Genesis 2

 Genesis Chapter Two:

DAY SEVEN:

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

"Host" refers to the all of the occupants of heaven and earth.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

He did not need to rest.  He was not tired.  He rested to be an example to us.  He wants us to rest.  It is not only OK to rest but we should rest.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

God sanctified the seventh day because he rested from all his work.  He just wanted to acknowledge a day of rest.  He knew how much we would need those days.  (sanctify = set apart as or declare holy; consecrate; as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary).
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

So Chapter ONE gives an overview of each day and what was created per day.  Chapter TWO is now going to go into more details about each creation.
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

It never rained!

6 But there went up a mist 

from the earth, and watered 

the whole face of the ground.

7 And the Lord God formed man 

of the dust of the ground, 

and breathed into his nostrils 

the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis Chapter One

 Genesis 1

The word Genesis literally means "in the beginning" and so much more.  It is a noun in Hebrew meaning, beginning, start, source, outset, commencement, formation, emergence, becoming, and creation.

Below is the KJV of the first Chapter of Genesis for our consideration.

DAY ONE:

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

"...the Spirit of God moved" I believe that this is reference to the Holy Spirit of God!

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

I believe that this alludes to Jesus.  Jesus is referred to as "the Word" and as "the Light" and because God is going to be references in the plural in a moment.  I believe that these versus show the presence of God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Son.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

There are people who try to assert that God could have created the Universe and everything in it using the evolution method because there is a reference to one day being like a thousand years to God in the Bible; however, here it clearly states, "the evening and the morning were the first day" and if it were like a thousand years it would be impossible to have one evening and one morning.  It is clearly ONE 24 hour day.  

DAY TWO:

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

"Firmament" what is it?  Where is it?  Many people believe that the "firmament" is the atmosphere that surrounds the planet.  I feel there is more to it than that.  Let's look further.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

So, if the firmament is simply the atmosphere, why is there water under the firmament and above the firmament?  

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Why do so many people believe it to be "the atmosphere" if "God called the firmament Heaven?"  

DAY THREE:

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

"Let the waters under the heaven" so this seems to be referring to the water on the planet earth gathering together so that dry land can appear.  This water is UNDER heaven aka the firmament.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God 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.

12 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 God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

DAY FOUR:

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

So here we have the firmament again and again it is referred to as "the firmament of the heaven" many scholars agree that the "lights" are stars and planets etc..., but if we have decided that the firmament is the atmosphere then how can God be putting stars and planets in the firmament aka heaven?  Think about it.

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

DAY FIVE:

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

So now the birds are flying in the "open firmament of heaven" but this is clearly the sky here on Earth or the atmosphere.  Is there more than one firmament/heaven?  It would seem so since verse 7 talks about the waters under and above the firmament (if the firmament is the atmosphere then the water under could be the oceans/sea and the water above could be the atmospheric vapor / clouds?  But!  If the stars and the planets are in the firmament also, and there are waters above them where is that water?

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Here again we do not see any room for an evolution model here.  God is telling us that they produce "their kind" not different kinds or variations of their kind.  

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

DAY SIX:

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Here is where God refers to Himself, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  God the Father is ONE, and would be singular if He were ONLY ONE, but he is 3 in 1.  He is the Father.  He is the Son.  He is the Holy Spirit.  His Spirit Moved upon the face of the deep.  God spoke, God SAID, John 1:1-5 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."  This is referring to Jesus.  

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

This is why I believe that God intended for us all to be vegetarians.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

And not just us but the animals as well.  Imagine lions and bears out grazing.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The Bible: Cover to Cover: Genesis

The Bible: Cover to Cover: Genesis:  Genesis - Is the first book in the Bible.  It is the beginning of, well, everything.  It is the beginning of creation.  It is the beginning...

Frustration

 So, I have been trying to create a menu of pages, if you will, that are sub-categories for lack of better terminology.  I wanted to put what Blogger calls "pages" to the side.  One for each book in the Bible.  Then, I was going to post one chapter at a time and then comment on each one and allow others to comment as well.  We would be able to have a discussion about each chapter as we go; however, Blogger is not allowing me to post more than once in the "page" sections.  More research will need to be done before I can move forward with my content.  I may have to re-figure the layout.

DAY 1: Setting Up the Blog

 Well this is actually day two, because I started on 4/1/2021.  It was so late that I did not progress very far when I had to stop and go to bed.  I am new to this formatting and becoming used to how all this works even when using a template.  Tomorrow I will dig in to our first Chapter of Genesis.  I expect to learn so much from God's Word.  I have read through the Bible three times now.  Once using the Woman's Study Bible which is NIV.  I have read through the Bible using NESV in Chronological order.  The last time was last year.  I went through the Bible with my church on a read through Chronological I used the ESV on the Bible Version app on my phone.

This is when I came up with this idea.  I felt like I had read through several times and I know what is in the Bible as far as just scarfing down the Book as a whole.  I wanted to slow down and work through the Bible ONE book at a time.  So I thought I would just Blog the Bible and I may even meet some people that I did not know existed before this and may even make some new friends.

It has not escaped me that with this being on a public forum that I may also make some enemies.  I just request that if your opinion / faith or lack thereof if in opposition to what is posted on this blog that you would respect the opinions and faith of others.  You are welcome to ask questions and to comment as long as you are respectful of others.

This also goes for those who are regular followers.  If you profess to be a Christian, then you must be Christ to the least of these.  Do NOT argue with people who disagree / oppose us and our faith.  Pray for them and love them.  I will ban anyone who does not follow "The Love Everyone Rule."