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What is the exact meaning of הׇיְתָה in Genesis 1:2?
The following reasons made me convinced that the earth became without form (tohu) and void (bohu):
Isaiah 45:18:
“For thus said YHWH, Creator of the heavens, He is God, Former of
earth, and its ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
Contemporary Theory
According to contemporary estimates the sun is 4.6 billions years old and earth 4.5 billion years. The difference is less than 1oo million years. Proportionally, the claim is the ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
[Since the bounty is over, I present my answer]
Science is always changing. What is considered to be a fact today is understood in a different way tomorrow. Ever since the publication of Charles ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
You can’t expect Genesis 1 to answer modern scientific questions because that’s not its genre.
It is an Ancient Near Eastern creation myth that acts as a prologue to the rest of the Bible.
As a ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
In Genesis 1:1, the phrase 'heaven and earth' is a straightforward expression, catering to the comprehension levels of its contemporary audience, whose scientific knowledge was limited.
However, with ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
Deity is a source of light.
... the glory of the God of Israel ...
... the earth, shone with his glory.
Ezekiel 43:2 Rotherham
Lord, I have heard of your fame ...
His splendor was like the sunrise .....
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How could the earth form before the sun?
How could the earth form before the sun?
• Currently, we know from isotope ratios, as much as 50% of the water on the earth is older than the sun.
https://www.astronomy.com/science/earths-water-is-...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
The text of Genesis 1 is the record of an encounter that Moses had with God. Everything that Moses heard and saw in that encounter, he was only able to describe in terms of what he knew of the world ...
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In 1 Corinthians 8:6, should δι αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς be translated "because of whom we exist" or "through whom we exist"?
Let me begin by quoting a very literal version, the BLB for 1 Cor 8:6:
yet to us there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we
for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
nowhere in the Bible mentions that the earth is moving, supports the idea that the earth is created before sun and moon. If you consider the idea of "earth being flat" then you will be ...
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What are the waters waiting for?
If the waters are waiting, they are waiting to be stirred up or mingled. Source critics often see Gen. 1 as influenced by Babylonian mythology. In this hypothesis - explained for example by Alexander ...
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What are the waters waiting for?
Firstly, the concept of the waters being "gathered together" or "waiting" under the heavens in one place suggests a sense of order in creation. The Hebrew word "qavah" ...
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Is God the speaker of Psalm 102:25-27 or is it the psalmist David? Does the truth about this verse change if it's quoted in the New Testament?
The Psalm opens by identifying a speaker.
Psalm 102:1 (ESV)
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!
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Is God the speaker of Psalm 102:25-27 or is it the psalmist David? Does the truth about this verse change if it's quoted in the New Testament?
In the psalms, often, can be seen (if one has the faith and the discernment to see it) the voice of the Spirit speaking directly, as well as the Spirit speaking through the Psalmist.
This is a matter ...
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Is God the speaker of Psalm 102:25-27 or is it the psalmist David? Does the truth about this verse change if it's quoted in the New Testament?
The superscription of Ps 102 says this:
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a
lament before the LORD.
The entire prayer is spoken by the one praying. It is part lament (...
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Is God the speaker of Psalm 102:25-27 or is it the psalmist David? Does the truth about this verse change if it's quoted in the New Testament?
The first words in the first verse establish the speaker as a poor man (possibly David himself or any afflicted person)
1 A prayer by a poor man as he enwraps himself
Some verses speak of God while ...
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Is God the speaker of Psalm 102:25-27 or is it the psalmist David? Does the truth about this verse change if it's quoted in the New Testament?
Psalm 102:24 NKJV
I said, “O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your
years are throughout all generations.
Verse 24 addresses God directly. The speaker of Psalm 102 is not God, but ...
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Genesis 1:3, Did God Make Light?
The Light of Genesis 1:3 was created on Day 1, before the sunlight on Day 4.
What is this Light? It is the "first of his works of old" (Prov.8:22), which is the Light of the world, the only-...
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Genesis 1:3, Did God Make Light?
Jesus is the light (John 8:12) and Jesus was already in existence (John 1:1-13) So light was not created because it already existed in Jesus. Everything in the Bible points to Jesus.
The Hebrew ...
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Heaven and Earth are the work of whose hands according to Psalm 8:6 Hebrews 1:10-13; 2:5-8?
Let me set this out by verse number in Heb 1
... God [the Father] spoke ...
... in these last days He [the Father] has spoken ...
The Son is ... He [the Son] sat down ...
So He [the Son] became ...
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Heaven and Earth are the work of whose hands according to Psalm 8:6 Hebrews 1:10-13; 2:5-8?
God, who at sundry times ... verse 1.
For unto which, said he ... verse 5.
And again when he bringeth ... he saith ... verse 6.
But unto the Son ... 'Thy throne, O God ...' verse 8.
But to which said ...
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Heaven and Earth are the work of whose hands according to Psalm 8:6 Hebrews 1:10-13; 2:5-8?
Hebrews 1:10-13 New King James Version
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said:
“Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?
In Hebrews 1:10-13, the author is quoting from ...
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Is the spirit of man a created thing?
I have presented this question in several ways and have yet to receive a clear answer: In that God 'breathed His Spirit (Divine Nature/Ruah) into Adam does that then imply--conspicuously imply that ...
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What does Psalm 139:15 "..in the lowest part of the earth.." mean?
Womb is mentioned earlier in vs 13, there was no need to make a metaphor. Is it possible that our souls are made in the heart of the earth? “There is a physical body and a spiritual body…” and as the ...
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