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In the time of the end every divine institution is to be restored.
Beloved, have you noticed our new Masthead? The Bible is true and please believe. Our Earth is FLAT , WITH A DOMED ROOF OVER IT! Radially bounded by a massive, icy wall called Antarctica. Earth Is Immovable!!! Earth Is Not a Ball! They have fed us innumerable 'photos' of Earth from space! Not a single one of them is a photo! They are all computer-generated images! CGIs! Copernican Theory has been fact with zero proof for millennia! The conspiracy to deceive us and take away YaHuWaH from HIS Earth has failed. Big-bang Theory! Darwinian Theory! Copernican Theory! - All Theories!! Non-facts and non-truths, have reigned over us for so long we came to believe that our Earth is a globe! Our Earth is not a globe. Dubious claims of landing on the moon have been proven to be hoaxes and lies. As NASA today is expressing the impossibility of man going to the moon as they have no answer yet of how to overcome the Van Allen Radiation Belt right above our stratosphere! Limitless Deception!
On every page of this Website, is a Major Teaching or Principle which you need to study, internalize and practice, before the End comes. We stand ready to help you in any way necessary for your spiritual maturity and readiness for the on-rushing Kingdom.
Here, we have endeavored to make available to you everything you need to make the spiritual decisions that you must make, intelligently. Our pages are not designed as 'snippets', no. We have not spared time or space. We have detailed every study. We are ofcourse sensitive to your lack of time. We also believe that you will not be at this Site if your need for Salvation is not bigger than the time needed for anything else. Therefore, please be patient as you spend time here as some of our pages are fairly lengthy. We must allow Elohiym to speak freely and to hear out His every Word.
"But the word of YaHuWaH was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; ..."
YeshaYahuw 28:13.
Thus Says
YaHuWaH
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"In the beginning Elohiym created the heavens and the Earth."
"And the Earth came to be formless and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohiym was moving on the face of the waters."
"And Elohiym said, “Let light come to be,” and light came to be."
"And Elohiym saw the light, that it was good. And Elohiym separated the light from the darkness."
"And Elohiym called the light 'day' and the darkness He called 'night.' And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, one day."
"And Elohiym said, “Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
And Elohiym made the expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it came to be so.
"And Elohiym called the expanse 'heavens.' And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the second day."
"And Elohiym said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it came to be so."
"And Elohiym called the dry land 'Earth,' and the collection of the waters He called 'seas.' And Elohiym saw that it was good."
"And Elohiym said, “Let the Earth bring forth grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the Earth.” And it came to be so."
"And the Earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohiym saw that it was good."
"And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the third day."
"And Elohiym said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,"
"and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the Earth.” And it came to be so."
"And Elohiym made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the Stars."
"And Elohiym set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the Earth,"
"and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohiym saw that it was good."
"And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the fourth day."
'And Elohiym said, “Let the waters teem with shoals of living beings, and let birds fly above the Earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.”'
"And Elohiym created great sea creatures and every living being that moves, with which the waters teemed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohiym saw that it was good."'
'And Elohiym blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase on the Earth.”
"And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the fifth day."
"And Elohiym said, “Let the Earth bring forth the living being according to its kind: livestock and creeping creatures and beasts of the Earth, according to its kind.” And it came to be so."
"And Elohiym made the beast of the Earth according to its kind, livestock according to its kind, and all that creep on the Earth according to its kind. And Elohiym saw that it was good. "
"And Elohiym said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the Earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the ground.”
"And Elohiym created the man in His image, in the image of Elohiym He created him - male and female He created them."
'And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym said to them, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the Earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creeping creatures on the Earth.”'
'And Elohiym said, “See, I have given you every plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the Earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it is for food."'
“And to every beast of the Earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping creature on the Earth, in which there is a living being, every green plant is for food.” And it came to be so".
"And Elohiym saw all that He had made, and see, it was very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the sixth day".
The Creation Story In Truth
CREATION | The Whole Truth
The Biblical Universe
An open-minded reading of Scripture's account of the Creation of our known or visible Universe will be in a state of shock concerning all the views in our scientific, geographic and even religious schools today! There is hardly any resemblance in the two - the biblical account and the rest! The "Church" that should be the bulwark of the Truth, capitulated!!! And rogue science-so-called went to town! Even the best of the churches, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, yielded their heritage belief in Intelligent creation of all things in seven literal days by Elohiym. Today, they believe that only 'animate' creation took place in the seven days of creation!.
It comes down to a few basic questions: "Where are we sourcing our beliefs from?" and, "Who do we believe?"
You do know that this Ministry: EndTime Prophecies & Medical Ministries Int'l, believes the Bible and Elohiym, its Author, wholly, and literally.
Before Creation and its incredible story, it is crucial to appreciate the fact that Elohiym was at REST before HE began to work, physically at least. The NMD memorializes and celebrates this fact.
Since the Creation story is in Seven Parts, especially when we include Genesis chapter 2:1-3, we shall deal with this study in parts, Seven parts. And we begin with the First Day.
Creation | Heavens & Earth
In the beginning Elohiym created the heavens and the Earth. (Genesis 1:1 TS2009)
And the Earth came to be formless and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of Elohiym was moving on the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2 TS2009)
And Elohiym said, “Let light come to be,” and light came to be. (Genesis 1:3 TS2009)
And Elohiym saw the light, that it was good. And Elohiym separated the light from the darkness.
