Lesson 2 - Genesis 1

[@samtinyhouse4701]

Secular jew here. I'm exploring a relationship with God and between this channel and Dr. Jordan Peterson's work on the Bible, I'm starting to believe in God.

[@trendgil]

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[@christianamon2946]

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[@trendgil]

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[@marilynnjefferson8525]

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[@sheilapeggy4900]

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[@francellew2073]

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[@francellew2073]

I learned through a different Biblical video that Bereshit mean "In beginning" or "In a beginning", because there is no "the". But regardless, this class is really eye opening. As an ex-catholic, I am so thankful that Father Yehovah is opening my eyes to the truth. Thank you Yeshua 🙏🙏

[@nancydejesus3514]

You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you for helping me fully understand the Torah in depth. 🙏🙏🙏

[@Redeemednorabbi]

Just prayed to God about wanting something to do and also asking to get to understand Him better then here come these lectures. God bless ✝️

[@pitagoldy6439]

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[@mariabarrows1334]

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[@DBDonBoogie]

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[@as42173]

Thank you so much for giving your time to make God's word clear through the original texts!!

[@altaedwardsministries3719]

Thank you so much for this so much needed in depth study, I am so thankful Father Blessings rests on This Ministry

[@lindalapoint7760]

Thank you for doing this study. I believe we should study the Torah , Thanks

[@donnabully6955]

Wow!! Great teacher. I'm so glad to find u. I found u cause I got scriptures that I struggled with. But u was on here 4 yrs ago, but it's the right time for me to grow spiritually in his word. Thank u so much. I was first an atheist, now became a believer and been studying and being taught. Now I'm here. And so ready to learn from u. I'm so excited . God's word is so good!!😊 I'm so happy, to find u.

[@ROMANS.CHAPTER8.38-39]

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[@luisarashirovideo]

Sir you are a doctor on God's word. You rock

[@phillip4829]

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[@ScottKIlb66]

This is a great series. Thanks for heeding God's call to you to teach the Bible.

[@KimmieAbbasServant]

Thank you so much for your in-depth study. I've been searching the internet for lessons using the complete Jewish Bible.The complete Jewish Bible is the version I choose to use.

[@russcollins4762]

biblegateway.com has many bible versions. I like to use multiple bibles for study . How ever cjb is a good one for the original hebrew names . Keep an open mind and heart . The moore time you spend reading then doing the moor real He becomes . God bless

[@brendalogan7940]

Thank you so much for this teaching! I have listened 3 times now and taking notes. Each time I listen I understand more clearly - like “aha” moments. I’ve since ordered the Bible Suggested. I look forward to each day to listen and study. I am so thankful I was blessed in “stumbling” upon these teachings by a knowledgeable man - Tom Bradford. 🙏 Thank you for opening up my eyes 👀 so as to see and understand more clearly. 🧐🤓

[@markheaney]

Excellent teaching on such a difficult subject. Thanks.

[@nikkinikki9029]

Thank you so much for this. I will be praying for you for your family and the congregation. You truly are a blessing. THANK YOU😊😊😊

[@kristinalallen7168]

I just discovered you. I study the Word fulltime and have been for seven years. The other 23 was part-time, but the LORD called me to something , so the last seven years, I have spent night and day in the Hebrew Scriptures. I'm THRILLED to have found you. Ordered my first textbook, and will definitely be one of your students. Thank you so much.

[@BornbeingRich]

This is amazing study. Thank You. Shalom!

[@betsycastro4688]

WOW! Thank you for sharing. Thank you for teaching in such amazing detail and passion. I would not have learned anything you are teaching here on my own or have learned it anywhere else. I have already texted my brothers, mom and sisters in law to start conversating and to show them how much more there is to learn. Thank you again.

[@jodyramos7952]

I am so glad that I am finally learning the truth. Thank you.

[@knowinggodknowinghisword3332]

The best channel to understand God's word.

[@josephgibbs3359]

To explain the first light in Genesis verse three look to Rev 21:23 "And the city has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb".

