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:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. | :5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. | ||
'''the earth''' ''ha-erets'' הארץ - ''Hei'' ה means 'not understood'. It hints at the mystery of the earth. John derives doctrine from his discovery of the mystery and says that there are three in earth who testify: the Spirit א the water ר and the blood ץ. <ref>see [[SB WWG Glossary]]:earth</ref> | |||
'''vain and empty''' ''teu ubeu'' תהו ובהו - The testimony of God on earth was vain and empty. There was no Word until Christ. | |||
'''and darkness was upon the face of the deep''' - and grace was all the vain people saw. | |||
'''and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters''' - The spirit of God who was separated from men by ignorance, stirred up trouble between the expression of holiness and grace. | |||
'''And God said, Let there be light, and there was light''' - and God who is separated from man by ignorance , the creator of heaven and earth said, Light, Light, or "I am holy in heaven and earth." | |||
He separated his expression of holiness from his expression of love. | |||
He called the light Day. Each day is a picture of his holiness. Night is a picture of Grace. Evening the cross. Morning the resurrection. | |||
It was called Day One, not the first day. This day includes all the other days as per Gen 2:4,5. Therefore our pericope also includes all the other days and is a picture of time from the beginning to the end. |