Shadowland: Beginnings: Week 6

Hebrew Lesson: Flash Cards

The Sixth and Seventh Day: Man and Beast, Work and Rest

Figurative Meanings

• 1:27 God created man in His own image - Thus Adam became a "son of God". Throughout scripture this refers to the direct creation of God, so that Adam's descendents were not "sons of God" until we come to Christ. The angels, who are directly created, are also called sons of God. This becomes important later. Most wonderfully, "to them He gave the power to become sons of God - even to those who believe on His name". John 1:12 As the direct creation of God, we are the sons of God. Ephesians 2:10 We are his new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 "For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation. Galatians 6:15
• 1:28 "have dominion" - "For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God." Romans 8:19-22
• 1:30 every green herb for food - Isaiah 11:6-9
• 2:2 Why did God take 6 days to create heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them? One reason is to set the pattern for the Sabbath. Exodus 20:8-11
• 2:3 The seventh day is a type of heaven. "For those having believed enter into the rest, as He has said, "So I swore in my wrath, 'they shall not enter into My rest.'" And yet the works have been finished from the foundation of the world." Hebrews 4

Literal Interpretations

• 1:25 "beasts of the earth" - wild animals, "cattle" - domestic animals, "creeping things" - reptiles, insects, etc. Where would dinosaurs fit in?
• 1:28 "replenish the earth" - literally *fill* the earth, same as verse 22.
• 1:30 were there carnivores before the fall? Isaiah 11
• 2:1 Augustine takes "host of heaven" to mean the angels created on day 1.
• 2:2 According to Big Bang, we are still in the 6th day. That would make the 7th day still in the future. But it seems that this heavens and earth will be destroyed and replaced with a new heavens and new earth and new Jesuralem. This is a problem for the Big Bang theory - except, that there *is* a future sabbath rest that awaits the believer.
• 2:4 "in the day" - here י֗וֹם has no number, and no "evening and morning". Hence it means "age" or "in those days" - in contrast to the first six days.