Genesis 1

granpa said:
1An All-Human person created the heavens and the earth --
2the earth was barren and cratered and darkness was upon the face of the craters and the Spirit of All-Human bore up upon the face of the waters
Click to expand...
1An All-Human person created the heavens and the earth --
2the earth was barren and cratered and darkness was upon the face of the craters and the great wind blew upon the face of the waters
 
Dant01 said:
.
• Gen 1:1a . . In the beginning God,

The first chapter of the first book of the Bible doesn't waste words with an
argument to convince scientific minds and/or critical thinkers that a supreme being
exists; rather, it starts off by bluntly alleging that the existence of the cosmos is
due to intelligent design.

• Gen 1:1b . . created the heaven and earth

If the complexity and construction of the cosmos-- its extent, its objects, and all of
its forms of life, matter, and energy --isn't enough to convince the skeptics; then
they're pretty much beyond reach.

The creation story wasn't written for secular minds anyway, nor was it written for
people who indulge in debating and perpetual bull sessions that never get to the
bottom of anything, nor for people who regard the creation story as something to
dissect like a chapter of Pride And Prejudice in a Jane Austen book club; rather, the
creation story was written for religious folk.

"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that
what is seen was not made out of what was visible." (Heb 11:3)

NOTE: The Hebrew word for "God" is 'elohiym (el-o-heem') which isn't the creator's
personal moniker, rather, a nondescript label that pertains to all sorts of deities
both the true and the false and/or the real and the imagined.

The noun is grammatically plural but doesn't necessarily indicate more than one.
Sheep, fish, and deer are plural too but don't always indicate more than one of
each. There are other gods in the Bible, such as Baal and Dagon, to whom the word
'elohiym is applied and those gods aren't composite entities; e.g. 1Kgs 18:25-29
and Jgs 16:23.
_
Click to expand...
Thanks for killing the thread.......
 
granpa said:
1An All-Human person created the heavens and the earth --
2the earth was barren and cratered and darkness was upon the face of the craters and the Spirit of All-Human bore up upon the face of the waters
Click to expand...
The earth was in such a horrible state that Jeremiah quoted Genesis 1:2 to the rebellious Jews to whom God sent Jeremiah to prophesy against.

Most English mainstream translations do an injustice to conveying what the Hebrew states in Genesis 1:2. Yet, Jeremiah told the Jews (in Jeremiah 4:23) that because of God's judgment that was about to come upon them, they as a nation will end up as Genesis 1:2 speaks of the state of the earth. Yet, Jeremiah had to qualify the statement, and clarify that the Jews would not face the same intensity of destruction as was done to the earth in Genesis 1:2. The Jews knew Hebrew. They had no quibble with what it says. They knew that in Genesis 1:2 that it spoke of an utter destruction.

Jeremiah 4:23 in the tamed NKJV, reads:

The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. ​
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.​

The earth was not in such a mild state of being as it sounds in that translation. . For we read in Jeremiah 2:27 that Jeremiah needed to add the following to tell the Jews that they would not be utterly destroyed as shown in Genesis 1:2!


Here we have it...

This is what the Lord says:​
“The whole land will be ruined,​
though I will not destroy it completely."​


Why did Jeremiah have to add that? Because the Jews (who knew Hebrew ) understood that Genesis 1:2 was speaking of an utter destruction of the earth!

grace and peace ...........!
 
granpa said:
1An All-Human person created the heavens and the earth --
2the earth was barren and cratered and darkness was upon the face of the craters and the Spirit of All-Human bore up upon the face of the waters
Click to expand...
Question... How did you make Elohim (God) into an All-Human person?
 
granpa said:
Barasit Elo-Hym = Person All-Human

I thought that was obvious.
Click to expand...
You grew up speaking Hebrew? I see.....

So, you are here to sell us on the idea that "all human persons" created the heavens and earth?

OK.... So, is it going to be a new time waster with you? Not going to make sense, but will insist that you do?



;) ....this place sometimes makes me feel like he has walked into the Planter's packing plant. https://www.planters.com/
 
Last edited:
granpa said:
1An All-Human person created the heavens and the earth --
2the earth was barren and cratered and darkness was upon the face of the craters and the Spirit of All-Human bore up upon the face of the waters
Click to expand...
an ,,,, "all" ... human, please explain.

PICJAG, 101G
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top