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  • Bennymkje - 7 months ago
    Annotated Gen.1.15

    " And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so."

    In terms of two faces we have the Father of lights and the Son who with his death and resurrections gives the face below a new significance. "IAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.." By resurrection he proved that he is the true Light."It was sign and the darkness at noon, " Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."(Matt.27.45; Jn 9.5)

    v.16 "6 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also." The FatherSon relationship sets two signs for the natural world. Significance of the sign of Jonah. serves a warning to the disbelieving world. The reflected light of the moon is beyond earth sign. It ties to the ordinances of heaven. "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."( Jn 12.32) It was a sign to the white throne judge where according to the works the wicked shall be judged. At his death graves were opened and the veil was rent, " And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;/ And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,/And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. "(Mt.27.51-53) The two great iights are qualified by the adjective so they serve as warning set by the ordinances of heaven. For this reason we find four anels associated with the 'great' river, river Euphrates." Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates."(Rev.9.14-15) Considering the outer darkness the sign of the lesser light shall rule them. new earth as distinct from outer darkness, as mentioned in v.17, 'And to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.



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