there was evening, and there was morning

Genesis 1: 3-5
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Verse 5 strikes me as “odd” in the sense that I would rather say “And there was morning and there was evening—the first day.” Because we come out of unconsciousness when we wake in the morning we tend to place morning first..
I suppose one could easily reason that first there was darkness (evening) before God said “Let there be light” and then God created the light (morning). One could also look at this phrase as evening (darkness) was before God’s work and that morning (light) was after God’s work. Going farther still one could say that evening (darkness) is the absence of God and morning (light) is God. And so it is that the Bible sets up the parallel between the physical and the spiritual. All things in the Bible have a physical and a spiritual side: Such as water, bread, leavening, figs, grapes, grapevine etc. etc.
Therefore to be in sin, which is separation from God, is darkness (evening) and to be saved by Christ, which puts us with God is light (morning). If you stop and think of being in the dark (Night or evening) [without artificial light] the only thing you would see is the stars and the moon, which are distant objects. But, during the daylight you see what is near or the created earth such as grass, trees, clouds, bodies of water, animals and everything else you could name up to a horizon line. Then one can postulate that if you are in sin you see God at a distance, (like the stars and moon) but you do see him. And, if you are saved and as holy as one in our depraved form can be, you see God nearer (physical surroundings such as trees etc.),until once again you fall prey to your own depravity, or Satan’s wiles then once again God appears distant to you until you once again have repented and placed yourself back into the light. Then there is the artificial light created by man. What can we say about that in parallel? How many of us make use of the artificial light thinking it is as good as the real, but it never is. One can conclude that what we make ourselves, whether a belief system or light separates us from what is true. (The Triune God) If there is a high concentration of the artificial light you cannot even see the stars, which brings me to point out that an artificial belief system which does not include The Triune God blocks you from seeing into the distance; from seeing God at all.

Genesis 1: 3-5
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.When we see a rainbow or light through a prism we see white light when it is broken down into its parts; this is called the spectrum. If the spectrum is on a horizontal plane then the electromagnetic field runs parallel to it. Together they are called the electromagnetic spectrum. It is the electromagnetic spectrum which puts the positive, negative and neutral charges on the elements of the periodic table. These cause waves that oscillate into various patterns giving us our microwaves, gamma rays, X-rays, radio waves, ultraviolet light, our visible light and infra red rays. It is through these electric charges we have the magnetic forces. These electromagnetic waves travel through space at 186,282 miles per second and is known as the speed of light. This according to Einstein’s theory of relativity gives us time. So, God created time and the forces and the charges that makes possible the chemistry, physics and biology He puts into play to finish His creation of the universe (today known as the big bang theory). We see that a rainbow reflects the splendor surrounding God in Ezekiel 1:27-28

More on Genesis and science

Genesis 1: 2
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
I wish to make this statement; that on the flip side of the spiritual we have the physical. There is much spiritual information in Genesis, but we can also realize the physical nature of the scriptures. The Bible is a profound book.
Formless, dark and empty is the description of the earth at this point. If we were to use a simple tool to describe the earth today we would use the periodic table. The periodic table has all the known elements. They come as solids, liquids, and gases. If we look at this scripture verse we find the earth and waters. (Note waters is plural) Water is made up of two gases; hydrogen and oxygen. The elements were there all formless and empty. So in this verse you have the basic language of the periodic table; earth is equivalent to the solids and the word waters is equivalent to gases and liquids. This is before any electromagnetic spectrum therefore the elements have no plus, minus or neutral charges that is why they are formless and empty and all is dark.

Thought for this day: The Bible and scientific matter

The universe consists of matter, which is described as time, force, space and mass. The Bible begins in Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Where does science meet the Bible? In the beginning = time, God created = force, the heavens = space and the earth = mass.

Welcome all servants

This is where I hope to put my thoughts which come from learning about Jesus a person of the Triune God. These learning experiences come from the Bible, sermons, and various radio/tv programs. Some of my thoughts come from controversial sources, which begin the thinking process as I usually compare all things seen and heard to scripture.