GOD’S CREATION REVEALED

Reconciling the Bible and Science

by

Daniel R. Williamson

GOD’S CREATION REVEALED

Copyright © 2013

Daniel R. Williamson

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

What I Believe

Becoming Physical

Bridging the Gulf

Day One - The Substance of Light

Day Two - The Substance of Firmament

Day Three - The Substance of Dry Land

Day Four - The Kingdom of Lights

Day Five - The Kingdom of Creatures

Day Six - The Kingdom of Man

Day Seven - The Kingdom of God

Living Soul Man

Bible Mysteries

Secret to Life

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

End Notes

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my wife, Kathleen Williamson, who is my gift from God. Without your unselfishness and incredible hard work in the typing and editing of this book, it would not have been completed. Thank you for your generous support and for sticking in there with me through the completion of this book.

Preface

All Bible verses quoted in this book come from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. For many years, I used every version of the Bible that I could get my hands on. This practice confused me on several occasions. In my spirit I didn’t feel right using so many different versions of the Bible. I felt that I was trying to make God’s written Word fit my personal opinions. I don’t believe that the Authorized King James Version is better than any other version of the Bible, but on the subject of Genesis, it works best for me.

For the sake of clarity and emphasis, throughout the book I have italicized certain words in some of the Bible verses that were not normally italicized. These changes have been noted in brackets beneath the verses.

What I Believe

I truly believe the Bible is God’s written Word and is the absolute truth. It is because I know the Bible is true that I believe God’s written Word must be in agreement with scientific facts. God is not a liar nor is He a deceiver; therefore, when Bible facts and scientific facts are not in agreement, I don’t doubt the truthfulness of the Bible or the accuracy of scientific facts. I simply keep searching the Scriptures until I understand the truth. Sometimes answers come within days and sometimes they arrive after years of searching. I never give up.

I believe God made man in His image and after His likeness and that God is Spirit. It therefore seems reasonable to me to believe that man was also made a spirit being or living soul and then was placed in a spiritual place called the Garden of Eden.

I believe the biggest obstacle standing in the way of comprehending God’s written Word is the beliefs we currently hold. Our subconscious minds compare new information to what we already believe. If the new information is not in agreement with the old, the new information is labeled false or at least suspicious. False or suspicious information has a harder time being placed in long-term memory and usually gets lost over time.

The ability to place aside what one already believes long enough to examine new information with an open mind, along with a great desire to know the truth, is the best way to overcome a protective heart.

I highly recommend reading The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt on the subject of the mind and the subconscious mind.

I believe that after you have read this book, God’s Creation Revealed, your faith in God and the Bible will be greatly increased.

Becoming Physical

I truly believe the following is the true story of the creation of man. It is in perfect agreement with God’s written Word, and it does not disagree with scientific facts.

When did living soul man become physical?

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Genesis 3:10-11

Let’s get real about the location of the Garden of Eden. It is hard to imagine that both man and woman were naked in a beautiful garden and they didn’t even know it. That would explain the absence of children, but what could explain the presence of a talking snake? The Garden of Eden had to be in a spiritual dimension, and their bodies could not have been physical yet.

And the Lord God said, “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 3:22-24

When Adam and Eve were removed from the Garden of Eden, their spiritual bodies became physical bodies. While they were in the garden, their spiritual bodies were similar to that of angels’ bodies. Neither of them could produce children while in the spiritual world.

Later in history, angels would sometimes transform into physical human beings for the purpose of taking the daughters of humans for wives. Some of these angels and humans produced children.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:2, 4

God did not approve of angels taking humans for wives, but from time to time God did have angels come to earth for various reasons. Since the angels who God sent to earth were without sin, they could change back into angel bodies again after they accomplished their assigned work.

An example of angels transforming into humans can be found in the Book of Genesis. In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, two angels showed up in the form of humans to warn Lot of the future destruction of these two cities.

God created Adam and Eve’s spiritual bodies; they did not evolve, but the bodies of early man did evolve. Early man is a product of law from God, name spirit from Adam, and evolution. Today we are the product of early man and the law of man that Adam brought with him from the Garden of Eden; therefore, when it comes to the creation of man, both the Bible and science are correct.

What were the jobs of Eve’s sons?

Cain was the first to be born. He was a tiller of the ground. His spirit was anointed with the blessing that God gave man concerning herb bearing seed.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Genesis 1:29

Abel was the second one to be born and he was a keeper of sheep. His spirit was anointed with the blessing that God gave man concerning dominion over the creatures.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

When Cain killed Abel, Abel’s anointing was made available to early man for the purpose of developing the mind of man. Later in history, Jesus’ blood would be shed to give the sons-of-man the ability to develop the mind of Christ.

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Hebrews 12:24

The mind of Christ, which the blood of Jesus made available, is much better than the mind of man, which the blood of Abel made available.

After Cain’s spiritual substance was removed from the presence of God, his anointing was made available to man. People used Cain’s anointing to develop the ability to accomplish many things.

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Genesis 4:20-22

Seth was the third one to be born. His spirit was anointed with anointing from the Day Six law that created man in the image of and after the likeness of God.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: . . .

Genesis 1:26

This anointing gave people who had developed mind of man the ability to develop heart of man. Those who were successful in developing heart of man began to call upon the name of God.

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

Genesis 4:26

God is presently creating a new species of man for himself. Members of the son-of-man species are being changed into the son-of-God species.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

II Corinthians 5:17

[last emphasis added]

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

John 1:12

Additional biblical evidence for physical beings sometimes receiving the ability to change their spirit beings can be found in the following Bible verse.

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 18:31

Where did the children of Adam and Eve find mates?

Tell me the truth. Haven’t you contemplated the above question more than once? Well, you are not alone. I think we all have. I think you will like the following answer because it makes sense and is easily supported biblically. Personally, I always thought that the same God who created the universe could have come up with a better idea than incest. What are your thoughts on this subject?

God had Adam give names to all the living creatures. Adam and the creatures were both spirit beings. Since Adam was a living soul, the names he gave the creatures were for the purpose of developing higher souls.

Higher souls gave the creatures’ physical bodies on earth the ability to adapt to their changing environments by evolving. Adam named some of the creatures with the ability to evolve in order to become early man. At least one species made it.

To answer the above question, the children of Adam and Eve married the children of early man. This would be similar to Christians marrying non-Christians.

Can the world change?

Picture in your mind a classroom filled with inquisitive sixth graders who many of them have come from strong Christian families and have good Bible knowledge. Now picture the teacher saying, “Open your science book to the chapter on evolution.”

If you are a Christian parent, chances are good that the thought of your child studying evolution makes you more than a little uncomfortable. That lack of peace you are feeling is your heart protecting what you already believe and the fear that our education system will cause your child to doubt the truthfulness of the Bible and God.

You have a right to be uneasy because by the time these children graduate from high school many of them will have become nonbelievers, or at least strong doubters in God and the Bible.

However mom and dad, the education system is not our enemy; our protective hearts are the problem. It will not let us dig deeper into God’s written Word to see the truth.

Look again at the classroom. See Sally over in the corner. Her parents have nothing to worry about because her mom and dad have learned how to push aside the uneasy feelings in their hearts long enough to find the truth in the Bible concerning evolution and the creation of our world.

At lunchtime Sally shows her classmates that when the Bible is understood correctly, it is not in disagreement with scientific facts. Even her teacher opens up her heart to Sally’s teachings. Imagine a world where Christians have learned how to keep their hearts from preventing them from finding deeper understanding in God’s written Word. Imagine a world where the Christian faith is honored in classrooms throughout the world.

Bridging the Gulf

We live in an amazing universe full of wonder and awe. The world is divided between those who give God the credit and those who believe energy obeying the universal laws of physics and evolution deserve the credit. Many of us give both God and the fundamental laws of physics the credit.

In this section, you will see how God’s spoken Word during creation formed universal spiritual laws, which created and maintained the fundamental laws of physics. I promise as you read this chapter and the whole book, you will be saying to yourself “That does make sense.”

What does the Bible say about creation?

It is written that God created the heavens, the earth, and living things (including man) in six days. On the seventh day, He rested.

When God wanted to create anything, He would speak words, and His Creation would be manifested.

The Bible does not say how long creation days were. If creation days were only twenty-four hours long, evolution would have been impossible. On the other hand, if creation days were longer periods of time, God could have used evolution as a tool in creation.

Many Christians believe the days of creation were periods of time. Others believe the days of creation were only twenty-four hours long.

What does science say about evolution and the origins of our universe?

Scientists believe that about 3.8 billion years ago, all life evolved from simple bacteria from a single origin (Mayr 2001). Evolution is a complex subject, but for our purpose a simple explanation will suffice. In the process of evolving, parents produce more offspring than is necessary to ensure survival of their species. By chance, some of their offspring are formed with different characteristics than their parents. If the new characteristics give the offspring a better chance of survival, they will pass these characteristics on to their young.

Scientists also commonly believe all space, time, and matter came into existence as the result of an incredibly large explosion around fifteen billion years ago (Asimov 1984). As matter cooled, the laws of physics came into being. The universe we know today was created as the cooling matter obeyed the laws of physics.

Could the creation story of the Bible and scientific explanations of evolution be one in the same?

Science is the study of nature, and nature is the result of God’s spoken words; therefore, science is the study of God’s manifested words.

Why does there seem to be such an incredible difference between the two explanations?

The confusion lies in our understanding of the written Word of God. Readers of the Bible apply their own understanding instead of searching the Scriptures to find God’s intended meaning.

For instance, take the word “day.” In the minds of most readers, the word “day” means one rotation of the planet Earth, which takes twenty-four hours to complete. After searching the Scriptures, some readers understand that in the Bible the word “day” can represent a period of time other than one rotation of the planet Earth. An example of a period of time being represented as a “day” is the forty years Israel spent in the desert.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Psalms 95:8-10

Israel’s day of temptation in the wilderness lasted for forty years.

Another “day” in the Bible represents the law of God and has absolutely nothing to do with time.

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

Obadiah 1:15

The word “day” in this Bible verse represents God’s karma-like law. Obviously, this day could not be twenty-four hours long.

Reconciling the biblical story of Genesis with scientific evidence is virtually impossible without first understanding exactly what a creation day is. Obtaining knowledge of the true nature of a creation day is only possible through receiving a deeper understanding of the Holy Trinity. As you shall see, the Holy Trinity was the pattern used in forming each of the creation days.

God’s spoken Word, plus the substance of faith, created spiritual laws. These spiritual laws created the laws of physics by forming information within energy. Our universe, and everything within it, was created with the laws of physics.

Scientists are correct when they say that creation was the result of physical laws. These physical laws, however, answer to higher spiritual laws.

The two explanations, as you will soon see, are complimentary.

How long were creation days?

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:1-2

There have always been questions in the minds of Bible readers. How did God create? Was there preexisting material? How long were the days of creation?

A small number of Christian fundamentalists believe creation days were twenty-four hours long. They also believe the universe is about ten thousand years old.

These believers often look to Exodus as proof.

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 20:11

Italicized words in the Bible were not part of the original text; they were added for the sake of clarity. It is my opinion that in the above Bible verse the word “with” would have been a more appropriate word to add than the word “in.”

I acknowledge that the Hebrew word used for “day” always represents a 24-hour period of time when it is used in the context that it appears in some verses early in the Book of Genesis. Personally, I believe all things are possible with God and that He can use the Hebrew language anyway He chooses.

In the more popular day-age theory, a creation day represents a longer period of time. This theory allows for a universe that is billions of years old. Millions of Christians share this belief.

Support for this idea that creation days were large periods of time with major events happening in them can be found throughout the Bible.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:4

[second emphasis added]

Some years ago in Oregon after visiting the John Day fossil beds, I overheard a conversation between two girls who could have been sisters. As they were walking to their car, the younger girl had a confused look on her face and said to the older girl, “I thought God created everything in six days. How could those bones be so old?” The older girl explained to her “The Bible does not say how long a day was when God created the world. A day back then could have been millions of years long.” Her answer seemed to satisfy the younger girl.

God’s creation days were not millions or billions of years old. Bible believers created this idea because twenty-four hour creation days did not agree with scientific evidence.

Could God have created everything in six, twenty-four hour days? Yes! Anything is possible with God (Luke 1:37).[1]

Did God create everything in six, twenty-four hour days? Not according to scientific evidence.

Who is right? Who is wrong? Before I say what I believe a creation day is, allow me to tell you a sad but true story from my youth.

One day I was walking to Bible study class in Creston Elementary School in Creston, Ohio. I remember thinking the thought “It is written in the Bible that God created everything in just six days. That’s ridiculous, how can anyone believe that way? How can I believe anything that is written in the Bible?”

How many others used this same excuse for not following God’s written Word?

What was the true nature of a creation day?

Understanding the true nature of a creation day would be a gigantic step towards reconciling the Bible and scientific facts. It would be like crossing the Grand Canyon with only one step.

On one hand, it is a scientific fact that it took billions of years to create the universe, but on the other hand, it is written in the Bible that God created it in six days. How could both views be correct?

Many people pick one side or the other, but I believe that both the Bible and science are correct. The way I see it, a creation day in the Bible and a day in time are like apples and oranges. Apples and oranges have great value, but they are not the same.

It’s time to step across the Grand Canyon, don’t look down, and try to keep an opened mind.

A creation day was not a twenty-four hour period nor was it a large period of time in which God created something. The days of creation had nothing to do with time and everything to do with creative Word from God.

Word from God manifested into things like light, firmament, gathered waters, dry land, and lights in the firmament of heaven. These manifested words were the days of creation. For example, Day One was “light,” not the time it took to create light.

Each day of creation had an evening and then a morning. Evenings and mornings were not times within days; they were manifestations of God’s spoken Word. In the case of Day One, darkness was the evening, and light was the morning of the first day. As manifested Word of God, the days of creation were the source of all physical laws in the universe. There will be more on this subject later in this book.

Have you ever considered that the days of creation could have been something other than periods of time? As we proceed through the days of creation, pray about it and keep an open mind. After seeing the evidence, there will be plenty of time to make up your mind one way or another.

Are there patterns within creation days?

Each creation day was created with three sets of “Let there be” statements from God. This is a major piece of the puzzle concerning the biblical story of creation.

As with every puzzle, one has to find the correct pieces and place them in the correct places. In some instances, the “Let there be” statement was hidden (not spoken). In other instances, it was spoken but found within another day.

The good news is that the puzzle has already been put together. All we need to do is to take it apart, one piece at a time, and examine each piece, or “Let there be” statement.

The main thing to remember is that all creation days, sooner or later, have three “Let there be” statements from God. This pattern is repeated throughout the Bible. Whenever God wanted to create a new day or law, He would speak three sets of creative words, which manifested an evening, a morning, and a seed in the form of light.

Jesus also used this pattern of three when He wanted Peter to head His church on earth. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed my lamb, feed my sheep, and feed my sheep” (John 21:15-17).[2]

When Jesus wanted the gospel to be preached to the Gentiles, He showed Peter in a vision all manners of four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air and told him three times to rise, kill, and eat (Acts 10:11-16).[3]

Why would it take three “Let there be” statements to create a single day? I think it has to do with the Holy Trinity. God is three persons but only one God. Or maybe it has to do with dimensions, or both.

How did I know there were three “Let there be” statements for each day of creation?

