The Explanation Podcast

Some think there’s confusion when God creates man + woman in Genesis 1 and 2 Absolutely not, Chapter 2 complements and completes Chapter 1 Gen. 1:28 1. Human Dominion: In modern terms, sustainable   ecology is a key subject today.     a. Human impact on our land, air, and        water 2. Humans Multiply establishing families,   communities, and nations     a. Today consider the mental health of  ...

Why only ONE verse for the creation man and FOUR for the woman? Genesis 2:7 breath of life is NESHAMA This is the ONE ESSENTIAL component that makes humans human. Each human gets this at birth and it returns to God at death. Mind-Body Problem Solved explains that humans are a composition of dust + neshama + ruach, material + immaterial. Woman = bone and flesh of the man. Genesis 3:20 "the mot...

In Genesis 1:1, the backdrop is Heaven and Earth, but the overlooked verse 2 is crucial. The beginning of the story of humanity begins; earth was without form, and void; The start is tohu va bohu confusion. 1. God's first goal: is to create Light. Representing Christ (John 1) - all things under his feet (1 Cor. 15:27). 2. God's second goal is from the void of Day 1 to the Sabbath, ceasing...

Which Bible version is closest to the Hebrew and Greek? The short answer is none and all. Fifty eminent scholars of the King James version translated Neshama: blast, breath, inspiration, soul, and spirit. FIVE English words for ONE Biblical Hebrew word. All these words are close, but none is closest. The Bible. What's a literal versus a meaning-based translation? Take Job 32:8 King James Liter...

1. Creates Environment: Earth as a training ground for His children. 2. Creates Humans: His future sons and daughters. 3. Creates Garden of Eden: Humans with God > Emmanuel 4. Creates Sabbath: Their 1st event before any work. a. Meaning H7673. שָׁבַת Sabbath: cease (from sin), rest by applying God’s way, confirmed by Christ. b. Matthew 11:28-29 Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy la...

Animals: sleep, eat, reproduce, and survive. They have remarkable ways of doing that, but that’s all they do: grown up you know a kitten, puppy, or calf’s behavior and accomplishments will always be the same. Genesis 7:15 animals ONLY possess the breath of life (Ruach - SPIRIT). Animals are animated by ruach-spirit alone. Humans: every child is different! You cannot predict their adult behavior or...

Study Genesis first (Reason 21); it introduces Good God, bad dust-humans, and the ugly Serpent. Revelation 12:9 reveals the essential details. “And the great dragon… that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: was cast out into the earth…” Note the names of this indignant character: dragon, devil, and satan (study the meanings at UnlockBibleMeaning.com) It deceiv...

Genesis Reveals the Extreme Contrast of Human Composition. Study Genesis First - 20 Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed man from the DUST of the ground and blew into his nostrils the BREATH of life… 1. Dust. The lowliest material on Earth. Useless waste. 2. Breath = In Hebrew, Neshama. Job 33:4 … the breath (Neshama) of the Almighty (a spiritual element) has given me life. God transferred an integral...

We must coherently answer the following questions. Why is God, Elohim, in 7-Day Creation week solely mentioned 34 times in Genesis 1-2? Why does the plural Elohim always take a singular verb? Why is “our” (plural) (image, likeness) used twice in Gen. 1:26? Why is Yahveh Elohim solely used 11 times in the narrative of the Creation of the man and woman in Genesis 2? Some theologians say there are tw...

Wanna find a word or phrase in the Bible, anywhere, anytime easy-peasy, even when you're out walking. Go to https://UnlockBibleMeaning.com. Search by WORD OR PHRASE, enter your word or phrase like "breath of life." Click on SEARCH, et voila. All the verses with the phrase are highlighted in red   Wanna find a Bible verse anywhere, anytime, even in the forest. Easy-peasy, just go to h...

Genesis 1:27 God created (hu)man(s) in his own image… male and female created he them. God is the perfect combination of male and female qualities. Men and women can be compassionate and ferocious(opposite qualities), but the tendency associates female composition and male ferocity. In the Bible, we see the same sinless God dying for our sins… the most compassionate act ever. Also, destroying all...

It is a funnel starting wide (heaven, earth). Then converging on FAUNA (1st type of beings), finally pinpointing HUMANS (2nd type of beings). All animals carry the description: “after his/their kind” Genesis 1:11-25, it is repeated ten times. 25 And God made the beast after his kind, and cattle after their kind, every thing that creeps after his kind. Then, there's a radical break in the conte...