[@Nonya-x4k]

love these teaching , the bible clearly states in multiple places the earth does NOT move , how is explained in Genesis 1:6-17

[@sws316]

This is phenomenal. I’m so excited to hear what comes next.

[@annieapalla1966]

Thanks God using to let more understand the bible

[@RevSerge]

Man! Where you been all of my life!

[@joanapierre7866]

We have been listening to your bible teachings as a group but I have taken it upon myself to listen to these videos individually and I am learning so much. I am thanking God for finding in you Tom Bradford an available vessel for His glory and for our edification.

[@happyface4713]

Wow - what an epiphany! Your teaching that "In the Beginning" could have been at any place in eternity from the first day was a revelation to me. I then saw YHWH as a painter (my dad painted) hovering over a canvas - a dark canvas with nothing painted on it until the painter which was YHWH, so that it was formless and empty except for the "deep". What a revelation!!!

[@trendgil]

Jesus is Lord ♥️

[@Retiredinruraljapanvlog]

Beginning these teachings now. I live in Japan so these are so precious to me! Thank you for posting them.

[@alfonsodavis5815]

What you explained about the light I never heard before. The words do have different meanings and the interpretations don't take all of that into account: how in different languages different words used in certain places convey a completely different meaning. So far, very illuminating.

[@freddieslaughter1107]

I've been wanting a teaching such as this on the Torah, thank you for sharing.

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[@teresaterirunningrace4803]

Thank you very much for your insights and God given wisdom. Shalom

[@suemoshier5475]

Thank you for the class and confirmation of the 2 kinds of light.

[@christineznalu9915]

Woow thank you so much for the lesson. I really really enjoyed it. I am going to review it over again.

[@silan4498]

Thankyou so much for your time, this is exactly what ive been looking for.

[@promax1001]

Nowhere in the Bible does it mention that the earth is a spinning ball flying through a universe orbiting the sun at about 450,000 mph.

[@dianereece4495]

The plants have a circuit /pathway they are designed to complete,according to GODS DISIGN and TIMES. The STAR of BETHLEHEM ,The Eclipse s and Events we’ve yet to understand. 😊❤

[@jeremygutridge2078]

Thank you. I really enjoy listening to the "Word" I missed Synagogue and this is really awesome to hear and understand. So I thank you for the lesson(s) on torah studies.

[@NikitaSiddi-nj3kx]

Thank you God

[@zacharyvaughn8135]

this goes deep, i love it. it's disappointing that English translations will use the same word that Hebrews use different words for. Like the two different lights, I can't believe they don't make no attempt to differentiate between those when reading a bible in English. But I am sure there are endless examples of stuff like that. I trust God knows and is over all that too, and it serves a purpose to the good of all those that Love the Lord. Amen, and thank you for this teaching. Looking forward to going deep.

[@Gaylerd]

Great stuff. Thank you!

[@juancordova8509]

Great teachings .

[@MrsCapps-qx7lm]

Thank you for these lessons.

[@zynthiadarker1312]

This was very much enlightening. Thanks

[@Bendeker1]

And bringing forth the Lamb said Elohim, "Let Him be light" and He was light.

[@bridgetutyro9891]

Thank you so much for this. I had such a hard time using your website. Please keep putting youtube video's up. GOD BLESS!

[@mercybrokenpodcast9539]

Love these lessons!!!! I wish you had talked about the part that said let us make man......so much fuss about was he talking bout the angels or yeshua. I'd like to hear the truth about that part

[@kenneattavirtue-wynter694]

Great listen u had me from the in the beginning

[@heidibowers4214]

Great bible study!

[@TorahClass]

Thank you! We're glad that you're enjoying it.

[@jpliang2010]

Love your teaching

[@lavonnawynn149]

Good lesson. Very interesting to note the differences between the Torah and KJV. I see much lost in the translation. Looking forward to the next lesson.

[@agbrown3971]

Great to hear about Genesis 1 from a Hebrew mindset.

[@imapatching09]

I am so fascinated with creation everything and man - I have read over and over and I other interpretations but don't trust others opinions - "making man in our image and likeness. Maybe I will never be satisfied until I stand in His Presence.