There are patterns everywhere in nature. Nature repeats itself over and over. The yearly growth rings of a tree, cell creation, and blades of grass are examples of things that can be found everywhere in nature. Nature is the manifested Word of God; therefore, God is responsible for the patterns we find in nature.

I noticed in Genesis creation days three, four, and six all had three sets of “Let there be” statements. Knowing that God is a God of order and knowing His fondness for the use of patterns, I wondered why all of the creation days didn’t have three “Let there be” statements within them.

After much searching, thought, and prayer I came to the realization that there are always three “Let there be” statements for each creation day even if they can’t be seen. Also, if a “Let there be” statement could not be easily seen for a certain day, there was always a good reason for it to be missing or hidden. As you will see in the following pages, hidden “Let there be” statements are extremely important clues to how God made His Creation.

God’s spoken words concerning creation are universal. These eighteen universal laws that God spoke in the six days of creation created the parameters that govern all creation. When God chooses to remove the eighteen spoken universal laws (six days of creation) that He used to create the world we live in now, our heavens and earth will melt into darkness and waters. Once again, God will be ready to speak the words “Let there be light.” (See Chart A in Appendix.)

Was God the pattern for creation days?

God in the form of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit have much in common with a creation day in the form of an evening, a morning, and a seed light, or spirit and power.

Evenings are the beginning of each day and they are a kind of father of each day. Before God the Father spoke anything into existence, He was complete and lacked nothing. God the Son or Word and God the Holy Spirit are part of God the Father and came from the Father. Mornings and seed light also originated from evenings, which are the father part of creation days.

The Son of God or the Word of God is the express image of God the Father (II Corinthians 4:4). God the Father is complete and is law unto Himself. God the Word is God the Father’s law to others. They are opposites but still the same thing. God the Father is inward law to oneself; whereas, God the Son or Word is outward law to others.

Evenings and mornings are the opposite of each other but are still the same thing: a day. Mornings are the way evenings give their law to others. The Holy Spirit is the seed light or spirit and power of God the Father and God the Word. The Holy Spirit communicates the law of God to others. Seed light of a creation day communicates the law of a creation day to others.

Obeying the Holy Spirit causes those who obey to become images of God, or sons of God. Obeying the seed light of a creation day allows one to become an image of that creation day.

God first created man as Day Six, which was the law of God. Man of the Garden of Eden was created, as an express image of Day Six, by seed light or spirit and power from Day Six. Remember, Day Six was an image of God’s will, or God’s Word.

Was the seventh day a period of time?

According to what is written in Genesis 2:1-4, God rested on the seventh day after He had finished His work. God also blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Could the seventh day be anything other than a period of time?

To answer the previous question, we need to address three more questions. The first question is “What does it mean for God to have blessed the seventh day?” It seems to me that only a being, place, or thing can be blessed, not an inanimate object such as time.

The next question is “What does it mean for God to rest from His work?” God created everything with His spoken Word. When God rested on the seventh day, He stopped speaking laws concerning His Creation.

Now for the last question, “Who ruled over creation when God rested on the seventh day?” God’s spoken words that created the days of creation had authority and power to do God’s will. When God rested on the seventh day, He stopped speaking new laws and left His previously spoken laws or days to continue the day-by-day work of ruling His growing and changing Creation by maintaining information within energy.

The thing to remember is that God finished His work in six days but His Creation is still changing fifteen billion years later. Surely, the seventh day that God rested in is the Word (laws) He spoke to form His Creation.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:4

Was light the first thing created?

Remember that each day of creation had an evening and then a morning. Evenings and mornings were not times within days. They were manifestations of the Word of God, or created things.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2

[emphasis added]

Note that darkness and waters were already present in the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis, indicating that they both had already been created. We know the Word of God and the substance of faith was the recipe for the creation of both the darkness and the waters because we can see this in Hebrews 11:1-3 and John 1:3. Since they were created before God made the physical universe, both the darkness and the waters must have been nonphysical in nature.

The darkness mentioned in Genesis 1:2 could not have been lack of light as we commonly understand it to be. In Genesis 1:4, God divided the light from the darkness after light had been created. If darkness was just the lack of light, there could not have been any darkness after the light was created.

In Genesis 1:5, God gave names to the things that He had created. At that time God named the darkness “Night.” Surely darkness was a created thing.

Understanding that darkness was something other than the lack of light did not come easily to me. The Bible verses Isaiah 45:7, Matthew 6:23, and Matthew 8:12 helped me see the light, or in this case the darkness.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

Isaiah 45:7

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 6:23

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 8:12

Surely the outer darkness in Matthew 8:12 must be some kind of substance, or some kind of light.

The evening of Day One was a created thing called darkness. It was not actually written, “Let there be darkness,” but in Isaiah 45:7 God said He had created darkness.

Why were the words “Let there be darkness” and “Let there be waters” not actually written in the Book of Genesis when God must have spoken them? Maybe this universe was not God’s first universe. There have been some who have suggested that our current universe is just one in a long line of universes (Ronan 1993).

If there was an earlier universe, the waters present on Day One could have been the residue from that universe. It might be that darkness, which was also present on Day One, was a spiritual substance from spiritual heavens that was destroyed in the previous universe.

Maybe the words God spoke to create the darkness and the waters were spoken within the previous universe before the end of its time. Maybe the spoken Word that created the darkness and the waters caused the end of the previous universe.

Day One

The Substance of Light

Earlier I asked you to imagine a sixth grader named Sally teaching her classmates and teacher at lunch time about God’s role in creation. I also asked you to imagine God’s written Word being honored in classrooms throughout the world. Call me a dreamer, but I really do believe that if Christians understood their bibles in a way which didn’t disagree with scientific facts, my dream of God’s written Word being honored in classrooms would come true.

Changing the world starts with changing our minds. Changing our minds is only possible if we can prevent our hearts from rejecting new information before it can be examined with an open mind. Knowing the truth starts with a determination to know the truth.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:1-5

As you read the words written in the Bible concerning creation, please keep the following in mind. At one time, God spoke these written words to a prophet who gave them to God’s people. The words He spoke to the prophet are not actually the words God used to form all of creation. They only represent the words God used to create everything He made.

You may ask what the difference is. The difference is that one set of words from God was used to create, and the other set of words from God was used to give understanding to man concerning how God created. Knowing there is a difference between the words God spoke to create and the words He spoke to inform will help facilitate your understanding concerning creation.

God first formed the laws of creation in His mind and in His heart. After all, man was made in God’s image and after His likeness, and like God we create images in our minds and hearts before creating anything.

How did God create light?

God used Word and substance of faith to manifest the images that were in His mind and heart into the laws of creation.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:1-3

God gave birth to His spoken Word, which carried out His will. Within God’s Word was the instruction and power to accomplish all God desired. Nothing was created without God’s Word (John 1:3).[4]

Was light something other than sunlight?

Until I began my search for truth concerning the origins of the universe, I don’t remember ever entertaining the thought that the light God created on Day One could have been something other than the electromagnetic energy we receive from our sun. However, that is exactly what I am asking you to consider. Resist the urge to apply your mind’s understanding of light, and let the Scriptures interpret the Scriptures.

There are other examples of light in the Bible, such as this verse about spiritual light.

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Colossians 1:12

As well, we see in the First Book of Timothy where Jesus dwells in a light no man can approach or see.

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

I Timothy 6:16

Paul tells us of the time when Jesus spoke to him, and a light from heaven shined with a brightness above the sun. No doubt Paul was speaking of some kind of spiritual light.

At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

Acts 26:13

The Bible is full of nonphysical light. In the First Book of John we see that God is a type of light.

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

I John 1:5

Considering the preceding Bible verses, the light of Day One could have easily been something other than physical in nature. Since suns or stars were not created until Day Four, the likelihood of Day One’s light being something other than the light of this world is all but certain.

Scientists tell us it is a scientific fact that light from the sun was not the first thing to be created. Since God doesn’t lie and is not a deceiver, it only makes sense that Day One’s light was a higher energy substance than the light of this world, or electromagnetic energy (Jones 1992). God rules the heavens, and the heavens rule the earth, or all physical matter. The light created on Day One was the spiritual energy substance that God used to create the spiritual world of light, or the Kingdom of Light.

If Day One’s light was not the same as the light of our world, why did God call it light?

If you wanted to describe the ocean to primitive people who never saw an ocean, it would be a good idea to start your conversation by calling a local lake a very, very, very small ocean. In giving the name of “light” to what was created on the first day, God was just giving us a clue to its true nature.

What do we know about light?

With help from the written Word, there are some things we know concerning the light of Day One. It was created in the midst of the darkness that was present before God started to speak the words that would bring forth His Creation. After being created, light was removed from the darkness.

We also know that light was created with the Word of God and the substance of faith. Since the Word of God is spiritual law and faith is a substance, the light of Day One was a spiritual law substance. God’s spoken Word is God’s will. Spiritual law substance is the image of God’s will. Each creation day is the image of God’s will, not a period of time.

Creation days or spiritual law substances cannot be seen here in the physical world, but they are the framework of the physical world and are universal in nature.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:3

How did God create images of His will?

God’s words are God’s will and spiritual law. Faith is God’s previously spoken Word that was judged to have completed its assigned task. Faith belongs to whomever or whatever obeyed God’s spoken Word to allow God’s spoken words to complete their task.

God’s words “Let there be darkness” created darkness. These same words were released as faith once the darkness had been created, and the words were judged to have completed their assigned task. God’s spoken words “Let there be light” and His previously spoken words “Let there be darkness,” which had become faith, created the light of Day One.

I knew for years that creation days were spiritual law substances because the Word of God and the substance of faith created them. Then one day I read in the eighth chapter of Ezekiel where God took Ezekiel to a place that was between the earth and the heaven. The place where God took Ezekiel was an image of Jerusalem and the temple. In this place Ezekiel was shown that in order for God to punish certain people in the earth for doing evil, He had them punished in this spiritual place first. That led me to two understandings.

The first one was that creation days, which are spiritual law substances, are actually the images of God’s will and the framework of the worlds. Secondly, I realized I needed to create good images in my spiritual heart because good images led to good things happening here in the earth, and bad images led to bad things happening here in the earth.

Did each day have both an evening and a morning?

The morning portion of the first day was light. Light was removed from the darkness, or evening part of the first day.

Every day had an evening and a morning, even if it was not written in the form of a “Let there be” statement. For example, in Day One, “Let there be darkness” was not written, but we know darkness was there. According to Isaiah 45:7, that darkness was a created thing. We also know that darkness can be a type of light.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Matthew 6:23

[first two emphases added]

What was the last thing created in each day?

Eventually, every day also produced more than an evening and a morning. It would also issue seed in the form of light from that particular day, which I shall refer to as seed light. In the case of the first day, God divided the light from the darkness. The seed light of each day was always divided from the day in which it was created. This is a major key or clue to understanding Genesis.

Each day of creation reveals secrets that are hidden in the other days of creation. When I found a clue in any one of the creation days, I would then try to apply it to the rest of the creation days.

Seed light from creation days has a lot in common with the seed of this world. Seed allows new plants to become images of their parent plants. The same law that created the older plants also created the new plants. Seed light uses the same three “Let there be” statements, which created the day it was issued from, to create images of that day elsewhere.

Seed light also forms images of their parent days by passing along the law of their parents; therefore, seed light can be considered to be the seed of creation days.

As we proceed in our discussion of creation days, the subject of seed light will be examined thoroughly.

Why were evenings and mornings opposites?

Every creation day had an evening and then a morning. Evening and morning are two parts of one thing, a day. I want you to notice that they are opposites. Darkness was the evening of Day One, and light was the morning of Day One. Can any two things be more different than darkness and light? Yet, together they are one thing, which was the first day.

Day Two

The Substance of Firmament

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:6-8

What was firmament?

The majority of Bible readers believe that the word “firmament” means sky. The Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary in the back of my Authorized King James Version of the Bible define the word “firmament” as being an expanse. The dictionary (Merriam Webster 1993) has two definitions for the word “expanse.” The first definition is “firmament,” and the second one is “great extent of something spread out.”

One can easily picture an expanse as an ocean on a calm day, an open prairie, or a flat desert. Even a spilled bucket of water on a flat surface could suffice as an expanse.

My wife and I live in Oregon. Because of the closeness of the Pacific Ocean, we are blessed with beautiful blue skies. The sky we know and enjoy was not present when planet Earth was formed. It would be nice to have a better definition for “firmament” than the word “sky.”

Every day had an evening and a morning within them; and, eventually, a seed light was divided from each day. Since firmament was created in the midst of the waters in the same manner as light was created in the darkness, the waters were the evening part of the second day since darkness was the evening part of the first day.

What were the waters?

Firmament formed in the midst of the waters. The waters of our universe were created sometime after our universe was born. The waters that were present when God spoke the words, “Let there be light,” could not have been H_2O. Prelight waters were an energy substance that the Word of God and the substance of faith used to form prephysical energy and then physical energy. In the Bible, water is sometimes referred to as spirit (John 4:13-14)[5] and sometimes as people (Revelation 17:15).[6] Therefore, it isn’t surprising that water could be something besides H_2O. It seems reasonable to believe that the waters were the evening part of the second day of creation, and they could have been residue from a previous universe.

What was the nature of firmament?

Firmament also has different meanings. The firmament we are considering caused the waters to divide; that is, it gave law in the form of force to the waters. Therefore, firmament was probably a spiritual substance that released its energy to give law or force to the prephysical world.

God called the firmament Heaven. There is both a physical heaven with stars and other planets like the one we live in and spiritual heavens with spiritual beings.

Since light was a spiritual law substance that was probably placed within the Spirit of God, and physical suns and planets were not yet created, it would be reasonable to believe that firmament was also a spiritual law substance where God placed the spiritual heaven. Firmament, the morning of Day Two, must have been a type of spiritual space and energy.

What does it mean that firmament was a type of spiritual space and energy?

When we think about space in this universe, we think of a place where physical objects like suns, planets, moon, comets, and meteorites can end up. If one of these objects ends up in a part of space, gravity will also be there.

Firmament is the space where spiritual objects may be found. If a spiritual object does end up in the space that is firmament, there would also be spiritual energy there.

Were the waters opposite of firmament?

Let’s take one more look at my theory of opposites. On Day One, the evening (darkness) was the opposite of the morning (light). Maybe all evenings are the opposites of all mornings. If this is true, the evening of Day Two (waters) would have been the opposite of the morning of Day Two (firmament).

Day Three

The Substance of Dry Land

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:9-10

When I hear the word “Earth,” it makes me think of home. It just sounds good; however, in order to get a deeper understanding of Day Three, we are going to need to go past feeling good and search deeper in God’s written Word.

What was created on Day Three?

According to my hypothesis, the days of creation were manifestations of God’s spoken Word, or images of God’s will, which were the sources for the fundamental forces of our physical universe. Fundamental forces created our universe and our planet Earth. Think of the third day as the creation of our universe, not just our planet.

The laws of physics obeyed on our planet are also obeyed everywhere in the universe. If I were to go outside, pick up a handful of soil, and then examine each atom, no atom would be unique to the planet Earth. Atoms consist of at least one electron and one proton, which are held together with electromagnetic force. They exist alone or in combinations and are building blocks of everything that we see (Jones 1992).

