LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS MESSAGE SIX: GOD'S RESTORATION AND FURTHER CREATION (3) PURPOSE

In this message we will consider the creation of the human life, the higher life with the highest consciousness. Since the last message was a parenthesis, we now continue our study with the process of God's restoration and further creation.

 

LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS MESSAGE FIVE: THE FOURTH-DAY LIGHTS (A PARENTHESIS)

Before we study the creation of man, we need to consider, as a parenthesis, the matter of the fourth-day lights. In Genesis 1, it is recorded that on the first day of restoration God summoned the light. The first day was a day of light and that light may be called the first-day light. On the fourth day, God did something further regarding light. He made the light bearers—the sun, the moon, and the stars. The Bible does not tell us what kind of light was present on the first day, and there is no need for us to guess. The light of the first day was not very solid, strong, or definite. It was not given a specific designation; it was simply called "light." However, the lights of the fourth day—the sun, the moon, and the stars—were definite and solid, strong and available.

If we pay attention to the record of Genesis 1, we can see that God's restoration with His further creation was accomplished in six days. These six days were not for God's original creation. God's original creation was accomplished in Genesis chapter 1, verse 1. After creation, there was a great change which occurred somewhere in chapter 1, verse 2, and God came in to judge the universe. After that judgment, there was a long period of time. Then, God came in to restore and to have some further creation. This restoration with its further creation was accomplished in six days which may be divided into two sections: the first three days considered as the first section; the last three days considered as the second section. Each section begins with a day of light. The light of the first day was the first-day light; the lights of the fourth day were the fourth-day lights. On the first day, God called for the light. On the fourth day He restored the sun, the moon, and the stars. This is very meaningful.

These days of light mark the beginning of God's creation of life. According to the revelation of the whole Bible, light is for life. Once again, we see that God's creation is completely focused on life. All that God created and made was focused on life and was for life. Thus, there is the need for light. Light and life always go together. On the contrary, darkness and death always go together. Before God's restoration, darkness covered the death waters, meaning that darkness and death were one. Death is abstract and no one can see it. Therefore, the Bible uses water to signify death. The deep water of the ocean is a picture of death. Before God's restoration, there were only two things—darkness and death.

God is life and light, the exact opposite of death and darkness. The very God of light can never tolerate darkness, so He came to dispel it. Also, the God of life can never tolerate death, so He came in to swallow it up. When you read the Bible, don't take a scientific view—take God's view. If we read the Bible from God's point of view, every line will be full of light and life because the Bible is a record of the Divine Being who is light and life. The God of light and life came in to eliminate darkness and death.

On the first day, God commanded the light to come and light came. Then, God divided light from darkness. That division was a limitation to the darkness. The God of light seemed to say to the darkness, "Darkness, listen to Me. You have been prevailing for a time and you have filled the whole universe. Now, My light comes in to limit you. You can only prevail during the night. There is no room for you in the day. I limit you. I divide light from you. Never again can you occupy the whole universe. For at least half the time the universe must belong to Me." Hallelujah!

This was good; however, it was only half good. A certain amount of darkness remains. God is still working to eliminate this dark part until we arrive at Revelation 21 and 22 where there is the declaration, "night shall not be there" (21:25b). Hallelujah! One day there will be no more night.

God limited the darkness on the first day and, in the same principle, He limited the death waters on the third day. In Jeremiah 5:22 we read that God limited the death waters with sand, the smallest particles of rocks. God told the death waters, "This is your limitation. You cannot go beyond it." Thus, the dry land appeared, making a separation between the land and the sea. After the first day of God's restoring creation, it was half light and half darkness; after the third day, it was half land and half water. God is still working to eliminate the second half of the night and the second half of the death waters. In the new heavens and the new earth, there will be no more sea (Rev. 21:1); in the New Jerusalem, there will be no more night (Rev. 21:25b; 22:5). This means that both darkness and death will be completely eliminated.

Check with yourself. How much darkness do you have? How much death do you have? You need to answer to the Lord. If in your Christian life, you are constantly growing in the Lord's presence, one day you will be able to tell Satan, "Satan, I have no night. My day is twenty-four hours long. There is no death water with me. In my whole Christian life, everywhere, in every corner and on every avenue, there is dry land. There is no more sea." We all must be like this.

