{"id":520,"date":"2025-02-19T10:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shalom-everlasting.com\/staging\/?p=520"},"modified":"2026-11-14T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:22:13","slug":"genesis-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shalom-everlasting.com\/staging\/scripture-daily-reading-plan\/genesis-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 1-3"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Day 1 : Light<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Then God said, \u201cLet there be light\u201d; and there was light.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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In Genesis 1:3 Notice that YHWH created light but he didn\u2019t create the sun and the stars until Genesis 1:13. The original word for \u201clight\u201d referenced in\u00a0Genesis 1:3\u00a0is\u00a0Or\u00a0(Lexicon Study H216<\/a>)<\/strong>. This is the same light that Israel had with the last plague in Exodus 10:23 (but all the children of Israel had\u00a0light H216<\/strong>\u00a0in their dwellings.)<\/p>

\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8<\/strong>\u00a0\u02bc\u00f4wr,<\/strong>\u00a0ore; from\u00a0H215<\/a>; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):\u2014bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Day 2 : Firmament<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Then God said, \u201cLet there be an expanse (a firmament) in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.\u201d\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Most translations rather use an expanse, and then with footnotes will add “firmament”.\u00a0 In english, an expanse just sounds like the sky, something that is not visible.\u00a0 The Hebrew word is H7549 – r\u0101q\u00eea\u02bf<\/a>, meaning an extended solid surface, a base for support.\u00a0 The Scriptures then says, this firmament (Raqia) then seperates the waters below from above.\u00a0 If water is physical, this Firmament is also something physical.\u00a0 From creation we are given these explanations and clues about who the Creator of Heaven and Earth is, and about His Creation.\u00a0 Later in Psalm 66 we will look at more clues and the Hebrew explanation of the word Heaven and Waters.<\/p>

Interestingly, the earth, heaven and waters were already there.\u00a0 On day 2, YHWH created the firmament to split the waters, to make this opening (expanse) between earth and heaven.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Day 4 : Appointed Times<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Then God said, \u201cLet there be lights in the expanse\/firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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On day 3, the waters gathered together so the land became visible, and on it the vegetation grew.\u00a0 All this happened before the sun, moon and stars were set in place on Day 4.\u00a0 Light existed on Day 1, before the sun and moon.<\/p>

Interestingly, Isaiah and John prophesy that at the end of age, with the New Jerusalem, there will be no more sun and moon<\/strong> again.\u00a0 We read this in Isaiah 60:19-20, Revelation 21:23, and Revelation 22:5.\u00a0 \u201cNo longer will you have the sun for light by day,\u00a0Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;\u00a0But you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light<\/strong>, And your God for your glory. Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane;\u00a0For you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be finished.”\u00a0 “And the city\u00a0has\u00a0no\u00a0need\u00a0of the sun\u00a0or\u00a0of the moon\u00a0to shine\u00a0on it, for the glory\u00a0of God\u00a0has illumined\u00a0it, and its lamp\u00a0is<\/em> the Lamb.”<\/p>

Here in Genesis 1:14 we read the purpose of the sun, moon and stars. For Signs, Seasons, and to recognize days, (months) and years.\u00a0 The Hebrew word for moon<\/strong> are used interchangably for month.\u00a0 It renews about every 28 days, allowing for about 12 months a year.\u00a0 Later in Scripture we will look into more details on the month cycles.\u00a0 The sun<\/strong> allows us to recognize day from night<\/strong>, as well as when the seasons change from Spring to Autumn<\/strong>.\u00a0 In Scripture, Spring is used to start the new year.\u00a0 \u00a0The stars<\/strong> are used for signs<\/strong> – we will also look more into the stars later in Scripture.<\/p>

The Hebrew word for seasons, is not just the Spring to Autumn seasons.\u00a0 The word is Moedim H4150 – m\u00f4\u02bf\u0113\u1e0f<\/a>, meaning “Appointed Time or Place”.\u00a0 YHWH have since the beginning setup certain “Meetings” or “Appointments”.\u00a0 The sun, moon and stars are given to us like a Scheduler, a clock, an appointment book.\u00a0 The very first appointment He sets in place, is on the 7th day with Sabbath Rest.\u00a0 Later in Scripture He reveals the other appointments that He wants His people to keep.\u00a0 Each appointment is not just time wasted, but carry deep spiritual meanings.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Day 7 : Sabbath<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested (Sabbath) from all His work which God had created in making it.\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Very rarely will Bible translations today use the word Sabbath. But if you see the word “Rest”, it will be the Hebrew word “Sabbath” H7673 – \u0161\u0101\u1e07a\u1e6f<\/a>, meaning to stop working, to rest and celebrate.\u00a0 Not only does YHWH cease and celebrates His work, but He makes this an everlasting, forever Instruction for everyone.\u00a0 \u00a0We read in Exodus 31:16-17, “So the sons of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant. It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”<\/p>

At the end of Scriptures, in Revelation we read about the antichrist also having a mark, a sign to identify those who belong to him.\u00a0 But since Creation, YHWH has set the very first law, a way of identifying those who belong to Him, those who keep His Sabbath.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Garden of Eden<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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In verse 10 we also read that a river went out from Eden, and divided into four rivers.\u00a0 This indicates that Eden was higher up, like a mountain, from where the water originated.\u00a0 Later in Scriptures we will learn how amazing the meaning of Water is.\u00a0 We will also see the source of this water revealed in the new testament, and in the New Heaven and Earth, where Eden will be restored.\u00a0<\/p>

The Hebrew word for Eden H5731 – \u02bf\u0113\u1e0fen<\/a>, means “Pleasure”.\u00a0 A place of delight.\u00a0 In the video below, some interesting points are made about Eden not just being a “garden”, and Adam is not just a “gardener” or keeper.\u00a0 The meaning to Eden goes much deeper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Day 1 : Light Then God said, \u201cLet there be light\u201d; and there was light. Genesis 1:3 In Genesis 1:3 Notice that YHWH created light but he didn\u2019t create the sun and the stars until Genesis 1:13. The original word for \u201clight\u201d referenced in\u00a0Genesis 1:3\u00a0is\u00a0Or\u00a0(Lexicon Study H216). This is the same light that Israel had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[684,23],"tags":[47,421,46,145,105],"hebrew-word":[679,681,675,676,682],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-684","category-genesis","tag-creation","tag-firmament","tag-light","tag-moedim","tag-sabbath","hebrew-word-eden","hebrew-word-moed","hebrew-word-ohr","hebrew-word-raqia","hebrew-word-sabbath"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t