Why Old Earth creationism doesn't work

[Job 33:6]

Bara is used in Genesis 1:1.

Yes I know. And bara is ex materia.

How many times do I need to repeat this?

 

[Job 33:6]

Yes I know. And bara is ex materia.

How many times do I need to repeat this for you to understand?

And here is my response for the 2 Maccabees apocrypha verse:

First off, Maccabees is apocryphal. So, you're drawing from uninspired words. Second, we know that humankind wasn't formed ex nihilo, humankind was made of dust and rib ex materia. As the Bible tells us. So really the error is in your understanding of the verse and context.

To not exist is to be formless and void. But it doesn't mean to be empty space. At least in the ancient near east this is what it means to be un-created.

Also, it can be said that, just because God did ultimately create ex nihilo, that doesn't mean that this is what Genesis 1 is the story of.

God created the universe out of nothing (I agree ultimately that this is the case). But when God creates a baby in the womb, the two statements are not exclusive of one another. So if I said that God created you and me ex materia in the womb, you wouldn't say "no no, he made everything out of nothing".

That kind of response wouldn't make any sense. What matters is what Genesis 1 is describing. What matters is the story of Genesis 1. It doesn't matter what God did before Genesis 1. What matters is what Genesis 1 is actually talking about.

And so, if I'm talking about how God made you in a womb ex materia, you wouldn't run up and correct me by saying that God made all things ex nihilo out of nothing. I don't deny that ultimately. But that's not what the story is about.

 

[Job 33:6]

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬
[3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
[6] And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
[9] And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
[14] And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
[20] And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”
[24] And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so.
[26] Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”


Look at these verses. Every single day begins with God speaking. And God said.

The initial ex materia creation doesn't actually begin until verse 3.

Verse 2, just like in Genesis chapter 2 with no plants water or people to till the field, is a description of the formless and empty earth. And then after the background description is given, then God forms Adam. And in Genesis 1, after the background description is given, then God says "let there be light".

And the evidence is right here in the Bible. I won't repeat, but I'll just quote myself. Every creation day begins with "and God said" so creation didn't begin until Genesis 1:3.

God creates with use of the spoken word. God creates by speaking. And since God didn't speak until verse 1:3, we know that creation didn't begin until 1:3. Verse 2 is just a background. Verse 1 is an introduction.

Also, Genesis chapter 2 starts the same way.
1. In the beginning.
2.The land was without plants, water, or people to till the field.
3. Then God began creating by forming Adam.

Chapter 1 :
1. In the beginning
2. Earth was formless and void
2. God said let there be light

Just read the Bible. The Bible makes it clear that the formless earth in both chapter 1 and 2 is just a background description preceeding ex materia creation in verse 3 and in chapter 2 the empty land proceeds the creation of Adam from dust of the ground, ex materia.

 

[Job 33:6]

And the evidence is right here in the Bible. I won't repeat, but I'll just quote myself. Every creation day begins with "and God said" so creation didn't begin until Genesis 1:3.

God creates with use of the spoken word. God creates by speaking. And since God didn't speak until verse 1:3, we know that creation didn't begin until 1:3. Verse 2 is just a background. Verse 1 is an introduction.

Also, Genesis chapter 2 starts the same way.
1. In the beginning.
2.The land was without plants, water, or people to till the field.
3. Then God began creating by forming Adam.

Chapter 1 :
1. In the beginning
2. Earth was formless and void
2. God said let there be light

Just read the Bible. The Bible makes it clear that the formless earth in both chapter 1 and 2 is just a background description preceeding ex materia creation in verse 3 and in chapter 2 the empty land proceeds the creation of Adam from dust of the ground, ex materia.

I'll even color code it to make it easier to see:

 

[BNR32FAN]

First off, Maccabees is apocryphal. So, you're drawing from uninspired words.

Not according to the apostolic churches.

 

[BNR32FAN]

I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed.

Maccabees 7:28 doesn’t say that man was created from nothing, it says “God did not make them out of things that existed”. “Them” is referring to the first “them” in the statement referring to the heavens and the earth.

First off, Maccabees is apocryphal. So, you're drawing from uninspired words. Second, we know that humankind wasn't formed ex nihilo, humankind was made of dust and rib. As the Bible tells us. So really the error is in your understanding of the verse and context.

