The Language of Creation Commentary
Introduction
The Language of Creation Commentary is written in the spirit of The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis by Matthieu Pageau.
To make it clear
We are NOT endorsed by Matthieu Pageau, The Symbolic World, or any other referenced source
Let’s begin “in the beginning”…
Genesis 1
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God, heaven, earth
We begin with God, and 2 biblical axioms:
- Heaven
- Earth
“on Earth, as it is in Heaven” - Earth should embody the Heavenly pattern(s)
We then attempt to derive other meaningful categories from these axioms based on the biblical narrative and stories.
For example:
- Time, where “Heaven and Earth” DO NOT unite
- Space, where “Heaven and Earth” DO unite
See also
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Mirror
The pattern of the Mirror; the Spirit of God hovering over the “face” of the waters
7 Days of Creation
- Days 1-3 are for that which will host
- Days 4-6 are for the creatures which inhabit and multiply
- Day 7 is the remainder, it is Sabbath
Time As Irrationality and Space As Rationality
Day 1
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Day 1 begins at night (counter-intuitive to our modern worldview, some might even say “inverse”): - Darkness before Light (to this day, the Hebrew concept of a new day begins at night)
See also
Day 2
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Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7 - Sabbath
Genesis 2
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Third, the literary structure of the passage puts man’s creation from the dust of the earth in a place of significance. The structure of Genesis 2:5-9 can be broken down like this:
A No plant life (verse 5a)
B No intervention by God (verse 5b)
C No man to work the ground (verse 5c)
D Mist from God (verse 6)
E God creates man (verse 7a)
X God gives life (verse 7a)
E Man become a living creature (verse 7b)
D Garden from God (verse 8a)
C Man works the ground (verse 8b; cf. verse 15)
B God intervenes (verse 9)
A Plant life exists (verse 9)