Scientists say it is a fact that our planet and our bodies are made of elements formed within suns that went supernova (explosion of a large star) (Gribbin 1999). God’s Word cannot disagree with scientific facts, for they are both God’s laws. With this statement in mind, Day Three must be about the creation of the physical universe, not just the planet Earth.

If the planet Earth was the only planet to be created when God said, “Let dry land appear,” when did he create all the other planets and non-star heavenly bodies? Did He speak one planet at a time into existence? Why didn’t God mention when He created them? Surely when He spoke dry land into existence, He created what would become our universe, not just our planet.

Were the waters an energy substance?

As previously stated, the waters were present before God spoke on Day One. Chances are good that the waters were residue from a previous universe. In any case, they could not have been H_2O. Scientists know that the waters (H_2O) of this physical universe did not manifest until some time after the universe started to form. Whatever the waters were, God used them to create both the heavenly universe and the physical universe.

God’s spoken words, “Let the waters under heaven be gathered…,” along with the waters under firmament, manifested into a substance called gathered waters. Gathered waters were the evening of the third day of creation. Gathered waters became the cosmic egg from which our physical universe was hatched.

Today, physicists believe a pure form of water was present before the big bang, which is in perfect agreement with God’s written Word (Salanitri 2005).

According to my hypothesis, evenings and mornings were opposites. Since the evening of Day Three was gathered waters, the morning of Day Three would be scattered gathered waters (dry land).

God said, “Let the dry land appear,” and caused the substance of gathered waters to manifest into dry land, the morning of the third day. It happened with a bang—a big bang—as described by scientists. The gathered waters exploded into the curved space dimension that we call our universe. Gathered waters became scattered gathered waters, or dry land. Dry land (physical matter of our universe) has two forms, mass matter and nonmass matter (waters).

Mass matter and nonmass matter also come in two forms or types. One type of mass matter and nonmass matter is observable and the other type of mass matter and nonmass matter cannot be detected with scientific equipment. Twenty-five percent of mass matter and seventy percent of nonmass energy are dark or undetectable.

What do scientists say about the big-bang theory?

Galaxies are moving away from each other. By reversing the motion of their expansion, scientists can estimate the time when our universe exploded into existence. They believe the big bang occurred less than twenty billion years ago but more than nine billion years ago. Fifteen billion years ago seems to be a reasonable estimate for the beginning of time.

Scientists don’t know if the big bang was preceded by a big crunch (the compression of a previous universe) or just popped out of nothing (Rothaman 1995). I hypothesis that there was a previous universe, and after this universe ends another will follow.

This universe will end in the same manner as the last universe ended. God will speak the three “Let there be” statements that were not written in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. These are “Let there be darkness,” which will melt higher spiritual energy or spiritual light; “Let the heavens melt,” which will cause the heavens to melt into the waters that will later be above firmament; and “Let the earth melt,” which will cause our universe to melt into the waters that will later be under firmament. All the melting will be caused by the loss of information within energy.

In the universe that will follow the universe we live in, some confused fellow will wonder for years why these three “Let there be” statements were not written. Surely God must have spoken these statements in order for darkness, waters above firmament, and the waters under firmament to have been present.

Was Higgs field created by the words “Let dry land appear?”

Scientists believe a field that is responsible for particles receiving their mass permeates our universe. They named it Higgs field after Peter Higgs, a Scottish physicist. Since the big bang was the beginning of mass matter, it makes sense that the words “Let day land appear,” caused the Higgs field to be created.

What was dry land?

Gathered waters and dry land were not two separate things; they were two parts of one thing, which was Day Three. I think gathered waters is strong nuclear energy without the ability to have mass, and dry land is strong nuclear energy with the capability of being in the form of mass.

Strong nuclear force operates only within the nucleus of atoms, which it holds together. A nucleus consists of protons and neutrons. Protons are positively charged with electromagnetic energy. Neutrons are really only protons that are neutral; that is, they don’t feel the electromagnetic force. Protons repulse each other with tremendous force. It’s the strong nuclear force that holds nucleus (protons and neutrons) together. On a darker note, it is strong nuclear force that releases the power of atomic bombs (Jones 1992).

How did electromagnetic force come to be?

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:11-13

When God spoke those words to the earth (dry land, or our physical universe), dry land exploded or decayed into particles with electric charges to create the electromagnetic force (Jones 1992). The electromagnetic force is the fundamental physical force responsible for the emission and absorption of photons and for interactions between charged particles.

Electrons and nuclei (protons and neutrons) are held together to form atoms by the electromagnetic force (Coulomb force). In nature, atoms can be found in about ninety elements combined to make compounds, and compounds combined to create mixtures.

Since plants are formed from elements, compounds, and mixtures and they live on electromagnetic energy (light), there simply could not be any grass, herbs, or trees without the electromagnetic force.

Where does the force of gravity come from?

Before dry land appeared, God spoke the words “Let the waters under heaven be gathered together.” These words caused the waters under heaven to be attracted to itself, which caused the waters to become concentrated.

God’s spoken words, “Let dry land appear,” caused gathered waters to transform into energy matter of our universe. Gravity or curved space is a residue affect of the force, which gathered the waters together. The force of gravity is trying to return dry land back into its original state of being gathered waters.

Why is there a struggle between mornings and evenings?

Light (morning of Day One) was opposite of darkness (evening of Day One). Firmament (morning of Day Two) was opposite of waters (evening of Day Two). It is only reasonable to believe that dry land (morning of Day Three) was opposite of gathered waters (evening of Day Three).

Mornings and evenings are engaged in struggles that will not stop until our universe ceases to exist. It is this struggle that gave each creation day the ability to do its work.

In a way, it is like the relationship between men and women who are made opposite of each other so they can have children. Mornings and evenings were also made opposite of each other so they could produce seed light to produce images of themselves.

Can we share the name Earth?

Before moving on, we need to emphasize a very important point about Day Three. When God gave the name Earth to dry land, He was naming all physical energy (matter and nonmatter), not just our planet. As long as one is locked into the belief that the name Earth belongs only to our planet, Genesis will always be a mystery to that person.

A long time ago, man gave up the belief that the Earth was the center of the universe and that all the heavenly bodies rotated around it. Today, for the sake of increasing our knowledge, we must share the name Earth with the entire universe, or all physical matter.

What’s in a name?

We need to return to the subject of name. Why did God call light, Day; darkness, Night; dry land, Earth; and gathered waters, Seas? What purpose did this giving of names serve? Remember, at that time there were no people. It is written that when God does a new thing, He first tells what He is going to do.

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Isaiah 42:9

Could the giving of name by God have been an announcement of what He was about to do? Maybe the name given by God prepared the way for the coming of a promised thing from God. Maybe the promises of God are within the name given.

Name from God was Word from God. As seen in the following Bible verse, Word of God and the substance of faith were used by God to create the worlds.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:3

[emphasis added]

Whenever God wanted to create a new thing, He spoke words, or names.

Name from God gives the receiver of the name the ability to give faith back to God. Faith is needed to receive the promises of God. For example, the name Heaven gave firmament the ability to give faith back to God. Faith from firmament was used to bring forth promises of God within the name Heaven. The three “Let there be lights,” which God spoke on the fourth day, were the promises within the name Heaven.

The names Day, Night, Earth, and Seas caused light, darkness, dry land, and gathered waters to manifest days seven, three, six, and five. Days one and two were created after God named the previous heaven and previous physical universe with Spirits of God. (See Chart B in Appendix.)

Were the previous heaven and the previous physical universe given names?

Allow me to explain why I believe that both void and the waters were each given a Spirit of God for their name. Names are words from God; therefore, they are spirits from God. God’s Word is spirit and life (John 6:63).[7]

It is written that there are seven Spirits of God that go to all the earth (Revelation 5:6).[8] If there were less than seven name spirits, I would be wondering why.

Remember how dry land was created and given the name Earth before gathered waters received the name Seas even though gathered waters was created first. Also, remember how light was created and given the name Day before darkness received the name Night even though darkness was created first. There is a pattern here. After considering this pattern and the need for seven name spirits, adding another Spirit of God to the puzzle was a logical choice.

When did the Spirit of God arrive?

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2

[second emphasis added]

I would like to address a question that puzzled me for many years.

Wasn’t darkness already created before the Spirit of God arrived upon the face of the waters? If so, how could darkness be the evening of the first day? My puzzlement started and finished with the word “moved.” Moved did not mean arrived, it meant to flutter or to shake. The Bible does not say when the Spirit of God arrived at the scene. As far as I can see, the two Spirits of God, who were not mentioned by name, could have been spoken within a previous creation. They could have caused the end of a previous creation.

Do you really want to understand this book?

Do you find yourself understanding each page as you read it but by the time you reach the end of the chapter its meaning becomes unclear? If you answered yes, I believe it is your heart resisting your mind’s logic.

Show your heart who the boss is. As you read each page, say to yourself “I want to know the truth. I want to remember this.”

There is no way to sugarcoat it. In order for one to know the truth, one must have a strong desire for the truth.

Day Four

The Kingdom of Lights

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 1:14-19

Were the greater and lesser lights our sun and moon?

At first glance it would seem obvious that the greater light was our sun and the lesser light was our moon. Remember that we are to let the Scriptures interpret the Scriptures. Seek knowledge in the Bible, not what is already in your head.

I grew up on a small farm in northern Ohio. I spent many pleasant hours working in my family’s garden. Would someone please explain why God would create plants before he would create the sun and the moon. I do not doubt the truthfulness of God’s written Word, but I am saying that digging deeper on the subject of the greater and lesser lights would certainly be in order.

In the Milky Way Galaxy there are a few hundred billion stars, and in the universe there are several hundred billion galaxies (Gribbin 1999). Our sun is a star and subject to the same laws of physics as every other star in the sky. Also, scientists say that our sun is a second or third generation star, not the first star ever made. We can see in Genesis 1:16 that God didn’t make the stars (physical world stars) until after He had created both the greater and lesser lights.

It would be reasonable to believe that the lights of Day Four were made of universal spiritual law substance, which would later give the physical world the universal law of weak nuclear force. Weak nuclear force is the fundamental physical force responsible for particle decay processes. It also governs interactions between hadrons and leptons.

The important thing to understand about weak nuclear force and the decay process that it governs is the mechanism by which stars release their energy as light. The suns (stars) of this universe provide sunlight or electromagnetic energy, but it is the weak nuclear force (light from the lights in the firmament of heaven, Day Four) that gives light to our universe to create suns.

There could be no physical light upon the earth without the weak force. Our sun and all the stars in our universe are physical images of Day Four, which are lights in the firmament of heaven. The creation of the greater and lesser lights was most likely the evening part of Day Four. The morning portion of Day Four was created when God said, “Let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.” Then God’s spoken words, “And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,” created the seed light of Day Four.

Please notice that the light of Day Four does not stay with Day Four. It was to give light upon the earth, which was Day Three of creation.

The identities of the greater and lesser lights are revealed later in the chapter called “Bible Mysteries.”

Are there two types of name from God?

Mankind uses their hands to accomplish their will. God uses spoken words to create. Like man, God has two types of hands. God’s left-hand name, or word, created the first seven days of creation as impersonal spiritual law substances. God’s right-hand name gave life to His Creation.

What is the difference between right-hand and left-hand name?

God didn’t give name to the greater light nor the lesser light on Day Four. God waited until after the seventh day to give them names. Both the greater and lesser lights were to receive a different kind of name from God; they would receive right-hand name.

Left-hand name from God caused the receiver of left-hand name to develop a day that was complete with an evening, a morning, and a seed light from that day. Right-hand name from God, received after the seventh day, gave life to the receiver of right-hand name. Receiver of right-hand name would develop mind, soul, and heart.

Could there be spiritual universes?

Some people have problems with the possibility of there being other universes in other dimensions. Why is it so hard to believe that there could be other universes with energy matter different from the energy matter of our universe?

Could it be that people who have trouble imagining other worlds have not really thought about the world we live in? We really do live in an amazing universe.

If it were possible to go to the edge of our universe and shine a light all the way across it, it would take the light thirty billion light years to arrive on the other side. When one considers that light travels in a vacuum at about 186,281 miles per second, in thirty billion light years the light would have traveled one hundred and eighty sextillion miles (Jones 1992).

Anyone who meditates on these incredibly large numbers should find it easier to believe in the possibility of other spiritual worlds. As a matter of fact, I am of the opinion that God guarantees it.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Romans 1:19-20

As mentioned earlier, we can only see about five percent of our universe. Amazingly, twenty-five percent of the matter in our universe is invisible when using telescopes. Scientists call this elusive matter “dark matter.” Another seventy percent of this universe is also of unknown nature. Scientists call this mysterious energy “dark energy.”

If one considers that ninety-five percent of our universe is a mystery, one could hardly rule out other spiritual universes.

Day Five

The Kingdom of Creatures

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Genesis 1:20-23

My wife and I love observing wildlife in their natural habitat, especially the young. There is nothing like watching a pair of fawns at play.

What was created on Day Five?

Day Five was the creation of a universal spiritual law that would eventually cause DNA of microscopic organisms to evolve creatures here in the physical world.

The creatures of Day Five cannot be seen here in the physical world, but they are the framework of creatures in this world.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:3

God spoke the first “Let there be” statement of Day Five to a substance called the waters, which was nonmass energy.

Is evolution ruled by a higher law?

Scientists have long suspected that life on planet Earth began in the seas, and evolution ruled the day. Even so, don’t you know in your heart that there had to be another law higher than evolution that guided the changes in creatures? That is exactly what God created on Day Five, a spiritual law.

Day Five was a universal spiritual law substance, or an image of God’s will, just like all the other days. With this day, God created life throughout creation, not just the planet Earth. The waters, which brought forth the spiritual law substance of moving creatures and fowl, were not the same physical waters (H_2O) that brought forth life on our planet. If the waters were the same as our physical waters, God would have needed to create new laws for each planet where He chose to put life.

What were the gathered waters transformed into?

Gathered waters transformed into physical matter when God spoke the words “Let dry land appear.” Physical matter was created in two forms, mass matter or dry land, which brought forth grass, herbs, and trees by the electromagnetic force and nonmass matter, which were the waters that brought forth moving creatures and fowl as spiritual law substance.

As mentioned earlier, twenty-five percent of all matter and seventy percent of all energy in our universe is “dark,” or can’t be detected with scientific instruments. The universe we see is only five percent of the whole story.

What were the fowl?

This is a good place to discuss a confusing statement in the first “Let there be” statement of Day Five. Please notice the wording, “and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” You might assume that the word earth refers to our planet, and the open firmament of heaven refers to our sky.

God gave the name Earth to dry land. Dry land was all physical matter. We live in a universe of dry land; therefore, the name Earth also refers to the entire universe, not just our little planet.

In the same statement is the expression “open firmament of heaven.” Open firmament of heaven was, and is, a spiritual dimension adjoining nonmass energy, also known as the waters.

On Day Two, firmament divided the waters above firmament from the waters below firmament; therefore, firmament became attached to both types of waters. Firmament is a nonphysical spiritual substance, or spiritual space and energy.

Then on Day Three, the waters under firmament were first gathered together and then scattered to become dry land. The firmament that was attached to the waters under firmament were first stretched by the gathering of the waters and then curved in the explosion that created dry land.

