Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Do you think Verse one is part of Day one Ryan?
As he may have missed that post, I am alerting
@BobRyan about that post.
Thanks for that
EACH day starts with "
THEN God said" and ends with "
evening and morning nth day" - (A time-boxed chronological sequence)
3
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was
evening and there was morning, one day.
6
Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters...And there was
evening and there was morning, a
second day.
9
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered ...13 And there was
evening and there was morning, a
third day.
14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse ...19 And there was
evening and there was morning, a
fourth day.
20
Then God said, “Let the waters teem ... 23 And there was
evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24
Then God said, ... And there was
evening and there was morning, the
sixth day.
This means that:
Gen 1:1 is a summary of all God's creative acts in the entire universe..
Gen 1:2 is intro ... preface to day 1. But day 1 starts in vs 3
So the actual 7 day timeline begins with vs 3.
Summary:
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Intro/preface to day 1 of creations week:
Gen 1:2
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
The preface is a time when
1. Earth exists
2. the surface of the deep (face of the deep) - exists
3. The waters covering the Earth exists
4. There is "something" that is covered by water.
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So then vs 2 "Allows" for a state of Earth where it "exists" but has no life on it. So also is this the case on
day 1 in vs 3,
and on
day 2.
At all these points - Earth would be in a state where it "exists" but has no life on it.