[@simosc2]

thank you for sharing and allowing comments..God bless

[@TorahClass]

Glad the lesson blessed you. Please continue...

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[@maryraider4720]

Tom 🤗 I love your teachings and have been so blessed by them Can you plz help us understand the flat earth Everything in me says it’s flat and I love to hear your thoughts and scriptures about this Thank you for your dedication 🙏🙏

[@Alaska7506]

I feel the same way as you! Tom is a great Teacher and I really like him, but I just can't understand why all these teachers preach that the earth spins. I myself haven't found one thing in the scriptures to lead me to believing the earth spins or moves at all, but have found many things to point to the earth not moving at all. And how would the sun and the moon sit still for almost a day if the earth is what's spinning and traveling around the sun. I also can't see it being possible that we would still see the same stars and constellations after thousands of years neither. Just some questions I can't see being explained when using the spinning globe model.

[@jeremyjeremy8795]

@@Alaska7506 Isaiah 40:22 and also in Psalms David writes of the Lored looking down upon the sphere of the Earth

[@VelvetyMoon]

@@jeremyjeremy8795 Isaiah 40:22 in my translation says circle. I wonder if that could simply be referring to the circular dome? Even a dome looks like a sphere from above and is half of a sphere. What part of psalms are you referring to, do you recall? Thank you 🤍

[@craigime]

The earth isn't flat

[@JackieBolle]

The Earth is not a spinning ball! 75 Bible verses prove a 'flat' Earth - is stable, established, has borders, etc.

[@davidfreeman9838]

The Earth isn’t a spinning ball Tom.

[@lajeanabassham245]

Earth is stationery and had four corners according to the Bible so why are we talking about rotation

[@deninevh]

I am very happy to have found this, thank you, sir, for the education. I look forward to watching the series. Also curious to see your view of which animals have souls and which don't. I am of the opinion that they all do. so again, am looking forward to the education.

[@VelvetyMoon]

Hi sister, where does your opinion come from? Not attacking, just curious. I used to feel the same but now I’m not sure. Hoping Yah’s word will reveal to me.

[@gossedejong9248]

thank you, Sir!

[@emilytrealty]

I am loving this series so much! I will say, I was surprised to hear the amount of discussion about the earth rotating with the level of detail and discipline each word is being studied here… is there somewhere in the Bible that specific says the earth rotates or that the earth is round/sphere? When I’ve done this study myself, I haven’t come across any, and in fact I’ve come across more evidence to the idea of a flat earth (earth in a dome/tent firmament, with the sun/moon/stars set inside it, which rotate above the earth), and that the earth is a circle with a face (like a watch), not a sphere/ball - all based on deep word studies. Would be genuinely curious to hear your thoughts Tom?

[@chericandream]

Remember; IN Obedience, Pattern, and IN Sequence of the sWORD of First Witness. What IS the scriptural creation week 'pattern' IN the 7th Day Sabbath Observance! Morning, the 1st day, Morning, the 2nd day, Morning, the 3rd day, Morning, the 4th day, Morning, the 5th day, Morning, the 6th day, Morning, the 7th day sAbbAth’s Whole Observance Face! (The) scriptural cyclical 'pattern' sequence IN a 24 hour period of time. (Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23, and 31; respectively). Praise the Most High Ab YahuAh and all esteem to YahuSha, the sWORD WithIN that brings Life, Love, and Loyalty.

[@DBDonBoogie]

The earth isn’t rotating

[@BiblicallyDevoted]

Thank you so much . I’m a new subscriber

[@TorahClass]

Thank you for studying with us! Blessings.

[@edwinprotacio1984]

What we see today is just a shadow of what is far more glorious realm.. if only you can see..

