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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:52:44 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:53:04 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:53:14 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:54:06 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:55:50 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:55:59 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:58:21 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:58:34 GMT -5
#QUESTION: What does the bible mean when it uses the word "heaven(s)"?The word heaven(s) is used in the bible to refer to a number of different things associted with height/that which is above, from a human perspective. QUESTION: What are we to understand with the world "God created the heavens"?Many interpret this to refer to God's creation of the spiritual realm (the invisible dimension where God, the spirits (angels) exist. Is this however the only explanation for this passage?
From the above scriptures it seems clear that the bible writers used the expression " the heavens" not exclusively to refer to the invisible realm but also (depending on the context) to refer to the physical universe made up of planets and starts. CONCLUSION: If we are to understand the first statement in Genesis to refer to the creation of the planets and stars (which are in fact "suns" then the bible, by implication is stating that God's first ("in the beginning") act of physical creation was the creation of stars - read: light - along with planets. That is to say, by the time the account turns it specific attention of the planet earth and it's light source (the sun), light had already existed, possibly for billions of years in the universe. FURTHER READING wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200001949fosterheologicalreflections.blogspot.fr/2015/03/heaven-john-141-3.htmlfosterheologicalreflections.blogspot.fr/2014/06/dialogue-on-genesis-11ff.htmljimspace3000.blogspot.fr/2017/07/clarifying-creation.html
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 13:59:46 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2017 14:22:12 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2017 7:17:46 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 27, 2017 2:15:44 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2019 17:10:37 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2019 17:10:49 GMT -5
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