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[WMSCOG] DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–In the previous post of the Six-Day Creation, we have seen about the first day creation. It showed us about how God created light and separated light from darkness. Today, let us see the second day creation: the separation of waters. Just like the first day, the second day creation work is also done by a separation of two types of people. On the first day, God separated Adam and Eve, and their descendants from other mankind around them by revealing the light of the glory of God to Adam and Eve. From that moment, for the first time in human history, people came to have knowledge about the existence of God.

Noah’s Ark and Deluge

[The Second Day Creation] Day Two: Separation of Waters

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the meaning of the second day creation? Let us take a look at the second day of creation?

Genesis 1:6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

The main creation work of God on the second day was the separation of waters by putting a vault or expanse between them. And God separated water above the sky and water below. Does this mean God created the water above and below for the first time? And was there no cloud in the sky before this moment? As we have seen many times before, the words of God has hidden meaning behind it. It means it must be read as parable written in a figurative language.

Water Below and Water Above

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–To understand the figurative meaning, first we have to understand the literal meaning. Then what are the two waters? Water below the expanse means waters we can find on the surface of the earth such as rivers, seas, lakes, swamps, etc. Then what is the water above the expanse? That must be the clouds in the sky. In the literal sense, God separated some water from the water below and formed the water above or clouds in the sky.

Meaning Of Water Below

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the meaning hidden in this creation work? To understand this we have to know the spiritual meaning of the water below. Then what do the waters on the surface of the earth represent? In the Book of Revelation, we can see an image of woman sitting on waters. And God let us know the figurative meaning of the waters.

Revelation 17:1, 15 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters….15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.

In this prophecy we can see that the waters represents “peoples, multitudes, nations and languages” or simply we can say that the waters means “human society”. We can confirm this through another imagery in the book.

Revelation 13:1 The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast (a kingdom) coming out of the sea (the human society).

In this prophecy, God showed John a beast coming out of the sea. And if you have already studied the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, you would already know that this means a nation arising from a human society or the water. In this sense, we can know that the waters represent the whole human society.

The Water Above

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the water above which was taken out from the human society? They must be a group of people who God would separate from the rest of the people of the human society. Then who are these people? To understand the meaning behind this symbol, we have to first understand the formation of the clouds.

The water above the sky means clouds in the sky. Scientifically, how are the clouds formed? When bodies of water on the surface of the earth are heated by sunlight, some of the water evaporates and condenses into clouds up in the sky. (To understand about this, please follow the link and read a related article.) In this sense, we can say that the clouds are a purified body of water which was separated from the original bodies of water below.

Figurative Meaning Of Formation Of Clouds

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Then what is the spiritual meaning behind this? The waters are the human society. The next thing we have to know is the sunlight which makes the evaporation take place. What is the sun light? Spiritually, the sun represents God himself. In the time of Jesus, Zechariah the father of John the Baptist, moved by the Holy Spirit, prophesied about the Coming of Christ or Messiah.

Luke 1:76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun (Jesus) will come to us from heaven 79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.

Apostle John’s Testimony of Light

Apostle John also testifies that Jesus is the true light or the light of the sun.

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light (Jesus) that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

1John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Again and again the bible teaches that God is the true light or the sun that gives light the human society or the waters.

Water Above: People Spiritually Born Again

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–Through this we can understand the meaning of the clouds above. The clouds represent a body of water which was separated from the original bodies of water because of the heat from the sun. In the same way, spiritually the clouds mean the people of God who God separates from the rest of people. When the sunlight (God) shines the light of life, some people of the human society receive the light of life. And finally, they separate themselves from the rest of the human society by purifying themselves with the light of life from God (or the sun).

Tower of Babel and the Confusion of the Languages

The Fulfillment Of The Second Day Creation

DAY TWO: SEPARATION OF WATERS–The first day creation was 1656 years from the time of Adam to the time of Noah. In the time of Adam God shone the light of life to the human society for the first time by revealing his existence to Adam and Eve, the first people who came to have the knowledge of God. Even though God revealed the light of life to the people, people refused to accept the light of life from God. So God destroyed all the mankind except for Noah and his family.