[@peterjackson164]

Raquia in Hebrew Firmament in Greek Dome beaten out expanse D O M E. Amos 9:6 It is He who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has established His vaulted dome (the firmament of heaven) over the earth, He who calls to the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth- Elohim is His name. Isiah 40:22 It is He who sits above the “circle”of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to live in. Earth takes shape like clay to a seal (Circle) Genisis 8:4 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. Revelation 4:6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. Genesis 1:7 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 Genesis ... the earth"; and it was so. and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. And ... Eziekiel 1:5 Whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever Daniel 1:23 the stars forever and ever. Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament Ezekiel 10:1 appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them. And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, ... Kings 7:34 his house which I have builded. Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy dwelling place, and do all those things, for which that stranger shall call ... Deuteronomy 33:26 ; he who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament. There is no other God like the God of the rightest: he that is mounted ... Ezekiel 24:10 as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity. And they saw the God of Israel: and under his ... Mark 13:25 powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. the stars ... Enoch 39:3 And in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth, and set me down at the end of the heavens. Enoch 60:20 And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course is in winter and summer: and its clouds and the clouds of the mist are connected, and the one gives to the other. Enoch 71:4 And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the heaven, and all the chambers of all the stars, and all the luminaries, whence they proceed before the face of the holy ones. Psalms 119 The heavens declare the glory of the yah and the Firmament sheweth his handy work Job 37:8 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror? Revelation Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear Enoch 18:1-5 And I saw the storehouses of all the winds, and I saw how with them He has adorned all creation, and I saw the foundations of the Earth. And I saw the cornerstone of the Earth. And I saw the four winds which support the Earth and the sky. And I saw how the winds stretch out the height of Heaven, and how they position themselves between Heaven and Earth; they are the Pillars of Heaven. And I saw the winds which turn the sky and cause the disc of the Sun and all the stars to set. And I saw the winds on the Earth which support the clouds and I saw the paths of the Angels. I saw at the end of the Earth; the firmament of Heaven above.

[@tillaventer4526]

Thank you for this study

[@yosefyahu4778]

The Hebrew word for Dome in Genesis 1:6 (sometimes translated as Firmament or Expanse) is "Raqiya" ( רקיע ) It is described as a hard, solid structure which supports the waters above. Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? (Job 37:18)

[@olayinkaasagun9757]

Wow! This is exactly what I have been looking for. I enjoyed and learnt a lot from the intro. But I want to know how to download the Jews bible you use, that will really help me spiritually. I needed to hear the message undiluted and to train my children too.

[@penocruz4981]

Has anybody caught Genesis 1:11-12-13? And God said, Let the earth bring fourth 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. And the earth brought fourth 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. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Didnt Jesus died and rose the THIRD DAY and he became our first FRUIT? Coincidence??? I think not 🙏

[@wilmapatt]

Psalms 90:4 King James Bible For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

[@reginaldtole6903]

the length of a creation day, we cannot comprehend it since even by the time of writing man was only familiar with the day length that follows the rising and setting of the sun (lights created on the fourth day)...

[@brotherpaul7774]

Reginald Tole You just blew my mind by that comment now i need to pray on this one. 🕇❤🕇😁

[@garlandjones7709]

A day with the Lord is as 1000 years. Many would argue this over 24 hour creation days. You could go either way, but one thing perks my interest. The 6 days plus rest is prophetic. 6000 years modern earth, 1000 year millenial reign. That may allude to the creation days as being 6000 years of formation. He establishes the end from the beginning .

[@ajoflow]

Right on. It really is as simple as this. The first 3 days lasted billions of years, as we understand years.

[@kunoschlauch7320]

Is it ok if I use the Hallelluyah Scripture for the Studies?

[@Dee10184]

Thank you Tom Bradford

[@scripturelife89]

Where can I get the Bible that you use?

[@philipbuckley759]

this may be a repeat, of this light issue, in Genesis...Revelation 21:23, “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” In these last few chapters of the book of Revelation

[@Marieseungmi]

Thank you

[@cmendonca447]

Very blessed to understand from the Jewish origin

[@timrawlings9774]

First I love the videos, but have we gotten the beginning of a day wrong? Today I went back and read Genesis. I’ve always taken that evening was the beginning of the day. Today I looked at again. Gen 1:3. God said let there be light. Called the light day and darkness night and the was evening and morning, one day. What if it meant First Work or create then evening and then morning as a day. Create in the day then evening to morning = a day. To me this makes sense what it meant by and there was evening and there was morning. Please share if there is other knowledge than what I’m thinking here.

