The Creation (The Beginning)
Reveals the End
Genesis
1.1-2. = Creation in seven days: An account that is extraordinary for its
austerity. Other pagan accounts provide high drama and graphic descriptions of
the events. The Genesis account is devoid of sensory details. This conveys a
sense of the awe inspiring majesty and inviolable sovereignty of our God.
God
accomplishes all His creative labors in six days and rests in regal repose on
the seventh day, blessing and hallowing that climatic day.
The first
three days describe the creation of the domains (boundaries); the next three
chronicle the creation of the specifics or the inhabitants of the domains:
Day 1 – Light (1.1-5)….Day 2 – Sky - (separating waters above
from those below: 1.6-8)….Day 3 – Land
and plants (1.9-13)…Day 4 – Lights (Sun,
moon, stars; 1.14-19)…Day 5 –
Fish/Birds (1.20-23)…Day 6 – Land Animals
and Humans (1.24-31)…Day 7 – Sabbath
(2.1-3)
Key Note: Unlike the Biblical month which is
lunar and the Biblical year which never moves too far from its solar base, the
Biblical week corresponds to no astronomical event. It began on Day One of
creation. The sun, moon, and stars were not created until the 4th
Day. YHVH has hallowed the 7th Day from the very creation of time
and space!
The role
of the number seven is that seven signifies completeness and that things come
to their fit conclusion on the seventh day. God created all things in six days,
resting on the seventh day upon completion of His work. The Bible says that a
Day is as a thousand years unto the Lord. Therefore the ancient Hebrew sages
conclude that unto man was given six thousand years and the final thousand
years would be the Lord’s.
Taking
this thought further, the ancient sages keep time as we know it from the birth
of Adam, using the Biblical genealogies to calculate that we are presently in
the year 5777 (2017) and that after six thousand years the Messiah will come
and bring peace to the world. This is an interesting concept to ponder when
looking at the current condition of mankind and the world we live in!
The Book
of Revelation reveals a Millennial Kingdom that will last for a thousand years
with Yeshua ruling as King and His saints as kings and priests. Once again,
this fits with the six thousand years for man and Elohim (God) resting on the
seventh day (millennium).
In Revelation
18 we see a beast upon which a woman (or harlot) is riding. Revelation 13.18
says: Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and
his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Taking
this creation account further we see that the number of the beast is a number
of man. If the beast represents a man then it is reasonable that man creates
government and in this case the government of man is a beast. The woman riding
the beast would represent a false religion. Harlots in the Bible always seduce
men away from God’s laws of morality. The children of Israel were “whoring”
after false gods and pagan religion.
The
woman riding the beast represents a combination of a world government (a beast)
created by man being held together by a false apostate church which would be a
false “Christian” religion. If it is deceiving the world it has its roots in
what we call Christianity.
How
does the number 666 compute to mankind? God created the world in SIX days, on the SIXTH day man was created, and after SIX days we are to rest on the seventh day = 666. On the seventh day we rest on the Sabbath. For whom was the
Sabbath created? For Man: He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mk 2.27
As
we can see there is so much more to the simple description of the creation than
we could ever imagine!
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