B’re’shiyt #14 - starting B’re’shiyt 1:3
“Vay-yo’mer Elohiym y’hiy ‘or vay’hiy ‘or.”
“And said God, let there be light: and there was light.”
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Sh’ma
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5 April 2014 ~ 5 Nisan 5774
Torah Parashah # 28 M’tzora (person afflicted with tzara’at)
Vayikra /Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33 cjb p 124
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We are going to study B’re’shiyt 1:3 today.
B’re’shiyt teaching from Brad Scott
P 18 in your study guide
Remember last time - we ended with the explanation -
B’re’shiyt 1:1 “B’re’shiyt bara Elohiym ET hashamayim v’et ha’aretz”
In the beginning created God ET the heaven and the earth.
has 7 Hebrew letters and seven is completed...
YHWH had done a completed work...
and then
B’re’shiyt 1:2a “ V’ha’aretz hay’tah tohu vavohu v’chosheck al-p’ney t’hom”
And the earth was (became) without form and void. And darkness was upon the face of the deep.
another 7 words - hasatan has made a big mess.... and he thought it was a done deal - a finished work
But then ...
B’re’shiyt 1:2b “ V’rucha Elohiym m’reachephet ‘al-peney ham-mayim.”
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
and this is five words.... and five is the number or redemption!! :)
So this is the story of the whole of the Word - right here in the first two verses of all of Scripture...
YHWH created - hasatan messes it up - and YHWH redeems!!
So now let’s go on..
B’re’shiyt 1:3
“Vay-yo’mer Elohiym y’hiy ‘or vay’hiy ‘or.”
“And said God, let there be light: and there was light.”
Brad Scott says... what we erroneously call ‘the 6 days of creation’
began with darkness on the face of the deep
and this is the pattern in the rest of Scripture....in the morning and the evening …
we begin the 6 days of the making and shaping…
darkness is on deep
Yochanan /John 3:1-21 cjb p 1332
Like in Yochanan 3 with Nakdimon... who came “by night”
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YHWH starting in the darkness - the night...He is going to restore what hasatan attempted to destroy.
The Spirit of YHWH moves on waters - and this begins the redemption that only YHWH can do...
B’re’shiyt 1:3
“Vay-yo-mer Elohiym y’hiy ‘or vayihiy or.”
“And said God, let there be light: and there was light.”
Now we have light coming forth!
Vayyo’mer Elohiym, y’hiy ‘or vay’hiy ‘or
and said God let there be light; and there was light
and said God = the action
Vayy’omer
aleph mem resh
“and said God”
....The first part of the word is a conjuction and expresses the conjunction “and” = vay
The first yod there expresses the kol imperfect =and this is what is known as a Wa consecutive.
A “WA consecutive is ...
There is an “AND”.. with “ands” to follow... and the first “AND” is in perfect tense... as it is here in B’re’shiyt 1:3...
all the “ANDS” to follow become an imperfect tense.
“ANDS” that are an imperfect tense - means they are not a completed act - they are not a done deal... they are still happening now....
… and. and and…
“and he moved on the face of the waters”..... AND God said let there be…
.......and and and … these are not completed acts and are still occurring!
YHWH is still moving over the face of the waters he is still letting His light shine forth etc…
In vayy’omer
The root is
‘amar = aleph mem resh
‘amar is a common Hebrew word to express words as they come off our lips - aka - speech.
it literally means “to collectively organize speech”
this is often translated as - “speak”
but it is different than the word d’var - the Hebrew word for ‘word’
D’var focuses on thought, intent and motivation - the source - or someone who plans = d’var
But the actual administration of the words as they come off the lips is ‘amar = the actual speaking of the word
‘amar is translated as = to think, to speak, to command and a few translated as - promise
- This is Yah speaking something that is not a completed act. It is still occurring as we speak..
Brad says what he means is that YHWH is the infinite God and only He can do these things
but there are things that humans - made originally in the image of Yah , can do…and this separates us from animals…
and this gives us a small taste of the power, the infinite power of our creator… we have the ability through our thinking process to speak and things happen as well.
we can speak into computers now and words appear… voice patterns doors open b/c it recognizes a voice and doors open..
There are very very small thing like what Yah is doing…
Miz’mor /Psalm 33: 6 cjb p 820 “By the Word of YHWH were the heavens made.”
Yesha’yahu /Isaiah 17:6 cjb p 462
the “very top”
“treetops” “top of the” ( bough) = amar - the sound the trees make in wind - where the sound comes from.
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We are going to skip Elohiym because we explained that before
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Y’hiy
yahhee… yod hey yod
comes from a root which is hey hey yod = “was and became = h’yah
and it contains - “he that is”
“i am that i am”.. YHWH…
y’hiy - thranslated as “let there be”…
This is in the imperfect tense... YHWH is still bringing forth His light
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‘owr
aleph -holem vav - resh
= LIGHT
What is the light?? - It is NOT the sun.
or = is translated as : light, fire, shine, enlighten
It is torah in the form of light
first thing YHWH says is “let there be light”
so now we have the the regenerative act of the spirit regenerating / restoring haeretz - restoring it….
The creation is going to go thru the same pattern as man… and Isra’el.
