Understanding Genesis #1: the creation narrative

In this study, Rob leads a look at Genesis 1 and the creation account. What is the meaning of the waters? See notes below: Please "follow" this podcast and give a review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your review will go a long way towards helping others find this podcast. Then share it with others so that we can get the word of the Gospel of the Kingdom to more people! NB: our goal is to keep these episodes free of charge. I do not intend to ever hide them behind a paywall. I can only do this if those of you who have been blessed by them and can afford to give ($5, $10, $25, or more/month) do so. You can give a tax-deductible contribution by following this link. Notes: Rev 21:1 Rev 17:1, 15 Ps 69:1-4 1:1-2 Preface: initial conditions before Day 1 ‘Heavens (sky) and the Earth (land)’ Earth/land was formless and void (2) Spirit (Ruach) was hovering over the waters 1:3-5: Day 1: Light and Darkness ‘And God said’ (3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29) Separates the light and the darkness 1:6-8: Day 2: Sea and Sky 1:6: ‘Let there be an expanse’ (firmament): basic idea is ‘spreading out’ 1:7 Waters below the expanse from waters above it 1:8 Expanse: ‘heaven’ or ‘sky’ 1:9-13: Day 3: Land, Sea, Vegetation 1:9 Dry land and seas formed 1:10 Land called ‘earth’: this is the last time God names anything 1:11: Vegetation: (only 2 kinds of vegetation: cp 1:29-30) 1:12 ‘According to their kind’ 1:14-19: Day 4: Light Bearers in the Heavens 1:14: ‘Let there be lights/luminaries’: use of ‘greater light’ and ‘lesser light’: are probably an attempt to avoid the names ‘sun’ and ‘moon’; which were used for various deities 1:20-23: Day 5: Sea animals and Birds 1:21: 2 kinds of creatures live in the water: Large: ‘great sea monsters’ tannin: also used of sea creatures who opposed God (Ps 74:13-14; Isa 27:1; 51:9) Smaller fish 1:22-23: God blesses them: ‘Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the seas . . . earth’ 1:24-31: Day 6: Land animals and Man 1:24: 3 categories of land animals ‘Cattle’: large quadrupeds which are domesticated ‘Reptiles’: lizards, snakes ‘Beasts’: corresponds with the Heb. ‘living thing’: every kind of wild animal 1:26: Creation of man Change from ‘let there be . . .’ to ‘let us make . . .’ Repetition of ‘God created man . . . He created them . . . male and female He created them’ Addition of ‘subdue and rule over’ ‘Let us make man in our image’ ‘Let them rule’: After spelling out man’s relationship with God, Gen 1 now explains man’s relationship with the rest of creation 1:29-30: Every plant and tree for food ‘It was very good’ 2:1-3: Day 7: Rest 2:1-3: completed 2:3 God blessed the 7th day