Aunty Jane
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It is an interesting word study….The Bible does not say that Adam was perfect [H7760].
All the creative days have a pronouncement at the end stating that thus far, everything was “good” or from God’s standpoint, coming along nicely.
Each “day” (obviously not 24 hour days, but periods of unknown length as this is also the meaning of the word “yôm”) had a beginning and an end, and each “day” ended with God’s satisfaction……but the end of the 6th day was “very good”, meaning that God was well pleased with his efforts on the completion of his material creation. Everything was as it was meant to be. Then God rested from his creative works but not from working altogether…..free will had to be driven with others in mind and God would teach them the value of obedience to his laws so that no one would abuse their free will at the expense of someone else’s. But we all know what happened and where it has led the human race. God had to take a detour in order for his first purpose to be realized.….but what God starts, he finishes. (Isaiah 55:11)
The 7th day has no declaration, meaning that God has not yet compleated the 7th day. As when the 7th day ends, all will be as God purposed, with sin and all its repercussions dealt with and abolished, freeing redeemed mankind to take up where Adam and his wife failed. The human race will again be given a paradise home on earth, where God meant us to live forever. (Revelation 21:2-4)
A Jewish “day” (like ours) was 24 hours but beginning at sundown, and ending at sundown the following day.
Of the creative days it was said…”there was evening and morning”….not a 24 hour day but one that began with an evening and ended with a morning….or as we would say…”the dawn of a new day”.
I love the creation account because there are new gems that emerge when you read more carefully and use a concordance and an interlinear…..
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