To be like this we need the fourth-day lights. The first-day light only eliminates half of our darkness and half of our death. The fourth-day lights will bring us to another world where there is no night and no sea.

All the truths in the Bible were sown as seeds in the book of Genesis, especially in the first chapter. Genesis 1:14-18 is a wonderful seed of the light revealed throughout the Bible. According to the principle of life, the fourth-day lights are not for generating life; they are for the growth of life. On the third day, perhaps at the last part of that day, after the Lord called out the dry land and the land emerged out of the death waters, life was generated. By that time there were light, air, and land—three elements necessary for generating life. After the dry land appeared, plant life was generated. Although God was not happy at the end of the second day—He did not say that it was good—He was surely happy at the end of the third day when He saw the light, the air, the dry land, and all the plant life. God saw the grass, the herbs, and the trees, and said that it was good. Before that time, there had been no created life on the earth.

Starting with the plant life, life was generated. But that was the lowest life, the life with the lowest consciousness, unable to walk, unable to talk, and unable to understand God. God may speak to a lily a thousand times, but the lily cannot respond to Him because the life of a lily is too low. Although life was present, it needed to grow. The fourth-day lights were needed for the growth of life. The first-day light was for generating life; the fourth-day lights were for the growth of life. On the fourth day the solid lights were prepared; no other work was done.

Many of you young people have received the first-day light, but I doubt very much whether you have entered into the fourth-day lights. The fourth-day lights are different from the first-day light. The first-day light was indefinite; the fourth-day lights are definite. Now we need to see what the sun, moon, and stars prefigure in typology.

 

LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS MESSAGE FOUR: GOD'S RESTORATION AND FURTHER CREATION (2) PROCESS

In the last message we covered six points, including three comings and three separations. The Spirit came, the Word of God came, and the light came. As a result of this, there were three separations: light was separated from darkness; the waters above were separated from the waters below; and the dry land was separated from the death waters. By these three separations the dry land emerged out of the waters of death on the third day, the day of resurrection. The Lord Jesus is the dry land Who came out of the death water. He was resurrected that He might regenerate us.

In the Old Testament, the land typifies Christ as the generating source. This land was buried beneath the waters of death and appeared again on the third day. As the record of the Old Testament reveals, every kind of life was produced out of this land: the plant life, the animal life, and even the human life came out of the earth. Man was made from the dust of the earth. This typifies that every kind of life comes out of Christ.

After the fall of humanity and during the time of Noah, the land was once again covered by the waters of death (Gen. 7:17-24), signifying that man was severed from Christ. Humanity was severed from the enjoyment of the good land. After this, the land was recovered again (Gen. 8:13-17, 22). The land was recovered until the day of Babel when man fell even further and the whole human race rose up in rebellion against God (Gen. 11:1-9). Thus, God called out a race with Abraham as the father to enter into the high land, the good land of Canaan (Gen. 12:1, 5, 7). This good land also signifies Christ. Abraham was called out of Babel into the good land. We have been called out of rebellion into Christ, our good land (1 Cor. 1:9). Now this good land is ours, ready to produce life.

 

LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS MESSAGE THREE: GOD'S RESTORATION AND FURTHER CREATION (1) PROCESS

As we have seen already, God's creation is fully covered in chapter 1, verse 1. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Also, Satan's rebellion is covered in the first half of verse 2. "And the earth became waste and empty; and darkness was upon the surface of the deep." In verse 2a, there are five main points: the fact that the earth became something different from what it was originally; the waste and the emptiness; the darkness and the deep. Keep these five items in mind. After the earth was judged due to Satan's rebellion, it became waste and empty.

Darkness is another indication of judgment. Exodus 10:21-22 and Revelation 16:10 show that darkness is a result of God's judgment. There was darkness when God exercised His judgment upon Pharaoh, and there will be darkness when He exercises His judgment over the antichrist. Thus, the darkness in Genesis 1:2a points to God's judgment.

In addition, we know that light accompanies life and that darkness always signifies death. Where life is, there is light; where death is, there is darkness. The reverse is also true: where there is death, there is darkness. Thus, the darkness in Genesis 1:2 also signifies that the earth was under a condition of death.