(Genesis 1:4 TS2009)
And Elohiym called the light 'day' and the darkness He called 'night.' And there came to be
evening and there came to be morning, one day. (Genesis 1:5 TS2009)
Verse 1 is clear. Elohiym created everything in the first day. The Heavens and the Earth. What does it mean "Heavens"? What was the "Heavens" that HE created? Is it empty "Space"? Or is it "Space" and all its inhabitants - Stars, Planets, Moons etc., with no functions assigned yet?. Yes, this is what happened. The Stars and Sun and Moon were not shining or moving yet. Just there with no functions or abilities yet. And the "Earth"? It says that the "Earth" was, without "form", shapeless, and "void", empty, without life and inhabitants. "Darkness everywhere in heaven and Earth." But everything needed to make the inhabitants of heaven and Earth were made on this day. Please note the difference between the words "create" and "make". Creating is the act of generating matter from nothing. While "making" is the conversion of pre-existing matter into something else of greater value. The Word translated "created" in verse 1 is the Hebrew word number H1254, "bara", pronounced "baw-raw". It means create from nothing. Contrast it from the word translated 'made' in verse 7, which is the Hebrew word number H6213 "asah" pronounced "aw-saw"; to do, to accomplish, among a host of other meanings according to Strong's.
Now, back to our narrative. The text says, "heavens", plural. How many heavens are there? How many 'heavens' did Elohiym create on Day One?
Genesis 1:20 calls the place where birds fly 'Heaven'. Psalm 8:3 calls the home of the Moon and Stars, Heaven.
I knew a man in the Messiah above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: YHWH knoweth;) such an one caught up to the Third Heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:2 RNKJV)... How that he was caught up into Paradise, ... (2 Corinthians 12:4 RNKJV).
So you have it. There are "Heavens". Three "Heavens". The first 'heaven' is the space where birds fly - our atmosphere. The second heaven is the space where the Moon and Stars dwell - Inter-Stellar Space. And the Third 'Heaven', is the dwelling of YaHuWaH Elohiym.
But it may be argued that the 'Third Heaven' is not part of this creation because YaHuWaH had dwelled in His home for eternity before this creation. His Angels who inhabit there with Him were witnesses of the Creation process. Therefore, it seems reasonable to state that only two of the 'heavens' were created on this day.
The Earth needed immediate attention. The Spirit of YaHuWaH moved over the face of the waters. First to make His work visible to the onlooking Angels and provide for the vegetation HE would soon create, He commanded light into existence. Making a difference between illumination and no-illumination. A difference between light and darkness. He called the light "Day" and the darkness He called "Night". As long as there is light and we can see with our naked eyes, it is 'day'. Otherwise, it is 'night'.
The Sun is still dormant and so were the Moon and Stars. They had nothing to do with this "Light". The First Day is over. "And there was "evening" and there was "morning", the first day.
Notice that YaHuWaH now divided the illumined "Day" into two parts, an "evening" and "a "morning".
It is therefore now clear that YaHuWaH created all things during daylight and did nothing during the darkness hours. It may be argued that 'darkness' was here first. True. But when He called all things into existence, Light was also.
And Elohiym said, “Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” (Genesis 1:6 TS2009)
And Elohiym made the expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it came to be so. (Genesis 1:7 TS2009)
And Elohiym called the expanse 'heavens.' And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the second day. (Genesis 1:8 TS2009)
The next dawn, YaHuWaH returned to work. First thing to do, was to organize the muddy waters. The mass of water was divided into two. One part was lifted into space high above and around the Earth and inter-stellar space, supported by the "Firmament", the "Dome" which encloses our home. The rest of the waters which in His wisdom would be enough to support all the life He plans to make, remained in and under the Earth within the 'Dome'. The making of the "Firmament" took the entire day. What a task! Unimaginable Engineering! Have you thought about this 'Firmament' lately? Let us tell you a bit about it.
The heavens declare the glory of El; and the Firmament sheweth his handywork. (Psalm 19:1 RNKJV)
Praise ye YHWH . Praise El in his Sanctuary: praise him in the Firmament of his power. (Psalm 150:1 RNKJV)
And the likeness of the Firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. (Yechezkiy'el 1:22 RNKJV)
Then I looked, and, behold, in the Firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. (Yechezkiy'el 10:1 RNKJV)
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the Firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the Stars for ever and ever. (Daniy'el 12:3 RNKJV)
The folks at NASA, America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration, know about the 'Firmament' very well. The great Nations of Earth especially those who were signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, know.
When NASA found out about the Dome, they decided to try to break through it. There efforts are documented in the history of "Operation Dominic" and "Operation Fish Bowl". These two Operations involved using nuclear bombs to blast through the Dome. The mightiest nuclear arsenals the United States had were thrown at the Dome all in vain. But they also found that they can use it to create a new communication system for the Earth. Thus was born what we now call "Satellite" communications. The truth about 'Satellite' communications is that signals are beamed from the Earth unto the Dome at certain angles for reflection to specific parts of the Earth. Try to look for Satellites in the sky with any equipment you can get. You may not be very lucky to find many, if any.
The Firmament rests around our Earth at the borders of our Earth at the outer rim of Antarctica. Were you deceived into believing that Antarctica is a Continent like Africa or Europe? Let the truth set you free today. It is a mass of ICE and dirt and even icy mountain ranges, circumscribing the Earth. A fair number of people have touched and experienced Dome. But they can reveal it at the pain of death. The concerted effort to keep the knowledge of the Dome from earthlings is the reason for the Antarctic Treaty. The Treaty forbids any ordinary person from ever setting foot there. Those who are cleared to go there are restrained by the authorities permanently on station there, from getting beyond a certain limit beyond the Ice edge!
Why are they desperately fighting to prevent us from knowing about this? If you know or see or touch this Dome that no atomic weapon can breach or even stain, which encloses our Earth, will you not be humbled and try to seek the builder of it? Yes you will and then you will find YaHuWaH Elohiym, the Creator. And once you do, all governments will loose their shine and power and humanity will seek the truth about Him more than food and drink!
