| by Ray Daly (Lincoln, North Dakota) |
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Gen. 1:1. “In the beginning, GOD created the heaven and the earth. V.3. “And GOD SAID, Let there be light.” Obviously, the topic of this study centers on the word “God”. Which word is likely the most misunderstood of all the words in Scripture. Perhaps also, it is also one of the most misused words. You know the questions. “Who is God. What is God”, and related statements. For many, when they read the words “God created”, they believe and teach that, God Almighty simply “spoke” the words, and it came to pass. But is that what Scripture really teaches us? The answer is no. But, how does one go about explaining the answers, if the readers will not “Search, Study, Prove, and Try” the Scriptures for themselves? I could begin from several starting points, but I think I will go to the Hebrew, to let you see what the word “God” can and does mean. And, since all of the lessons that I am putting forth rely on the King James Version of the Bible, then finding the Hebrew words that relate to a proper understanding, means we must go to Strong’s Concordance. Throughout Genesis One, the usage of God comes from #430, Elohim. Let’s now go into Strong’s and see the meanings that can be applied. And I will simply give the meanings that will best help us to understand the Truths. First, Elohim is a PLURAL word. And it refers to Spiritual beings. Most notably the ANGELS. Though the Angelic realm is separated by several categories. But one could best describe the Angelic realm as a “family”. However, note a second definition of the plural God. “The ONE SUPREME GOD”. One shows singularity. And, it has to be referring to the Creator God (Shadday), who made the Angelic realm in the first place. But how do we fit a singular being into a plural family. Well, it is simple. The Almighty (Shadday) is also a “Spirit being”. As the Creator of the Spirit realm, he is thus also a part of the Spirit realm! A second usage for God comes from #433, Eloah(h). This too is plural, but clearly identified in singular meanings. For, it can mean “A” Deity, or “THE” Deity. The “A” showing that more than one Elohim can be of this title. Perhaps such when Scripture says that “all nations will walk in the name of their God”. Or their specific Deity/Angel. However, the word “THE”, shows singularity. Or, referring to the “ONE Supreme God” of the Elohim realm. Again, speaking of Shadday. A third usage is #410, El. This is a “singular” word. But it can have two meanings. The one is the word “Mighty”. Again, some of those of the Elohim realm. For example, both Michael and Gabriel would fit into this category. And others perhaps as well. But the second definition of El is “Almighty”. Or “The ONE, THE Deity, SHADDAY”. How does the above help us in understanding the differences between “God created, and “God said”? As used in Genesis One and Three. For, such usage is throughout the first chapter of Genesis. Well, look at it this way. When it says, “God created”, think of the plural Elohim. The Angelic realm. And view them as being the “workers”. Thus, the earth was created by the Angels, prior to the time of a new, added segment to said creation. I will take some time to show the origins of the earth as we find it in Gen. 1:1. The first stage of the earth’s creation centered on a “fireball”. One of tremendous heat and power. Then, this fire was covered over with a layer of “granite” (a simple word). Then above this layer was a deep layer of water. Of which our present oceans originated. Above this water was another layer of “granite”. Then was created the stratus beneath our present earth. That which has/had within it “oil, coal, minerals, gems, salt, etc/etal”. And, at the time of its creation, there were living things on the top of it. Dinosaurs, flying creatures, likely humanoid beings of the ape family, and many such. All of this layer was “laid out” specifically for the coming time of man’s creation. When all of this layer was finished, another layer of “fresh” water covered it up. Thus, we find the created earth to this point. There is no limit of time, as far as how long it took to bring the earth to this point. So, there is no need to “estimate”. But it would have been a “long” time. However, we are interested in coming to understand the usage of the word God, and how to separate the “plural” angelic realm, from the “singular” Shadday realm. Both being of the Elohim. Let’s go back to Gen. 1:3, and the words “God SAID”. To put it simply, when it says, “God said”, it is referring to the Creator God, Shadday. Shadday “spoke”, and his workers did all the labor. The reader can go through Genesis One and find this theme several times. However, I will only cover one example. One in which, again, there is much confusion. Gen. 1:26-7. “God [Shadday] SAID. Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness, and let them have dominion…. So, GOD created man in HIS [Angels] image. In the image of God [different looking Angels, such as giants, blacks, and yellows, etc]. Male and female created HE them.” What this above is telling us is, that Shadday, he who SAID, told the Angels to create humans in “their” image. And they did. And, in Peter, it tells us that “To the Lord, each day is as a thousand years”. Thus giving, perhaps, a time period of a thousand years that the Angelic created human beings were upon the earth before Shadday created Adam and Eve. We see evidence of this when Cain stated (when he was kicked out of Eden), “All who find me will kill me”. Meaning the Angelic created humans, that were upon all of the earth at that time. I don’t want to get too lengthy, so will conclude with the following. That being, how to identify whom it was that “SAID” in Genesis One. John. 1:1. “In the beginning was the WORD…”! Or Shadday, the one that created the Angelic realm, and he who “said” to them “do” and they did. |
