Commentary: The reason the Scripture says what it says in verses one and two is because: first of all, the light of the first day was not the very first thing of creation as we can see. For we all ready see that there is more than one el in existence by reading verse one. For we know that there is only God in existence, the One that never had a beginning and He obviously is an El, but He made an el in His own image and likeness. This el is Yehoshua or Jesus, and so obviously since he was made he is weaker, but he is also an el. This is why we see there is something already existing before the creation of the heavens and the earth by reading the verse in Hebrew since there is a plural form of El there. Also by the words "likewise" appearing twice we can see that there are non mentioned things that are being referred to. For even the spiritual beings like the angels, cherubs and seraphs were created before the earth. To prove this here is what Scripture says in Job 38:
Then HaShem answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like
a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me. Where wast thou
when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the
line upon it? Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid
the corner-stone thereof, When the morning stars sang together, and all the
sons of Elohim shouted for joy?
So we can see that the angels were there when Yehoshua started to bring the earth into existence. Yet it does not say this directly in verse 1:1 of Genesis. Just that the words "likewise" refers to them. For Genesis 1 is a summary of the 7 days of creation, not a detailed outline of what went on.
So already before the light of the first day we see that there is an extra el and the spiritual beings and the waters and the heavens and "earth." For the light was made in its proper sequence, namely about 12 hours after the second thing that came into existence. For Yehoshua was the very first of all creation and if he was the very first and all else came by him, him and his God were alone and everything else came second. And so time is based on the second thing.
This is why we Jewish folks reckon our 24 hours from sunset to sunset vs. midnight to midnight. Because creation started before the creation of light.
Now the reason verse 2 says "the earth was formless and void" is because it was not until the third day of creation that Yehoshua and the Father caused the earth to take the shape of a sphere or bubble. It was also then when they caused the dry land to appear. As it is written, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so (Genesis 1:9)."
So what is the meaning of the word "void" in verse Genesis 1:2?
It is "void" because as I just pointed out the dry land did not appear until the 3rd day. So if this is the case, it should be clear to you that the submerged 'earth' would be void of all life, rivers and lakes.
Now when we keep reading we see that the Father and the son are over the surface of the deep and there was darkness on that surface because there was no light on it, therefore Father had Jesus create light. You have to remember that the Father is God and no one gives Him orders. Rather the Father tells everyone what to do and they must obey, this also includes His son that was made. So then the son created the light and that light shinned on the surface of the waters. This light, however, is not the light that comes later in the creation story in which we humans get from our sky from the sun. Why? Because we can see that regardless of this created light that was brought into existence on the first day, it was not bright enough to penetrate the upper waters to light up our universe and so also our world. The proof of this is in verse 1:15 when the scripture talks about the sun, moon and stars, "to give light upon the earth." As it says, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth: and it was so (Gen 1:14-15)." So if the earth needs light from these things it is clear that the light of the first day is not lighting up our world, but only the area above the waters that exists above the expanse, which is far above the sun and the farthest galaxy that you can ever see with a telescope..
Now after the first day the els wanted to divide the "formless" blob of water by using a vast space they would call an expanse.
After this there would be a body of water over the expanse and also under it. Then after doing this the els wanted to gather the water that was under this expanse to one location and it is then the 'earth' began to take shape. Having the shape of a sphere or bubble.
SSo after the Son caused the waters that were under the expanse to be gathered into one place, it is then that the 'earth' was no longer formless. Likewise, when he caused the dry land to appear from the waters, it is then that the son caused the 'earth' to be no longer 'void.' And so it was then that the Son started to cause vegetation to live on earth and in the seas. Even though the sun still did not come until the following day, thus it was still dark.
As it is written, "And the els communicated, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so. And the els called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and the els saw that [it was] good. And the els said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and the els saw that [it was] good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Now let us finally move on to the fourth day when Yehoshua brought into existence the sun, moon, stars, novas, planets and all else that exists between the two waters or in the expanse.
I must first tell you however that the above picture of the earth itself is not accurate, because there is not suppost to be any light on it yet. So just keep in mind, this is just a picture for reference only or a crude diagram vs. a detailed one.
Thus let me use the same picture for a new stage 1......
When the fourth 24 hours arrived and approximately 12 hours passed, the son made the sun and the rest of the luminaries. He did such however as if they already existed. What I mean is that when he brought the sun into existence he made the sun below the eastern horizon. So there was dawn and then daybreak, then the evening, the fourth day.
This is what Genesis 1:14-19
And the els communicated, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth (thus proving our world lacked light): and it was so. And the els made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. And the els set them in the expanseof the heavens to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and the els saw that [it was] good. And the evening (right after the previous lightset, not sunset. That is the light that exists far above the expanse and upper waters, thus the time of creation is based on that light not the sun.) and the morning (the first dawn of our world) were the fourth day.