After this, in the time of Noah as we have seen above, God separated people who were to be saved (water above) from those who were not (Waters below). This period of the second day creation is 352 years from Noah to Abraham. First, Noah’s descendants had one language and lived together. After the tower of Babel, however, God confused their language and scattered them throughout the earth. They formed various nations and tribes living around the world. This is the second day creation of God.

11/20/2017
[WMSCOG] Day One: Creation of Light

Let There Be Light–In Six Day Creation in the Book of Genesis, on the first day, God created light. As we have already seen in another post, this creation is not a literal creation, but a parable. Therefore, we must understand the Six Day Creation figuratively.

On the first day creation, there are two important questions we must understand. First, when was the first day creation? When did God start his creation work? And second, what is the light that God created on the first day?

Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

The Beginning

Let There Be Light–Then let us first think about the beginning of the creation work? To understand the time of beginning, we have to have a certain standard so that we can count days or years. The creation of light, heaven, mountains, rivers, oceans, animals, and birds—all these things cannot work as standard because the bible does not specify the exact time of the creation of those things. And we cannot date the time of the start of the creation through these things.

But God allowed one creation through which we can count the date of the creation, that is, the creation of the man. With the creation of Adam, God started to count their exact ages so that we can date back to the time of creation. Many scholars worked on this and they unanimously agree that the creation of Adam took place about 6000 years ago, or around B.C. 4000. (Click HERE to find out more.) According to this calculation of the time, from the Creation of Adam to the time of Jesus’ coming, the Old Testament period was 4000 years. And From Jesus to present, it is about a little more than 2000 years.

Scientific Complications

Let There Be Light–Therefore, according to the biblical explanation, this heaven and earth have been created in no more than 6000 years ago. However, it is now commonsensical that this earth itself—let alone, the solar system and the whole universe—is far older thank this explanation. We can find scientific explanation about the creation of the earth and life in it in many different places like this one.

This news article explains that the earth was created 4.5 billion years ago. (Wow!) And the first life appeared 3.8 billions ago; the first human species or Homo sapiens, 0.2 million years ago. It means that the first man Adam was created scientifically 200,000 years ago, not 6000 years ago. Therefore, if we try to understand the bible through this scientific perspective, the bible and its description of the creation is nonsensical. For this reason and many others, people tend to dismiss the idea of Six-Day Creation as myth.

Parable of Six Day Creation

Let There Be Light–However, the Six Day Creation should be read as parable like most of other words of God in the bible. The bible says that Jesus did not say anything without using a parable. (Matthew 13:34) It means God is using parables to teaching spiritual things by using the physical things. Just like the Lamb of God, the living water, the temple of God, etc, the Six Day Creation is also a parable.

Through the Six Day Creation as model, God is showing us the whole history of God’s salvation work of six thousand years.

2 Peter 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

In the bible, even the numbers are also figurative and parabolic. For example, one day in the bible can represent one year prophetically. (Ezekiel 4:6) Likewise, prophetically one day can be read as “one thousand years”. In this sense, the Six Day Creation in Genesis represents “the Six Thousand Year’s Plan of God for our Salvation”.

Let Ther1e Be Light (Genesis 1:3)

Day One: Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light–This salvation work of God started with the creation of light in the time of Adam about six thousand years ago. The light God created on the first day was not the physical light or the sun that gives light to the day. But it was the spiritual light. Then what is the meaning of light?

Paul explains the spiritual meaning of the Six Day Creation and let us know the meaning of the light. Then what is the light God created on the first day?

2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” (Genesis 1:3) made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Paul says that the light shone into the world was symbolically “the light of the gospel” or “the light of the KNOWLEDGE of God’s glory”. Even though there were biological humans living on the earth even before Adam, spiritually they are not considered as “spiritual man”. It was because they did not have “knowledge” of God through “the gospel”.