The firmament that is attached to the nonmass matter is the open firmament of heaven and the home of fowl. You probably have already guessed that fowl were moving creatures’ spirit beings. The firmament attached to mass matter is closed firmament of heaven and the place where the spirits of physical beings reside. Fowl often represent spirits in the Bible, usually evil spirits. For example as seen in Luke 8:5, Jesus represented evil spirits by using the term “fowls of the air.”

How were creatures created on earth?

Day Five began when God gave the name Seas to gathered waters. Names are spirit Word from God, which are received into the spirit side of those who receive name. Within the name Seas were all three “Let there be” statements of Day Five.

The first “Let there be” statement spoken on Day Five, found in Genesis 1:20-21, created the evening of Day Five. The creatures that were created were real but they were made of nonmass energy. They were not physical like we are, but God certainly saw them as real creatures. Day Five’s morning was created when the creatures received a blessing from God, when He spoke the second “Let there be” statement of that day in Genesis 1:22-23.

This blessing enabled spirits from nonphysical creatures to guide electromagnetic forces on earth to cause the DNA of microscopic organisms to evolve into physical images of themselves over a long period of time. The third “Let there be” statement concerning creatures was not spoken until Day Six.

Is there a spiritual life force?

Because of DNA evidence, scientists believe all life on earth came from a common source, or one living organism. They believe this because of the lack of scientific evidence of a universal life force. Day Five of creation is the source of life force.

It is my opinion that the same DNA evidence that convinces scientists that all life has one common ancestor is pointing to another conclusion. Spirit (life force) from the universal spiritual law substance that is the fifth day of creation caused the DNA of organisms to form in similar ways.

Universal spiritual law substance of Day Five was, and is, an impersonal universal law in the same manner as gravity, strong nuclear, weak nuclear, and the electromagnetic force are. One wouldn’t expect an electron on the moon to be different from an electron on earth. Both electrons obey one law, the law of electromagnetism. All life in the universe obeys life force from Day Five (Day of the Creature).

If life was an accident and wasn’t obeying an unseen law, surely there would have been other unrelated life forms created within the last 3.5 billion years of life on earth.

When (or if) we ever have a DNA sample from an alien species, scientists will probably tell us that the alien had originated from earth.

How did life evolve on Earth?

On the planet Earth, life evolved from microscopic organisms. Scientists say that occasionally, by chance, mistakes in DNA reproduction gave creatures a better chance of survival. Natural selection purified species’ gene pools. This process of elimination is also known as “survival of the fittest” (Mayr 2001).

I am not disputing any of the preceding facts, but there was more to the process of evolution than meets the eye. Unseen forces from Day Five guided the process of DNA change. Those creatures whose DNA were created in line with spirit from spirit law substance in the nonmass waters had a better chance to survive.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24-25

This “Let there be” statement, which was not actually spoken until Day Six, was not applied directly to earth (mass matter). It was applied to the spiritual law substance that was the creatures in the nonmass waters. The receiving of this Word caused Day Five to issue seed light upon creatures that were already formed in the physical universe. Seed light used the physical creatures’ own energies to create minds.

Minds gave creatures the ability to visualize and image or, in other words, to think. These early minds were very primitive reactionary minds. Development of mind was a key element in the process of evolution.

Let’s review Day Five. The first “Let there be” statement of Day Five created creatures in the nonmass energy called the waters as universal spiritual law substance. The second “Let there be” statement of Day Five caused images of the first creatures to be formed in the seas of the physical world. Lastly, the third “Let there be” statement of Day Five, which was spoken on Day Six, caused physical creatures to develop minds. Minds are spirit from the spiritual law substance in the nonphysical world and energies of the brain of physical creatures.

So what are we to think of the following Bible verse?

And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Genesis 2:19

First, this was during the time after Day Seven, which was after man of the Garden of Eden was formed. The man Adam was a living soul. Since Adam was a living soul, the name blessing he gave to the creatures was for the creation of souls. Souls gave higher law to the spirits of physical creature beings who were evolving.

God’s spoken words created the universal spiritual law substance that was Day Five; therefore, it was God that formed the creatures out of the ground (early life forms in earth). The creatures to whom Adam gave name blessings were the spirits of earthly creatures that were evolving because of the spoken Word of God.

Creatures’ souls received information about changing environments through the minds of creatures. Spirit from the souls of creatures caused the DNA, which created offspring, to change in ways that caused the young of creatures to be born with characteristics that helped them adapt to their surroundings.

Did animals die before Adam sinned?

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Romans 5:12

Please note the two phrases “upon all men” and “for that all have sinned.” Death, which is written about in the previous Bible verse, has to do with living soul man and nothing to do with living creatures or animals. This same death will later join hell and be placed into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:13-14).

The spirits of dead animal creatures do not belong in death or hell. Living animal creatures don’t sin. Sinning is the downfall of man and angels. When animals die I personally believe that their spirits go to the name spirit called Seas, which was given to the gathering of the waters.

I would like to offer a warning to both creationists and God-based evolutionists. When you are searching the Scriptures, it is wrong to have your eyes opened only to what you want to find. You need to have an open mind and let God lead you to the truth.

Can evolution be found in any of the Bible stories?

The evolution process can be clearly seen in the Book of Genesis where Jacob wanted to prosper at his father-in-law Laban’s expense. Jacob used his knowledge of evolution to take advantage of his father-in-law in an agreement they had between the two of them.

Jacob was caring for Leban’s livestock. In exchange, Jacob was to receive any young livestock that was born ringstraked, speckled, or spotted. By changing the creatures’ environment, Jacob caused their minds to transmit information to the souls of the creatures, which caused an increased number of the livestock’s young to be born ringstraked, speckled, and spotted to adapt to their new environment.

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 30:37-43

Some would say that the changing of the livestock’s colors and coat patterns was a miracle. I am not sure if it was a miracle or not. Because Jacob had favor with God, God revealed to him understanding of laws that He had placed in nature long ago. Jacob simply used his knowledge of God’s laws to his advantage. In any case, some kind of evolution took place and God wanted future generations to know about it.

Can one species become another species?

A common argument against a God-based evolution is that God created creatures to be grouped in kinds; therefore, they could not become another species or kind. However, I have a problem with this thought. Jesus in Heaven was in the form of God and was God before He came to the earth in the form of a member of the son-of-man species (Philippians 2:6-7). He died on the cross and rose again to give the son-of-man species the opportunity to become a new creature or member of the son-of-God species; so as Christians we better pray to God that one species can become another species.

How can animals become domesticated?

After the Flood, God blessed Noah with a new law. I believe part of this blessing gave man the ability to domesticate wild animals.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Genesis 9:2

There are two parts to this verse I would like you to notice. All creatures received a fear and dread of man, and they were delivered into man’s hands. Could it be that if creatures were to release their fear of man, they could become domesticated? As you will see in the following stories, there is evidence to the truthfulness of the previous statement.

When my children were small, we lived in Holmes County, Ohio. On one unusually cold winter day, an obviously starving wild raccoon decided he was going to share our garage with our Great Dane “Reba.” They lived together and even slept on the same rug until one day in the spring, the raccoon decided it was time to leave.

I was amazed when the raccoon allowed me to pet it and to even pick it up without biting me. You might say it was someone’s pet. Maybe it was, but I don’t think so. Since that time I have heard of many similar stories.

Because of my own experience and the stories told by others, I now believe the following. Dogs evolving from wolves could have been the result of hungry wolves losing their fear of man as starvation overcame them.

In the 1950’s, Russian scientists bred the tamest of silver foxes together on a fur farm. They wanted a breed of fox that would be easier to handle. After only a few generations, the fox became something that looked like, acted like, and sounded like a dog. Could this have been the result of the blessing God gave to Noah?

When Noah was born, it was predicted that he would comfort the people concerning their work and the toil of their hands because of the curse God gave the ground. The ability to domesticate wild animals would have made life a lot easier for early man.

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

Genesis 5:29

Day Six

The Kingdom of Man

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:26-27

Mankind evolved from ape-like creatures by chance and necessity.

With the dust of the earth and His spoken Word, God supernaturally created mankind.

I am a Christian who believes the Bible is the absolute truth. I also believe both of the preceding statements are true.

Surely you asked yourself how both of these statements could possibly be true. Now ask yourself how they could not be true. God is not a liar nor is He a deceiver, so why would He create a world where His written Word cannot be reconciled with scientific facts?

Were we really made in the image of God?

God is spirit and light and exists in the spiritual realm. He is the creator of the universe and all living things. We are flesh and bone, and Earth is our home. We have 98.5 percent of the same genes as chimpanzees (Brager 2004). Yet, the written Word of God informs us that we are made in God’s image and after His likeness

God’s Word is truth. There is no need for believers to worry that if they search deep enough or think long enough they will prove that God’s Word is faulty.

How was Day Six created?

Day Six began when God gave the name Earth to dry land. The name Earth was spirit Word from God. Within the name Earth were the three “Let there be” statements concerning the Day of Man (Day Six). (See Chart B in Appendix.)

The first statement God spoke, “Let us make man. . . ,” combined with the substance of dry land to create the evening of the sixth day in the image and after the likeness of God. The Day of Man, like the first five days, was created as universal spiritual law substance, or an image of God’s will, and the unseen framework of man here in the physical world.

What kind of dominion did man receive?

The third “Let there be” statement of Day Five was not spoken until Day Six, which was possible because creation days were manifested words of God, not periods of time. When counting the “Let there be” statements in Day Six, I don’t count the first statement concerning the creation of earth’s living creatures.

The second “Let there be” statement of Day Six, a dominion blessing, gave the universal spiritual law substance of Day Six the ability to rule over the earth’s spiritual and physical universe. What does it mean to rule over all of the earth? Do you believe locusts would leave a farmer’s field if the farmer would remind them that the blessing God gave to man on Day Six gave man dominion over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth? I don’t think so.

The second “Let there be” statement of Day Six gave mankind a spiritual dominion over all the creatures. Man would judge the creatures to give them spiritual blessings (names).

Where is the third “Let there be” statement in Day Six?

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Genesis 1:28-30

The blessing man received in Genesis 1:28-30 was the third “Let there be” statement of Day Six. We know it was a “Let there be” statement because when God blessed the creatures in Genesis 1:22, that blessing was a “Let there be” statement.

The blessing received in Genesis 1:28-30 was a spiritual blessing that gave man another type of dominion over the creatures, which provided food for man and creatures.

Remember, all physical matter has a spirit side; therefore, there is both a physical place upon the face of all the earth and a spiritual place upon the face of all the earth. The Day of Man could not exercise its ability to rule until living soul man was formed.

Did God create man or did he evolve?

We lack understanding concerning the true nature of man that was created on Day Six and the man God later placed in the Garden of Eden. The reason we lack knowledge of these two creation events is because we don’t know the true nature of a creation day. This lack of knowledge concerning a creation day would disappear if we had a better understanding of the Trinity and if we understood that the Trinity was the pattern for the creation of each of the creation days.

On Day Six God created man in His image and after His likeness. You probably heard this statement a countless number of times. In fact, I used this statement many times in this book, but the fact is that this statement is not completely correct. Let’s look again at what God really said.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: . . .

Genesis 1:26

When it came to the making of man, it was a team effort that got the job completed. God the Father, God the Son or Word, and God the Holy Spirit all had their part in the creation of man.

Leaving out the words “Let us” makes the statement easier to read and understand, but it also covers up an essential clue to how man was created.

In Genesis 1:26 in the second part of the first sentence, it is written “in our image, after our likeness.” Man was created in the image and after the likeness of God the Father, God the Son or Word, and God the Holy Spirit.

It is much easier to say that man was created in His image and after His likeness rather than in their image and after their likeness, but in doing this we lose two more essential clues to the mystery of the creation of man.

On Day Six, God the Father, God the Word, and God the Holy Spirit created man in their image and after their likeness. At that time, man did not have 98.5 percent of the same genes as a chimpanzee, but man was created as a creation day, or universal spiritual law.

What was created on Day Six?

On Day Six, by speaking three “Let there be” statements, God did not create living soul man of the Garden of Eden but rather He created universal spiritual law substance, or an image of God’s will, with the power and instruction to create living soul man on any planet in the universe that was suitable for him. At this point in creation, God had not yet formed the man that He would be placing in the Garden of Eden, nor had man received name from God. Also man had not yet given name to living creatures.

The third “Let there be” statement of Day Six (a food blessing) was not enforced until man was removed from the Garden of Eden. While man was in the Garden, he had permission to eat of every tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

How do you know if what I am saying is true?

Let me be honest. I claim to be a Bible-believing and God-fearing Christian, but the truth is that even though I believe the things I am claiming are true, they could be false. My advice to you is not to trust me but to trust God instead.

Don’t believe anything I say until you can prove it for yourself by what is written in the Bible. Trust the Bible to be the truth, but remember that if your understanding of the Bible is not in agreement with scientific facts, you are going to need to search deeper into the Scriptures. God’s written Word should not disagree with God’s finished work.

Also, you will want to ask yourself if what you believe is the truth or just a cover story created by your heart to protect what you already believe.

The bottom line is that until your desire to know the truth is greater than your heart’s desire to protect what you already believe, you cannot trust either my Bible understandings or your own Bible understandings.

Day Seven

The Kingdom of God

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Genesis 2:1-3

My wife and I have worked hard all of our lives. I thank God that the Sabbath is a day of rest. After a hard week of work, we can all use a day of rest.

We Christians worship God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit or Holy Ghost. These three are one in God. Let us examine the Trinity.

On Day One, God gave the name Day to light in order to create the seventh day. On the other six days of creation, when God wanted to create an evening, a morning, or seed light from a day, He said something like “Let there be.” There are no “Let there be” statements written in the Bible for Day Seven. However, I still believe there were an evening, a morning, and a seed light from that day.

When God rested on and then in the seventh day it was evening. When He blessed the seventh day it was morning. Finally, the sanctification of the seventh day was a dividing of seed light from that day.

Why didn’t God say, “Let there be,” on Day Seven? He probably planned to speak these words in the future when circumstances were right. God didn’t speak the third “Let there be” statement of Day Five until He was ready to create Day Six. Man of Day Six was needed to name earth’s living creatures of Day Five. Patience is a good thing.

Why would God wait to speak a “Let there be” statement? There are two parts to each “Let there be” statement, which are not to be confused with the three “Let there be” statements in each day. When God first speaks a word to someone or something, that word is a calling. Within the name from God are all the power, authority, and ability to become the thing God wants it to be. Sometimes God waits until the circumstances are right before He speaks a “Let there be” statement.

The second part of a “Let there be” statement is the judgment of the work done by the first part of a “Let there be” statement. God waits for fruit to develop before He judges it to be good or bad. This part of the “Let there be” statement can be clearly seen in the first chapter of the Bible. God would speak a “Let there be” statement and then it would be followed by an “And God made” statement or an “And God saw” statement, which were judgments.

Is the Word God’s Son?

God said He was finished with His work, but what exactly had He made? The creative words that God spoke, in order to create the first seven days, came from His heart. Could God’s creative words have been His Son?

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.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 1:1-4

These verses make it sound like the Word was in fact the creative words God spoke. Could all the “Let there be” statements and names given by God be manifestations of God?

Let’s look at Jesus’ own words about who He was at the time of creation.