 

[BNR32FAN]

First off, Maccabees is apocryphal. So, you're drawing from uninspired words. Second, we know that humankind wasn't formed ex nihilo, humankind was made of dust and rib. As the Bible tells us. So really the error is in your understanding of the verse and context.

To not exist is to be formless and void. But it doesn't mean to be empty space.

Also, it can be said that, just because God did ultimately create ex nihilo, that doesn't mean that this is what Genesis 1 is the story of.

God created the universe out of nothing. But when God creates a baby in the womb, the two statements are not exclusive of one another. So if I said that God created you and me ex materia in the womb, you wouldn't say "no no, he made everything out of nothing".

That kind of response wouldn't make any sense. What matters is what Genesis 1 is describing.

“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Genesis 2:1-3 says that God rested on the 7th day from all His work which He had done. It doesn’t say that He created the earth from nothing then waited a few million years before completing it. It says He completed His work in 6 days. You’re saying He completed it in a few million years.

 

[Job 33:6]

“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Genesis 2:1-3 says that God rested on the 7th day from all His work which He had done. It doesn’t say that He created the earth from nothing then waited a few million years before completing it. It says He completed His work in 6 days. You’re saying He completed it in a few million years.

The ex materia creation was done in 7 days. I agree. I never said anything about millions of years. I never said one time that the Bible said anything about millions of years. You're straw-maning my position.

Imagine if I said, in the beginning, Job created a batch of cookies. The cookies were doughy and without form, and then Job said, let there be chocolate chips.

And after 7 days, Job had completed creating the cookies.

You wouldnt then turn to someone and say "But the Bible doesnt say it took millions of years!"

Excuse me, but nothing about what im saying involves millions of years at all. But that also doesnt mean that time didnt pass before I began creating my batch of cookies. After all, the cookies were doughy and without form before I began my 7-day cookie creation activities. So they existed prior to the 7 days.

 

[Job 33:6]

Maccabees 7:28 doesn’t say that man was created from nothing, it says “God did not make them out of things that existed”. “Them” is referring to the first “them” in the statement referring to the heavens and the earth.

Now you're quote-mining the book of Maccabees. Here is the full verse:

28I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things. In the same way humankind came into existence.

Humankind didnt come into existence ex nihilo, humankind was made of dust and bone. But it doesnt matter anyway because nobody is denying that God created the universe ex nihilo at some indeterminate time prior to Genesis.

Also, it can be said that, just because God did ultimately create ex nihilo, that doesn't mean that this is what Genesis 1 is the story of.

God created the universe out of nothing (I agree ultimately that this is the case). But when God creates a baby in the womb, the two statements are not exclusive of one another. So if I said that God created you and me ex materia in the womb, you wouldn't say "no no, he made everything out of nothing".

That kind of response wouldn't make any sense. What matters is what Genesis 1 is describing. What matters is the story of Genesis 1. It doesn't matter what God did before Genesis 1. What matters is what Genesis 1 is actually talking about.

And so, if I'm talking about how God made you in a womb ex materia, you wouldn't run up and correct me by saying that God made all things ex nihilo out of nothing. I don't deny that ultimately. But that's not what the story is about.

 

[Job 33:6]

I'll even color code it to make it easier to see:
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And ill just quote this again. Genesis 1:1 is just a literary introduction. Nothing actually happens in Genesis 1:1. And Chapter 2 is written the same way.

And the evidence is right here in the Bible. I won't repeat, but I'll just quote myself. Every creation day begins with "and God said" so creation didn't begin until Genesis 1:3.

God creates with use of the spoken word. God creates by speaking. And since God didn't speak until verse 1:3, we know that creation didn't begin until 1:3. Verse 2 is just a background. Verse 1 is an introduction.

Also, Genesis chapter 2 starts the same way.
1. In the beginning.
2.The land was without plants, water, or people to till the field.
3. Then God began creating by forming Adam.

Chapter 1 :
1. In the beginning
2. Earth was formless and void
2. God said let there be light

Just read the Bible. The Bible makes it clear that the formless earth in both chapter 1 and 2 is just a background description preceeding ex materia creation in verse 3 and in chapter 2 the empty land proceeds the creation of Adam from dust of the ground, ex materia.

 

[Job 33:6]

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:1‭-‬3‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬
[1] When God began to create the heavens and the earth, [2] the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. [3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

The creative actions of God do not begin until verse 3. God creates through the spoken word. And that's how every single creation day begins.

And God said.

Look at every single creation day.

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬
[3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

[6] And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

[9] And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

[14] And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,

[20] And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”

[24] And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so.

