the 2nd day...

[ardenz]

Maybe he said it wasn't good because he had created the atmosphere and oxygen - then he knew that there was no going back - he had set it all up for life and then eventually "Us" and he knew where that would lead ....and that wasn't good

[Faithfulservant]

Originally Posted by wil

Do either of you subscribe to the Gap Theory?

It all seems a stretch...I prefer the beauty of the mystery...

I do not know actually.. God never outright said it so I wont say thats how it was... I figured its just one of those things I'll ask Him about when I get the chance. It has no bearing on the redemption of man so I think its just not important but as something to ponder.. sure I think about it..

[wil]

Originally Posted by Dondi

Yeah, I do. You know when you go to The Gap and try on two pairs of identically sized pants, but one just seems much tighter than the other. I have a theory they do that on purpose.

not a mystery?

Originally Posted by ardenz

Maybe he said it wasn't good because he had created the atmosphere and oxygen - then he knew that there was no going back - he had set it all up for life and then eventually "Us" and he knew where that would lead ....and that wasn't good

global warming?? and then cooling?? every couple hundred thousand years...want some Appalachian Beach front??

[Prober]

Originally Posted by Dondi

Yeah, I do. You know when you go to The Gap and try on two pairs of identically sized pants, but one just seems much tighter than the other. I have a theory they do that on purpose.

(If I may briefly digress...)

Today's Hint from Heloise
At least where Levis are concerned, I've found a solution to that. Try on a pair that fits, then note where it's assembled (Honduras, Dominican Republic, etc), then, no matter where you buy Levis, make sure they come from the same place.

[Prober]

(now back to the program)

[17th Angel]

You know, I never did like Tuesdays...

[LeoSalinas22]

hey dondi,
ok, let me rephrase, it's not the 2nd day being called good that concernes me, as so much as the heaven not being called good, you know?

In carefully reading the text, I actually do see where God calls the second day good. Verses 6-10 seems to be all one topic, namely the separation of the waters, either from other waters or from dry land. It was at verse 10 that He calls all that good.

i see what you mean, dondi, but the 2nd day and the 3rd day are distinctly separated on verses 8 and 13.

Maybe it just in the structuring of the verses, but if you count all the "goods" you'll see that they add up to six. Then when God surveyed it all, He proclaimed it all "very good" in verse 31, completing creation.

1st day: light, good. that's 1.
2nd day: heaven....
3rd day: the formation of the land and seas, good. that's 2. then the land produced vegetation, good. that's 3.
4th day: the formation of stars, sun, and moon, good. that's 4.
5th day: the formation of water creatures and flying creatures, good. that's 5.
6th day: creatures that move along the ground, good. that's 6. man formed,"...And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."that's 7.
7th day: Genesis 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
now something occured to me yesterday when i was reading Genesis, heaven was formed on the 2nd day but wasn't procaimed good, yet, right? well, look how big heaven is to begin with. it wasn't proclaimed good because he wasn't done with heaven until afterwards, specifically at the end of the 6th day. am i prosetilyzing, yet? if so, let me know, thanks.
God bless you.

[LeoSalinas22]

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

You know, I never did like Tuesdays...

i think you meant monday.

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by LeoSalinas22

i think you meant monday.

Don't like them either...

[Dondi]

Originally Posted by LeoSalinas22

hey dondi,
ok, let me rephrase, it's not the 2nd day being called good that concernes me, as so much as the heaven not being called good, you know?
i see what you mean, dondi, but the 2nd day and the 3rd day are distinctly separated on verses 8 and 13.

So where does that 'good' go in verse 10? Which day?

Originally Posted by LeoSalinas22

1st day: light, good. that's 1.
2nd day: heaven....
3rd day: the formation of the land and seas, good. that's 2. then the land produced vegetation, good. that's 3.
4th day: the formation of stars, sun, and moon, good. that's 4.
5th day: the formation of water creatures and flying creatures, good. that's 5.
6th day: creatures that move along the ground, good. that's 6. man formed,"...And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."that's 7.
7th day: Genesis 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
now something occured to me yesterday when i was reading Genesis, heaven was formed on the 2nd day but wasn't procaimed good, yet, right? well, look how big heaven is to begin with. it wasn't proclaimed good because he wasn't done with heaven until afterwards, specifically at the end of the 6th day. am i prosetilyzing, yet? if so, let me know, thanks.
God bless you.

Perhaps verses 9 and 10 have something to do with bringing heaven down to earth, and that was good. (Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven)

[17th Angel]

Maybe it was just a bad day for him? Just cause your an almighty perfect so an so... that doesn't mean you won't have bad days...... Or Maybe on the 2nd day he wasn't being as much of a perfectionist as he normally is... I find it in seriousness interesting though and dissapointed that I didn't notice that....

[LeoSalinas22]

hi dondi,

So where does that 'good' go in verse 10? Which day?

its for the land and sea, proclaiming it good on the 3rd day.

Perhaps verses 9 and 10 have something to do with bringing heaven down to earth, and that was good. (Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven)

you know, dondi, you raise a very interesting point here because i see the whole Genesis account as prophecy, both literally and symbolic. God bless you, man.

[wil]

Originally Posted by LeoSalinas22

6th day: creatures that move along the ground, good. that's 6. man formed,"...And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."that's 7.
7th day: Genesis 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
now something occured to me yesterday when i was reading Genesis, heaven was formed on the 2nd day but wasn't procaimed good, yet, right? well, look how big heaven is to begin with. it wasn't proclaimed good because he wasn't done with heaven until afterwards, specifically at the end of the 6th day. am i prosetilyzing, yet? if so, let me know, thanks.
God bless you.

So this is what you've been waiting for, man needed to be in Heaven?? What on the 6th day pertained to heaven?

...and what do you think the being that never rests complete on the 7th day before He rested?

[Dondi]

Originally Posted by LeoSalinas22

hi dondi,
its for the land and sea, proclaiming it good on the 3rd day.

So there are two goods for day 3? Must have been a very doubly good day.

Originally Posted by Leo

you know, dondi, you raise a very interesting point here because i see the whole Genesis account as prophecy, both literally and symbolic. God bless you, man.

I am finding that prospect interesting myself. Need to look into this.

[wil]

Originally Posted by LeoSalinas22

i see the whole Genesis account as prophecy

Gen 1 has sometimes been described as prohetic for Gen 2, in other circles I've heard that Gen 1 was thought and Gen 2 manifestation which allowed for the differences between the two.

Are you seeing both Gen 1 and Gen 2 as prophetic? I'm assuming you mean prophetic as in the coming of the Christ, or could it also be seen as not actual manifestation but allegorical prophecy of evolution?