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

Revelation 3:14

[emphasis added]

The seven days of creation were universal laws for all creation. These spiritual law substances were the manifestations of the Word of God and the substance of faith.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:3

[emphases added]

When God rested on and then in the seventh day, He was resting in His Son, or His Word. After He blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, God (The Word) went to work.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:4

[second emphasis added]

The Lord God (The Word) began His work after God rested in Him.

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

John 14:10

The Lord God used all seven days of creation and generations to do His works. Stars and planets come and go, but the universal law of God (The Word) remains constant. It is a Rock.

Is Jesus a created being?

Jesus Christ, the Word of God, came from His eternal Father; therefore, Jesus had to be eternal. When Jesus, as Word from His Father, manifested outside of God, He was made the spiritual universal law for creation from which came all the laws of physics.

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Hebrews 1:4

[emphasis added]

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Colossians 1:16-17

Who and what is Jesus?

In the preceding Bible verses we are told many things about Jesus. He was the beginning of God’s Creation and was made better than the angels. He created all things, all things were created for Him, and He was before all things. Even now, by Him all things consist. Also, Jesus was the Word of God and was God. Without Him nothing was made.

We are also told that through faith the Word of God framed the worlds. All of this information is in agreement with my hypothesis.

God’s spoken Word, from which came all creation days, was indeed God’s Son. When God said, “Let there be” and gave names, He was giving birth to His Son.

Jesus was within each of the creation days because He was the Word that created them. By the presence of Jesus, each day was and is upheld.

On the seventh day God rested on and then in His Son, and He blessed His Son with the seven spirits of life.

The idea that Jesus was the spoken Word of God is not new. This is shown in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. A second century author, Athenagaras of Athens, presented a similar hypothesis to his readers (Zannoni 1994).

What is God’s right hand?

The seven name spirits that God used to create the first seven days of creation could be considered God’s left hand. Creation days are impersonal. The laws of physics that created our universe flowed from the creation days. As you know, the laws of physics are also impersonal.

It is easy to believe that things like darkness, light, waters, firmament, gathered waters, and dry land were impersonal, but what about living creatures and man?

Living beings are created with both left-hand spirit law and right-hand spirit law. Our bodies are created with impersonal laws, and our bodies are ruled by right-hand spirit, which is our life spirit.

Right-hand name spirit was introduced on Day Seven of creation when God blessed the seventh day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Genesis 2:1-3

God blessed the seventh day with His own presence. When the seventh day was blessed, seven right-hand name spirits went forth to give life to God’s Creation.

Jesus has all seven of these spirits.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Revelation 5:6

What can name spirit do?

The receiving of name from God has led to many great things in history. Abram was called Abraham, which means father of many nations, before he became the father.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5

Before Sarai had children, she was given the name of Sarah, which means mother of nations.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Genesis 17:15-16

Adam also named his wife before she conceived children.

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:20

The name Sarah proceeded from the name Abraham, and the name Eve proceeded from the name Adam. What does this mean?

When Abraham called his wife Sarah, spiritual substance was removed from Abraham’s spirit being and added to his wife’s spirit being. The name Sarah gave Abraham’s wife the authority and power to become a mother of nations and kings (Genesis 17:15-16).

Earlier in history, Adam gave part of his name to his wife. Spiritual substance was removed from Adam‘s spirit and placed within his wife’s spirit. Because she was named Eve, Adam’s wife became the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).

In another example, God gave the name Israel to Jacob in order to create the nation of Israel.

And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Genesis 35:10-11

Name from God gives the receiver of the name the ability to give faith back to God. Faith is needed to receive the promises of God.

Is name spirit valuable?

Modern man has lost the knowledge of name blessings from God. Jacob and his mother Rebecca knew the importance of name blessings. They used trickery to receive the blessing that Esau was to receive from Isaac. Isaac received his blessing from Abraham, who had received it from God.

As mentioned earlier, Jacob also received the name blessing of Israel from God. The name blessing of Israel was for the making of the nation of Israel, other nations, and kings.

The ancient people of the land of Shinar, who built the Tower of Babel, most certainly knew the importance of name blessings. They were willing to build a city and a tower whose top could reach into heaven in order to make them a name.

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:3-4

[first, second, and fourth emphases added]

Notice that “let us” is used three times in these verses. Does this remind you of the three “Let there be” statements that God used to make each creation day? These people were trying to receive a name to create their own day, or kingdom. After all, isn’t each creation day really a kingdom?

As the people were building a city and a tower, they were obeying the three “let us” statements they had spoken. Somehow the knitting together of their souls and their hearts created one spiritual language or spirit force. These ancient people were developing real spiritual power.

The people of Shinar received the name of Babel from God. Babel was not the name they wanted. God found a way to stop them before they received a name that would allow them to do anything they imagined to do. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men had built.

And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Genesis 11:6-9

God confounded their spiritual language or their spiritual oneness. The physical language they spoke was divided before they built the tower.

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:5

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Genesis 10:31-32

After receiving the name of Babel, the people of Shinar were able to build a kingdom. Nimrod was the founder of that kingdom.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:8-10

Where does the power in name spirit come from?

Those who receive Jesus as Lord and Savior receive a new spirit and a new heart. That’s what a name spirit is: spirit and heart.

Christians that obey their new spirit cause Christ to form in their new hearts. Christ is the power of God. Speaking words from a Christ-filled heart releases the power of God to work in the believers’ lives.

Whenever God names a person, that person receives a new spirit and a new heart, just like a new believer in Jesus receives a new spirit and a new heart. Obeying one’s new spirit causes Christ to form in one’s new heart. Speaking words from one’s Christ-filled heart releases the power of God to accomplish God’s will.

In answer to the question where does the power of name spirit come from, it comes from the power of God within the believer’s new heart, which comes from Christ, the power of God, and the wisdom of God (I Corinthians 1:24).

Living Soul Man

Why do we have physical bodies?

Preachers are the salt of the earth. They spend their lives serving God and their flocks. Preachers would be first to admit that they don’t always get it right. God bless them.

In the past I have heard preachers say that we were created with a physical body in order to rule the earth that the Lord gave to man. Why do we need a physical body to rule the earth? God is a Spirit with a spiritual body and rules over all His Creation. If God doesn’t need a physical body to accomplish His work, why do we need a physical body to rule over the earth? Aren’t we created in His image and after His likeness?

Before Jesus came to the physical earth He was in the form of God and equal with God.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Philippians 2:5-7

When Jesus left heaven, He was eventually made in the likeness of man, which included having a physical body. Since man was created in God’s image and after God’s likeness, shouldn’t man have been created with a spiritual body in the likeness of God?

In Philippians 2:6 it is written that before Jesus came in the flesh to the earth, He was in the form of God and was equal with God. Jesus was on earth, and He was the Word of God (John 1:1). Jesus Christ is the express image of God the Father (II Corinthians 4:4). Wouldn’t God also be some kind of Word? It does follow reason that both the Son and the Father would be of the same nature.

Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Word of God. Father God is most likely some kind of Word. God’s own written words say “Let us make man in our image after our likeness. . .” (Genesis 1:26). Why wouldn’t God have created man as some kind of “word” who was an image of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit?

The man God created on Day Six was created in the image and after the likeness of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Man was created as universal spiritual law substance, which was the image of God’s will. He was an image of God’s Word; therefore, man was also a type of “word.”

Where was the Garden of Eden located?

Every one of us has some little thing we do in life that brings us joy. I experience joy every time I slice one of my juicy vine-ripened tomatoes from my garden and place it on a delicious home-made hamburger sandwich.

Every spring, I anxiously wait for the time it is safe to place four or five tomato plants into the soil, and since I live in the physical world, my garden is located in the physical world. If I lived in the spiritual world like God does, I would place my plants in a spiritual place, like the Garden of Eden.

God created the man He would place in the Garden of Eden sometime after Day Six.

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:8

Living soul man of the Garden of Eden was the bridge between the universal spiritual law substance created on Day Six and physical man here in the physical world.

The Garden of Eden must have been one very strange place. We know by reading the Bible that there were at least one talking snake, trees with spiritual power, naked people, and the voice of God walking in the evening. The Garden of Eden sounds more like a spiritual place than a physical place.

People have spent a lot of time and money looking for the Garden of Eden. When God removed man from the Garden, He did not destroy it. God placed cherubim and a flaming sword at the east end to keep the way of the tree of life.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 3:24

Somewhere, the Garden of Eden is at peace, under guard, in the same location as it was way back in the beginning.

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Genesis 2:10-14

God’s written words in Genesis do not completely correspond with information concerning physical rivers here in the earth. God’s Word is truth; therefore, we can assume the rivers are spiritual in nature, meaning the Garden of Eden was a spiritual place.

Someday the city of New Jerusalem will come down from heaven.

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Revelation 21:10

[emphasis added]

The tree of life will be within this city from heaven.

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:2

We know the tree of life was in the midst of the Garden of Eden; therefore, the Garden must have been somewhere in heaven.

In the Book of Revelation, Jesus said the tree of life was located in the midst of the paradise of God.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:7

[emphasis added]

Paul tells of a man he knew who was caught up to the third heaven.

I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

II Corinthians 12:2

[emphasis added]

Paul calls the third heaven paradise.

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

II Corinthians 12:4

[emphasis added]

The third heaven sounds like a place where one might find a talking snake, trees with spiritual power, naked people, the voice of God walking in the evening, cherubim, and a flaming sword. The Garden of Eden was a spiritual place created for spiritual beings. After all, God is a spirit being. Why would He create His garden here on the physical earth? If you were going to make a garden, wouldn’t you plant it where you live? If God planted His garden in the physical earth, wouldn’t that be like us planting our garden in hell?

The Garden of Eden was located within the name Earth, which was a spiritual heaven. There are seven spiritual heavens. They were created when God gave the name Night to darkness, the name Seas to gathered waters, the name Earth to dry land, the name Heaven to firmament, a Spirit of God to void, another Spirit of God to face of waters, and the name Day to light. Remember, these names are all Spirit Word from God and are part of God. All heavens were created for spirit beings. (See Chart B in Appendix.)

When was living soul man created?

Armed with the knowledge that God first created man on Day Six as spiritual law substance and having received understanding of what and where the Garden of Eden was, we are now ready to examine the process of the creation of living soul man. The following Bible verse offers proof that living soul man (Garden of Eden man) had yet to be created.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:5

[first emphasis added]

Why would God say He had not caused it to rain upon the earth? Every scientist and farmer knows there has to be rain upon our planet before grass, herbs, and trees will grow. Since the man that God created next was a spirit man in a spiritual place (Garden of Eden), doesn’t it make sense that the rain and plants of the field, upon the earth, were all spirit in nature? Living soul man was needed to give spiritual blessing or rain (name blessing) to the plants because he was given dominion over the creatures.

As people here on earth, we naturally think the whole face of the ground was the ground we walked upon, but that’s only half of the truth. Just like we humans are both physical and spiritual, so is the ground. Spiritual plants were waiting on the spirit side of the ground for the time when man would till the ground spiritually. Genesis 2:5 is about spiritual plants on the spirit side of the earth. The phrases “before it was in earth” and “before it grew” support this hypothesis.

How was living soul man created?

The physical world’s spirit dimensions were created when God gave the name Earth to dry land and the name Seas to the gathered waters. These spirit dimensions were created for the Day of the Creature and the Day of Man, which were creation days five and six.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7

Man became a living soul only after the Lord God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils. The breath of life was not oxygen. Oxygen belonged to the physical world, and since God is a Spirit, His breath of life must have been spirit in nature. Ask any mother of a newborn baby and they will tell you that their baby was most definitely alive before taking their first breath (Job 27:3).[9] The breath that God breathed into man’s nostrils was a name spirit called Adam.

The name spirit called Adam caused the man to develop mind, soul, and heart. The name Adam came from God and was God. When man received the name Adam from God, he became a spiritual living soul.

Here in the earth we think of dust as dirt without water that the wind has caused to rise into the air. That’s a good place to start, but if we are to know the truth about the creation of man, we need a deeper understanding of what dust is.

God’s spoken words, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree. . ,” caused dry land particles to decay into particles with electric charge. In the process, some energy was released as dust. The force of gravity had little or no effect on them. It is my guess that the dust from which God formed man’s body was neutrinos. Neutrinos are uncharged elementary particles that came in three forms, one for each “Let there be” statement of Day Six (Day of Man).

Neutrinos released in the creation of particles were used by the name spirit Earth to form both the “fields” and “the highest parts of the dust of the world.” The “fields” are celestial plains between physical matter (earth); whereas, “the highest part of the dust of the world” is where the spiritual Garden of Eden is located.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:25-26

Why was Adam in a spiritual place?

The man of the Garden of Eden was an image of Day Six. The Garden of Eden was to be man’s habitat, not the physical earth. Why wasn’t man to be here in the physical earth? I know of two good reasons. First, man was created for companionship with God, and since the Garden of Eden was a spiritual place, man would have been closer to God’s presence there than he would have been if he were on the physical earth.

The second reason man was not created in the physical earth is the most important one. The law substance of man was created in the image and after the likeness of God. God is spirit, not physical flesh; therefore, man of the Garden of Eden, who was an image of the sixth day of creation, was created with spiritual flesh. Man did not become physical flesh until after the fall from the Garden.

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

I Corinthians 15:40

Is there biblical evidence that flesh can be spiritual in nature?

After the fall of Israel to Babylon, God gave the people of Israel a new spiritual heart which God called flesh.

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 11:19

Was living soul man different from man on earth?

Living soul man was created in the image of God after His likeness. Adam could stand in the presence of God and carry on a conversation. How awesome that must have been!

Do you find it hard to believe that living soul man of the Garden of Eden could have been something other than a physical man here upon the earth? Would you like proof that living soul man was not the same as physical man here on earth? If you are a man, stop shaving for about a week and then stand in front of a mirror. You will see a creature staring back at you that has 98.5 percent of the same genes as a chimpanzee (Brager 2004). It is undeniable that man on earth has the physical likeness of an ape.

Living soul man of the Garden of Eden was created in the image of God after His likeness, and God is a Spirit and the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9). That in my opinion makes living soul man a spiritual being.

Man here on earth is made in the spiritual image and in the likeness of living soul man, but our physical bodies are in the image and likeness of earth’s living creatures.

Living soul man of the Garden of Eden was of the man species. After man was removed from the Garden as seed light from Day Six, he was made available to earthly man. The son-of-man species, or modern man, was the result of this union.

Note the following Bible verses.

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

Job 25:6

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Psalms 144:3

These Bible verses are strong evidence in support of the existence of the son-of-man species.

To those who think it is unbelievable for God to mix man and beast in order to create the son-of-man species, look to Jeremiah for what God did to create the son-of-God species.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Jeremiah 31:27

Jesus Christ is the seed of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, and the seed of man and the seed of beast is the son-of-man species.

And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

Isaiah 65:9

When King David was alive, he knew he had to die and be raised from the dead in order to be recreated in the likeness of God.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Psalms 17:15

Jesus was in the form of God and was God before taking on the image of a physical man when He came to the earth.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Philippians 2:6-7

Why did Jesus have to take on man’s likeness? Shouldn’t He have already been in the image of and after the likeness of man?