1. Genesis starts with the Earth without form, void, and darkness everywhere. 2. Transformation Gen. 1:2 the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Yahveh uses His Spirit Power to create light, water, land, animals, and His ultimate purpose, humans. 3. The week ends with the 7th Day of Rest; at UnlockBibleMeaning.com, check the meaning of “rest” in Strong’s concordance. The last weekly d...

The beginning of Gen. 1:1-2:3 is divided into 3 sections: 1. Gen 1:4-25: God prepares Earth for humans like arranging the baby room before baby’s arrival.  a. At the end of each day and the middle of the 6th day we see: “and God saw that it was good.” 2. Gen 1:26-31: Humans created in God’s own image.  a. We see “it was VERY good.” Something more special than 1st section 3. Gen. 2:1-3: The 7th Day...

Study Genesis first (14) because God’s Word, theology, poses the basis of science. Someone commented: “Theology explains absolutely nothing. God is no more than a fictional character. Science can explain everything.” Consider this: For centuries the best science brains are empty-headed about consciousness and mind. Psalm 139:14 tells us I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: m...

Theology & Science Limits Perfectly Defined • Genesis 1:1 God created the heaven and the earth   o God created = Theology.   o Heavens and earth = Science. • God said, “let there be light.”   o Theology explains the origin and WHY God created it.   o Science investigates HOW light works, WHAT it can be used for. • Let the earth bring forth (theology) grass, fruit trees (science) There’s a stri...

King Solomon describes natural phenomena created in Genesis scientifically. Eccl 1:6-7 The wind goes toward the south, and turns about to the north (geographic, magnetic concepts); it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to its circuits. (meteorology) All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither the water re...

God is a God of miracles, events INexplicable by natural or scientific laws. Genesis Creation is a series of miracle after miracle… Every single mathematical equation,   Science measures miracles and figures out how God’s Creation works! Yahveh’s questions to Job about the Universe are the same today for you and me. Job 38: 1-6… Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if...

Before the Universe existed, how did God come into being? Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. God precedes everything before molecules, elementary particles, and quantum fields. Why? Because God is Eternal, Everlasting, without beginning, without end. Elohim (Gen. 1:1) and Yahveh Elohim (2:4) are givens at the beginning of Genesis. But Yahveh, יְהֹוָה, the Tetragramm...

The Apostle Paul, in his FIRST book in the New Testament, FIRST chapter focuses attention on Genesis Creation: Romans 1:19-20 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in the ungodly… the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, Air, water, land - Creation Days 2-3) • Scientifically, each has its complex composi...

Genesis 1 is the beginning of the Bible. You don’t start in the middle of a book. The introduction sets the stage You’re plunged into the story’s world and characters. 1. Heaven - Universe 2. Earth, accent on food production. - Let the earth bring forth grass, and the fruit tree yielding fruit. - Food for humans and all animals. - Lights in the firmament (sun, moon) … for seasons for harvesting, A...

-- Beginning God’s perfect plan starts with one short but immense saying: Genesis 1:3 Let there be light: and there was light. Light of World. Physical Creation -- 4000 Years Later John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (Yahveh-Son), and the Word was with God (Elohim-Father)... 3 All things were made by him (Genesis Creation) 4 In him (Yahveh-Son) was life; and the life was the LIGHT of men. Spiri...

There's a definite contrast of without form, void, and the Spirit of God. It's a short story: God transforms destruction into restoration. 1. One hand: Power behind the void   a. Eph. 2:2 The prince of the power of the air, the spirit working in the children of disobedience.   b. The Serpent and its cohort wreak havoc on Earth. 2. On the other hand, the power behind the Creation.   a. Roma...

Should we be jumping on hyped-up end-time prophecies? The Bible does say to watch (Mark 13:35). But the same verse also says for you know not when the master of the house comes. Many events must take place, and numerous years are necessary before the Return of Christ. There's much to accomplish between now and then. Matthew 24:5: "Many come in My name and shall deceive many." That&#3...

God created heaven and Earth Immediately afterward, it states Earth is without form and void, (waste, confusion, emptiness) Like Spirit moves, tohu and bohu seem to be out-of-place additions, disconnected from the Creation text. Tohu, “without form,” - 19x in OT … next in Deuteronomy Bohu, “void,” - only 3x in OT… next in Isaiah Spirit is used 100sx - next in Genesis 3, weirdly translated “cool” C...