| Iron Sharpening Iron In regard to: Explanation of Creation Article by Ray Daly Comments by Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
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| Strong’s #H430- אֱלֹהִים ‘ĕlôhı̂ym el-o-heem’ Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: – angels, X exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. Total KJV occurrences: 2601 Strong’s #H433 – אֱלֹהַּ אֱלוֹהַּ ‘ĕlôahh ‘ĕlôahh el-o’-ah, el-o’-ah (The second form is rare); probably prolonged (emphatically) from H410; a deity or the deity: – God, god. See H430. Total KJV occurrences: 57 Strong’s #H410- אֵל ‘êl ale Shortened from H352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity): – God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.” Total KJV occurrences: 242 What you seem to be saying is that God first created through the Angels an entire world before He created Adam and Eve. Why would God do that? And where are you finding this in the Bible? Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Many people in the Worldwide Church of God were taught that at least the dinosaurs lived in the first world that God created but is that so? They are using these two scriptures to prove that this is so: Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. They use the words “without form, and void” to prove there was a world before Adam and Eve. Strong’s #H8414 “without form” תֹּהוּ tôhû to’-hoo From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), that is, desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: – confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. Total KJV occurrences: 20 Strong’s #H922 “void” בֹּהוּ bôhû bo’-hoo From an unused root (meaning to be empty); a vacuity, that is, (superficially) an undistinguishable ruin: – emptiness, void. Total KJV occurrences: 3 Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: All things were created by Jesus Christ. Did He make a mistake when He created the first world? Or did He only create the one world? The one world that Adam and Eve lived in? Do any of you out there create things, like craft items that you make for yourself or to sell to others? Well let’s pretend we are going to make a bowl out of clay. So, we get a lump of clay, and it is without form and void. It is just a lump that can’t be used for anything in its present form. And it is void because it is sort of useless as a lump of clay. Once we take this lump of clay and make it into a bowl it is no longer without form and void. We made a bowl that we can now eat soup out of. That is how Christ started, he started with the material which was without form and void, and he created the earth and everything on it. The materials he started with were useless until he used them to form the earth. Granted a bowl is a small undertaking as compared to making a huge earth that billions of people live on, but the principal is the same. The same principal applies to anything you make. One day you take a drive downtown and you see a hole on a vacant lot, a couple days later you drive by the same place and there is a pile of wood and steel. Later you drive by, and it is starting to look like a building. Then at last one day you drive by and there is the completed project. Think back, this building started out without form, and it was void (useless, empty). You cannot build an entire doctrine or first world out of two scriptures that don’t even say that there was a first world before the one that Adam and Eve lived in. You have to have proof from scripture and there is no proof for this doctrine. It is a false doctrine, and it took a lot of twisting to get to the conclusion. If anyone has any proof that this doctrine is true, we will definitely look at it and change in accordance with the scriptural proof. |
| Iron Sharpening Iron In regard to: Explanation of Creation Article by Ray Daly Comments by Ray Daly (Lincoln, North Dakota) and Laura Lee (Bismarck, North Dakota) |
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| Ray writes: In response to your comments on my article in issue #23. You give the “three” definitions of God. #430. “The plural of #433, ANGELS… (especially with the article) of the SUPREME God.” Or the created along with their Creator. #433. “A deity [the plural of #41], and the deity [Supreme God of #410], and the “el. Mighty and Almighty”. Clearly two categories. Thus in Gen. 1:26, when it says, “Let US create man in OUR image, after OUR likeness”, then whom else could it be speaking of, unless it is to other Angels. Meaning the specific Angels must have created humans at that time. And it is also likely that the Almighty created Adam and Eve in his image. Now, is it even possible that the Almighty is three colors? But the Angels that created men, can have other colors. And they can be giants or pygmies. Laura writes: I will say one thing for you Ray, you have a vivid imagination, but you lack understanding when you try to put scripture together. There is God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son. Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. When God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:” He was not talking to or about angels here. Christ is the creator of everything. Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. So no, angels did not create anything, Christ created everything. Forget the colors, it is something you are making up based on nothing. Ray writes: There is one main point about those humans that the Angels. The “sons of God” spoken of in Gen. 6:4 are said to include “giants”. And, that they “came in unto the daughters of men”. Or the “white” daughters of Adam. Here’s the catch. Those humans created by the Angels, did not have a “spirit of man” with in them. It was by their marrying into Adam and Eve’s line that they received the Holy Spirit. As is shown best in the Amplified Bible. Ecc. 11:5. “As you know not what is the way of the wind, or how the spirit [of man] comes to the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you know not the work of God.” Laura writes: Gen 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Yes, these are hard to understand scriptures and we have heard many explanations in regard to them. One thing about these is clear. The “sons of God” are not angels. Heb 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? Hebrews 1:5 is twofold. It is saying two things, #1=Christ is not an angel (because God calls him a son). #2=None of the angels have ever been called sons by God. We can only know what the Bible tells us and what God reveals to us through the Bible. The bottom line is that we know two things for sure about the created beings in heaven. #1=They all have free will (so they can stay good or go bad as Satan did). #2=We know that God and Christ are in heaven. We know good angels are in heaven and we also know there are 24 elders in heaven (Rev. 4:4 & 4:10). So how many other created beings are in heaven and how many of them stayed good and how many went bad? We can’t answer that question at this point in time because we just do not know. Some claim that the Book of Job’s references to “Sons of God” are talking about angels, but I disagree with that. Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Both verses are definitely talking about something that is in heaven. We know from other scriptures that it cannot be talking about humans as they are not in heaven, and it can’t be talking about angels because they are never called “sons of God”. Angels are called stars in the Bible. Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. So, when we look at Job 38:7 we can see that we are talking about two different created beings here. The stars which are the angels, sang together. And the “sons of God” who shouted for joy and that we know are not humans in this instance. Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Now comes the controversial part. Since we know there are other created beings in heaven, could these “sons of God” in heaven be a reference to “lesser gods” which were created to be part of the God family in heaven? There is some evidence of this found in Psalms. Psa 82:1 A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. Psa 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Psa 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Psa 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Psa 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. Psa 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. Psa 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Psa 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. The legend goes that these gods were created and in heaven. They were to rule the nations of the earth, but they are bad gods. These gods are called children of god and even though they are gods, they will die like men. This is a logical explanation of Genesis 6:4 because bad angels have some or even most of the same powers as the good angels. So, if these are created lesser gods and some went bad like Satan, they would still have many of the same powers as God but lesser. God can procreate as we know, or Christ would not have been born to the virgin Mary. God can also resurrect. So, the legend goes that these lesser gods may have been the gods of Genesis 6:4 who are the “sons of god” which mated with daughters of men and created these giants. It is also said that this may have been the egregious sin that led God to destroy the earth with a flood in Noah’s day. It is clear that whatever is being spoken of here needs to be developed further, so if anyone has input to add to this, it would be appreciated. Ray writes: Think about it. If Adam and Eve brought forth the three races, then why was it that God saw to it that they were separated from one another after the flood? After all, would they not have been “one family”? You may not accept it, but it almost has to be that of the three sons of Noah, only Shem was of Adam and Eve, and the other two were “adopted”, thus enabling all three races to continue. Consider how it was a sin for Nimrod to try to “mix” the races. Why, if they were all of the same family line? Believe as you will, but I find Scripture showing the above to be Truth. Laura writes: The races were coded into the DNA by God. A black person and a white person can bring forth a white baby or a black baby. At the time that slavery was abolished in the United States those slaves who could pass themselves off as white many times did so in order to have a better life. There are instances in the United States where white people have given birth to black babies not even knowing that there was even an ancestor in their family that was black. The three sons of Noah that came through the flood were the sons of Noah and his wife. None of them were adopted. The reason God scattered the people at the time of the tower of babel was because they all had one language and knowledge from before the flood and they sought to do what God did not want them to do. Obviously, God wanted the different races to stay together as one race. Satan is the one that wants to mix the races until you can’t tell anymore which race, they really are. Look at what the communist regime of Biden and Harris are doing right now. They let anyone come into our country because they want the races to be mixed beyond recognition. Even though they are color blind to their own whiteness, the idea is to eliminate all white people and some white people are helping them do this. Most of what you said Ray is not scriptural and some of it you made up but did not label it as such. |
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