PARASHA "B'REISHEET" GEN 1:1 (midrash)

[Ben Avraham]

Preview: GENESIS 1:1 what does it say to us?

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARASHA "B'REISHEET"

GENESIS 1:1- chap 6 ISAIAH 42 - 43 JOHN 1:1-6

We are back at the beginning again. The study of is a cycle which never ends, and never stops, it is continuous, There is so much to comment on just in the first verses of Genesis, It is about "creation" "covenant" and "division"

The first 10 words are ; "In the Beginning, G-d created the Heavens and the Earth" (in English) also in Spanish, the same
" En el principio, Dios creo los cielos y la tierra" BUT IN HEBREW.....................................
The first 7 words are: B'reisheet Bara Elohim Et HaShamayim v"et ha Aretz.

We have SPACE (the heavens) TIME (in the beginning) and MATTER (the earth) is includes also the 4 dimensions that are known to man (up to now) Length, Width, Height, and time, time is also a dimension, we can measure all things in length, width, and height, and also the time it took to make that certain object, we also see from our standpoint UP (the heavens) and DOWN (the earth and under the earth, under the waters.

Everything starts with the "B" (Bait) Elohim steps out of eternity past and speaks into existence ALL matter known to us , the first law of Thermodynamics, He creates TIME as we know it, so there exists two big dimensions, ETERNITY, AND TIME, or INFINITY and FINITITY, time and timelessness. These are two parallel dimensions that co-exist with each other, we came from one, exist in the other, and will return to the first one. We came from G-d, he had our souls and spirits, he gave us EARTHLY bodies, and when they wear out, we will return to our creator and spend ETERNITY either with Him or without HIM, depending on our personal relationship with Yeshua, and how we deal with sin.
B' REISHEET = (in the beginning) "B" is the symbol for "house" and is equal to the number '2" which can mean "unity or division"
the beginning of "time" as we know it, since eternity has no beginning nor end. Elohim created the universe as a "unity" everything joined together in harmony and for a purpose, yet "divided" in order
BARA = to create, He spoke all things into existence, using Words, one can say that the Alef-Bet was created first because He used words to create all other things, Things that came into being without previous matter, and things, such as the plants, animals, and mankind, from the earth itself.
ELOHIM = the Tri-unity, the "Godhead" in Christian terminology, the "trinity" G-d the Father, G-d the Son, G-d the Holy Spirit, all three created all that we see today, and what we never saw that existed in the past, including the Velociraptors and T-Rexes, and I am glad I didn't have a chance to see them, nor that they saw me, the name ELOHIM has a connotation of being the "Great and Powerful creator God" the great EL, there is a story that the Alef-Bet (Alpha-bet) had an argument, and that the ALEF said to God
"Why start the with the B"? I am first, I am the ALEF, and God said "Alef, don't worry, B symbolizes HOUSE and I am creating a big,big House called "planet earth" for all mankind, animals, and plants, yet YOU the Alef will symbolize ME, the only and all powerful ELOHIM. the alef went away happy.
ET = (no, not the "ET phone home guy") It really has no translation, but the ALEF and TAV symbolize the Beginning and the end, it also symbolizes the Great and all powerful God of the covenant, it just reminds us the Elohim has covenanted with us.
HA SHAMAYIM = The heavens, there are three basic "heavens" the air around us, the heavens where the planets and stars are, and the New Jerusalem, the Great City of God, the heavens consist of "water" (Mayim)
HA ARETZ = the earth, where we live, the place that was made perfect and made imperfect by man through the curse of sin.

The mentions "Light" it also "came into being" we can understand "light" to be "Yeshua" "the " "all that is perfect" and it was separated from the darkness, all that is opposite, like "sin" "Satan" "evil" etc, yet the physical darkness is "good" because it allows us to rest, to sleep, for plants, animals to rest and sleep, pictures were developed in "darkness" so it has it's place. I could continue, but I would be at this PC all night long, so , this is just the tip of the Iceberg.
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ISIAH 42 - 43

We see here that the prophet is talking about Yeshua, the one who CREATED, the one who would OPEN BLIND EYES, and be a LIGHT to the NATIONS, When we look at the words in chapters 42 - 43, we see a picture of Yeshua and his ministry
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JOHN 1:1-6

