1-Day and Night
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.(Genesis 1:3-5 ASV)
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The Passover Timeline
Understanding the timing of the Passover can be very confusing considering the different mindsets surrounding timekeeping, religious tradition and the teachings of man. According to the world’s standard, a Day is a 24-hour period that begins at midnight, when the clock strikes 12 in the middle of the night and continues until the next night. In mainstream Judaism and most Hebraic circles, a Day is also a 24-hour period reckoned from evening to evening, when the sun goes down to the next sundown. But according to the Bible, a Day is separate from the Night. After the Creator made the heavens, earth and seas, He placed the sun, moon and…
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O Holy Night!?
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock, and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear. And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people– because there was born to you to-day a Saviour–who is Christ the Lord–in the city of David, and this is to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.’ And suddenly there came with the…
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Tracking the Fall Equinox – Sundial Project
I was unable to get any readings the following days due to cloud cover.
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And Let Them Be…For Days and Years
There are quite a bit of theories out there as to how to reckon time according to the Scriptures. Many of which can be tossed out if we just focus first on what Genesis 1 teaches. We learn that “day” was what God/Elohim called “the light” after He separated it from “the darkness” in verses 3-5. Notice, there is no reference to the earth or sun. There is a reference to “evening” and “morning” in verse 5 and many folks “see” in their mind’s eye those words to mean “night” and “day”, but they are distinctly different from “night” and “day”. “Night” is what God/Elohim called “the darkness” and “evening” is a period…
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The Beginning of Time As We Know It
Many of us have been taught that the first seven days outlined in Genesis 1 were seven 24-hour “days” and that these “days” all began at sunset. However, when we take a closer look at this chapter, slowly reading line upon line, we see that this is impossible. In our culture we’re taught that a 24-hour “day” is the time it takes for the earth to make one full rotation in the face of the sun. However, in the Genesis 1 account, there is no sun present until the fourth “day” (and that isn’t until after the fourth day starts). In fact, there is no “heaven” in which the sun is to be placed until the second “day”. Furthermore,…
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And There Was Evening…
And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (Genesis 1:5b ASV) The King James Version translates this verse as follows: “And the evening and the morning were the first day.” This reads so much differently than the above rendering, so let’s look at it in the Hebrew… Gen 1:5b ויהיH1961 ערבH6153 ויהיH1961 בקרH1242 יוםH3117 אחד׃H259 H1961 “hayah” H6153 “ereb” H1961 “hayah” H1242 “boqer” H3117 “yom” H259 “echad”. The Young’s Literal Translation translates this as: “and there is an evening, and there is a morning–day one.” Sadly, the KJV gives the impression that the evening and the morning comprise the first Day in that order, causing great confusion for those reading…
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And God Called the Light Day…
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. (Genesis 1:5a ASV) Light = Day Darkness = Night Here we see God naming the separated light and darkness “Day” and “Night”, respectively, similar to his naming the firmament “Heavens” on the 2nd Day, and the dry land “Earth” and the gathered waters “Seas” on the 3rd Day. He is providing us with a Glossary of Terms in this first chapter to help us understand their use throughout the rest of Scripture. Unfortunately, so many take what we’ve come to understand in life (outside of Scripture) and have imposed those understandings onto these terms, specifically the term “Day”, as…
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And God Separated the Light…
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. (Gen 1:3-4) Here we see “light” (H216 “or”) being called into existence. Elohim saw that it was good. Then, Elohim separated (H914 “badal”) the light from (H996 “beyn”) the darkness. This means He made a distinction between the two. EDIT 1/11/17 It was recently pointed out to me that “beyn” (H996) appears twice in verse 4. A more proper translation of this verse in the Septuagint would be “And God divided between the light and between the darkness.” Given this, I don’t know how…
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When a Day Begins and Ends
I’ve recently compiled a study on When a Day Begins and Ends according to Genesis 1 that I thought would be helpful to those who are seeking this matter out. I also addressed several of the most popular texts used to justify an evening-to-evening reckoning of a Day. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below. You might also be interested in this video presentation by the same name:
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Day and Night
I’m sitting here putting together a study on “When the Day Begins”, and I’m baffled that I even have to do this. My premise is that Day is clearly defined in Genesis 1. Not only does he call “Light” “Day” and creates a greater light to govern the Day, Elohim references Day and Night as two separate things all throughout Scripture. Yet it is a popularly held belief in Jewish circles (spilling over into the Hebrew Roots movement) that a “Whole Day” includes Night. These proponents claim Genesis 1 supports this position citing “And there was evening and there was morning – the first day”. So I spent last night looking up every reference to…