[26] Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”


You see. In the Beginning when God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was already formless and void.

And Then, subsequently, God said. Let there be light in verse 3.

The Bible never says how long earth was formless and void prior to God's creative acts, in which case, the geneologies becomes completely meaningless to the age of the earth.

 

[BNR32FAN]

But that also doesnt mean that time didnt pass before I began creating my batch of cookies. After all, the cookies were doughy and without form before I began my 7-day cookie creation activities. So they existed prior to the 7 days.

“All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

God created everything from nothing. Apart from Him nothing came into being without Him. The earth didn’t just exist by itself before Genesis 1.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Humankind didnt come into existence ex nihilo, humankind was made of dust and bone. But it doesnt matter anyway because nobody is denying that God created the universe ex nihilo at some indeterminate time prior to Genesis.

I just said Maccabees doesn’t say that man came into existence from nothing. The word “them” is used twice in that passage and in both cases it is referring to the heavens and the earth, not everything in them. And if God created the universe before Genesis 1 then He didn’t complete it in 6 days like the scriptures say He did in Genesis 2. No matter how you try to reword it, it doesn’t work.

 

[Job 33:6]

I just said Maccabees doesn’t say that man came into existence from nothing. The word “them” is used twice in that passage and in both cases it is referring to the heavens and the earth, not everything in them. And if God created the universe before Genesis 1 then He didn’t complete it in 6 days like the scriptures say He did in Genesis 2. No matter how you try to reword it, it doesn’t work.

28I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things. In the same way humankind came into existence.

In the same way, humankind came into existence.

Bara does not mean ex nihilo creation. Creation can be completed in 7 days without the beginning needing to be ex nihilo.

Just as I can complete the creation of a batch of cookies in 7 days without that 7 day creation event needing to be about how I came into existence 30+ years ago from my mother's womb.

Ex nihilo creation occurred before the 7-day ex materia creation.

Just as the creation of me in my mother's womb came before the 7-day cookie creation event of December.

Genesis isn't about ex nihilo origins. It's about ex materia origins.

And I'm not sure how many times I'll have to repeat this before you'll understand.

 

[Job 33:6]

“All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

God created everything from nothing. Apart from Him nothing came into being without Him. The earth didn’t just exist by itself before Genesis 1.

Bara does not mean ex nihilo creation. Creation can be completed in 7 days without the beginning needing to be ex nihilo.

Just as I can complete the creation of a batch of cookies in 7 days without that 7 day creation event needing to be about how I came into existence 30+ years ago from my mother's womb.

Ex nihilo creation occurred before the 7-day ex materia creation.

Just as the creation of me in my mother's womb came before the 7-day cookie creation event of December.

Genesis isn't about ex nihilo origins. It's about ex materia origins.

And I'm not sure how many times I'll have to repeat this before you'll understand.

And I'll repeat this again. Just because Genesis doesn't describe ex nihilo creation, doesn't mean that God didn't create ex nihilo. It just means that that's not the story Genesis is telling.

Just because I can tell a 7-day cookie creation story, and just because that story isnt about the origins of my life from mothers womb. Doesn't mean that I wasn't born from my mother's womb. It just means that the story I'm telling you, isn't about the origins of my life. It's about an ex materia 7-day cookie creation, later in my life.

And with that, John can be correct, and Genesis can still speak of ex materia creation.

 

[Job 33:6]

Bara does not mean ex nihilo creation. Creation can be completed in 7 days without the beginning needing to be ex nihilo.

Just as I can complete the creation of a batch of cookies in 7 days without that 7 day creation event needing to be about how I came into existence 30+ years ago from my mother's womb.

Ex nihilo creation occurred before the 7-day ex materia creation.

Just as the creation of me in my mother's womb came before the 7-day cookie creation event of December.

Genesis isn't about ex nihilo origins. It's about ex materia origins.

And I'm not sure how many times I'll have to repeat this before you'll understand.

And I'll repeat this again. Just because Genesis doesn't describe ex nihilo creation, doesn't mean that God didn't create ex nihilo. It just means that that's not the story Genesis is telling.

Just because I can tell a 7-day cookie creation story, and just because that story isnt about the origins of my life from mothers womb. Doesn't mean that I wasn't born from my mother's womb. It just means that the story I'm telling you, isn't about the origins of my life. It's about an ex materia creation, later in my life.