Notice what the Psalmist, the royal minstrel said: The Firmament reveals YaHuWaH's power. It is the Firmament of His power. Crystalline looking, like sapphire, extremely bright and awesome. The top of the Firmament is above the Sun and Stars enclosing them and the Earth. Do you begin to see that the Earth is different than what you have been taught? It is not a globe. It is not spinning! It is not a Planet! It is immovable and super special. The Earth is Flat! It is not a ball!
Psalm 104:5 (The Scriptures 1998+)
He established the Earth on its foundations, So that it would not totter forever...
Psalm 19:4-6 (The Scriptures 1998+)
Their line has gone out through all the Earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He set up a tent for the sun, And it is like a bridegroom coming out of his room, ... Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to
the other end; ...
A Psalm of David. The Earth is YaHuWaH's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the hill of YaHuWaH? or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive the blessing from YaHuWaH, and righteousness from the Elohiym of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? YaHuWaH strong and mighty, YaHuWaH mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? YaHuWaH of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah
The only way out of our world is through the "Everlasting Doors". The Savior had to enter Heaven through the "everlasting doors" during His ascension.
"All heaven was waiting the hour of triumph when YaHuWshuaH should ascend to His Father. Angels came to receive the King of glory and to escort Him triumphantly to heaven. After YaHuWshuaH had blessed His disciples, He was parted from them and taken up. And as He led the way upward, the multitude of captives who were raised at His resurrection followed. A multitude of the heavenly host were in attendance, while in heaven an innumerable company of Angels awaited His coming. As they ascended to the Holy City, the Angels who escorted YaHuWshuaH cried out, "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in." The Angels in the city cried out with rapture, "Who is this King of glory?" The escorting Angels answered in triumph, "YaHuWaH strong and mighty, YaHuWaH mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in!" Again the waiting Angels asked, "Who is this King of glory?" and the escorting Angels answered in melodious strains, "YaHuWaH of hosts, He is the King of glory." And the heavenly train passed into the city of Elohiym."
Iyob 37:18 (The Scriptures 1998+)
Did you, with Him, spread out the clouds [Firmament], strong as a hard mirror?
Psalm 96:10 (The Scriptures 1998+)
Say among nations, “YaHuWaH shall reign. The world also is established, immovable . ...”
Psalm 93:1 (KJV) YaHuWaH reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; YaHuWaH is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved .
If the Earth is a ball or spherical or oblate-spheroid, and not flat, the Bible is a lie and Elohiym does not exist! That is how important it is to get this right. The Bible says the Earth has "Corners", "Pillars", "Supports", etc. If the Earth rotates, then Elohiym either does not exist, or lied! You decide. Download the Scripture Proof of Nature of Earth
He completed the work of building the Dome and stabilizing the waters above the Dome by dusk. He signed off. Night had come. YaHuWaH worked 12 hours a day.
And Elohiym said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it came to be so. (Genesis 1:9 TS2009)
Earth As Created | Flat, Domed.
And Elohiym called the dry land 'Earth,' and the collection of the waters He called 'seas.' And Elohiym saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:10 TS2009)
And Elohiym said, “Let the Earth bring forth grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the Earth.” And it came to be so. (Genesis 1:11 TS2009)
And the Earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohiym saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:12 TS2009)
And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the third day.
At dawn on the Third Day, YaHuWaH made a separation between the Waters and the Land. The land was one solid mass. The Earth had just one Continent when it came forth from YaHuWaH's Hand. There was only one contiguous body of water. He called "Sea", not "Seas"! The Hebrew word translated 'Seas', is the word Number H3220, "yam", pronounced "yawm". According to Strong's, it means the following:
sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river
Today we have Continents and Seas. How and when did they come to be since Elohiym created only one land mass and one body of water?
The Bible answers:
So YHWH scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the Earth: and they left off to build the city. (Genesis 11:8 RNKJV). Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because YHWH did there confound the language of all the Earth: and from thence did YHWH scatter them abroad upon the face of all the Earth.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the Earth divided; ...
Peleg was born the fifth generation from Shem his ancestor. Shem was one of the Sons of Noah
After the disastrous attempt to build the tower of Babel, Elohiym created the languages we know today. Before then, the world spoke just one language. He confused the people who no longer understood the other, and scattered them over the Earth. After scattering them, “ YaHuWaH broke ('divided') the world into Continents and pushed them apart placing them where they now are as we know them today. Now you know how men got to the remotest Islands since antiquity. How could they have gotten there without ocean-going vessels as we know them today? They did not swim or sail or fly. YaHuWaH placed them there before he relocated their part of the Earth to their present location in the days of Peleg. With Land masses now located in parts of the original "Sea", "Seas" now came into being.
Science would have us believe that 'tectonics', were responsible for the arrangement and rearrangement of the land masses! What baloney!
YaHuWaH called forth vegetation, first to carpet the Earth and then to provide food for the creatures He would soon make. Skeptics ask that plants need light for photosynthesis. How did these plants manage since, according to them, the Sun had not yet been made?
Surely you now know that there problem is one of ignorance of the Scriptures. Like YaHuWshuaH once said, "Ye do Err, not knowing the Scriptures" See MattithYahuw 22:29; Mark 12:24
YaHuWaH created light on Day One. And so, the plants had all the light they needed to thrive. YaHuWaH created the Sun and Stars and the Moon on the First day, remember? But had not assigned duties to them up to this point. He will do that on the Fourth Day, the day after He made plants - tomorrow, so to say.
Earth As Created | Flat, Domed.