These verses just confirm Genesis 1:1, Here Yeshua is called the VERB, or the WORD , the WORD was with ELOHIM, He is the LIVING WORD, the LIVING , who made all things and through HIM, all things exist, It is HE who paid the price of sin with his own blood, and brought redemption and Salvation to ALL who would accept HIM as LORD and SAVIOUR

Rabbi Ben Avraham

[alon]

Oct 10, 2015 17:25:13 GMT -8 Ben Avraham said:

... The first 7 words are: B'reisheet Bara Elohim Et HaShamayim v"et ha Aretz. ... ET ... really has no translation, but the ALEF and TAV symbolize the Beginning and the end, it also symbolizes the Great and all powerful God of the covenant, it just reminds us the Elohim has covenanted with us. ...

et, spelled aleph tov, connects the action (creation) to the one doing the work (Elohim). Aleph means the ox, or the mighty one. Tov is the sign of the covenant, in earliest Hebrew a cross, also a picture of the earliest plows. Like the ox before the plow as he pulls toward a mark to keep the furrow straight, so et is "the mighty one before the covenant."

... ELOHIM = the Tri-unity, the "Godhead" in Christian terminology, the "trinity" G-d the Father, G-d the Son, G-d the Holy Spirit, all three created all that we see today, and what we never saw ...

Deuteronomy 6:4 (CJB) “Sh’ma, Yisra’el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad" [Hear, Isra’el! Adonai our God, Adonai is one];

Third cen. church father Tertullian coined the phrase "Trinity" using the terms person and substance to explain that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are "one in essence, not one in Person". His words. This idea is never expressed in the TNK, especially not in . If you've read here (this forum) much, you'll understand that while God is manifested in these ways, He is also made manifest in many other ways; none of them any less God. To say He is three persons can be seen as polytheism, or idolatry. I won't say absolutely the doctrine is false, as there may be some truth in it. But if there is, it is purely accidental as this doctrine grew out of the pagan ideologies of the early church fathers- not out of the Word- that same Word which spoke the world into existence; the Word of the One God. As you said, God "spoke" the universe into existence. Later that Word was made flesh in Yeshua. One God speaking, then later investing part of Himself in human form.

Otherwise, pretty informative. Thanks.

Dan C

edit: godhead and Trinity are both Christian terms. To list one as Christian while the other stands alone is misleading. It presents the "Trinity" as a fact, not as properly shown, a doctrine of men; the Christian church fathers.

[lou]

(Hisgalus 1:11 OJB) – Revelation 1:11 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Jesus calls himself the Aleph and the Tav. This is how Genesis 1:1 would read if fully translated:
“In the beginning, God the Alephand the Tav created the heavens and the earth.”
Isn’t it wonderful to know that our savior who died for us to save us from our sins is the very creator of the universe? John knew this well when he wrote of Jesus:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. . . And theWord was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” thecomingbibleprophecyreformation.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/the-hebrew-text-of-genesis-11-reveals-jesus-christ-as-the-creator/

[alon]

Oct 10, 2015 19:43:32 GMT -8 lou said:

... (Hisgalus 1:11 OJB) – Revelation 1:11 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Jesus calls himself the Aleph and the Tav. ...

Absolutely!

Hisgalus 1:8 (OJB) Ani Hu the Aleph and the Tav, says Hashem Adonoi, the One who is and the One who was and the One coming, Adonoi Tzivos (L-rd of armies). [SHEMOT 3:14; YESHAYAH 41:4; AMOS 3:13; 4:13 TARGUM HA-SHIVIM]

Also in Rev 21:6 and 22:13. And He said "Aleph v'Tav", not Alpha and Omega. This statement ties the beginning to the end, just as the word "at" tied the creator to the act of creation. 66 books, one neat package as only God Himself can deliver it.

Dan C

p.s. And as sure as I am writing this, someone is going to say that Revelation was not the last book to be written. The books of 1, 2 and 3 John were written in the same approximate time frame, with Revelation probably being the last. Mormons and others who do not want that big period at the end, where it says "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book." (Rev 22:18-19); these people will tell you the epistles of John were later. They cannot know this, but even so Revelation is about the end times, and so is last in order for this alone, even if they were correct.