It is not surprising that many Christians find it difficult to believe living soul man was a spirit being before becoming both physical and spiritual here on earth. Most Jews don’t believe that God, in the form of Jesus, was born in a man’s body. Spirit beings becoming physical beings can be a hard concept to believe, but it is biblically supported.

Did our bodies come from beasts?

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

I pray that God will grant King Solomon’s wish. The wisest man who ever lived spoke these words. Who am I to disagree with him?

We know King Solomon’s thoughts concerning the true identity of man on earth, but what about God’s thoughts? Did God leave any clues about the identity of man in His written Word? Evidence to the affirmative can be found in Chapter Ten of the Book of Acts.

God showed Peter in a vision that all mankind were candidates for salvation.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Acts 10:11-12

These verses clearly show mankind represented by the four types of creatures. God could have used four nationalities of men, but he didn’t. It therefore seems logical that God was revealing his secrets to those who would seek understanding concerning man’s origins in the future.

Bible readers should not be surprised that God used physical creatures to create man here on earth. After all, John the Baptist said God could have raised up children unto Abraham from stones (Luke 3:8).

What about contradicting Bible verses?

I have hypothesized that man was created in a spiritual place first. What about the Bible verses which seem to contradict such a hypothesis?

Let’s examine some of the more challenging verses.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Job 20:4

Man was placed upon the earth. Living soul man Adam was placed upon the spiritual side of the earth to be seed light to the earth’s living creatures. As the result of the union between man’s seed light and earth’s living creatures, the son-of-man species was created.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:19

This verse reminds me of a man I once met at a Laundromat who had taught Sunday school for many years. He made a statement that shocks me to this very day. He said that when one reads the Bible, one should always take the most obvious meaning and never look for a deeper meaning. I have always thought receiving understanding from the Scriptures is like peeling an onion. There can be found yet a deeper meaning underneath each layer of understanding. This verse can clearly be used to describe both a modern man and Adam, if he was also physical.

Could this same Bible verse allow for a spiritual Adam? Yes, I think so. The man Adam was formed of the dust of the earth. I think the dust was neutrinos; but whatever the dust was, it was made on Day Three. When Adam was removed from the Garden of Eden, he returned to the place from which his substance came. That doesn’t mean that he was created from the same substance as modern man.

Are Christians evolving?

We all know people who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior and changed into a loving, God obeying Christian overnight. I feel good for those fortunate few, but most of us take a lifetime of struggle to become the person we want to be. Could it be that we are evolving?

Consider this. When Jesus came to the earth, He didn’t bring along His spiritual body, but He put on an earthly human body. Jesus came to give light to mankind so they could become son-of-God species. Man came as seed light from Day Six to give light to the creatures so they could become son-of-man species because Satan had purchased mankind.

Many Christians believe that since God created living creatures to be in groups of their own kind, one species could not become another species. If that were true Adam was wasting his breath when God had him name all the creatures, and also Jesus died on the cross for no reason. Name from Adam gave the creatures the mechanism to evolve from one species into another. Name from Jesus gave man here on earth the mechanism to become a new creature, or the son-of-God species.

Did God create people on other planets?

I’m a fan of Star Trek, Stargate, and anything that has to do with aliens. The possibility that there could be other humanoids on other planets interests me, although in the past I couldn’t have imagined how and why the universe could have been filled with humanoids. Today, however, I know how and it is my great pleasure to share the following hypothesis.

In the first six days of creation, God spoke words which were responsible for creating our universe; therefore, the spiritual laws He spoke had to be universal in nature. The laws God created gave law to every corner of His Creation. His laws created the fundamental forces of physics which in turn created the universe we know and love.

The spiritual laws God spoke into existence in the first week of creation, which concerned creating life, all followed the same pattern. They were first created as universal spiritual laws. Then each of these universal spiritual laws created express images of themselves in the spirit side of physical matter. For example, living soul man was an express image of Day Six, the universal spirit law of man.

He was placed into the Garden of Eden, a spirit dominion of planet Earth. From the Garden of Eden, man gave law to the physical world through names given to living creatures. The laws Adam gave to the creatures were more like suggestions than laws. The creatures chose for themselves whether to obey Adam’s name laws or not.

God designed creation days one through four to create suitable planets for living creatures. God designed creation days five and six for the purpose of creating life on suitable planets, first in the spiritual world and then in the physical world.

Living soul man of the Garden of Eden chose to sin. Surely there are other planets throughout the universe with living soul men in their own Garden of Eden. Some of these living soul men would sin and become physical, and some of them would not sin and would stay in the spiritual world.

If there were humans on other planets, would Jesus have to die on the cross on each planet?

Have you ever tried to explain to someone how Jesus could be in your heart and the hearts of millions and millions of other Christians at the same time while still being in heaven? Did they believe you? Well, at least you planted a seed. That’s what I hope to do today, to plant a seed.

In the past, we Christians had to suffer many growing pains like believing that the earth was flat, that the sun rotated around the earth, and that the Planet Earth was in the center of the universe. The hypothesis I shall now present may or may not be another growing pain. I offer it for the purpose of discussion.

Becoming a Christian was not easy for me. I wanted to believe in God and his written Word, but until I had answers concerning reconciling the Bible and science, I could not let myself believe.

The last and most difficult answer I needed to receive was concerning Jesus and the possibility of people being on other planets. Would Jesus have to die on the cross on every planet God planted people? I was repulsed by that very thought and my wife, who was raised in a strong Christian family, was even more repulsed by this idea than I was.

I tried to believe that Planet Earth was God’s only people project. The galaxy we live in has around 300 billion stars and there are around 300 galaxies. I am good at lying to myself, but not that good. I was not alone. In the scientific world there are many who share this same problem with Christianity.

The hypothesis I am sharing with you today is not new. Since the time I received it, I have come to know many others who have contemplated similar ideas.

One beautiful summer day on a mountain top in Northern California near the Oregon border, the answer I was seeking day and night came to me. I shall endeavor to share my revelation with you. Feel free to disagree with the following hypotheses. It took me years to fully embrace it.

In your mind, picture Jesus as a newborn baby. There is more to the picture than what meets the eye. According to the Bible verses found in Colossians 1:16-17, Jesus was responsible for creating everything in heaven and in earth. Even as a baby, Jesus caused creation to consist. That’s a big job for a baby. How was that even possible?

Before Jesus was born here on earth, He was alive and well in heaven doing all God’s will (Philippians 2:6-7).

When Jesus left heaven as the seed of God, He did not take His glory, which was His clothing or body (John 17:5). I asked myself just how much did He leave of Himself in heaven. Considering just how enormous our universe is, Jesus must have left a lot of Himself in heaven to run the cosmos. From that day when I received my revelation on top of a California mountain, whenever I thought about Jesus being here in the physical earth, I knew there was much more to the picture than meets the eye.

In your mind, picture yourself on the shore of Lake Michigan on a warm August evening. Feel the soft breeze coming off the lake. Imagine a little yellow flower that looked like it could use a little water. Remove a cup of water from the lake and give it to the needy little flower. That cup of water will never again have to suffer being removed from the lake, and it will eventually return to the lake. Would the little yellow flower think any less of that cup of water knowing other cups of water will be used on other flowers? I don’t think so.

Would Jesus have to die on the cross for others throughout the universe? If there was nothing more to baby Jesus than meets the eye, I would say no way would He have to die over and over. But if Jesus was like a cup of water out of Lake Michigan and He personally would not have to suffer again and again, then, yes, maybe it would be possible. It comes down to just how big of a God Jesus is.

I do not know if the above hypothesis is correct. It very well could be wrong. What I do know however is this. Our God is all knowing and all wise. He is quite capable of providing salvation to anyone no matter where in the universe you happen to call home.

Bible Mysteries

In this chapter, we shall examine Satan’s involvement in man’s history, the receiving of name from God, and man’s spiritual development. The last thing we shall consider is man’s future.

Information received from the preceding chapters is the key to understanding each of the Bible mysteries examined in this chapter. In fact, understanding the following Bible mysteries would be impossible without first knowing how God manifested His Creation. Therefore, one should consider the information presented in this chapter as additional evidence to the validity of this hypothesis.

Many readers will wonder how I managed to piece together the scattered clues that form the pictures that I revealed in this section and in the entire book. If I said it was because of my great intellect, I would be lying. Everyone can find deeper information in the Bible if they can keep their heart from labeling new information as false before their mind has a chance to examine it.

What are the greater and lesser lights?

Most of us love a warm sunny day and a bright moon-lit night. Have you ever wondered why the terms greater light and lesser light are used instead of the words “sun” and “moon?” God often hides deeper understandings in His written Word. Let’s dig deeper and see what we can find.

Let’s look at the method God, who is called the Father of lights in James 1:17, used when He gave name-spirit covenants to man.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:16

God placed these two lights in the firmament of heaven, the place where the Kingdom of Heaven is located. From this location they ruled the day, which is heaven; and the night, which is the physical world.

God lives in the seventh day, which was formed from the light that was created on the first day. Creation days one and seven and God are in a place that is the highest level of creation. That place is the Kingdom of God.

The lowest level of creation where we live was formed by creation days three, five, and six. The Kingdom of Heaven was formed by creation days two and four. The Kingdom of Heaven is located between our world and the Kingdom of God. God rules the Kingdom of Heaven, and the Kingdom of Heaven rules the earth (Hosea 2:21).[10]

In Revelation 22:16 Jesus said He was the bright and morning star.[11] I do not believe He was speaking of physical stars. I think Jesus was saying He was the greater light in the Kingdom of Heaven.

In Revelation 2:26-28, He promised to give overcomers the morning star, which gave them power over the nations. Surely Jesus was speaking of a spiritual power over nations.[12] He was speaking of saints that had finished their tour of duty here in the earth and had previously died.

When Jesus was born He had his very own star.

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Matthew 2:2

Jesus’ star stood over Him when He was a young child.

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

Matthew 2:9-10

Jesus’ star seemed to be very different from the ones we see at night. Could His star have been spiritual in nature and only temporarily manifested in the physical world, like angels sometimes do?

In II Peter 1:19 we learn of the day star that will arise in the hearts of believers. Jesus Christ is the day star.

I claim that the greater light is Jesus, but how could that be? Jesus is God. God is Spirit and Light who lives in the Kingdom of God in the light that was created on the first day.

Yes, Jesus is God, Light, and Spirit that lives above the heavens; but yet, God does have a presence in heaven. In my opinion, the greater light is God’s presence in heaven. In a way, it is somewhat like the church being the body of Jesus Christ here in the world while He is in heaven.

Again, it is like our bodies being our presence in this world. We are spirit beings but we still need a presence to live in this physical world.

I want to be perfectly clear about Jesus being the greater light in the spiritual heaven. Christians don’t worship the sun, the moon, heavenly bodies, or the stars. We worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We worship what lasts forever, not temporary things that will perish someday.

Are you uneasy about my saying the greater light is the body of Jesus Christ in heaven? Fair enough. Pray about it; there is no need to rush to a decision. What I have asked you to contemplate is most certainly controversial, but so is the fact that a lot of people do not believe that God visited the earth two thousand years ago in the form of a man.

While you are considering the possibility of Jesus being the greater light within heaven, I invite you to read the Book of Ezekiel. After reading about Ezekiel’s visions of the glory of God, you might not think my ideas about Jesus are so wild. The glory of God showed up in a vehicle, which seemed to be like a helicopter with retractable wheels; and He was dressed in what seemed to be a spacesuit.

Where does the lesser light fit in God’s plan? She was the help of the greater light, like the woman was the man’s help. Most likely, she was created from part of the greater light since woman was created with part of Adam’s body.

As mentioned earlier, the lesser light became the wife of Satan after the greater light refused to eat the fruit that was forbidden for them to eat. After being removed from the name Heaven, she became the great whore and the soul city called Babylon, which was located in the name Seas.

By the way, this is the same location Cain’s spiritual substance was placed after God removed him from the face of the earth (Genesis 4:14). The idea that one’s physical body can be in one place and the spiritual body can be in another place can be a hard concept to grasp, but right now physically alive Christians are also sitting with Jesus in Heaven (Ephesians 2:6). After Christians die, they will join Jesus in Heaven. When Cain died, he was placed in the soul city of Babylon.

Why did God give names?

We humans give names to almost everything. Personally, I even name our neighborhood crows, squirrels, and raccoons. I think there is a little Adam in me.

When God named living soul man with the name Adam it was similar to Adam’s naming earth’s living creatures. Both events were attempts to find a helpmate.

Was God looking for a helpmate? Yes He was, but not for Himself. God was seeking a helpmate for the greater light, which was the fruit of Day Four.

As mentioned earlier, living soul man was the fruit of Day Six. He was created with the three “Let there be” statements of Day Six that were spoken concerning man.

The greater light was also fruit. He was fruit of Day Four and was created with the three “Let there be” statements of Day Four.

It is written in the Bible that after looking for a helpmate for living soul man but not finding one, God brought the creatures to Adam, and Adam named them (Genesis 2:18-20).[13]

That makes me believe that there was also no helpmate found for the greater light, so the name “Adam” was given to living soul man to give mankind the ability to become suitable as a helpmate for the greater light, the body for God’s presence in heaven. After all, the giving of name to earth’s living creatures gave the creatures the ability to become early man with the ability to receive seed light from Day Six (Day of Man) so they could become the son-of-man species.

Living soul man and woman were also supposed to have received seed light from Day Four to become images of Day Four, but they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil before the tree of life had a chance to grow fruit. We know this because they would have eaten of the tree of life if there had been any fruit on it since they had permission to eat of it.

The names that Adam gave to the creatures came from the name “Man.” As mentioned, the receiving of name gave the creatures the ability to develop higher souls, which caused them to evolve into early man. We know this because man was a living soul, and that is the law he had to give to others.

God by the way of the greater light gave living soul man the name Adam, which gave living soul man the ability to develop higher heart and evolve into an image of Day Four.

When Adam gave names to the creatures, he was giving them love, which was giving them name. The receiver of love or name has the power and authority to become an image of the giver of name.

Mankind was supposed to become an image of the greater light. The creatures were supposed to become an image of man. The believers of Jesus Christ are given the name spirit of Jesus in order to develop an image of Jesus in their hearts.

Why did God give names? Giving a name to a lower day is to love that day. Love is the giving of one’s power and authority in order to empower the receiver of name to become an image of the giver of name. The purpose of becoming an image is to become a helpmate for companionship.

An example of giving name to receive companionship is when Jesus gave His name to His believers, which is when they receive a new spirit and heart. Believers are formed into an image of Jesus for the purpose of becoming Jesus’ companions in heaven someday. While looking for the day they will join Jesus in heaven, believers are busy obeying Jesus and giving Him glory.

Why did the dragon in the Book of Revelation have seven heads?

And there appeared another wonder in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Revelation 12:3

Sometimes I think God gave us the Book of Revelation just to show us who is the boss. It can be more than a little frustrating and intimidating. Good news readers! After reading this chapter, the Book of Revelation will become a little less mysterious.

Satan became the lesser light’s new husband; that is, he ruled over her when she ate of the fruit, which the greater and lesser lights were forbidden to eat. This fruit was created when men knitted their souls and hearts together while building a city and a tower that could reach to heaven.

The lesser light’s first husband refused to eat the forbidden fruit on the tree of life. He was allowed to stay in the Garden where God had placed the two of them, but the lesser light was removed.