The vegetation that YaHuWaH made, were made full grown, and not just tender shoots. No. The Cedars and the Irokos had there tops in the clouds. The Vines, Pomegranates, Mangoes, Citruses, Apples, and others like them were heavy with fruit. The Wheats and Barleys and Rice were bowed with ripened grain. YaHuWaH made all of them full-grown and mature and ready for his creatures soon to arrive. The Flowers were in bloom and Earth resplendent with color. The first Spring Of Course.
The Night arrives and YaHuWaH looks at the day's work and was happy and proud. And He signed off when dusk arrived. Looking forward to tomorrow.
And Elohiym said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years, (Genesis 1:14 TS2009)
Earth As Created | Flat, Domed.
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the Earth.” And it came to be so. (Genesis 1:15 TS2009)
And Elohiym made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and the Stars. (Genesis 1:16 TS2009)
And Elohiym set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the Earth, (Genesis 1:17 TS2009)
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And Elohiym saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:18 TS2009)
And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the fourth day.
Beloved, please note the operative word on Day Four, "Made". The word used here is not the word "bara", but "asah", as explained in 'Day One' comments above.
Please note the difference between the words "create" and "make". Creating is the act of generating matter from nothing. While "making" is the conversion of pre-existing matter into something else of greater value. The Word translated "created" in verse 1 is the Hebrew word number H1254, "bara", pronounced "baw-raw". It means create from nothing. Contrast it from the word translated 'made' in verse 7, which is the Hebrew word number H6213 "asah" pronounced "aw-saw": to do, to accomplish, among a host of other meanings according to Strong's.
The Fourth Day dawns and YaHuWaH resumes work. First task was to assign duties to Celestial Bodies. "let there be lights in the Firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night.... And Elohiym "created" two great lights...
YaHuWaH set the Stars, the Sun and the Moon in motion and switched them on. But why did He do this? After all, He created light on Day One! Why do we need another source of light?
The 'light' that YaHuWaH created on the First Day could demarcate day and night, but could not provide the Earth with 'time-keeping'. There was need for a way to mark out weeks, months and years. But why should we need weeks, months and years?
YaHuWaH desired times of communion with His creatures and needed to set those dates and times on a regular, consistent and predictable basis, discernible by even the lower creatures. This could not be achieved with the 'light' He created on Day One.
The New Lights were to "divide the day from the night (Not the 'day' from the 'evening'); and they were made for "Signs and for Seasons, and for days and years...
Please notice that each 'Day' is made up of two parts: "evening" and "morning". The first half of the day is the 'morning' and last half of the day is the 'evening'. Morning meaning dawn to noon, while 'Evening' is from Noon to Dusk. The Night is not part of the Day. Never was and never will be.
Now, let us say a few words here about 'seasons'. The word translated 'seasons' is the Hebrew word numbered H4150, "Mo'ed". It means the 'gathering' of YaHuWaH's people for worship, 'appointed times', 'assembly' of His people, according to Strong's.
We know that the Sun makes one full revolution around the Earth to measure the day. The Sun makes a little more than 365 days of these revolutions to mark out a year. But what of the months? Months were not mentioned in the Genesis account. So of what purpose is the Moon? "The Moon and Stars to rule by night: ... (Psalm 136:9 KJV)" Was that all? No.
The Bible adds: "He appointed the Moon for seasons:... " (Psalm 104:19 KJV)
The most important purpose for the creation of the Moon is for 'Worship'. For 'worship' appointments with YaHuWaH our Creator. If your times and days of worship are not determined by the Moon, you are worshiping Satan and worshiping in vain! Visit our page titled True Worship, to learn the details of the role of the Moon in True Worship
This role which the Moon plays now it will continue to play in Heaven and Earth made new, in eternity, when sin and sinners shall have been done away with. “For as the new heavens and the new Earth that I make stand before Me,” declares YaHuWaH, “so your seed and your name shall stand. (YeshaYahuw 66:22 TS2009) “And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,” declares YaHuWaH . (YeshaYahuw 66:23 TS2009)"
Earth As Created | Flat, Domed.
The Stars add to nighttime illumination and beautifies our nighttime skies especially in those days when the Moon wanes into tiny crescents. But they also serve to help Man navigate his way around the Earth, and even more importantly, help determine the beginning of each year. Marvelous creation!
The Fourth Day ends with the 'heavens' and 'Earth' ready to minister to living beings. Dusk arrived. YaHuWaH signs off. Glory to HIS mighty Name.
And Elohiym said, “Let the waters teem with shoals of living beings, and let birds fly above the Earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.” (Genesis 1:20 TS2009)
And Elohiym created great sea creatures and every living being that moves, with which the waters teemed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohiym saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21 TS2009)
And Elohiym blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase on the Earth.” (Genesis 1:22 TS2009)
And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the fifth day.
The Fifth Day dawns and straight away, Elohiym goes to work to make the first animal life to enjoy His Earth. The Earth has been perfectly decorated and furnished. Inhabitants can now arrive. On this day, YaHuWaH filled the skies with Birds of every kind. Even birds not built to spend too much time in the skies like Corks and Hens and Turkeys and their kind. The Sea was filled with Marine life of every sort and size. They were not made chicks and fingerlings, but full-grown Eagles, Kites, Falcons, Hens, Turkeys and whales and Sharks and Barracudas. The egg did not come first. The Chicken came first.
Deception was massive. All intended to separate YaHuWaH from His Earth and His people! They were: Heliocentrism and Evolution glorified as Big-bang Theory! Darwinian Theory! Copernican Theory!
In true Science, ideas begin as "Hypotheses", then observation and consistency enables them to reach the level of "Theory". But, they remain theories as long as they cannot be proven in the laboratory, achieving reproducibility by experimentation. But if and when they become 'predictable', 'consistently reproducible' in the laboratory, proven, they become "Law!"