The word "deep" means the deep water. In the Bible, water has two meanings and symbolizes two different things, one positive and the other negative. In the positive sense, water always signifies something living. The flowing water brings life to people and quenches their thirst. In the negative sense, water signifies death. For instance, when we were baptized in water, that water represented death. Also, the waters of the Red Sea and the waters of the River Jordan both represent death. The water mentioned in Genesis 1:2 doesn't represent life, but indicates death. Therefore, we conclude that the earth was under death. The earth not only was waste, empty, and meaningless, but was filled with death and was under death. In the midst of this situation, God came in.

LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS MESSAGE TWO: SATAN'S REBELLION AND CORRUPTION

2. Satan's Rebellion and Corruption

We come to the matter of Satan's rebellion and corruption. That we should now study this subject may come as a surprise. We have been considering God's creation and suddenly we turn to Satan's rebellion. What does this mean? We must approach this matter with a sober mind in order that we may be crystal clear.

Many good Christians think that Genesis 1:1 is the subject of the first two chapters of Genesis. They were taught that these two chapters are a record of God's creation, and that chapter 1, verse 1 is the subject. But if verse 1 is the subject, how can verse 2 start with "and"? "And" means that something is going on already, and then something else happens to follow it. "And" is a conjunction which combines two things: the first thing goes and the second thing comes. Even the grammar shows that verse 1 is not the subject, but part of the description. It describes the first event in a series. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and..." This means that after God created, something happened.

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth became waste and empty." The Concordant Version of Genesis translates the verse this way: "Yet the earth became a chaos and vacant." The Concordant Version does not say "and"; it says "yet." "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Yet the earth became a chaos and vacant." A chaos is a mess. The earth became a chaos—waste and vacant. If you build some apartments and no one dwells in them, they are vacant. We may render this phrase as either "a chaos and vacant" or "waste and empty." Something happened between verse 1 and verse 2 which caused the earth to become waste and empty.

 

LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS MESSAGE ONE GENESIS—THE GENERAL SKETCH AND CENTRAL THOUGHT

A WONDERFUL BOOK

The Bible is a wonderful book. It is "The Book" among all books! It took 1600 years to complete, starting with Moses, the greatest prophet of God, and ending with the Apostle John. It was confirmed 300 years later (397 A.D.) at a council held at Carthage in North Africa. Not long after that, the Bible was locked away from the people by the Catholic Church. For nearly a thousand years, from the 6th century through the 15th century, the Bible was locked up. History calls this period the Dark Age. Human society became dark because the Bible, containing all the divine light, was locked away from humanity.

Then, in the Reformation, God used Martin Luther to unlock the Bible. At the same time, printing was invented, allowing the Bible to be printed. Although the Bible was unlocked, it was not so open. Yet, we thank the Lord that during the past five centuries He has opened up His Word again and again through many great teachers. We stand on their shoulders and we are grateful to them. Yet, how we thank the Lord that today the Bible is so open to us, allowing us to have a rich life-study of the living Word.