When God first appeared to Adam and gave his words (the spiritual light), finally the first man in the spiritual sense came into existence. From this first man Adam, God started his salvation work.

Conclusion

Let There Be Light–Up to the time of Adam, the whole world was under deep darkness without light. People did not have any knowledge of God and the words of God. They were living under a deep spiritual darkness. They were living their life like animals without the hope for the spiritual world.

However, when finally God revealed his existence to Adam and Eve, the light of life and the light of God started to shone into the world through the gospel. From this moment, the Six Day Creation of God came to be known in the human society. And with the knowledge of God and his words as light, the human society started to wake up from the deep sleep and darkness.

This was Day One of the creation work of God. And Day One expands from the time of Adam to the time of Noah for about 1656 years.

06/29/2017
The Bible And Human History

Bible And Human History–Many people lived on this earth and many nations and kingdoms rose and fell in the human history. What was their purpose? Why have so many lived and so many nations existed on this earth? Where does the human beings and their story go? What is waiting for them at the end?

All these things are crucial question we must ask to know the purpose of our life. But the answers for these questions are hard to get by. Where should we go to get the information for these questions? Should we ask some futurologist? Or some famous meteorologists? famous scholars or scientists? Everyone has their opinion and nobody seems to be agreeing with others at any points. In this world of confusion and uncertainty, we can be sure of one thing at least that we cannot trust on man’s opinion. In this situation the only one we can consult to is God the Almighty who knows everything and can do everything.

Cyrus, The King of Persia. Did he conquer the nations and established the great kingdom? He was working according to the plan of God. (Isaiah 45:1)

God, the Planner of Human History

Bible And Human History–The bible teaches it is God who already made plan for human beings from the beginning to the end and recorded all his plans in the bible. Therefore, the bible is the book we must turn to to understand the meaning and purpose of our life on this earth.

Daniel 2:21   He (God) changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. 22 He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.

It is God who already made a plan for the whole human history and also for all the kingdoms and nations, not to mention of peoples of the nations. He is the one who sets up nations and kings and makes them fall.

Isaiah 25:1   Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. 2 You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

God gives a time for a city to prosper and then again it will fall down also according to the plan of God. Nothing exists which lies beyond the power or plan of God. Everything is done according to the perfect plan of God

Acts 17:26    From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.

The Lesson We Should Learn

Bible And Human History–Then why did God make all the plan and fulfill everything according to his plan? What does he want to teach us through the history of mankind? With all these kings and kingdoms risen and fallen throughout the history?

Act 17:27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

Paul explains the reason very clearly. Through the human history, God wants us to know that there is God who has already planned everything for us and just as he planned for the past, he also made his plan for the future for us. That is why to know what is going to happen in the future or to find out the meaning of our life on this earth or to know the reason why God created us in this world we must SEEK him and REACH OUT for him and FIND him. And finally we should realize our spiritual status that we are all children of God who will give us the spiritual life (eternal life) in heaven.

The Bible teaches us that we must seek God and reach out for God.

Deuteronomy 4:29   29 But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Isaiah 55:6   Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Even though God is spiritual and invisible, through this visible human history God is teaching us his existence and telling us to seek him and find him for the blessings.

Those Who Found God

Bible And Human History–The reason we must find God is to receive blessing from God. When we do not know God and meet God, we cannot receive spiritual blessings for our salvation. Those who sought God in the past could meet God, but those who did not seek God or know God ultimately got destroyed.

Hosea 3:5   Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.

Without meeting God there is no blessings of the forgiveness or eternal life. 2000 years ago God came down to this earth as man in the flesh in the name of Jesus and those who sought him and obeyed him could receive salvation. But those who did not recognize him rejected him and crucified him, shouting only to contemn themselves out of ignorance by saying, “Let his blood on our head and on our children’s heads.” By their own words Jerusalem was surrounded by Roman Army and destroyed. And those who shouted blasphemy were judged by their own words by being killed by Roman soldiers.