There is no Big-bang Law! no Darwinian Law! and, no Copernican Law! Only Theories and we utterly believed them as if they are "Laws"!
The Big-bang Theory! Darwinian Theory! and the Copernican Theory! ruled the world, oppressing and intimidating Science and fair-minded Scientists for years without an iota of experimentation or proof! Not a shred of evidence.
Big-bang theory said that "Nothing" created all things from nothing! Just a freak explosion of nothing! Some time they claim a tiny speck of mass of infinite density exploded to form the Universe! Oh! But where did this tiny mass come from? Fools!
Darwinian Theory claims that life made itself and transformed itself from one form to another! What form of life gave rise to plants they have no idea! How did lilies become Orchids? Or Rice become Cedars! The fact that nothing has evolved in our lifetime does not bother them! Evolution happens in billions of years! But how it is that something that does not happen in our lifetime can happen in a billion years they have not explained. Multiply zero by a billion, for them, equals 1! Could these be Fools?
The Copernican Theory claims that the Earth is spherical and the Sun is the center of a solar system of Planets. That the Earth is one of the Planets revolving around the Sun. But to date there is not one single evidence or proof of the Earth moving in any way! They claim that the Earth revolves around the Sun at 67,000 km/h and rotating on its axis at 1000 km/h (460 meters/second)! The fastest men on Earth can only manage under 10 meters / second. Do you feel the wind power when you stick your hand out of your car window when your car is moving even at 50km/h? If you felt the power of the wind when you are traveling at 50Km/h, why do you not feel the effect of the wind when you with the Earth like your car, are traveling at 67,000 Km/h? Madness!!!
Have you ever felt or noticed any movement of the Earth under your feet? Find a Treadmill and stand on it when it is still. Then start it and raise the speed to 1km/hr. Do you notice it moving with your feet traveling on it? If you do not adjust yourself, would you not fall? Alright, mark the spot on the ground where you are standing and then jump up as high as you can. If you remain airborne for a second, the spot of Earth where you were standing, should travel 460 meters away from you! Is that your experience? How we have tolerated this nonsense for this long is nothing short of 'amazing'. Well glory to Elohiym. Now our eyes are opened.
And Elohiym said, “Let the Earth bring forth the living being according to its kind: livestock and creeping creatures and beasts of the Earth, according to its kind.” And it came to be so. (Genesis 1:24 TS2009)
And Elohiym made the beast of the Earth according to its kind, livestock according to its kind, and all that creep on the Earth according to its kind. And Elohiym saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:25 TS2009)
And Elohiym said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the Earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the ground.” (Genesis 1:26 TS2009)
YaHuWshuaH Creating Adam
And Elohiym created the man in His image, in the image of Elohiym He created him - male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:27 TS2009)
And Elohiym blessed them, and Elohiym said to them, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the Earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creeping creatures on the Earth.”
(Genesis 1:28 TS2009)
And Elohiym said, “See, I have given you every plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the Earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it is for food. (Genesis 1:29 TS2009)
“And to every beast of the Earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping creature on the Earth, in which there is [life], every green plant is for food.” And it came to be so. (Genesis 1:30 TS2009)
And Elohiym saw all that He had made, and see, it was very good. And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the sixth day.
Adam & Chuwah His Wife
When the Sixth Day dawned, Elohiym was ready to do His greatest and His very best. On Earth, birds and marine life came first. They were created the day before. Just one day old before Elohiym made all other animals. All Animal life except for the Birds and marine creatures, were made on the Sixth Day. They were made mature and full-grown. They began to reproduce following the command to "Multiply and fill the Earth". Chicks began laying eggs and animals began making their young. But the 'Crowning Work' of YaHuWaH was the creation of Man. In making Man, YaHuWaH was reproducing Himself in a manner of speaking. Man was made in His image. In character, physique, and intellect, Man resembled his Creator. Man was made Male and Female full-grown adults capable on their first day of reproducing. They were commanded to do so.
There were no human beings existing any where in the Universe when Adam and Chuwah ('chavvah' in Hebrew) were made. In the Universe however, Elohiym was not alone at the time. When the Earth was created, Angels watched and rejoiced at YaHuWaH's handiwork. The Bible said,
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the Earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
... Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning Stars sang together, and all the sons of Elohiym shouted for joy?
(Iyob 38:4-7 RNKJV)
When Adam came forth from the Creator's hand, he was tall and robust, and a giant by today's height standards. He was symmetrical and had the potential for immortality. Had he passed his test, he would be alive today and no death in our world. He looked around for a partner and found no one like him! He was not thrilled at all. The Monkeys, Apes of all sorts were there. He found none like him. Primates are not like us! Imagine if Adam was anything like the men of 'today', he might have grabbed an orangutan for a partner (Wife)! In our day when 'homosex' and all manner of 'deviance' and 'sodomy' have become normalized, man might well choose anything even sheep for wife! What degeneracy! During the search for one like him, Adam gave names to every animal that YaHuWaH made. At the end of the naming ceremony, YaHuWaH put him to sleep and took out a rib from him, kept him sleeping while Chuwah was being created. And when Chuwah was good, YaHuWaH raised both awake and they met for the first time. Adam rejoiced and named her 'Woman', "Ishshah" in Hebrew because she was taken out of him. She came to be called Chuwah (EVE) following the FALL and the birth of her first son. The name meaning 'lifegiver' or 'mother of all living'
EDENIC DIET
Notice that when Man was created, his food was assigned. Elohiym in verse 26 told them that their food were Fruits, Grains and Nuts. No vegetables, no flesh of any kind. But to animals, were assigned vegetables for food.