[@elaine212kitten]

Does anyone know what Bible he is reading from?

[@kingofcobwebs]

The chapter titles of the Tanaka were actually changed by Jewish scholars when it was translated into the Greek Septuagint in Egypt back in the 3rd century BC. Gentiles had nothing to do with the change. I was disappointed that no mention was given, either, of the creation of plants appearing before the sun in Genesis; as an apologist I have always found this to be a topic of scrutiny.

[@thapelomashaomasemola7922]

Because the scriptures later on say God gives th growth, not the sun, the sun is not a source of life as the scientists alude, we see this in revelation were God says He will remove the sun and He will be our light so clearly the sun has no life qualities in itself, Jesus cursed the fig tree and it died, if the sun indeed was a life giver the fig tree should revive, clearly the life the plants use to grow comes from God Himself but He manifests it in the presence of the suns light, if the sun gave life humans should not be dying but we are

[@garlandjones7709]

Seed was in the ground already. Sun moon and stars too were here already. Psalms 104, just like Isaiah 45:18 and Jeremiah 4:23 show a glimpse of what happened. Verses 5 through 10

[@user-sb1hd6co7x]

tesekkur ederiz.

[@aaryantejus1491]

Thanks Tom sir

[@standingforjesus]

May I ask what bible you read from because I use kjv but your words are easier to understand for me

[@TorahClass]

Tom uses the Complete Jewish Bible by David Stern. He uses that because it re-introduces Jewish/Hebraic concepts back into the translation. For instance, typical translations say "Jesus Christ". But, both those terms have Greek origins. By saying "Yeshua HaMaschiach you get acquainted with His actual Hebrew Name and title. BTW, "Christ" and "Maschiach" both mean "Messiah" or "anointed one". I hope this helps give you a little clarity! George

[@Bruce-Kent]

The KJV is the word of God in English.

[@craigime]

​@@Bruce-Kentso is the CJB, NKJV, ESV, NASB, LSB, and CSB

[@philipbuckley759]

if the earth, etc is old, how does the text start with day one....

[@josephgibbs3359]

The first light in vs 3 refers to "order" and night was "chaos"

[@bluwng]

Are we shadows of God?

[@emilyhutjes]

Oct. 2020 Holland: We humans are Yehovev's masterpiece. How we must disappoint Him and will He ever forgive us?

[@blackbody4956]

Sorry Question please ... Q#1 Genesis 1:3 God made the light on the 1st day ..... Genesis 1:16 God just made the Sun on the 3rd day ..... FROM WHERE THE LIGHT COME ON 1ST DAY ????? & HOW PLANTS & ANIMALS LIVE WITHOUT SUN ??????? I'm need to understand this....

[@kingnerri]

Plural? Why trinity? How about quadruplity? Pentatility?

[@shabbatsongs4801]

Tom Bradford said, it is a Christian tradition, used to explain how multiple folks/things are called God. It is convenient for understanding the Scriptures…🙏

[@youngimages2000]

I would say that all animals have souls. He didn’t give an example of a type of animal that wouldn’t have a soul, and indeed, every living thing must have a soul to survive. Interesting either way..! :-)

[@chericandream]

'Morning', the whole of the Seventh Day sAbbAth FACE... Morning ends the 12 hour day/12 hour night (divided) season, so 'morning' then begins. (Jeremiah 19:20, and 25) And the sWORD of the Most High Ab YahuAh came unto Jeremiah, saying, 20 "Thus saith the Most High; If ye can break My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night, and that there should not be (day and night) IN their season;" 25 "Thus saith the Most High; If My covenant be not with (day and night), and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;" (two witnesses)...

[@velvetvideo]

Please explain how man and woman were created on the 6th day (verse 1:27) and then later it says woman was created from Adam's rib.