The Garden where the greater and lesser lights were in was located in the name Heaven; whereas, Adam and Eve were in the Garden within the name Earth. We know this because three “Let there be” statements in the name Heaven created Day Four’s “lights in the firmament of heaven,” and another three “Let there be” statements in the name Earth created man of Day Six. Man was created to rule over the earth and creatures; whereas, the lights in the firmament of heaven were created to rule over heaven and the earth. (See Chart B in Appendix.)

Satan received a new spirit head every time God gave the sons of man a new covenant because he had dominion over man. Each spirit head or name covenant was the spiritual power and authority behind one of the seven great worldly kingdoms. Through searching the Scriptures and history, I found the names of the seven heads. The names of the beast’s seven spirit heads were Babel, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.

The seven names did not stay in the same order as they were given. The second name “Egypt” was removed from the list when its head was wounded to death. Death to a head or name covenant meant that people could no longer receive power and authority when they obeyed the law of that covenant. Death occurred when Egyptian soldiers were drowned in the sea after Israel had passed through on dry land (Isaiah 51:9-10).[14]

The name “Rome” would have been the seventh name, but with the removal of the name “Egypt,” Rome became sixth on the list. In Revelation 17:10, Rome is the king that “is.” Egypt became the king “who had not yet come,” which made it the seventh head.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Revelation 17:10

The Egyptian head died in the sea at the time of the Exodus and was removed from the sons of man. This same head became alive; that is, it became available once more to be used by the son-of-man species when the red dragon was removed from heaven (Revelation 12:7-9).

You may be wondering how the “king who had not yet come” in Revelation 17:10 could have been the Egyptian head that had already come and had already died. When the Egyptian name covenant was alive the first time; that is, it was available to the people, it existed in the spiritual place called the Seas. The seas were created when God gave the name Seas to gathered waters. The Egyptian head or name covenant will be coming to the earth’s spiritual realm that was created when God gave the name Earth to dry land.

Why are there similarities between the names God gave to people and the names He gave to nations?

By the way of the lesser light, names from God gave those who received these names the ability and authority to rule over nations. Since they came from God in the seventh day, there were seven of them: Babel, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.

God by the way of the greater light also gave man seven more name-spirit covenants. Adam was the first name covenant given to man; Noah was next; then Abraham, Israel, Moses, and David followed in that order; and then the name covenant that Israel received after the Babylon captivity followed after that.

Since half of the names came by the way of the greater light and half by the way of the lesser light, I believe all fourteen names were really only seven names that were divided into right-and left-hand names.

After the judgment in the Garden of Eden, Adam gave the woman the name Eve. It seems likely to me that after the Tower-of-Babel event, the greater light also gave name to the lesser light. Why else would both sets of names have seven names each?

We also know that the sixth name on each list was given something special. David was given a kingdom, and Greece was given a dominion (II Samuel 2:4 and Daniel 7:6).[15]

Readers who really know the Bible might wonder why the name Isaac was not on the list of seven names. Isaac was left off the list for the same reason Solomon was left off the list. Isaac and Solomon did not receive new covenants from God. They received their father’s covenants.

It is written in Revelation 3:1 that after Jesus’ death on the cross, He had all seven Spirits of God.[16] This was after He defeated Satan and received a name higher than any other name that was mentioned (Philippians 2:9-10).[17] Since Jesus didn’t mention the seven names from the greater light and the seven names from the lesser light, it seems reasonable to believe that both sets of names together were really only one set of name Spirits from God that was divided.

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Revelation 11:15

The lesser light is the great whore and ruler of the mighty soul city of Babylon, within the name Seas. We learn by reading the Book of Revelation that she will lose her power over the nation and it will be given to Jesus’ new bride, the church or dead saints.

Jesus will keep His promise to the overcomers and give them power over the nations (Revelation 2:26). This will be accomplished when He gives them the morning star (Revelation 2:28).

In the Book of Revelation, why does the number 666 represent the antichrist?

No other number in history has captivated man like the number 666. Just hearing or seeing the number 666 causes many people to fear, but why does the number 666 represent the antichrist, which is the beast out of the earth?

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Revelation 13:17-18

The number 666 is the number of the beast’s name, and the beast is a man. The dragon gave the beast his power, his seat, and great authority.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Revelation 13:2

Since Satan is the source of all that the beast is, I think that the beast is just another form of Satan in the same way that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are forms of the Father God.

God reminded Satan that he was a man and not a God.

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Ezekiel 28:2

After reading Revelation 13:17-18 and Ezekiel 28:2, we know four things. Satan has a name, the number of his name is 666, the number of Satan’s name is a number of a man; and, finally, Satan is a man.

Why would the number 666 be a number of a man? I can think of only one reason. Man was created with three “Let there be” statements spoken on Day Six concerning man. It seems reasonable to believe that the number 666 represents the three “Let there be” statements spoken on Day Six of creation concerning man. Since the three “Let there be” statements that were spoken on Day Six created man, the name “man” also represents the three statements spoken by God on Day Six.

Why would Satan’s name be the three “Let there be” statements spoken on Day Six? We are shown in the following verse that Satan was an anointed cherub who covereth.

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth: and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God: thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 28:14

What did Satan seek to gain? In Ezekiel 28:2 we learn that Satan wanted to be a God.

God rules over His spoken words, and His words rule over all His Creation. Satan wanted to rule over God’s spoken words.

We learn in the following verses that Satan’s ultimate goal was to rule over the stars of God, which I believe were the greater light and lesser light. His first goal was to rule over God’s spoken words that created man in order to rule over man. He wanted to rule over the three “Let there be” statements spoken on Day Six, which created man.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Isaiah 14:12-14

The number 666 represents the three “Let there be” statements that created man. For Satan to become master over Day Six, or the Day of Man, he needed victories over each of the three “Let there be” statements of that day.

Satan’s first victory came when he got both the man and the woman in the Garden of Eden to eat of the forbidden fruit. Satan’s second victory came when he was able to persuade Cain to kill Abel. His third victory was accomplished when he convinced man to knit their hearts and souls together by building a city and a tower to reach unto heaven in order for them to make a name for themselves. Satan would receive authority over any name they received because he had dominion over man.

How did Satan become the ruler over the three “Let there be” statements of Day Six concerning man?

The first “Let there be” statement of Day Six created man in the image and after the likeness of God; that is, man was created a living soul. Adam gave name to earth’s living creatures. Adam was a living soul; therefore, the name he gave to the creatures was for the making of souls. This was the first “Let there be” statement of Day Six concerning man.

Adam had ruled over the name he spoke to the creatures. Satan was an anointed cherub that covereth (Ezekiel 28:14). Satan’s job was to enforce the blessings and curses in regards to the covenant name Adam spoke to the creatures. All covenant names have blessings and curses that are enforced by angels. Earth’s living creatures were successful in forming souls, which they needed for evolving. Satan earned glory for his work. Satan’s glory was the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Satan’s glory was also his soul. We know this because Jesus’ soul was the price needed to redeem mankind back from Satan.

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 53:10

When man and woman ate of the forbidden fruit, Satan became the ruler over the first “Let there be” statement of Day Six, and man was removed from the Garden.

When man was in the Garden, he was protected and provided for by God. God gave them every tree in the Garden to eat except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God protected man by telling them the truth about that tree. He told both the man and the woman that if they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that they would die from the Day of Man into the Day of the Creature. We know this because God told the man that he would die in the day that he ate of the forbidden fruit. Since man did not die physically, we know he died spiritually. Man lost his home in the spiritual place, which was the Garden of Eden. Today man’s home is in the physical bodies created under the law of creatures on Day Five.

Satan’s second victory came when he persuaded Cain to kill Abel. Before his death, Abel used the authority of the second “Let there be” statement spoken on Day Six concerning man to have dominion over the earth’s living creatures, which were called sheep. When Abel’s blood went into the ground, Satan became the ruler of the second “Let there be” statement of Day Six. At that time, the number of his name was 66.

Cain became Satan’s seed just like those who have faith in Jesus become the seed of Abraham (I John 3:12 and Romans 4:13-16).[18] Satan needed his seed to grow and spread in order to have enough workers to accomplish his last victory.

Cain was a tiller of the ground. He received his authority from the third “Let there be” statement concerning man, which is found in Genesis 1:27-30. The words “Let there be” are not actually written in the Bible concerning the food blessing from God to man and creatures; but when we compare Genesis 1:22, a blessing for the creatures on Day Five, to what is written in Genesis 1:27-30, it is clear that this statement is also a “Let there be” statement.

Satan received the last six in the number of his name at the Tower of Babel. He convinced the people to build a city and a tower to reach into heaven in order for them to make a name for themselves. In doing so, they knitted their hearts and souls together and created glory for their ruler “Satan.”

The people’s souls were created with law from Day Six, the Day of Man. We know this because man was a living soul.

Their hearts were created with the name “Adam.” Jesus was the last Adam (I Corinthians 15:45).[19] When believers accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, they are given a new spirit and a new heart. That makes me believe that the name Adam was also used to develop higher hearts.

When the people built a city and a tower, they created two types of glory: soul and heart.

On the cross Jesus covered up his Son-of-God soul with His Son-of-Man soul to fool Satan into accepting Him into Hell? Satan did the same thing upon the tree of life at the time of the Tower of Babel. Earlier in history, Satan covered the glory earned by obeying law of Day Five, with glory earned by obeying name from Adam in order to tempt man and woman in the Garden of Eden. The fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the fruit on the tree of life were good to look at but deadly inside if you were not supposed to eat of them.

Why were earth’s living creatures created on Day Six?

In Genesis 1:24-25, God spoke the “Let there be” statement that created living creatures. Even though God spoke this statement on the sixth day, the “Let there be” statement that created living creatures belonged to Day Five. As we learned earlier, creation days were God’s creations, not periods of time.

God waited until the sixth day to speak the third “Let there be” statement of Day Five because He needed man to give the creatures names, which they used to form souls.

Since today man exists here in the physical world within a living creature’s body, God must have spoken the third “Let there be” statement of Day Five on Day Six because He knew man would die into the fifth day and become physical beings here in the earth.

Who was Satan trying to tempt at the Tower of Babel?

Satan was trying to tempt the greater light and his helpmate the lesser light. They were the fruit of Day Four.

When man received the name Adam, he gave part of the name Man to earth’s living creatures. When the greater light received name from God, he too gave part of his name to a lower day. Man was that lower day, and Adam was the name, which came from God by the way of the greater light.

The first to be tempted by the fruit on the tree of life, which was forbidden to them just like the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was forbidden to man, was the lesser light. She was the helpmate of the greater light. Unlike the man Adam, the greater light refused to eat of the forbidden fruit. We can know the greater light refused because he was not removed from heaven.

When woman had eaten of the forbidden fruit, Adam named her Eve, which came from his name. The greater light gave the lesser light part of his name when she had eaten of the fruit that was forbidden to them. That name was Babel and she became the great whore. God removed her from her husband and gave her to the son-of-man species as name spirit, which Satan had dominion over.

Through the years by the way of the lesser light, God would issue a total of seven name covenants to the son-of-man species. The names Babel, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome were used to rule seven worldly nations and to receive glory and riches for the lesser light and her new husband (Satan).

By the way of the greater light God also gave seven name spirits to the son-of-man species. The name Adam was replaced at the time of the Flood. After that, man then received the following name covenants: Noah, Abraham, Israel, Moses, David, and the covenant that Israel received after they returned from Babylon.

God’s purpose for giving name covenants by the way of the greater light was to prepare a people for the coming of Jesus, His Christ, and to receive glory and riches for the greater light (Jesus). The purpose for giving name by the lesser light was to prepare the way of the antichrist.

Today, the Spirit of God and the spirit of the antichrist are at war in the minds and hearts of mankind. They are fighting for souls and the right to mark their followers with either the mark of God or the mark of the antichrist.

What about the number 616?

Scholars have found photographic evidence that an ancient fragment of papyrus from the Book of Revelation indicates the number of the beast is 616, instead of 666. If the beast’s real number turns out to be 616 instead of 666, would my hypothesis concerning the beast’s number be wrong?

The beast’s number represents the beast’s name. His name represents the power and authority that belong to him, which is the law or word that he rules over. The antichrist and the red dragon are forms of Satan and are from Satan in the same way as the Christ and the Holy Spirit are forms of the Father and are from the Father. The numbers 666, 616, and, as some have suggested, the number 665 represents the power and authority over law or word which the three forms of Satan had at particular times in history.

As written in Revelation 3:12, Jesus also received a new name. Jesus’ new name represented His power and authority at that particular time in history. Satan shows up at many times, places, and forms in history. In the Book of Job, Satan as one of the sons of God was permitted to test Job.

In II Corinthians 11:14, it is written that Satan transformed into an angel of light. Could this be a time when his number was 616? Could the two “6’s” represent two out of three of the three laws or words that created man on Day Six? Could the number “1” represent the word that created light on Day One? Angels of light are beings of light.

You may want to consider the time when Satan as the red dragon was removed from heaven (Revelation 12:9). What was his number before and after that event? Could it have been 616, or maybe 665?

In conclusion, if you believe the number of the beast or antichrist is written in stone like your social security number, I don’t know how to handle the possibility of there being other numbers. But if you believe the antichrist’s number is his power and authority at a particular point in time, numbers other than 666 are opportunities to learn even more about our enemy.

Why are there similarities between Jesus as name covenant and the great red dragon, Jesus in the flesh and the beast out of the sea, and the Holy Spirit and the beast out of the earth?

Before Jesus came in the flesh, he was removed from heaven and given to Israel as a name-spirit covenant, after the captivity in Babylon.

I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isaiah 42:6

Satan, as the red dragon, was removed from heaven as name spirit.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 12:9

Jesus was manifested in the flesh. He preached three and one-half years to the Jewish people to whom He was sent. Jesus had power over all demons. He also said in Revelation 3:1 that He had the seven Spirits of God.

Jesus died on the cross to offer His soul as the price to buy back man from Satan (Isaiah 53:10).

Jesus obeyed His Father and received His power from His Father. He preached repentance from sin and obedience to the Father. Only those who the Father had given to Him could receive Jesus (John 6:65).[20]

Jesus was wounded to death and was in the ground for three days before He rose again. Jesus was the Lamb of God.

The beast that rose up out of the sea had seven heads. One of the seven heads was wounded to death and lived again. He received the power, seat, and authority from the dragon (Revelation 13:1-4).

The beast out of the sea preached blasphemy three and one-half years against God and was given power over the saints to overcome them. Those not written in the book of life of the Lamb had to worship him (Revelation 13:5-8).

Jesus, as name covenant, and Satan, as name spirit, are opposite of each other as well as Jesus in the flesh and the beast out of the sea are opposite of each other. Yet somehow they seem to be similar in many ways.

What do the Holy Spirit and the antichrist have in common?

Does the above question make you feel uneasy? I was so surprised when I noticed how often the Holy Spirit and the antichrist seem to do the same jobs but opposite. The reader shall see there are really good reasons for the similarities.

The Holy Spirit came from heaven in the form of a cloven tongue like as of fire and He only spoke the words He heard the Father and the Son speak.

The beast out of the earth, which is the spirit of the antichrist, had two horns like a lamb and spoke like his father, the dragon (Revelation 13:11).