Life-Study of Genesis CONTENTS

1. Genesis—the General Sketch and Central Thought
2. Satan's Rebellion and Corruption
3. God's Restoration and Further Creation (1) — Process
4. God's Restoration and Further Creation (2) — Process
5. The Fourth-Day Lights (A Parenthesis)
6. God's Restoration and Further Creation (3) — Purpose
7. God's Restoration and Further Creation (4) — Purpose
8. God's Restoration and Further Creation (5) — Ultimate Consummation
9. God's Restoration and Further Creation (6) — Ultimate Consummation
10. God's Procedures to Fulfill His Purpose (1)
11. God's Procedures to Fulfill His Purpose (2)
12. Transformation for Building in the Flow of Life
13. The Two Trees (1)
14. The Two Trees (2)
15. The Line of Life Throughout the Scriptures
16. The Line of Knowledge Throughout the Scriptures
17. To Work God Into Man as Life
18. The First Fall of Man
19. God's Dealing with Man's First Fall (1)
20. The Serpent, the Woman, and the Seed of the Woman
21. God's Dealing with Man's First Fall (2)
22. The Second Fall of Man (1)
23. Cain and Abel
24. The Second Fall of Man (2)
25. The Second Fall of Man (3)
26. The Way to Escape the Ultimate Issue of Man's Fall
27. The Third Fall of Man
28. The Way of Salvation from Man's Third Fall (1)
29. The Life and Work that Changed the Age
30. The Way of Salvation from Man's Third Fall (2)
31. Saved Through Water
32. Life in Resurrection (1)
33. Life in Resurrection (2)
34. Life in Resurrection (3)
35. Life in Resurrection (4)
36. The Fourth Fall of Man
37. The Significance of God's Calling
38. The Background and Origin of God's Calling and the Experience of the Called
39. The Motive and Strength of Being Called
40. The Progress in Answering God's Calling
41. Living by Faith
42. The Trial of the Called
43. The Victory of the Called
44. The Seed and the Land
45. God's Covenant with Abraham
46. The Allegory of the Two Women
47. God's Covenant Confirmed with Circumcision
48. The Unveiling of the the Divine Title and the Changing of Human Names for the Fulfilling of God's Purpose
49. Circumcision for the Fulfillment of God's Purpose
50. Communion with God on the Human Level
51. A Glorious Intercession
52. A Defeated Righteous Man
53. A Pillar of Salt
54. The Seed by Incest
55. The Hidden Weakness and a Shameful Intercession
56. The Birth and Growth of Isaac
57. The Offering of Isaac (1)
58. The Offering of Isaac (2)
59. The Death and Burial of Sarah
60. The Marriage of Isaac—a Practical Living in Oneness with the Lord
61. The Marriage of Isaac—a Type of Christ Marrying the Church
62. Having No Maturity in Life
63. Inheriting Grace
64. Resting and Enjoying
65. Having Natural Weakness as Abraham and Living in the Natural Life as Jacob
66. Being Chosen
67. Being Dealt With (1)
68. Being Dealt With (2)
69. Being Dealt With (3)
70. Being Dealt With (4)
71. Being Dealt With (5)
72. Being Dealt With (6)
73. Being Dealt With (7)
74. Being Dealt With (8)
75. Being Broken
76. After Breaking
77. A Bird's-Eye View of God's Building in the Scriptures
78. Being Transformed (1)
79. Being Transformed (2)
80. Being Transformed (3)
81. Being Transformed (4)
82. Being Transformed (5)
83. Being Transformed (6)
84. Being Transformed (7)
85. The Builder of the Pillars—the Skillful Hiram (1)
86. The Builder of the Pillars—the Skillful Hiram (2)
87. Being Transformed (8)
88. The Way to be Perfected as a Pillar
89. Being Transformed (9)
90. Being Transformed (10)
91. The Three Pillars and the One Tower in Jacob's Life
92. The Process of Maturity (1)
93. The Process of Maturity (2)
94. The Manifestation of Maturity (1)
95. Blessing
96. The Shiftings of the Birthright in the Scripture
97. The Manifestation of Maturity (2)
98. The Manifestation of Maturity (3)
99. The Manifestation of Maturity (4)
100. The Spiritual Significance of the Blessing Prophesied Concerning Judah, Zebulun, and Issachar (1)
101. The Spiritual Significance of the Blessing Prophesied Concerning Judah, Zebulun, and Issachar (2)
102. The Manifestation of Maturity (5)
103. The Spiritual Significance of Dan, Gad, Asher, and Naphtali
104. The Manifestation of Maturity (6)
105. The Spiritual Significance of Joseph and Benjamin (1)
106. The Spiritual Significance of Joseph and Benjamin (2)
107. The Spiritual Significance of Joseph and Benjamin (3)
108. The Ultimate Consummation of God's Operation in the Bible
109. The Manifestation of Maturity (7)
110. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (1)
111. Joseph's Living Corresponding with His Vision
112. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (2)
113. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (3)
114. The Secret of Joseph's Release and Exaltation
115. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (4)
116. Joseph's Dealing with His Brothers
117. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (5)
118. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (6)
119. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (7)
120. The Reigning Aspect of the Matured Israel (8)

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