And you ask why do we eat vegetables now? The Bible answers:
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; (Genesis 3:18 KJV)
Following the FALL, death and deterioration took their hold. Vegetables became necessary to enable Man replenish dead and dying tissues and cells. And thus Vegetables were added to Man's diet following the FALL! If it wasn't for the FALL, we would never eat vegetables.
Now you ask, when did 'flesh' enter Man's diet? We urge you to see the Bible's response to that question at this page on this site.
But at the end of the Sixth Day, all was perfect, and there was absolutely nothing to separate Man and his Almighty and loving Creator. Adam and Chuwah watched the majestic Sun set and the Moon and Stars sparkling in greetings to the Holy Pair and in adoration to their Creator still in the company of the pair. The Creator bade them good night and promised to join them next morning. His work was done but Man had done nothing for work except the fun of giving names to all other creatures that YaHuWaH created.
Thus the heavens and the Earth were completed, and all their array.
(Genesis 2:1 TS2009)
And in the seventh day Elohiym completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
(Genesis 2:2 TS2009)
And Elohiym blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohiym in creating had made.
It was twilight on the Seventh Day, before the Sun rose, YaHuWaH was back in the Garden to join Adam and his wife, Chuwah. They were expecting HIM and when HE arrived, they worshiped HIM. IT was the Sabbath.
Earth As Created | Flat, Domed.
Elohiym came to share HIS rest with Adam and His wife. He gave them the Sabbath, HIS second gift to them after the gift or marriage, and assured them that every Sabbath HE would be with them to receive their worship and to rest and commune with them. And HE would do so forever.
Adam was not a Yahuwdiy (Jew). He was Man, mankind. The Sabbath as YaHuWshuaH said, was made for Man. HE did not say that the Sabbath was made for the Yahuwdiy. Those who call the Sabbath as 'of the Jews' or 'Jewish Sabbath', are short-changing themselves and those who listen to them! The consequences may be eternal damnation if they make no changes!
Sublime | Abraham Joshua, Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel Author: The Sabbath
The words: "On the seventh day Elohiym finished His work" (Genesis 2:2), seem to be a puzzle. Is it not said: "He rested on the Seventh day"? "In six days YaHuWaH made heaven and Earth" (Exodus 20:11)? We would surely expect the Bible to tell us that on the sixth day Elohiym finished His work. Obviously, the ancient rabbis concluded, there was an act of creation on the seventh day. Just as heaven and Earth were created in six days, menuha was created on the Sabbath.
"After the six days of creation - what did the universe still lack? Menuha. Came the Sabbath, came menuha, and the universe was complete."
Menuha, which we render with "rest," means here much more than withdrawal from labor and exertion, more than freedom from toil, strain or activity of any kind. Menuha is not a negative concept but something real and intrinsically positive. This must have been the view of the ancient rabbis if they believed that it took a special act of creation to bring it into being, that the universe would be incomplete without it.
"What was created on the seventh day? Tranquility, serenity, peace and repose".
To the biblical mind menuha is the same as happiness and stillness, as peace and harmony. The word with which Iyob described the state of after life he was longing for is derived from the same root as menuha. It is the state wherein man lies still, wherein the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. It is the state in which there is no strife and no fighting, no fear and no distrust. The essence of good life is menuha. YaHuWaH is my shepherd, I shall not want, He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters" (the waters of menuhot). In later times menuha became a synonym for the life in the world to come, for eternal life.
Ellen G. White, Patriarchs & Prophets: The Creation
(Please note that we replaced divine names with their biblically-correct Names in this Spirit Of Prophecy Reference)
Ellen G. White EndTime Prophetess
"By the word of YaHuWaH were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." "For He spake, and it was;" "He commanded, and it stood fast." Psalm 33:6,9. He "laid the foundations of the Earth, that it should not be removed forever." Psalm 104:5.
As the Earth came forth from the hand of its Maker, it was exceedingly beautiful. Its surface was diversified with mountains, hills, and plains, interspersed with noble rivers and lovely lakes; but the hills and mountains were not abrupt and rugged, abounding in terrific steeps and frightful chasms, as they now do; the sharp, ragged edges of Earth's rocky framework were buried beneath the fruitful soil, which everywhere produced a luxuriant growth of verdure. There were no loathsome swamps or barren deserts. Graceful shrubs and delicate flowers greeted the eye at every turn. The heights were crowned with trees more majestic than any that now exist. The air, untainted by foul miasma, was clear and healthful. The entire landscape out-vied in beauty the decorated grounds of the proudest palace. The angelic host viewed the scene with delight, and rejoiced at the wonderful works of Elohiym.
After the Earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called into existence, man, the crowning work of the Creator, and the one for whom the beautiful Earth had been fitted up, was brought upon the stage of action. To him was given dominion over all that his eye could behold; for "Elohiym said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over ... all the Earth. ... So Elohiym created man in His own image; ... male and female created He them." Here is clearly set forth the origin of the human race; and the divine record is so plainly stated that there is no occasion for erroneous conclusions. Elohiym created man in His own image. Here is no mystery. There is no ground for the supposition that man was evolved by slow degrees of development from the lower forms of animal or vegetable life. Such teaching lowers the great work of the Creator to the level of man's narrow, earthly conceptions. Men are so intent upon excluding Elohiym from the sovereignty of the universe that they degrade man and defraud him of the dignity of his origin. He who set the starry worlds on high and tinted with delicate skill the flowers of the field, who filled the Earth and the heavens with the wonders of His power, when He came to crown His glorious work, to place one in the midst to stand as ruler of the fair Earth, did not fail to create a being worthy of the hand that gave him life. The genealogy of our race, as given by inspiration, traces back its origin, not to a line of developing germs, mollusks, and quadrupeds, but to the great Creator. Though formed from the dust, Adam was "the son of Elohiym."