And with that, John can be correct, and Genesis can still speak of ex materia creation.

Nobody ever said that God didn't create ex nihilo. It's just that Genesis is not telling that story. Genesis is telling a different story about an ex materia creation that lasted 7-days.

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The ex nihilo creation story, is non existent. That story is simply not described in Genesis.

But Job! Shouldn't Genesis describe the origins of the universe!?

No! Why? Because it's not a science textbook. The authors of Genesis didn't know anything about the big bang theory or anything like that. They lived over 3,000 years ago before such discoveries.

The ancient authors are telling the creation story that they want to tell. Not the story that we want them to tell. And they're telling the story of an ex materia 7-day (as in 24-hour days) creation. And we can't force them to tell the story of an ex nihilo creation because they knew of no such thing.

 

[Job 33:6]

And I'll share this again because it's important. The Bible is clear:

And ill just quote this again. Genesis 1:1 is just a literary introduction. Nothing actually happens in Genesis 1:1. And Chapter 2 is written the same way.



And the evidence is right here in the Bible. I won't repeat, but I'll just quote myself. Every creation day begins with "and God said" so creation didn't begin until Genesis 1:3.



God creates with use of the spoken word. God creates by speaking. And since God didn't speak until verse 1:3, we know that creation didn't begin until 1:3. Verse 2 is just a background. Verse 1 is an introduction.

Also, Genesis chapter 2 starts the same way.

1. In the beginning.
2.The land was without plants, water, or people to till the field.
3. Then God began creating by forming Adam.

Chapter 1 :

1. In the beginning
2. Earth was formless and void
2. God said let there be light

Just read the Bible. The Bible makes it clear that the formless earth in both chapter 1 and 2 is just a background description preceeding ex materia creation in verse 3 and in chapter 2 the empty land proceeds the creation of Adam from dust of the ground, ex materia.

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:1‭-‬3‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬

[1] When God began to create the heavens and the earth, [2] the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. [3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

The creative actions of God do not begin until verse 3. God creates through the spoken word. And that's how every single creation day begins.

And God said.

Look at every single creation day.

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬

[3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

[6] And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

[9] And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

[14] And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,

[20] And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”

[24] And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so.

[26] Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”


And God said, and God said, and God said.

Every single day begins with the spoken word.

You see. In the Beginning when God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was already formless and void.

And Then, subsequently, God said. Let there be light in verse 3.

The Bible never says how long earth was formless and void prior to God's creative acts, in which case, the geneologies becomes completely meaningless to the age of the earth.

 

[Michael Snow]

Hogwash. R

No because you can only come to that conclusion by isolating Genesis from the rest of scripture. Genesis 1:1 says God created the earth and the heavens. Exodus 20:11 specifically says that God made the earth and the heavens and the seas and everything in them in 6 days. So Exodus 20:11 specifically tells us that Genesis 1:1 happened on the first day.

Hogwash. You commit the cardinal sins of sloth and hubris. Read evangelical commentaries on Genesis by called teachers of the Church.
Social media posters are not popes.

 

[BNR32FAN]

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:1‭-‬3‬ ‭NRSVUE‬‬
[1] When God began to create the heavens and the earth, [2] the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. [3] Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

The creative actions of God do not begin until verse 3. God creates through the spoken word. And that's how every single creation day begins.

This is contradictory to John 1:3, Genesis 1:1, and Exodus 20:11 because now you’re saying that God didn’t create the heavens and the earth, you’re saying they existed before He began creating in Genesis 1:3.

“All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

This verse says that nothing came into existence apart from God meaning that He created the heavens and the earth from nothing. The heavens and the earth did not exist before God began creating.

I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things. In the same way humankind came into existence. Maccabees 7:28

I do apologize for my first previous post concerning Maccabees 7:28 because the way I worded it did seem a bit confusing. I was trying to emphasize the use if the word “them” that is used in the verse twice. The way I worded it the first time seems to suggest that “them” was including mankind but that wasn’t my intention. In both cases of the use of the word “them” in this verse it is not referring to mankind, it only refers to the heavens and the earth. “Look to the heavens and the earth and see everything that is in THEM”. This usage of the word “them” does not include mankind. “Then you will know God did not make THEM” This second usage of the word them also does not refer to mankind, it is referring to the same “them” that was mentioned prey, that being the heavens and the earth. So I was not saying that God made man from nothing although in a round about way He actually did since He did create man from the earth which He previously made from nothing, but I don’t dispute the fact that man was made from something that existed prior to his existence.