Isn’t it amazing that He creates - we mess up in sin - and HE redeems us if we ask!!??!!
So the Ruach is hovering over the waters and the next thing that is going to happen is LIGHT is going to come forth!
It is like that in us... sin and darkness is there and then after we teshuvah - we are regenerated by Ruach and then light is going to illuminate us!!!…
The Ruach /Spirit hovering over waters and then light comes forth…
the first thing he does is move over the face of the waters...
remember movement causes sound...
Remember last time we said that if water molecules are exposed to sound it creates full spectrum light...
So HE is there - hovering over the water... there is sound from His hovering and then YHWH SAYS “Y’hiy ‘or”
and immediately there was LIGHT!
Yochanan /John 7:38 cjb 1339 “Whoever puts his trust in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being!
The first utterance of YHWH... is “let there be light”…
and the first thing is - is LIGHT.
This light is not the sun…
He is not referring to artificial light from a light bulb, or even fire light from a candle…
....but rather it is the Word of YHWH in the FORM of light…
The same light in the beginning in B’re’shiyt - as in the end....
Hitgalut /Rev 21:22-23 cjb p 1554
“I saw no Temple in the city for YHWH, Elohiym of heaven’s armies, is its Temple, as is the Lamb. The city has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it, because YHWH’s Sh’khinah gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.”
The glory of YHWH .. and the Lamb is the lamp of it.
In the end, when the Messianic kingdom has come - the same light that illuminates that kingdom is the light that is from the very beginning/ b’re’shiyt.
We need to realize that this light that is brought forth in B’re’shiyt is the Messiah -it is the Living Word in the form of light.
It’s hard to wrap our little brains around this... but He - the Living Torah is the light!
When we read things that are messed up - from other faiths - including eastern thought and other new age things...light is a symbolic thing... an abstract thing....
But this light is not a symbolic thing… It is a real thing.
Waves and particles - real substance... and … it is illuminating the world through the lamp of YHWH the Messiah = the living Torah…
The world is illuminated with the Word of God.. and that Word of God is associated with God and light all throughout the Scripture.
So apply that to...
Amos 8:11 cjb p 740 “‘The time is coming,’ says YHWH, ‘When i will send famine over the land, not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of YHWH.’”
We can know that the world we live in is more evil and we can say... there is more darkness...but if there is a famine in the land of the WORD and the Word os what illuminates the world... wow.. no wonder it is getting darker!
but the darker it is - the easier it is to see a candle light...
According to a variety of articles on the web... we can see a candle flame about 3.1 miles away in total darkness. If the world was completely flat and totally dark we could see it as far away as 30-43 miles away!
Brad Scott says....cience still doesn’t’ understand LIGHT.
examples:
Mishlei /Proverbs 6:20-23 cjb p949
“My son, obey your father’s command, and don’t abandon your mother’s teaching. [Remember the mother was the one that started Torah teaching at home.] 21 Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake up, they will talk with you. 23 For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah is light and reproofs that discipline are the way to life.”
This is saying... that
-mitzvah (commandments) is a lamp ,
-Torah is light and
-reproofs or instruction are the way of LIFE.
-- Another review of this is in....
YOCHANAN /John 1:1-5 cjb p 1329
1 “In the B’re’shiyt was the Living Torah Aleph-Tov, and the Living Torah was with YHWH, and the Living Torah Aleph-Tov was YHWH.
2 He was with YHWH in the B’re’shiyt.
3 All things came to be through him, and without him nothing made had being.
4 In him was chayim (life), and the chayim (life) was the light of mankind.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not suppressed it.”
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Light = Strong’s G5457 -light, a truth and knowledge.
OWR = Strong’s H216 - Aleph-Yod-Resh
Strong’s says....
light
light of day
light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars)
day-break, dawn, morning light
daylight
lightning
light of lamp
light of life
light of prosperity
light of instruction
light of face (fig.)
YHWH as Isra’el's light
Interestingly ... OWR is a feminine noun.
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We see the same things in B’re’shiyt 1 - LIGHT always over comes darkness.
“Light” is throughout Scripture. And then it appears in the end... in Hitgalut /Rev 21:22- 22:5 cjb p 1554
Think about that - Light always overcomes darkness... if this is not hope i don’t know what is!!
No matter how much famine is in the land... Light will always overcome darkness.
As long as we are in the land - HIS Light is here! Amein!
Over and over as you read through the Word you will find that the Word relates Torah - the Word of YHWH, to light.
Many new age religions and others associate light with understanding and knowledge…. “being enlightened” ...
... BUT we know the light of YHWH was brought forth before these new age things… So we know that these new age religions stole this concept… It was YHWH”s to start with.
In fact, this is true with all biblical doctrine… other religions try to say - “buddah said it” or “the dali said it”… etc…. but the SOURCE is YHWH. He is the Creator.
It is a fundamental concept of TRUTH that YHWH has revealed ALL things from the beginning, the B’re’shiyt!
YHWH is a creationary God and a cyclical God .....
.....and so He puts everything in creation and then he repeats it through the cycles.
He puts everything in creation and then HE repeats it through the cycles.
Amein
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