But those who sought the favor of God could meet God and receive the salvation from Jesus. The bible says that everything was written to teach us and give us lessons. We should also learn a lesson from this history of Israel. We must be like those who sought Jesus 2000 years ago like fishermen, taxcollectors, prostitutes, the disabled, and those who were humble. They obeyed the command of God: Seek, Reach out, and Find. According to the prophecies of the bible the Second Coming Christ will surely come. At that moment we must not be the ones who reject him and lose the salvation.

Herodotus, A Great Historian. But is he the true writer of History? No. He was just recording the work of God. Then what is God preparing for us at the end?

The End Of Human History

Bible And Human History–Now let us think about the end. If God made a plan for the human history from the beginning to the end, then what will happen at the end? What would be the destiny of human beings? What plan does God have for us? And what is the thing we should do? All these things are also recorded in the bible as prophecies. The end of human history is the great disasters and destruction of this present heavens and earth and God is going to establish a new heaven and earth, that is, the kingdom of heaven for us.

2 Peter 3:7    By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. . . . 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

This is the end of the human history according to the plan of God. To lead us to this new heaven and earth, the bible says Christ would come for the second time as man in the flesh again. At that moment what kind of person should we be? The bible says we must seek God with all our heart, mind and soul.

Christ Ahnsahnghong came to fulfill the prophecies of the bible and appeared to us for the second time. Now is the time that we must seek him, reach out for him and find him if he is the true Christ or not. Do not just dismiss him by looking at his physical appearance, but seek him earnestly by looking at the prophecies of the bible. Then we will find him and receive our salvation.

12/28/2016
[WMSCOG] Six Day Creation: Introduction

Creation of Adam

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–The first chapter of the Book of Genesis speaks about the creation work of God and many people dismiss this chapter because scientifically or realistically many parts of the chapter do not match one another and do not make sense even in terms of the common senses.

Figurative and Parabolic Meaning In Genesis

Then what causes problems in understanding this Book of Genesis? God is perfect, and thus his words must be perfect. But why are there so many misunderstandings about the book? The problem is that the book just like all other books of the bible cannot be understood with common sense of man because it is intrinsically written in a figurative language.

Matthew 13:34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–What Jesus did 2000 years ago was to reveal the hidden things since the creation of the world. But since the creation of the world is recorded in the Book of Genesis, it means the Book of Genesis contains hidden things that must be revealed. It means the book cannot be understood in the literal sense, but must be understood in a figurative sense. In other words, just like all other words of God in the bible the book itself is a parable. Then how should we understand the book?

Some Obvious Contradictions in the Book of Genesis

Creation of Light

First, let us think about some of the contradicting parts in the book when it was interpreted literally. The most conflicting part is the day one and the day four when God is creating the light. In the Day One, God created light:

Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–What is the light that gives light to day? It is the sun. Therefore, if we understand this Day one literally, we must say God created the sun on the first day. But in Day Four, God created another sun which does not make sens at all in the physical term.

Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–Logically, what would be “the greater light to govern the day” which was created by God on the fourth day? Isn’t it the sun? Then are there two suns in our solar system? Scientifically, it is false to say there are two suns in the solar system. That is why people say that the creation in Genesis does not make sense at all.

The True Meaning of Light

Then how should we understand this? We must interpret the book figuratively. Then what is the light which was created on the first day? About this Paul let us know the figurative meaning behind it.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–Paul quotes from the verse 3 of Genesis Chapter 1 and explains the meaning of the light. The light created on the first day is the light of the knowledge of God or the light of gospel that shone on the heart of people who accepted the gospel. Before the creation the world was in the complete darkness and there was no knowledge of God at that moment.

But for the first time in human history, to Adam and Eve God revealed himself and let them know the true God who could give salvation through the knowledge of God. That knowledge of God that gives salvation appeared for the first time to human being and it was described as light figuratively. Also the light which was created on Day Four is also figurative lights. Then what are the lights that was created on the fourth day?