So the actual creation process begins with God creating the heavens and the earth from nothing. That is the beginning of the creation process. The heavens and the earth did not exist before God began creating according to John 1:3, Maccabees 7:28, Genesis 1:1, and Exodus 20:11. You’re trying to redefine the word bara which absolutely can mean creations from nothing since Genesis 1:1 says “in the beginning God created (bara) the heavens and the earth. John 1:3 says nothing came into existence apart from God which means the heavens and the earth did not exist prior to Genesis 1:1. Maccabees 7:28 specifically says that the heavens and the earth were not created from anything that existed. So the creation process began from nothing, it didn’t begin with something like your cookies analogy suggests because that analogy doesn’t fit the creation scenario because your saying that you didn’t actually create the dough, someone else did. So you can’t apply that analogy to the creation account in Genesis because God did create the dough and the cookies. So it’s a bad analogy, it doesn’t fit the situation.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Hogwash. R

Hogwash. You commit the cardinal sins of sloth and hubris. Read evangelical commentaries on Genesis by called teachers of the Church.
Social media posters are not popes.

I’m committing the cardinal sin of sloth? How about actually addressing the verses I posted instead of making false accusations against me. I’m quoting the scriptures which is from my own extensive study of them. You’ll never see me quoting commentaries outside of the early church writers from the first two centuries of the church because I don’t read commentaries so allow me to show you why I don’t read commentaries by pointing out the errors in the commentary you provided. These quotes are from the link you provided.

How much time elapsed in the age of the earth between the creation of the universe in verse 1 and “Let there be light” in verse 3? We have no clue in Scripture. [But many Christians, superficially familiar with this text, seem to wrongly assume that “the beginning” (verse 1) equals “let there be light.” (verse 3)]

Wrong, Exodus 20:11 tells us exactly how much time elapsed between the beginning and the end of the creation process.

“For in six days the Lord made (asah) the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Exodus 20:11 tells us that God made the heavens and the earth during the 6 day creation process. The word “made” is translated from the Hebrew word Asah. Next your commentary tells us that Exodus 20:11 does not refer to everything God created (bara) from nothing but only what was made (asah) from what previously existed. So let’s read what your commentary has to say about Exodus 20:11.

For in six days the Lord made [‘asa*] heaven andearth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Exodus 20:11 ESV

YHWH…rested the seventh day. Because He sanctified the seventh day, we are to remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. That is the purpose of this verse.

We are reminded of God’s work in words that parallel those of the six days in Genesis. In Gen.1:8, “God called the expanse heaven.” This has the limited sense of our ‘sky’ as some versions render it. In Gen.1:10, “God called the dry land earth [not the planet], and the gathering of the waters he called seas.”

Wrong, Genesis 1:8 and Genesis 1:10 are not the verses Exodus 20:11 is referring to.

Genesis 1:8 and Genesis 1:10 doesn’t say anything about God resting after the creation of everything He created.

“God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Nothing about God resting here.

“God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭10‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Again nothing about resting here.

No the verses that Exodus 20:11 is actually referring to is Genesis 2:1-4.

“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from ALL His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had CREATED (bara) and MADE (asah).”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

By the 7th day God completed the work He had done, on the 7th day He rested from ALL His work that He CREATED (BARA) and MADE (ASAH).

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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. When thinking about creation, Christians often turn to geologists and astronomers and even high school science teachers as they seek underst…

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Why would your commentators conclude that Exodus 20:11 is referring to Genesis 1:8 and Genesis 1:10 when neither of those refer to everything that God created like Exodus 20:11 does and those verses don’t mention anything about God resting like Exodus 20:11 does? Genesis 2:1-3 describes everything mentioned in Exodus 20:11. It mentions everything God created and His rest from everything He created and made. Genesis 1:8 and Genesis 1:10 only describes two things that were created and doesn’t mention God’s rest. Your commentary also doesn’t mention the creation of the seas which existed before Genesis 1:3. Exodus 20:11 mentions the creation of the heavens, the earth, and the seas, and everything in them. It refers to everything that was created from Genesis1:1 all the way to Genesis 2:3. That’s why I don’t do commentaries and I do the study for myself instead of letting someone else do the study for me and quote someone else’s work.

Furthermore your commentary repeatedly quotes John Calvin as if his theology has any reputable credibility. He’s one of the worst theologians in the history of Christianity.