2 "And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep."
After the Big Bang in place of planets there was a huge cloud of atoms of helium and hydrogen floating around in the deep endless darkness of the void.
I find this detail interesting: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
After some considerable time the atoms of helium and hydrogen clumped together making carbon, oxygen, and water molecules. Water was the first visible substance to form. Why is it saying specifically that the Spirit of God moved on the water, and not in the "darkness of the deep" as well? Does the Spirit of God need water molecules specifically, or would hydrogen atoms be sufficient to support its presence?
3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
As the atoms lumped together in various clusters, it eventually got heavy and hot in the center, making it possible for chemical reactions to begin, making the Suns, just like turning on the lamps.
4 "... and God divided the light from darkness."
I believe, "divided" here means more like "distinguished" as in holding up an object and noticing that one side is light, and the other one is dark.
5 "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
As molecules continued to clump together under their own weight the clouds of water vapors and other stuff got thick enough to block and reflect light. The side facing the Sun became lit up with light, and the other side was in the shadow and became dark. The spinning of some of the clouds accounted for light and dark to alternate, giving birth to mornings and evenings.
6 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of waters, and let it divide the waters from waters."
7 "And God ... divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament"
I believe the word firmament doesn't mean anything actually firm or solid, I think it means a layer. And in this case, I think it means the layer of nothing, empty space, created as clouds of water vapors drifted one from the other, marking the birth of planets.
8 "And God called the firmament Heaven."
I'm pretty sure he meant empty spaces growing between the condensing clouds of matter.
"And the evening and the morning were the second day."
People might grumble at this point - how can it be only the second day, must be a metaphor.
But think about it: if a planet wasn't all compressed, as it is today, into heavy metals, but was all just fluffy gas and dust and vapors, that cloud around the sun would have had to be hu-u-ge! So huge, that one day in the solar system must have lasted millions, billions of years. So when God invented the word "day" it started out as very lengthy period of time, which gradually became shorter and shorter.
The word "day" could also mean a step of a process, an era (like in a saying, "in my day"), a stage of development. Many words have more than one meaning.
9 "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear."
As clouds of matter condensed more and more, the planets formed.
10 "And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called the Seas"
Here God is just naming the dirt, the ground, the soil - earth, and a big body of water - sea. That's all, just making those two words. He wasn't naming our planet.
11 "... Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit..."
Notice that the word earth is not capitalized - it simply means ground, soil, dirt. Which implies that there probably are countless planets, besides Earth, supporting life.
An interesting implication here is that God is mentioning grass and fruit trees, which take a super long time to evolve from lichens and ferns, suggesting that the planet was terraformed, and the grasses and trees were deliberately planted.
12, 13 Vegetation covered the planet. Third day.
The "third day" in this case could have meant that the early planets were like giant greenhouses with light reflecting and re-reflecting from the dust and fog vapors in the atmosphere, as well as tons of asteroids and debris floating around the orbits, causing the planets be continuously surrounded by a soft glow.
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. "
As the dust and thick fog surrounding a new planet settled and the junk fell down in meteor showers, the sky became visible and the constant murky glow was gone. Which eliminated the greenhouse effect and created the seasons.
I don't think "... let them be for signs..." means God approved of astrology. I think it means something more practical, like road signs for figuring out the direction, east and west, things like that.
15 "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth"
16, 17, 18, "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."
But God had already commented on the "lights in the firmament of the heaven" earlier; there were already there. Perhaps it is possible, that a person writing it all down made a little commentary of his own.
If we insist on taking it literally, it could mean that God put a bunch of satellites or parked a fleet of flying saucers up in the orbit, which looked like he made some additional stars.
Another possibility is that God dragged the Moon over and positioned it over the Earth. Without the moon, the Earth's climate would be much more extreme, sort of like on Mars, plus the Earth's rotation would be a lot faster and wobbly. Having realized those things, God may very well have dragged a large asteroid over to be our moon. It is possible that without doing so, the life on Earth couldn't take.
19 "... were the fourth day."
To summarize: the fourth day was still the era of only vegetation, but huge varieties of vegetation developed, due to the elimination of the greenhouse effect and creation of different climates.
20 "... Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life..."
In agreement with the origins of life theories, God confirms that life began in the ocean.
By the way, I'd like to call attention to the wording: "Let the earth bring forth grass" and "let the waters bring forth creatures". This could indicate that God is more of an observer of life creating itself in the beginning, rather than the actual creator of it. Now, once the living creatures are there, God takes over:
21 "And God created great whales, ... and every winged fowl..."
Looks like God genetically engineered meat animals, not being satisfied with a vegetarian diet. In fact, throughout the Bible, God praises the smell and the taste of cooked meat, clearly preferring it to fruits and veggies. Whales were probably made first, because they were convenient huge natural storage containers of meat, fat and bone, programmed to throw themselves on the beach upon demand. I suppose birds were needed next, as God and his crew moved further and further inland.
25 "And God made ... cattle."
Definitely very useful! Very tasty.
26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
It is clear that God was not alone. But he did end up making men himself:
27 "So God created man in his own image; ... male and female created he them."
God blessed them - wished them luck, and allowed them to use all and any plants and animals for food.
31 "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."
God inspected everything he did so far, and it all was correct and met with his approval. So he took a day off and kicked back.
After the Big Bang in place of planets there was a huge cloud of atoms of helium and hydrogen floating around in the deep endless darkness of the void.
