy emotionally( physically for food and to perpetate himin perfect environment and gave him only one tree to test his volition. $he only sin that ,dam cold commit was

disobedience to God by sing his free will and eating the frit. $he frit of the tree of life( if eaten reglarly( wold haveallowed mortal man to live forever. )t is of interest that this tree will be in the eternal state in the ew &ersalem/evelation 2212:.

$he river went ot of Eden to water the garden and then split into for. Here we have a divergence of rivers. "hen theriver crosses the eastern side of the garden it splits into for headwaters. $he water is seen by ,dam flowing past him.$he implication is that the garden of Eden is on a montain or at least high grond and that the area to the west waseven higher. Pishon was the river that went soth and means leaping. )t fell rapidly ot of the garden of Eden. $his riverwhose name means leaping goes rond the land of Havilah where there are three prodcts( gold( bdellim Jgm resinKand ony% stones. Havilah also is mentioned in Genesis 6>14. ,lso in verse 4 is ;i5raim which is the old name for Egypt.

$here were different families and tribes which settled varios areas with the lands being named after their grandpatriarchs of the family. 'sh is the old name for Ethiopia. Havilah was the name of the west coast of ,rabia or the eastcoast of ,frica. $he area in Sadi ,rabia is !nown for gold( gm resin and precios stones.

$he river Gihon which means springs forth also goes soth of )srael. $he other two rivers are the $igris and Ephrateswhich go off towards ,ssyria and the north. $o gard it ? indicates there is an enemy in the world ? Satan and hisangels. Enemy of perfect environment ? Satan who in order to have perfect environment in the ;illennim Satan ischained. /evelation 2>16?0.

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$here are a nmber of theories abot the location of the garden1?

$he Liberal Iiew F says that it is a myth and does not e%ist anywhere other than in the psyche of man. $he ancientpeoples they say believed this was the area from which the rivers of eternal life came. $he epic of Gilgamish is ane%ample of this. )n the ancient world we often have a goddess holding a vase ot of which is poring water. ,t her feet isa serpent. $his is a remembrance of the temptation and the sorce of eternal life in Genesis 0169.

$he ineteenth 'entry Iiew was that there were two rivers heading towards the @lac! Sea which Ar yle called theGishon and Pishon and with maniplation of the langage was able to verify some of the geographic locations.

$he -lood Iiew F there was sch a place as the Garden of Eden bt the garden was eradicated by the -lood. "e woldhold to the -lood Iiew. )n E5e!iel 27 we see Satan in the holy garden of God. $his confirms that it was on a high hill. )twas also in a cooler climate.. )t is noted that Gree! gods always sed to live in montains. )t contines as a theme rightthe way throgh the Sermon on the ;ont( ;t ion and the ;ont of $ransfigration..

E5e!iel 0617(< F tal!s abot the cedars of the garden of God which showed that the climate was temperate rather thantropical. "e also have the chestnt trees. ;ost people li!e greenery arond them which is probably a remembrance ofthe garden of Eden. )n E5e!iel 04109 we have what natre loo!ed li!e before the fall. ;ost contries have the concept ofa Paradise lost. )srael not only has that concept bt also the concept of Paradise to be regained.

)n /evelation 22 the water is coming from GodNs throne. $his time there will never be a crse. $he effect of the water iseternal( as is the spirital water as given in &ohn 8 with the woman at the well. "hen we are regenerated we have so tospea! a limitless spply of water.

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$here are for divine instittions set p by God for the benefit of man. Here we see free will. $he other divine instittionsare ;arriage( -amily and ations( all of which occr in these first eleven chapters. )t cold be noted that at the presenttime there are attac!s on ;arriage defacto or cohabiting are alternative lifestyles:( -amily ? many children are bornotside marriage( promiscosness is condoned( ations ? internationalism U. ? $ower of @abel( brotherhood of man(fatherhood of God:.

owadays we can sin in many areas. ,dam( however( cold not sin e%cept throgh the act of eating of the frit of thetree. )n verse 6=b it states H) (* '0, 4$y '0$' '0) ,$',+' '0,,) '0) +0$%' +,%y 4(,. )n the Hebrew it literallystates dying tho shalt die $here are two deaths( dying which is spirital death tho shall die physical death Spirital

death is the basis for destroying fellowship with God. Physical death is a reslt of spirital death.

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+nce a man has eaten from the forth tree he is e%pelled from the garden so that he will not eat from the third tree. $hiswold have perpetated him in a fallen stats. dead ? ,dam did not die physically on the day he sinned( he diedspiritally. Genesis 919 $he wages of sin is death ? wages of sin is spirital death. /omans 4120 ? ,ll sinned when ,damsinned ? /omans 0120.

$HE "EAA)G

)n verse 67 the L+/A God said( )t is not good that the man shold be alone. ;an is the only one in his species ? maleand female came in one pac!age. ;en and woman are very similar. God says he needs fellowship in the same species.He therefore made a helper appropriate for him. $he word for helper is e5er and is sed in the Psalms for God. $he roleof the woman is seen as the e5er for man. She is designed to flfil ,dam as no other part of creation can. "omanalways embellishes things.

God cold have ta!en some more dst and created woman. )f this were done the inter relationship and mtaldependency fond in man!ind wold not have been so strong. ;en and women generally cannot get along withot eachother e%ception when a person is given the spirital gift of celibacy 6 'orinthians =. +ne is incomplete withot the other.

