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May 25, 1910.
On the fifth day God fi
the air with winged fowl
the work of the six days
on this day was that kind
On the sixth day God c
that was formed of the
Spirit was created, and h<
six days' work is Bara us<
Thus, instead of "all th
days, the Scriptures say tl
cosmos and the human spi
Exodus 20:11, which giv
commandment, reads, "Fo
(Asah) heaven and earth,
is, and rested the seventh
Having removed the rt
hurtful theory, we are no1
like Samuel to say, "Sp
heareth":
1. Genesis 1:1 reads, "1
(Bara) the heavens and
alone existed, but at a po:
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urougni out oi tne womb
worlds that light up and
that men call space.
2. Especial mention is
"the earth." As Bethleh
princes of Judah," yet out
so this earth, though one
was the one chosen to b<
place of the Son of God.
not create it Tohu," the I
out form," or a "ruin." I
drously formed and so ext
the masterpiece of Almi<;
dom. It was the peerless
fair that the flush of its
glory made the morning
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3. But Genesis 1:2 rea<
that is, without form or
void, or desolate, or uninl
perfect earth become "Tc
cease to be inhabited? O
palace and make it a ru
this divinely lighted home
sepulchre.
4. Hence between vers<
feet, and verse 2, when it
with darkness as its windi
earth some moral creature
whose sin brought this
ruin.
5. Does Scripture teac
ited the earth and hv sin h
ness and death?
Isaiah, in chapter 14, t
star, that angel related to
was to God the Son an
Ghost. Now sometime ai
ned, and his was pride, foi
When and where did he
Ezekiel, in chapter 28, s]
dom and perfect in beaut;
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lied the waters with fish an 1
1. Here for the first time in
> is the word Bara used, or
of animal life created,
reated man; not his body, for
dust of the ground; but his
;re for the second time in the
ed.
ings" being created in the six
lat only the animal life ol this
irit were then created. Hence
es'the reason for the fourth
r in six days the LORD made
the sea and all that in them
day."
ibbish of an unscriptural and
w prepared to see the truth ?
eak, Lord, for Thy servant
hi the beginning God created
the earth." In eternity God
int called "the beginning" He
i of nothing those millions of
sparkle in that void immense
> made of one world, named
em was "least among the
of her was to come the King;
of the least of all the worlds,
: glorified in being the birthIsaiah
45:15 says, "God did
debrew word meaning "withIe
created it perfect; so won]uisitely
fashioned that it was
jhty power and Infinite wispearl
of creation; so divinely
beauty and the flash of its
stars sing together, while all
for joy.
Is, "And the earth was Tohu,"
a ruin?"and Bohu," that is,
labited. Now how could this
>hu," or 3 ruin? Why did it
nly sin could mar this divine
in?only death could darken
: and change it into a gloomy
i 1, when the earth was perwas
a ruin and uninhabited,
ng sheet; there was upon the
or creatures who sinned, and
fearful change and complete
h that any angel then inhab?rought
on it desolation, darkells
of Lucifer, the morning
i uod the Father, as Michael
d Gabriel to God the H ?ly
id somewhere this angel sin
he determined to be as God.
sin?
peaks of an angel, full of wisy,
the Messiah cherub, the
N OF THE SOUTH.
anointed King and Priest oi
dwelt in Eden; and he sinne
Paul, in the first epistle, spea
there calls the devil, but els
beguiled Eve," and the "god <
angel sinned, and his sin was
Thus three inspired men 1
sinned. All three say that his
that his pride prompted him
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vvinic anoiner states tnat lie
did by prompting her to desir
third tells that he dwelt in a
existing, as its king.
Moreover Scripture strangi
angel with this earth. In the
in the garden of Eden acting
the first and second chapters <
his "going to and fro in the <
down on it." When he temp
right to dispose of all the kinj
times in John's gospel does' C
of this world."
All through Scripture he ev
intruder upon his rightful do
with envy, hatred and reven
God's kingly representative, t
God's priestly representativeJudas?he
hinders Paul and i
goeth always about among t
roaring lion, seeking whom hi
These and other passages ch
who abode on the earth durinj
first and second verses of Ge
his sin that brought death u
flora found in pre-Adamic roc
earth a ruin, desolate and ui
upon the face of the deep.
Creation then, according to
1. In eternity God alone <
communication with each ot
Spirit were infinitely happy.
2. "In the beginning" God
the earth, in order through
glorify his natural attribute!
power.
3. He created the angelic
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intelligences ne mignt revea
attributes of justice, holiness,
4. God placed one of the
with other angels under him,
reveal and glorify His grace
vice with glorious rewards.
5. When he and they abod<
sin brought darkness and desc
sent His Spirit to move upo:
to change chaos into order,
He would refit and refurnish
perfect home for man created
God.
6. This work was done ii
fourth commandment positive
about six thousand years aj
teaches. But this does not cc
ruin existing between the fir:
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f earth. Like Adam he
d, and his sin was pride,
ks of an angel, whom he
ewhere "the serpent that
of this wnrlrl " Now tliic
pride.
tell us of an angel, who
sin was pride. One states
to desire to be as God,
beguiled Eve, which he
e to be as God, while the
n Eden of the earth then
?ly connects this sinning
i third chapter he is seen
as if he was at home. In
of Job he tells Jehovah of
jarth and walking up and
ted Christ he claimed the
jdoms of earth; and three
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inioi. *_tin nun liic prince
idcntly regards man as an
main, and so he is filled
ge. He provokes David,
o sin?he accuses Joshua,
-he enters Peter and fills
s a thorn in his flesh?he
he children of men as a
e may devour,
early prove that the being,
* the interval between the
nesis, was Satan. It was
pon the fossil fauna and
ks?his sin that made the
linhabited, with darkness
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vjv-iijjiuic auu science, is:
;xisted, and in union and
her the Father, Son and
created the heavens and
the material universe to
5 of being, wisdom and
host that through moral
il and glorify' His moral
goodness and truth,
highest of these angels,
on the earth; in order to
Dy honoring iaithful ser:
not in the truth, but by
dation to earth; then God
n the face of the waters
light and beauty. Thus
the earth and make it a
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in me image 01 /umiglltv
1 six literal days, as the
ly declares. Tt was done
jo, as Genesis distinctly
mtradict geology, for the
st two verses of Genesis