He was placed, as Elohiym's representative, over the lower orders of being. They cannot understand or acknowledge the sovereignty of Elohiym, yet they were made capable of loving and serving man. The Psalmist says, "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: ... the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, ... and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas." Psalm 8:6-8.
Man was to bear Elohiym's image, both in outward resemblance and in character. Christ alone is "the express image" (Hebrews 1:3) of the Father; but man was formed in the likeness of Elohiym. His nature was in harmony with the will of Elohiym. His mind was capable of comprehending divine things. His affections were pure; his appetites and passions were under the control of reason. He was holy and happy in bearing the image of Elohiym and in perfect obedience to His will.
As man came forth from the hand of his Creator, he was of lofty stature and perfect symmetry. His countenance bore the ruddy tint of health and glowed with the light of life and joy. Adam's height was much greater than that of men who now inhabit the Earth. Chuwah was somewhat less in stature; yet her form was noble, and full of beauty. The sinless pair wore no artificial garments; they were clothed with a covering of light and glory, such as the Angels wear. So long as they lived in obedience to Elohiym, this robe of light continued to enshroud them.
After the creation of Adam every living creature was brought before him to receive its name; he saw that to each had been given a companion, but among them "there was not found an help meet for him." Among all the creatures that Elohiym had made on the Earth, there was not one equal to man. And Elohiym said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." Man was not made to dwell in solitude; he was to be a social being. Without companionship the beautiful scenes and delightful employments of Eden would have failed to yield perfect happiness. Even communion with Angels could not have satisfied his desire for sympathy and companionship. There was none of the same nature to love and to be loved.
Elohiym Himself gave Adam a companion. He provided "an help meet for him" — a helper corresponding to him — one who was fitted to be his companion, and who could be one with him in love and sympathy. Chuwah was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him. A part of man, bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh, she was his second self, showing the close union and the affectionate attachment that should exist in this relation. "For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it." Ephesians 5:29. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one."
Elohiym celebrated the first marriage. Thus the institution has for its originator the Creator of the universe. "Marriage is honorable" (Hebrews 13:4); it was one of the first gifts of Elohiym to man, and it is one of the two institutions that, after the Fall, Adam brought with him beyond the gates of Paradise. When the divine principles are recognized and obeyed in this relation, marriage is a blessing; it guards the purity and happiness of the race, it provides for man's social needs, it elevates the physical, the intellectual, and the moral nature.
"And YaHuWaH Elohiym planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed." Everything that Elohiym had made was the perfection of beauty, and nothing seemed wanting that could contribute to the happiness of the holy pair; yet the Creator gave them still another token of His love, by preparing a garden especially for their home. In this garden were trees of every variety, many of them laden with fragrant and delicious fruit. There were lovely vines, growing upright, yet presenting a most graceful appearance, with their branches drooping under their load of tempting fruit of the richest and most varied hues. It was the work of Adam and Chuwah to train the branches of the vine to form bowers, thus making for themselves a dwelling from living trees covered with foliage and fruit. There were fragrant flowers of every hue in rich profusion. In the midst of the garden stood the tree of life, surpassing in glory all other trees. Its fruit appeared like apples of gold and silver, and had the power to perpetuate life.
The creation was now complete. "The heavens and the Earth were finished, and all the host of them." "And Elohiym saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good." Eden bloomed on Earth. Adam and Chuwah had free access to the tree of life. No taint of sin or shadow of death marred the fair creation. "The morning Stars sang together, and all the sons of Elohiym shouted for joy." Iyob 38:7.
The great “YaHuWaH had laid the foundations of the Earth; He had dressed the whole world in the garb of beauty and had filled it with things useful to man; He had created all the wonders of the land and of the sea. In six days the great work of creation had been accomplished. And Elohiym "rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And Elohiym blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which Elohiym created and made." Elohiym looked with satisfaction upon the work of His hands. All was perfect, worthy of its divine Author, and He rested, not as one weary, but as well pleased with the fruits of His wisdom and goodness and the manifestations of His glory.
After resting upon the seventh day, Elohiym sanctified it, or set it apart, as a day of rest for man. Following the example of the Creator, man was to rest upon this sacred day, that as he should look upon the heavens and the Earth, he might reflect upon Elohiym's great work of creation; and that as he should behold the evidences of Elohiym's wisdom and goodness, his heart might be filled with love and reverence for his Maker.
In Eden, Elohiym set up the memorial of His work of creation, in placing His blessing upon the seventh day. The Sabbath was committed to Adam, the father and representative of the whole human family. Its observance was to be an act of grateful acknowledgment, on the part of all who should dwell upon the Earth, that Elohiym was their Creator and their rightful Sovereign; that they were the work of His hands and the subjects of His authority. Thus the institution was wholly commemorative, and given to all mankind. There was nothing in it shadowy or of restricted application to any people.
Elohiym saw that a Sabbath was essential for man, even in Paradise. He needed to lay aside his own interests and pursuits for one day of the seven, that he might more fully contemplate the works of Elohiym and meditate upon His power and goodness. He needed a Sabbath to remind him more vividly of Elohiym and to awaken gratitude because all that he enjoyed and possessed came from the beneficent hand of the Creator.
Elohiym designs that the Sabbath shall direct the minds of men to the contemplation of His created works. Nature speaks to their senses, declaring that there is a living Elohiym, the Creator, the Supreme Ruler of all. "The heavens declare the glory of Elohiym; and the Firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge." Psalm 19:1,2. The beauty that clothes the Earth is token of Elohiym's love. We may behold it in the everlasting hills, in the lofty trees, in the opening buds and the delicate flowers. All speak to us of Elohiym. The Sabbath, ever pointing to Him who made them all, bids men open the great book of nature and trace therein the wisdom, the power, and the love of the Creator.