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.

What is the light in a figurative sense? It is the words of God. So on the fourth day, what was created God were actually two words of God: the Old Testament in the time of Moses and the New Testament in the time of Jesus.

Creation of Mankind

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–Let us take a look at another example which cannot be understood in the worldly viewpoint. The first man created by God were Adam and Eve and later they had sons, Cain and Abel. Out of hatred Cain killed Abel and at that moment, logically how many people should exist on the earth? Three, Adam, Eve and Cain. But right after Cain killed Abel, he was banished from the place he was living. But he was afraid of PEOPLE that might kill him when he left his hometown.

Genesis 4:13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, andwhoever finds me will kill me.”

There should be only three of them at that moment, but surprisingly there are many living around them and after this verse Cain surprises us again by marrying a woman that should never be there at that moment.

Genesis 4:17 Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–Where is his wife from? Through all these things what we can understand is there were people living around the three of them already. The earth was not empty of people at the moment, but the bible itself shows that there were many people living around Adam and Eve. Then who were their contemporaries? Why are they not included the creation work of God? Why does the bible describe only Adam and his family as man, not others?

How to Correctly Understand Genesis

Figurative Meaning Of Mankind

To understand this mystery we must understand the figurative meaning behind the word ‘man’ in the bible. Biologically many people were living on this earth at the time, but spiritually only three of them were considered as man in the eyes of God. Then who are man spiritually? Man are those who have the knowledge of God. When God shone his light, it was shone to Adam and his family and they came to have the knowledge of God. And they were considered as man spiritually.

Then what about other people who did not have the knowledge of God who did not receive the light of gospel at the moment? They were not man in the spiritual sense? Then what were they? Jesus compares them to a pig or dog. In other words they are considered as animals in God’s eyes. When Peter saw a sheet that contained a lot of different unclean animals in a vision, he interpreted the meaning like this:

Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Man and Animal

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–Those unclean animals or Gentiles also could receive the words of God and came to have the knowledge of God as Jews. When they have the light of knowledge of God, the animals could be changed into man and accepted as man. So those people who were living along with Adam and Eve could not be categorized as man in those days since they were not allowed to have the knowledge of God like Adam and Eve. These are just a few examples from the book, and actually all the contents of the book must be understood figuratively. Then how can we understand the book?

Figurative Explanation About Six Day Creation

The Six-Day Creation in the book is 6000 years of God’s salvation work in the spiritual sense. The bible teaches a day can be calculated as a 1000 years so according to this system 6 days are actually 6000 years. Then when was the starting point? It was the moment when God revealed himself to Adam and Eve. When he revealed his identity to man for the first time in human history, that was the moment he started his salvation work. So according to this creation work, the sixth day is the last day when God finished his work.

The spiritual meaning is that God will work for the salvation for 6000 years from the time of Adam and he will finish his work of salvation after 6000 years. Therefore, we can say that Chapter 1 of Genesis is actually the blueprint for God’s salvation work and he was fulfilling all the creation work according to this plan.

Six Day Creation as Contents of the Bible

We can confirm this through the words of Prophet Isaiah.

Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.’

The Meaning Of Six Day Creation–He already foretold the end even from the beginning and therefore if we want to know about the end of God’s salvation work we must take a look at the beginning. Then what book is concerned with the beginning? It is the Book of Genesis. The book was a plan for God’s salvation and God is working according to his plan in the book of Genesis. Then let us find out the meanings of each day one by one so that we can understand the true meaning behind the book. And we can be sure that the Spirit and the Bride are actually our Savior who is coming in the last day of the creation, Our Father and Our Mother.

All these teachings are coming from God Ahnsahnhong and Our Mother Heavenly Jerusalem. Let us give thanks to God Elohim for giving us the light of the knowledge of God to us Gentiles who were like animals and and making us man who can receive salvation.

12/21/2016

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