For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is

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Hi myst,

Thanks for your response. You wrote:


What I know is that neither you or I will ever understand the full mystery of exactly how our God works in establishing His will upon the earth. What I am absolutely against, in your teaching, is your belief that the account found in Genesis is some amalgamation of other creation accounts that may or may not have existed in the day in which that part of the Scriptures were first written.

So, whether one cares to believe that the Scriptures were somehow dictated or encouraged by the Spirit, I absolutely stand opposed to any idea that they are such as you have claimed.

God bless,
In Christ, ted
I was rather saying that Genesis is amalgamation if various styles and items, creation story, some prophecies, some pre-judaistic history etc.

I do not think that Genesis 1 and 2 are amalgamation of creation myths from Mesopotamia, I think they are reaction to these myths. I.e. a monotheistic response to them. But it will have, of course, a similar style and a similar "scientific" knowledge about the universe behind it.
 
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I was rather saying that Genesis is amalgamation if various styles and items, creation story, some prophecies, some pre-judaistic history etc.

I do not think that Genesis 1 and 2 are amalgamation of creation myths from Mesopotamia, I think they are reaction to these myths. I.e. a monotheistic response to them. But it will have, of course, a similar style and a similar "scientific" knowledge about the universe behind it.
Why do the other authors of the bible present it as literal and historic?
 
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What verse specifically troubles you?
Where do I start?
Here's a quick 2.
Enoch the seventh from Adam. ....presented as literal and historical. Jude 1:14

In a letter to Timothy Paul presents some rules for the women....then presents the reason why. The reason is based upon a literal and historical interpretation of the creation account. 1 Tim 2:13-14
Why would Paul base the rule upon an amalgamation of creation myths from Mesopotamia?

In addition verse 14 tells us the fall was because of disobedience...How does the Theo-Evo camp explain the cause of the fall?
 
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Where do I start?
Here's a quick 2.
Enoch the seventh from Adam. ....presented as literal and historical. Jude 1:14
I see no problem with Enoch being historical.

In a letter to Timothy Paul presents some rules for the women....then presents the reason why. The reason is based upon a literal and historical interpretation of the creation account. 1 Tim 2:13-14
Why would Paul base the rule upon an amalgamation of creation myths from Mesopotamia?
Paul is talking about theology, not about science here. Theologically, man was created first. Its like I was making reference to rich man and lazarus story. Theologically, its still valid, no matter if it happened exactly in this manner or not.

In addition verse 14 tells us the fall was because of disobedience...How does the Theo-Evo camp explain the cause of the fall?
I see no problems with the fall of Adam, regarding evolution.
 
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I see no problems with the fall of Adam, regarding evolution.
Really?
Nobody died before Adam.
Sin and death came into the world through the actions of one man.
The human race was preserved through the actions of one man.
The offer of salvation came about through the actions of one man.
See the pattern? Noah was the second "Adam."
How do you pick and choose which portions of the Bible to believe when they all interconnect?
 
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Really?
Nobody died before Adam.
Sin and death came into the world through the actions of one man.
The human race was preserved through the actions of one man.
The offer of salvation came about through the actions of one man.
See the pattern? Noah was the second "Adam."
How do you pick and choose which portions of the Bible to believe when they all interconnect?
Noah???
 
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Really?
Nobody died before Adam.
Sin and death came into the world through the actions of one man.
The human race was preserved through the actions of one man.
The offer of salvation came about through the actions of one man.
See the pattern? Noah was the second "Adam."
How do you pick and choose which portions of the Bible to believe when they all interconnect?
Spiritual death. Adam did not die physically in the day he disobeyed.
 
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Spiritual death. Adam did not die physically in the day he disobeyed.
One the day he broke the command death was assured. Before that he had no expiration date.
Satan promised they would not die that day. They did not, but on that day they assured they would die one day.
 
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Before that he had no expiration date.
There was the tree of life in Eden. Not for jokes, I suppose.

Satan promised they would not die that day. They did not, but on that day they assured they would die one day.
They died spiritually on that day. They began to need a saviour.

They died physically later, because they were expelled from the tree of life in the garden.
 
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Not there but later. In the Gospels Christs talks more about Hell than about Heaven.

Yeah, I've heard that little chestnut many times. So...one day I counted instances of Jesus talking about Heaven versus Him talking about Hell. Heaven won by about ten to one, so let's put paid to that, shall we?

Anyway, "hell" is ALWAYS translated from just four words:

sheol

hades

gehenna

tartarus

and none of the four refer to a place of eternal torment in fire. What else do you have, besides tradition and fiction (Dante, Milton, Baxter)?
 
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Yeah, I've heard that little chestnut many times. So...one day I counted instances of Jesus talking about Heaven versus Him talking about Hell. Heaven won by about ten to one, so let's put paid to that, shall we?
After reading more about the subject I'm inclined to agree that the evidence doesn't support the claim (shame on those ministers who originated it). To be fair, since the gospels tell the same story from different viewpoints the only way to be consistent would be to take one version, say Matthew, and count the references. And Then we only have what each recorded.
 