Our first parents, though created innocent and holy, were not placed beyond the possibility of wrongdoing. Elohiym made them free moral agents, capable of appreciating the wisdom and benevolence of His character and the justice of His requirements, and with full liberty to yield or to withhold obedience. They were to enjoy communion with Elohiym and with holy Angels; but before they could be rendered eternally secure, their loyalty must be tested. At the very beginning of man's existence a check was placed upon the desire for self-indulgence, the fatal passion that lay at the foundation of Satan's fall. The tree of knowledge, which stood near the tree of life in the midst of the garden, was to be a test of the obedience, faith, and love of our parents. While permitted to eat freely of every other tree, they were forbidden to taste of this, on pain of death. They were also to be exposed to the temptations of Satan; but if they endured the trial, they would finally be placed beyond his power, to enjoy perpetual favor with Elohiym.
Elohiym placed man under law, as an indispensable condition of his very existence. He was a subject of the divine government, and there can be no government without law. Elohiym might have created man without the power to transgress His law; He might have withheld the hand of Adam from touching the forbidden fruit; but in that case man would have been, not a free moral agent, but a mere automaton. Without freedom of choice, his obedience would not have been voluntary, but forced. There could have been no development of character. Such a course would have been contrary to Elohiym's plan in dealing with the inhabitants of other worlds. It would have been unworthy of man as an intelligent being, and would have sustained Satan's charge of Elohiym's arbitrary rule.
Elohiym made man upright; He gave him noble traits of character, with no bias toward evil. He endowed him with high intellectual powers, and presented before him the strongest possible inducements to be true to his allegiance. Obedience, perfect and perpetual, was the condition of eternal happiness. On this condition he was to have access to the tree of life.
The home of our first parents was to be a pattern for other homes as their children should go forth to occupy the Earth. That home, beautified by the hand of Elohiym Himself, was not a gorgeous palace. Men, in their pride, delight in magnificent and costly edifices and glory in the works of their own hands; but Elohiym placed Adam in a garden. This was his dwelling. The blue heavens were its dome; the Earth, with its delicate flowers and carpet of living green, was its floor; and the leafy branches of the goodly trees were its canopy. Its walls were hung with the most magnificent adornings — the handiwork of the great Master Artist. In the surroundings of the holy pair was a lesson for all time—that true happiness is found, not in the indulgence of pride and luxury, but in communion with Elohiym through His created works. If men would give less attention to the artificial, and would cultivate greater simplicity, they would come far nearer to answering the purpose of Elohiym in their creation. Pride and ambition are never satisfied, but those who are truly wise will find substantial and elevating pleasure in the sources of enjoyment that Elohiym has placed within the reach of all.
To the dwellers in Eden was committed the care of the garden, "to dress it and to keep it." Their occupation was not wearisome, but pleasant and invigorating. Elohiym appointed labor as a blessing to man, to occupy his mind, to strengthen his body, and to develop his faculties. In mental and physical activity Adam found one of the highest pleasures of his holy existence. And when, as a result of his disobedience, he was driven from his beautiful home, and forced to struggle with a stubborn soil to gain his daily bread, that very labor, although widely different from his pleasant occupation in the garden, was a safeguard against temptation and a source of happiness. Those who regard work as a curse, attended though it be with weariness and pain, are cherishing an error. The rich often look down with contempt upon the working classes, but this is wholly at variance with Elohiym's purpose in creating man. What are the possessions of even the most wealthy in comparison with the heritage given to the lordly Adam? Yet Adam was not to be idle. Our Creator, who understands what is for man's happiness, appointed Adam his work. The true joy of life is found only by working men and women. The Angels are diligent workers; they are the ministers of Elohiym to the children of men. The Creator has prepared no place for the stagnating practice of indolence.
While they remained true to Elohiym, Adam and his companion were to bear rule over the Earth. Unlimited control was given them over every living thing. The lion and the lamb sported peacefully around them or lay down together at their feet. The happy birds flitted about them without fear; and as their glad songs ascended to the praise of their Creator, Adam and Chuwah united with them in thanksgiving to the Father and the Son.
The holy pair were not only children under the fatherly care of Elohiym but students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator. They were visited by Angels, and were granted communion with their Maker, with no obscuring veil between. They were full of the vigor imparted by the tree of life, and their intellectual power was but little less than that of the Angels. The mysteries of the visible universe — "the wondrous works of Him which is perfect in knowledge" (Iyob 37:16) — afforded them an exhaust-less source of instruction and delight. The laws and operations of nature, which have engaged men's study for six thousand years, were opened to their minds by the infinite Framer and Upholder of all. They held converse with leaf and flower and tree, gathering from each the secrets of its life. With every living creature, from the mighty leviathan that playeth among the waters to the insect mote that floats in the sunbeam, Adam was familiar. He had given to each its name, and he was acquainted with the nature and habits of all. Elohiym's glory in the heavens, the innumerable worlds in their orderly revolutions, "the balancings of the clouds," the mysteries of light and sound, of day and night — all were open to the study of our first parents. On every leaf of the forest or stone of the mountains, in every shining star, in Earth and air and sky, Elohiym's name was written. The order and harmony of creation spoke to them of infinite wisdom and power. They were ever discovering some attraction that filled their hearts with deeper love and called forth fresh expressions of gratitude.
So long as they remained loyal to the divine law, their capacity to know, to enjoy, and to love would continually increase. They would be constantly gaining new treasures of knowledge, discovering fresh springs of happiness, and obtaining clearer and yet clearer conceptions of the immeasurable, unfailing love of Elohiym.
