SB WWG The Book of light
Genesis 1 is not only the first account of creation, but as prophetic riddle, it is the table of contents to the rest of scripture. Each day points to one of six other divisions of the Bible. (See Appendix A)
Prior to creation, God dwelt in darkness. [1] Light represents his holiness which has a primary attribute of being separate. He is different from us. He is the creator and we are the creature. He could not express his holiness, since there was nothing to be separate from. God is one.
Once he had created something, by the nature of creation he was separate from it. On day one, God declared "Let there be light" or "I am holy". Isaiah later records the seraphim cry, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts." The seraphim knew that God was three times separated. This is clarified by the four beasts in revelation: "which was, and is, and is to come." He was separate as the Father because he was before creation. He was separate in teh Son as he walked on earth. Although Jesus was God with us, he was separate because of his sinless life. And he is separate as the Spirit even though he dwells inside us. Though we may become so intimate with God as we are co-heirs with Christ, though we are the very body of Christ on earth, we will never be of divine nature.
Genesis 1 is mentioned now to put our study in context. Day one of creation points to our story of Christ.
- 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- 3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
- 4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- 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. [2]
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.
- ↑ See SB WWG Glossary:Light
- ↑ see SB WWG Glossary:earth