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Hi LS,

It's just possible that the reason the Scriptures don't describe that God has 'made hell', is that He hasn't yet. The physical truth of hell being a place of existence doesn't come into the Scriptures until the Revelation. Jesus warns Israel to fear being cast into hell, but the physical reality of the existence of hell isn't addressed until the day of God's judgment when all of the vile and unbelieving and demonic angels are cast into it.

Just a thought to consider in your theology.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

There is no, let there be Darkness, no, let there be a צול Deep, nor a let there be Ground in the synopsis, yet they were all present, and accounted for.

שאל Sʰeol is not only a physical place mentioned in the scriptures it is also identified as צול Tsʰoʷl the Deep, which has a pre-existence to the Atmosphere (called heaven), and the Dry ground (called earth).
 
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They can't be literal days if the sun wasn't created until the fourth day.

'...if the sun wasn't created until the fourth day.'
'If' is the operative word in this case, for everyone under the Sun knows that the Light of Day comes from the Sun, ergo the utterance of 'Let there be Light...and the Light was called Day...and the evening and the morning became the first Day.' thus the Sun was created on what we commonly refer to as Sunday, the first day of the week.

Carefully note, the 'Light of Day' was not placed in the Firmament (Gaseous Expanse) called Sʰəméyîm (Heaven-Air), but the Two great Lights mentioned on Day four are placed within our Sʰəméyîm (Atmosphere);

The biggest clue as to what identifies these two great Lights is that we know they pertain to the Regulation of light upon earth, delineating Days, Years, and Seasons, thus מארת should have been translated as (Magnetic) Poles, though 'Lights' is far from inappropriate, when you consider how the Northern and Southern Lights are a part of our מארת magnetic poles.

Otherwise carefully consider how our Sun and Moon has nothing to do with the Regulation of the cycles called, days, years, or seasons, it is our rotation upon our axis that Regulates these things.
 
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One the day he broke the command death was assured. Before that he had no expiration date.
Satan promised they would not die that day. They did not, but on that day they assured they would die one day.
Many seem to think the animal that became their clothing dies in their place.
 
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Many seem to think the animal that became their clothing dies in their place.


True the animal was slain for the sake of their sin, but such a remedy is only temporal, and pertinent only to individual (and collective) sinners, Adam died at 930 years, evidently showing that the flesh was held accountable to a divine standard, where a day is as a 1000 years.

Yet I am amazed by how many still are not aware, or stand in disbelief, the very moment they ate of the fruit they instantly became Spiritually Dead, for their eyes were closed to one realm, and opened unto another realm, the realm of the living dead, aka Hell, the place where one goes to wail and gnash their teeth.

John and Yésʰûʷəʰ basically were sent from heaven, and came to Hell to raise the Dead, even so it is now, many have awoken ,and are walking in the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth, while others are yet fast asleep, and are nothing more than the walking dead in the World.

In a sense Hell is a virtual matrix where one does not perceive the prison bars keeping them within the perimeters of their prison, so perfect is this prison that, the inmates do not even realize they have been incarcerated.

The difference between heaven and hell is where one stands in their heart and mind, or consider how we are not saved by any outward Calvary riding in on horseback, no Swat Team, Special Forces, or Navy Seals, we are Saved from our Sinful state by our own Realization of the (otherwise unseen) Truth which we trust and rely upon without a doubt.

From where I stand, I can clearly see that my feet are propped up on His footstool, and my buttocks is resting upon His Throne [שמים atmosphere, air, heaven, etc.], the question now stands, Where are your feet, and buttocks when you are found standing on solid ground?:)
 
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Many seem to think the animal that became their clothing dies in their place.


True the animal was slain for the sake of their sin, but such a remedy is only temporal, and pertinent only to individual (and collective) sinners, Adam died at 930 years, evidently showing that the flesh was held accountable to a divine standard, where a day is as a 1000 years.

Yet I am amazed by how many still are not aware, or stand in disbelief, the very moment they ate of the fruit they instantly became Spiritually Dead, for their eyes were closed to one realm, and opened unto another realm, the realm of the living dead, aka Hell, the place where one goes to wail and gnash their teeth.

John and Yésʰûʷəʰ basically were sent from heaven, and came to Hell to raise the Dead, even so it is now, many have awoken ,and are walking in the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth, while others are yet fast asleep, and are nothing more than the walking dead in the World.

In a sense Hell is a virtual matrix where one does not perceive the prison bars keeping them within the perimeters of their prison, so perfect is this prison that, the inmates do not even realize they have been incarcerated.

The difference between heaven and hell is where one stands in their heart and mind, or consider how we are not saved by any outward Calvary riding in on horseback, no Swat Team, Special Forces, or Navy Seals, we are Saved from our Sinful state by our own Realization of the (otherwise unseen) Truth which we trust and rely upon without a doubt.

From where I stand, I can clearly see that my feet are propped up on His footstool, and my buttocks is resting upon His Throne [שמים atmosphere, air, heaven, etc.], the question now stands, Where are your feet, and buttocks when you are found standing on solid ground?:)
 
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