February 08th, 2017

Scholars generally agree that the beginning of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis makes allusion to two separate creation stories. The first creation story points to a blessing on humanity and a holy day to rejoice in that blessing (the Church).  The second story concludes with a loss of the blessing through impending, continued sin in a battle with evil, but implies that humanity will eventually become successful in the battle. (Christ through salvation in a new church).  The "blessing"in the first story was that creation was done in six days and the first human inhabitants living in that creation were good and perfect in every way (Godlike). God established His Kingdom on earth for Adam and Eve. God created for them a seventh day to worship Him and to rejoice in Him.  This seventh day was to be sacred and holy, a Church for them.  The second creation story does not create a new church, but  now becomes earthly and sinful because of the disobedience of the first couple.  God placed enmity between mankind and the devil and a feud developed.  They must toil and struggle for salvation in their six days of the week but God still expects them to be holy on the seventh day, even though they now live in sin. God knows that the walls of His church cannot be overtaken by satan. Yet God promised that humanity would eventually overcome satan in His time, not theirs, because of their disobedience.  Since the appearance of Christ, we now have the power to overcome satan, sin and death.