I find this detail interesting: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
After some considerable time the atoms of helium and hydrogen clumped together making carbon, oxygen, and water molecules. Water was the first visible substance to form. Why is it saying specifically that the Spirit of God moved on the water, and not in the "darkness of the deep" as well? Does the Spirit of God need water molecules specifically, or would hydrogen atoms be sufficient to support its presence?
3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
As the atoms lumped together in various clusters, it eventually got heavy and hot in the center, making it possible for chemical reactions to begin, making the Suns, just like turning on the lamps.
4 "... and God divided the light from darkness."
I believe, "divided" here means more like "distinguished" as in holding up an object and noticing that one side is light, and the other one is dark.
5 "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
As molecules continued to clump together under their own weight the clouds of water vapors and other stuff got thick enough to block and reflect light. The side facing the Sun became lit up with light, and the other side was in the shadow and became dark. The spinning of some of the clouds accounted for light and dark to alternate, giving birth to mornings and evenings.
6 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of waters, and let it divide the waters from waters."
7 "And God ... divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament"
I believe the word firmament doesn't mean anything actually firm or solid, I think it means a layer. And in this case, I think it means the layer of nothing, empty space, created as clouds of water vapors drifted one from the other, marking the birth of planets.
8 "And God called the firmament Heaven."
I'm pretty sure he meant empty spaces growing between the condensing clouds of matter.
"And the evening and the morning were the second day."
People might grumble at this point - how can it be only the second day, must be a metaphor.
But think about it: if a planet wasn't all compressed, as it is today, into heavy metals, but was all just fluffy gas and dust and vapors, that cloud around the sun would have had to be hu-u-ge! So huge, that one day in the solar system must have lasted millions, billions of years. So when God invented the word "day" it started out as very lengthy period of time, which gradually became shorter and shorter.
The word "day" could also mean a step of a process, an era (like in a saying, "in my day"), a stage of development. Many words have more than one meaning.
9 "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear."
As clouds of matter condensed more and more, the planets formed.
10 "And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called the Seas"
Here God is just naming the dirt, the ground, the soil - earth, and a big body of water - sea. That's all, just making those two words. He wasn't naming our planet.
11 "... Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit..."
Notice that the word earth is not capitalized - it simply means ground, soil, dirt. Which implies that there probably are countless planets, besides Earth, supporting life.
An interesting implication here is that God is mentioning grass and fruit trees, which take a super long time to evolve from lichens and ferns, suggesting that the planet was terraformed, and the grasses and trees were deliberately planted.
12, 13 Vegetation covered the planet. Third day.
The "third day" in this case could have meant that the early planets were like giant greenhouses with light reflecting and re-reflecting from the dust and fog vapors in the atmosphere, as well as tons of asteroids and debris floating around the orbits, causing the planets be continuously surrounded by a soft glow.
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. "
As the dust and thick fog surrounding a new planet settled and the junk fell down in meteor showers, the sky became visible and the constant murky glow was gone. Which eliminated the greenhouse effect and created the seasons.
I don't think "... let them be for signs..." means God approved of astrology. I think it means something more practical, like road signs for figuring out the direction, east and west, things like that.
15 "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth"
16, 17, 18, "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."
But God had already commented on the "lights in the firmament of the heaven" earlier; there were already there. Perhaps it is possible, that a person writing it all down made a little commentary of his own.
If we insist on taking it literally, it could mean that God put a bunch of satellites or parked a fleet of flying saucers up in the orbit, which looked like he made some additional stars.
Another possibility is that God dragged the Moon over and positioned it over the Earth. Without the moon, the Earth's climate would be much more extreme, sort of like on Mars, plus the Earth's rotation would be a lot faster and wobbly. Having realized those things, God may very well have dragged a large asteroid over to be our moon. It is possible that without doing so, the life on Earth couldn't take.
19 "... were the fourth day."
To summarize: the fourth day was still the era of only vegetation, but huge varieties of vegetation developed, due to the elimination of the greenhouse effect and creation of different climates.
20 "... Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life..."
In agreement with the origins of life theories, God confirms that life began in the ocean.
By the way, I'd like to call attention to the wording: "Let the earth bring forth grass" and "let the waters bring forth creatures". This could indicate that God is more of an observer of life creating itself in the beginning, rather than the actual creator of it. Now, once the living creatures are there, God takes over:
21 "And God created great whales, ... and every winged fowl..."
Looks like God genetically engineered meat animals, not being satisfied with a vegetarian diet. In fact, throughout the Bible, God praises the smell and the taste of cooked meat, clearly preferring it to fruits and veggies. Whales were probably made first, because they were convenient huge natural storage containers of meat, fat and bone, programmed to throw themselves on the beach upon demand. I suppose birds were needed next, as God and his crew moved further and further inland.
25 "And God made ... cattle."
Definitely very useful! Very tasty.
26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
It is clear that God was not alone. But he did end up making men himself:
27 "So God created man in his own image; ... male and female created he them."
God blessed them - wished them luck, and allowed them to use all and any plants and animals for food.
31 "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."
God inspected everything he did so far, and it all was correct and met with his approval. So he took a day off and kicked back.
As above, so below.
ReplyDeleteIt's not something that happened, it is an ongoing process and cannot be correctly interpreted without direct knowledge of esoteric qabalah or what is commonly referred to as gnosis or "enlightenment."
Is it self-knowledge or the process of self-creation which is the "forbidden fruit?" I don't know. What I do know is that "I try to be in the moment but keep missing it." ;)
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