Here is the diagram.....
Now to prove this diagram even more, it says this in Psalm 148:
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above
the heavens.
So we can see here that the Psalmist is telling us there is a vast body of water high above the farthest star we can see.
Now as far as commentary goes:
When Yehoshua (Jesus) caused the land to rise up out of the water and then dry off, thus being the dry land. The dry land was not as we see it today on a globe. The reason for this is because he did not make islands and different continents in the process. Rather there was just only one land mass. The earth remained this way even until after the flood, that was approximately 1658 years later. Even though the flood changed the terrain quite a bit the dry land still remained one complete land mass.
Before the flood the high hills and mountains did not have water lines on their sides throughout the earth. Furthermore, some places or I should say, scenery, did not even exist before the flood. Take for example the grand canyon, it was the mighty flood waters that cut through all that rock not years and years of a river winding through the area. Rather all this was done within 40 to 375 days!
Are you wondering where I get the 375 days? I get it from the fact that Noah was not on the ark for just 40 days. Rather only the heavy rain lasted that long. Noah in fact was on and did not come out of the ark until a full year and 10 days passed. Now on a further note: Ignorant people think that this is the first time the earth ever had rain. That is not true. Rather it was the first time and only time it rained over the whole earth at once and hard and for 40 long days!!! .
Like the Grand Canyon and other places on earth, "Monument Valley" in Arizona ended up the same the way. For before the flood, the 'monument' in monument valley did not exist. So you can see the grand erosion that took place. Here is a picture:
The earth remained as one land mass until the people populated again after the flood and then they came to the land of Shinar. Which is where Babylon was and is located in Iraq. There the people started building a tower and so did not want to spead themselves throughout the earth as the Lord commanded to 'fill the earth.' So it was then that the Lord, divided this single land mass and shattered it into smaller pieces. These pieces became their own continents and islands. At this time also is where you get the different races you have today and reason there are so many languages.
Even the narrator of the Torah of so so long ago, without having a satellite in the sky, nor an airplain knew that the globe now looked like a shattered piece of glass. Where one could seem to glue the pieces together again if it where a clay object. Here is what the writter of Genesis wrote in
Genesis 10:25
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was
named Joktan.
Thus here is insight of how the earth was first like.
Now for more insight about mankind and as to where the many races came from:
As mentioned all the different races on earth came from the episode of Babel. For there was only one race before this and it was only the children of Adam and Eve. But because the people did not want to 'fill the earth' the Lord did it for them and so made it harder for them to build a tower and so dispersed them across the earth for them and so also divided the one land mass so they could not easily cross the great divisions of seas to reach each other. So that they would then have to make their own tribes and towns or communities or gatherings. And to also fend for themselves and forge new ways to live. Now of all the people that lived during this time there was a man named Eber or in Hebrew "Ever." And so his children are the Everites, but when translated through Latin filters you get 'Hebrews.' Thus this is where the Hebrews as a race originated from. Now understand that the Hebrews are not simply the Israelites. For the Moabites are also Hebrews which are the Jordanians, as well as the Ishmaelites and the Edomites (the children of Esau) that live in present day Saudi Arabia.
On a side note: Some people think that the Philistines (or rather the Palestianians) are also the children of Abraham through Ishmael. This is not the case, because they where already there in the land of Canaan before Abraham moved there from the land of Ur. The Hebrews are from the stock of Shem, one of the three sons of Noah. Where the Palestianians are the offspring of Miztraim or the Egyptians and Mitzraim is the offspring of Ham, one of the other three sons of Noah. Thus they have nothing to do with each other.
Now I want to get back on track regarding the earth:
MORE NOTES:
Back in the 16th century the Catholic Church condemned Galileo for saying the sun is in the center of all. But later in the 1990s they recanted their judgment against him and went along with his wicked views. Both the Catholic Church and the followers of Galileo shall go to hell for believing a lie and causing it to spread. Galileo should have been silenced forever and all his writtings destroyed so that no one would learn his folly.
The fact of the matter they where right the first time around. For we can see that the earth was made 4 whole days before the sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies, novas and so on even existed. Thus the earth is older than all. And if you really read what went on during the fourth day you can see that the sun, moon and stars was made for signs. Signs to determine the scheduling of the year and months and one of their movements for the changing of the four seasons on either side of the equator. Which are opposite of each other.
Furthermore scientists think they got a good handle on things. The fact of the matter it's the prophets that tell the truth, not pagans. For the prophets speak the words of the Almighty, because the Almighty's spirit is on them.
Thus this also PROVES that the earth is in the center of all, not the sun. Because the EARTH was here first and all the hosts were made for the calendar and so revolve around us. I will prove more things later on this page.....right now it is 2/26/2006
