Wednesday, January 12, 2011

First and Second Reading: Genesis 1-4; Moses 2-5; Abraham 4-5


First Day: God creates light and separates it from darkness; calls the darkness Night and the light Day.

Second Day: God creates Heaven and separates it from Earth, both referred to as "waters" divided by "a firmament".

Third Day: God separates the land from the water (on Earth), identifies Seas and Earth (land). On God's word, Earth brings forth plant life.

Fourth Day: God sets up the revolutions of Day and Night, allows the lights in heaven to shine on earth, and creates the stars. Question: God doesn't create the cycle of day and night until day four?

Fifth Day: God creates sea life, bird life, and all other life "which the waters brought forth abundantly". If I understand correctly, modern evolutionist theories speculate that life formed first in water and then evolved into land-dwelling species.

Sixth Day: God creates land-dwelling creatures. Man is created, both male and female, and commanded to "multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it". Man is given power over the whole Earth. All creations are seen by God as good.

Then God rests and sanctifies His day of rest. Then, God plants the Garden of Eden and makes a man who he names Adam and places him in Eden. Then, finding it not good that man should be alone, he makes Eve, a woman. Question: didn't Got already make men and women during the 6th day?

The Serpent comes and tempts Eve to eat the fruit. His method reminds me of so many criticisms to the "limitations" of the commandments of God:

2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 3But of the fruit of the atree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
 4And the serpent said unto the woman, aYe shall not surely die:
 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your aeyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, bknowing good and cevil.
 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for afood, and that it was bpleasant to the eyes, and a tree cto be desired to make one wise, she took of the dfruit thereof, and did eeat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did feat.
 7And the eyes of them both were aopened, and they knew that they were bnaked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves caprons.

-God told me not to do this. -He told you what? That's ridiculous, it's just holding you back from reality.

They partake, are cast out, and have children. Cain and Abel offer sacrifices, but Cain apparently didn't do it quite right, while Abel did. God rebukes Cain for his attitude and reminds him he can do better. Cain gets angry, kills Abel, and is cursed.

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