Difference between revisions of "2 - Two sides of one"

Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

The first verse is a summary of the whole Bible. It is the purpose of God that he is known as the creator of all. But there is only one 'all' and it has two parts; the heavens and the earth. The pair 'heavens and earth' is used more than 30 times in scripture and it defines the number two. Any pair of things will have a heavenly or spiritual side and an earthly or physical side.

Here is a list of some from Genesis 1:

Heaven - earth Ge 1:1

Father - Son Ge 1:1 Heavenly Father vs. incarnate Son

void - without form Ge 1:2 Vanity vs. empty

light - darkness Ge 1:4 Holiness vs. grace

day - night Ge 1:5 Revelation vs. concealment

waters above - waters below Ge 1:7 Law vs. grace

seas - earth Ge 1:10 Word vs. flesh

signs - seasons Ge 1:14 Signals vs. passing time

days - years Ge 1:14 Pictures of the Son vs cycles of time

greater light - lesser light Ge 1:16 Judgement vs. Grace

fowl - moving creatures Ge 1:20 In the spirit vs. in flesh

fruitful - multiply Ge 1:22 "fruit of the spirit" vs. increase in number

likeness - image Ge 1:26 character vs. representation

male - female Ge 1:27 understanding vs. not understanding

blessed - said Ge 1:28 speak life vs. speak