God says he is now going to ma!e the woman. Preparation phase verses 6( e%ection phase verses 26( 22(en#oyment phase verses 20?29. $he rise of the woman is a special chapter in hman history. $he creation of woman isgiven the most verses in the @ible. $he @ible never demeans the woman.

)n verses 69?6= we have had the man who has been the sb#ect of special revelation in the form of God spea!ing to him.$he fact that God does not spea! to the woman shows that man is the mediator of the family and the head of the familybeing ltimately responsible to God. $he operation here gave rise to hman se%ality. )t is also of note that even in aperfect environment man was still reired to wor! as he had to dress the garden.

$he beasts of the field and the fowls of the air came throgh to be named by man. $he animals involved are those thatwold be fond in a farm field not all the animals. ,dam began to stdy and name them. He therefore began theinterpretation of general revelation withot any commentary from God. Previosly God has named the earth( sea( light(day night and other things. ;an names the animals. ,dam is created crios and wor!s with that criosity in the perfectenvironment. God delegated his athority to ,dam. He does not interfere with his own delegated athority. Evil can bedefined as simply re#ection of GodNs will. Aisobedience to His will means participation in evil. )n many areas yo do notget special revelation bt yo do get principles from the Scriptres.

;an was to have dominion over the plants and animals bt has no power to change daylight( control the weather(

volcanoes and eartha!es. $his is a reminder that God alone is the Lord of these. ,s long as man has free will perfectenvironment cannot be the soltion to manNs problems. cRf. $he ;illennim. /evelation 2>1=?6>.

$he ma#or concepts circlated nowadays are self?improvement health stdio( health foods( edcation( etc:( massimprovement politics( programmes:( environmental improvement ecology( national par!s:. )f yo wor! for 29 years forthese things and scceed bt 6> years after yo do( the whole thing collapses( what have yo accomplishedM ? nothing.)f( however( yo are instrmental in giving the gospel to an nbeliever and he believes( this has eternal conseences.$he hman viewpoint is that the soltion to manNs problem is to improve the environment. GodNs viewpoint is that thesoltion to manNs problem is regeneration( relationship with God.

;an started ot with perfect environment and cold not ma!e the grade and sinned. othing from perfect environmentto poor environment will ever solve manNs problems. Unless yo have a right relationship with God yo cannot have aright relationship with men. $here is an irony here becase had ,dam and Eve sbmitted to God every time ,dam wentpast the tree of the !nowledge of good and evil and he remained positive towards God then Eve wold have remained

an Oe5erN for him for good. @ecase of the fall at the tree of the !nowledge of good and evil Eve became a helper to manto sin. "oman is atomatically a helper either for good or evil.

)n relation to salvation( man needs salvation( the woman broght the Savior into the world throgh her womb. )n the@ible wisdom is said to be female as it is the tool which man ses( it is a helper. @efore a blessing or provision comesinto yor life there has often been a long period of preparation.

$he period of preparation may well have been frstrating. God trains s to appreciate what He is going to give s beforehe actally gives it to s. "e grow in !nowledge as we are trained and more things become clear to s as God leads salong. +ften GodNs provision is given after man has tried to do something himself and failed.

'hrist on the cross died spiritally. ;y God. ;y God. "hy has tho forsa!en meM Psalm. 2216( ;att. 2=189?9> He boreor sins in his own body on the tree. 2 'orinthians. 9126. God the -ather forsoo! Him becase He can have nothing todo with sin. Later He said ? )t is finished &ohn 6( L!e 20184:. +nce accomplished then -ather into thy hands )dismiss my spirit ? He died physically. $he first ,dam died twice ? spiritally and physically.

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"e are born in the li!eness of ,dam ? we are born spiritally dead and die physically. Ephesians. 216 ? "e are dead intrespasses and sins. "hen we come into the world we arrive physically alive bt spiritally dead. )t is totally impossiblefor s to do anything for orselves.

,ll or good deeds come from or sols ? hman good. )t is impossible to have a relationship with God throgh the sol.$its 019 'hrist died twice so that we cold be born twice( physically and spiritally. 2 'orinthians 9126( 6 'orinthians69122 ? )n ,dam all die( in 'hrist shall all be made alive.

)f yo are not born twice yo will die 0 times( spirital death( physical death and second death Jeternal separation fromGodK. )t is appointed with man to die physical death: and after that the #dgement final or second death:.

DOCTRINES

FREE WILL

6. -ree will is the responsibility before God to choose a corse of action.

2. God gave ,dam choice in the garden Genesis 2164?6=:.

0. -ree will e%ists in both believer and nbeliever &ohn =16=:.

8. )n 'hristianity free will cannot be coerced ? it is a matter of obedience 2 'orinthians 916>:.

9. ;an is responsible for his actions( and mst give an accont to God /evelation 2>166?69:.

4. @ecase man is sb#ect to #dgment there is an age at which children become accontable before God for theiractions.

=. $hree problems which the @ible solves regarding free will1a: "hat abot babies who die before they hear the gospel or those who are mentally not able to decideMSoltion ? 2 Samel 62167: where a child born to Aavid and @athsheba dies on the =th day( the day before circmcisionwhich wold have broght the child into a covenant relationship. Aavid says that he will go to be with the child indicatingthe child has been atomatically saved withot a covenant reirement.b: "hat abot the physical damage w

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