[@chericandream]

Morning by Morning Light of Truth IN the (verses) of Whole Living sWORD unto Life, Love, and Loyalty!!! (Isaiah 50:4) Guard the whole Seventh Day sAbbAth observance, for it IS a signet (ring) between the Most High Ab YahuAh and His (own), "That Hear Ye Him!" (Deuteronomy 6:2-3) That thou mightest fear (revere) the Most High Ab YahuAh, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, Oh Yashrael (SetApart and Loyal), and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Most High Ab YahuAh of thy fathers hath promised thee, IN the land that floweth with milk and honey. (Deuteronomy 5:29) Oh that there were such an heart IN them, that they would fear Me (revere), and keep all My commandments always, that it (might) be well with them, and with their children for ever(lasting)!

[@justicechristopher9780]

Please, I can't find Genesis chapter 2 Lesson 1... Can you help me out

[@Stormlucy111]

www.torahclass.com/old-testament-studies-tc/34-old-testament-studies-genesis/78-lesson-3-chapter2 I hope this helps...God bless

[@solascriptura5466]

I am just in the beginning of this teaching (13:00min), but I have a question: Do you believe in the trinity? Do you believe in the Athanasium? As I dealt with this theme I found out that more than 500 verses in the bible prove that the doctrine of the trinity is false. The Bible always makes a difference between YHWH and Jesus. YHWH is God and Jesus is the messiah.

[@francevenezia]

Elsewhere in the Bible, it specifically INCLUDES the heavens and earth as having been made, or started and finished, in six evening/days, or 24 hr periods, and not the earth and water languishing unformed for an undetermined amount of time, suggesting possibly eons of time. The clear teachings of Scripture is that the Heavens and Earth and all that were in them were, started and finished, or created in SIX days. Couldn't "the beginning" in Genesis 1:1 be understood as the beginning of the FIRST DAY, the first (day), or number 1, certainly denoting the "beginning" of something. So when we are told "In the beginning", I understand this to mean "In the beginning" of the first evening/day, God created the heavens, the earth, and the deep, or waters, and then went on, on that same first day, to create Light, and separate Light from Darkness, ALL ON THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT GAPS OF TIME. The whole teaching of Scripture is based upon a six literal days of starting and finishing the entirety of Creation. Secondly, by saying there could be eons of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, that suggested God somehow rested or waited before His day 7 rest, which is nowhere taught. And Thirdly, God was telling Moses the details of Creation. If there was some great gap of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 wouldn't God have included that very important detail in His account given to Moses. If God were to have created heavens, earth, and the deep or waters, and then languished for some unknown reason, to take up where He had left off a billion years later, or 100 yrs, or one year later, wouldn't God have surely included what would be a historical fact in His account to Moses? I choose to believe God started, and finished the Creation of Earth and Heaven in six days as Scripture teaches. I see no "gap" between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, but that the CJB states that heaven, earth, the deep or water, light and darkness were all created "in the beginning" on the first day. Why must the waters always be muddied, and doubt cast upon the simplest of texts? Exodus 20:11-13 (KJV) FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed Exodus 31:17 "It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed."

[@garlandjones7709]

Scripture supports gap. Not the other way around. Verse 1 could've been the beginning of day one, but scripturally it is not.

[@sgibson4115]

The thing is, five years on, our Earth is now spinning faster. This is demonstrated by the loss of measured time, albeit they are merely seconds. We understand that we’re losing integrity in the magnetic field as the Earth is undergoing a pole shift, which is estimated to culminate in 2030. This is leaving us vulnerable to anomalies from our star and other Space anomalies.

[@naelotowerz592]

I have heard it translated as light and darkness as into when demons which were once part of light and angels were separated meaning the expulsion of hasatan and the fallen angels from Heaven. Interesting that even the way you explain it I better understand how others came to that interpretation'...

[@promax1001]

I wonder why he substituted the word dome for the original word firmament (rāqîaʿ in Hebrew). This changes the entire fundamental meaning of biblical cosmology.

[@craigime]

First of all, firmament is not the original word. Secondly, he's reading from the CJB. Thirdly, it doesn't change anything

[@VästerHöger]

Where is the water above?

[@shabbatsongs4801]

Depends on one’s perspective. Where is God?

[@philipbuckley759]

Elohim....said to be uniplural, as one class.....or any other group, that be brought together under one term.....in this case....class...

[@yosefyahu4778]

Echad signifies unity. Man and woman become echad, united as one when married.