Believers of Jesus Christ can do miracles through the Holy Spirit and in the name of Jesus. The beast out of the earth can also do miracles in the sight of the first beast (Revelation 13:14).

The Holy Spirit encourages believers to obey the Word of God, which causes Christ to form in their new hearts as an image of Jesus. The beast causes people to make an image of the first beast (Revelation 13:14).

The Holy Spirit has the power to give life to the Word of God that has formed in the hearts of believers. Life in the Word spoken from the hearts of believers can cause others to believe in Jesus Christ. This life-filled Word causes believers to put the desire of their old sinful nature to death. The beast out of the earth has power to give life to the image of the first beast, which gives it the ability to speak and cause people who will not worship the image of the beast to be killed (Revelation 13:15).

The Holy Spirit seals believers with the mark of God, which is the number of the name of God, the name of the city of God, and the name of Jesus’ new name. The number of all three of these names is 777. Without this mark, no one can enter the New Jerusalem (Revelation 22:3-4). The beast out of the earth causes people to receive the mark of the beast or the number of his name, which is 666. Without this mark no one can buy or sell. At the final judgment, those with the mark of the beast will be placed into the “lake of fire” (Revelation 19:20).

Why are there so many similarities between Jesus as name covenant and the great red dragon, Jesus in the flesh and the beast out of the sea, and the Holy Spirit and the beast out of the earth (antichrist)? What could they possibly have in common?

Jesus as name covenant, Jesus in the flesh, and the Holy Spirit are all forms of Jesus as name covenant, which is a form of God the Father. The great red dragon, the beast out of the sea, and the beast out of the earth are all forms of the great red dragon, which is a form of Satan.

Jesus ruled over the seven name covenants from God by the way of the greater light. Satan ruled over the seven name covenants from God by the way of the lesser light. Both sets of name covenants came from one name that was given to the greater light, which was divided at the time of the Tower of Babel, hence the similarities between Jesus and his different forms and Satan and his different forms.

Who were the ten-toe kingdoms?

It is written in the Book of Daniel that King Nebuchadnezzar dreamt about an image. The image’s head was made of gold, his breast and arms were made of silver, his belly and thighs were made of brass, his legs were made of iron, and his feet were made of part iron and part clay. It is easy to understand from reading the Bible that gold represented Babylon, silver represented Persia, brass represented Greece, and iron represented Rome. The identifications of the nations that were represented by both iron and clay were not revealed. People have been wondering about the ten-toe kingdoms ever since that time.

These very same ten-toe kingdoms can be found in the Book of Revelation. It is written in the following verse that the beast, which the great whore sat on, had ten horns.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:3

In the following verse the ten horns are identified as ten kings who had yet to receive their kingdoms.

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

Revelation 17:12

Jesus Christ came in the flesh to offer His soul for our sins, but that was only part of the reason He came. Jesus came in the flesh to create the fruit for an offering. Jesus had the seven Spirits of God. By living in the flesh and obeying all seven name Spirits of God, He created fruit acceptable to be offered to God.

Jesus’ fruit was accepted and as a result of this, the seven Spirits of His church within the Holy Spirit were made available to His believers. Believers must overcome each one by obeying each Spirit and developing the fruit that is acceptable. There were seven different rewards promised to the overcomers (Revelation 2 & 3).

One might say okay, but what does this have to do with the ten-toe kingdoms? Please read the following Bible verse.

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Revelation 12:3

Please notice two things about this verse. First, the dragon had seven crowns to match his seven heads. Secondly, he did not have any crowns to match his ten horns.

Crowns are statements of victory. Satan had already developed the fruit to receive the crowns for the seven heads, which I believe were the name spirits of Babel, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.

Because of the victories represented by the seven crowns on the seven heads, the beast out of the sea made seven name spirits available for the creation of worldly nations. Any nation that obeyed one or more of these seven name spirits would receive power to create a worldly nation. This power to create nations comes in the form of emotional power over people, which blinds them from the truth.

Have you ever wondered how leaders like Hitler could get so many good people to do evil? The answer lies in the fact that the leaders themselves first became servants of a ten-toe kingdom and slaves to their own evil thoughts and dark emotions. Ten-toe kingdom leaders are very believable because they are convinced that their ways are right.

When the dragon was removed from heaven, he persecuted the woman.

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Revelation 12:13

He unleashed seven evil-nation spirits upon the woman who brought forth the man-child, who was Jesus. The woman was the Jewish nation.

We know the dragon had seven name spirits available because he had seven crowns upon his seven heads, which were seven name spirits to create nations. The ten horns that the dragon had were also types of name spirits. They were ten chances for someone to become a king.

To become a king, a person had to develop the fruit that would be acceptable. Ten evil people had a chance to become a king under Satan. Each of the ten “would-be kings” had to be extremely evil in a certain area. For example, Hitler had powerful fruit in the area of hating Jews. If he had lived at the right time, he might have become the king of hate.

Kings of the ten-toe kingdoms would have to wait until the beast out of the sea came on the scene before they received their kingdoms.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Revelation 13:1

The ten crowns upon his ten horns indicate that he had received victory in ten areas. Ten evil spirits became available to anyone who obeyed them, rather they knew it or not. The ten-toe-kingdom kings were the rulers over these spirits and anyone who obeyed any of the ten evil spirits. Kingdoms in the spiritual world rule kingdoms here in the physical world.

Many people believe that the ten-toe kingdoms are ten worldly nations, but there are two things wrong with this way of thinking. Since the ten-toe kingdoms have a spiritual base, there can be any number of them here in the earth over time, and they don’t have to be nations. The ten-toe kingdoms can be a single person or a single nation, and any kind of organization in between. One only needs to obey one or more of the ten-toe kings of the spirit world to receive power from them.

A ten-toe kingdom can be recognized by their emotional power over people. Emotional power can be transferred to things like selling power, celebrity power, pride, votes for a certain party or cause, nationalism, and rationalism to mention a few.

The emotional power of the ten-toe kingdoms is hidden from its subjects. Neither the leaders nor the members of the ten-toe kingdoms know they are being controlled. When people obey the emotional power of the ten-toe kingdoms, they actually think that they are obeying their own will. They say things like “It’s my body, it’s my money, it’s my company, and I will do what I want to do.” So many people are being controlled and they don’t even know it.

Those who think they are doing their own will, but are really being controlled by the ten-toe kingdoms and the antichrist, will be marked with the number 666 and they won’t even know it. The antichrist’s number will be placed on their spirit man, not their physical bodies. It is the spirit man that will be going into the lake of fire, not the physical bodies. The ten-toe kingdoms are to Satan what the church is to Jesus. One has to choose to be in Jesus’ church. In Satan’s church many of his congregation doesn’t even know that they are members.

The doors to Satan’s church are open wide. We are all tempted at times to yield to evil emotions and evil desires, such as hate, jealously, envy, adultery, idolatry, lust, and unforgiveness. If we don’t ask God to forgive our sins and to give us another spirit and another heart, the number 666 will be placed on our spirit man.

I have heard many people say they would choose death before they would let the antichrist mark them with the number 666. Little do these people know that every time they yield to an evil emotion or an evil desire, they are coming closer to receiving the mark of the antichrist and becoming a subject of the ten-toe kingdoms.

Those who are marked with the number 666 are given the ability to buy and to sell (Revelation 13:17). Buying and selling is the receiving of power from Satan and the giving of power from Satan to others.

Christians who are marked with God’s number can also receive and give or transfer the power of God to other believers by laying-on of hands. This makes the anointing of God available, which is the power of God to do His will.

Where does the beast out of the earth fit into Satan’s evil plan?

The last beast is the antichrist. His job is the same as the Holy Spirit, but the opposite. He encourages evil doing and rebellion against God. He also gives power to those who have created evil images of the first beast in their heart. He gave them power to overcome the good that is in them in order to do evil.

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

Revelation 13:15

If one doesn’t have the mark of God and the seal of salvation, they are targets and fair game to evil spirits. Whenever anyone looks upon, thinks about, or imagines doing evil, they are obeying an evil spirit, which causes them to develop fruit. When their fruit is accepted, they will be given the power to overcome any good that is in them. For anyone to do evil to others, they must first overcome the good that is in them. For anyone to do good for others, they must first overcome the evil that is in them.

The image of the beast that is in the hearts of those who obey the antichrist is the fruit that overcomes any good they may have in them. The image of Jesus that forms in the hearts of His believers is the fruit that overcomes any evil they may have in them.

Ever since I was a little boy I have been warned about the coming of the antichrist. No one warned me that he was already here in the earth and available to anyone who will listen to him. If I had read the Bible, I could have seen for myself that the spirit of the antichrist was already in the earth.

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that anti-christ shall come, even now are there many anti-christs; whereby we know that it is the last time.

I John 2:18

If the antichrist came in a physical body he could only be one place at a time, but by coming in the form of a name spirit, the beast out of the earth can be everywhere and do billions of times more damage than one lonely beast.

That is why Jesus said it was better for the people if He would go away and He would send back a Comforter, which means the Holy Spirit (John 16:7).[21] The Comforter can be everywhere at the same time.

As part of the judgment in the Garden of Eden, Satan was told he would crawl on his belly all the days of his life (Genesis 3:14).[22] Where is it written that Satan’s sins were forgiven? There is no place written in the Bible that says Satan’s sins were forgiven and that he can once more walk upon his legs.

Since the dragon, the beast out of the sea, and the beast out of the earth are three forms of the being called Satan, I don’t think anyone of them will have legs here in the physical world; or in other words, they won’t have physical bodies.

Knowing this, you should make sure you know what kind of music your children are listening to and what kind of movies they are watching. Don’t wait until their fruit has been picked to find out.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

I Peter 5:8

Why are some people seriously affected when exposed to sexual and violent stimuli and others seem to suffer little or no bad effects? There seems to be at least three major factors which determine who will imitate what they see and hear.

The state of mind of the one exposed to sex and violence contributes to how they process such information. Obviously, a well-adjusted individual has a greater chance of not being adversely affected by what they are exposed to than a less stable person who is perhaps suffering from some kind of stress or pain.

The amount of exposure to sex and violence is another major factor in determining if an individual will be unfavorably affected by exposure to improper stimuli. It is obvious that the more one sees or hears something the more chances they will have to be affected by what they are seeing and hearing.

Lastly, it is the individual that determines the effect sex and violence will have on them. We as individuals choose the amount and the kind of emotion we apply to unhealthy stimuli. We also choose the amount of times we are exposed to such stimuli.

If a person finds oneself desiring to experience more and more unhealthy stimuli, that person is in real trouble. That person must find a way to stop feeding evil spirits. Before one can stop doing a bad habit, one must stop thinking about it and replace the bad thoughts with good thoughts. Seeking advice from a good church could help.

To the individual who finds oneself in the above situation, I have two suggestions. First that individual should be afraid, very afraid. Secondly, that individual should ask Jesus Christ to save him/her.

What were the sea and the earth from which the beasts rose out of?

Have you ever considered that the sea and the earth where the two beasts rose out of could have been something other than H_2O oceans and the earth we stand upon? There are other options to consider.

Some time ago, I mentioned my belief that the names of Day, Night, Heaven, Seas, and Earth were name spirits from God and places where spirit beings exist. The name Earth was given to dry land and is the spiritual heart of all physical matter, including our planet Earth. The name Seas was given to the gathering of the waters on Day Three. Seas is the soul of the earth and is attached to the nonmass energies of this universe, including those associated with our planet.

The name spirits of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Israel, Moses, and David exist in the heart of the earth, which is the name Earth. The name spirits of Babel, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome exist in the soul of the earth, which is the name Seas.

Did you notice that I did not mention the name Jesus when I was naming those of the heart of the earth? Because of the work Jesus completed on the cross, Jesus’ followers will be going to His bosom in Heaven, not the heart of the earth.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

II Corinthians 5:8

When the red dragon was removed from heaven, I hypothesized that he went into the soul of the name Rome. Rome’s soul was in the name Seas. From this location, the red dragon sent forth the beast out of the sea as a spirit being to preach blasphemies to the dead in the heart of the earth for three and one-half years. The heart of the earth is within the name of the Earth.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

Revelation 13:5

The second beast came forth out of the heart of the earth. He does the same job for the beast out of the sea as the Holy Spirit does for Jesus. The beast out of the earth encourages people to obey the beast out of the sea. The Holy Spirit encourages people to obey Jesus. The beast that rose out of the sea and the beast that rose out of the earth were both forms of Satan, just like Jesus and the Holy Spirit are forms of the Father.

Will our planet and our universe be destroyed?

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Revelation 21:1

It is clearly stated in Revelation 21:1 that heaven and the earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. But could the heaven, the earth, and the sea that’s written about in Revelation 21:1 be of a spiritual nature instead of a physical nature? Whenever there is a question about the meaning of the written Word, we are to let the Scriptures interpret the Scriptures. That is, we are to search the Scriptures for understandings.

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 12:7-9

There are two very important points to consider about this great event in history. When Satan as the great red dragon was removed from heaven, even the place where he existed at in heaven was also done away with. This is a clue to why God saw fit to remove the old earth and the sea.

Apparently, whenever and wherever God removes evil spirits, He also removes the places where they exist. That makes me wonder how much damage evil spirits can do to their surroundings.

The second point we need to consider is that Satan as the great red dragon and his angels are spirit beings. They didn’t have physical bodies. They only had spiritual bodies; therefore, when God removed them from heaven He placed them in the earth’s spiritual realms. We will return to this point soon.

Let’s look at another eviction.

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 19:20

When God removed Satan from heaven, He also removed Satan’s place in heaven. Does this mean that when the beast out of the sea and the beast out of the earth, which is the false prophet, are removed from the sea and from the earth that their places will also be removed?

It is confirmed in the following verse that both the old earth and the sea were no more.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Revelation 21:1

This verse lets us know that death and hell will also be removed from their usual locations and placed into the lake of fire.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:14

Both death and hell are places where spirits exist. Death is presently located in the name spirit Seas and will be placed in the lake of fire. Hell is presently located in the name spirit Earth, which is the heart of the earth, and will be placed in the lake of fire.

Satan as the great red dragon and his angels are spirit beings. They were removed from a spiritual place called heaven. It only makes sense that they were placed in the earth’s spirit realms.

The beast out of the sea and the beast out of the earth (the false prophet) are forms of Satan, just like Jesus and the Holy Spirit are forms of the Father. Since Satan is a spirit being, chances are good that both the beast out of the sea and the beast out of the earth are also spirit beings. They too would exist in spirit realms.

Earth’s spirit realms were created when God gave the spirit name Earth to dry land and the spirit name Seas to gathered waters (Genesis 1:10). In Revelation 21:1, the heaven and the earth that passed away, and the sea that was no more are all spirit places where Satan and his followers existed before going into the lake of fire.

When someone accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, they are given a new spirit and a new heart, which is the name spirit of Jesus Christ. They are not given new physical bodies. Sometime in the future, after the loss of their physical bodies, they will receive new spiritual bodies (I Corinthians 15:44).[23]

I suggest to you that heaven’s body, the earth’s body, and the sea’s body may not be destroyed at the time Revelation 21:1 is referring to; but the body of heaven, which is firmament, will receive a new name spirit called the New Heaven. The body of earth, which is dry land, will receive a new name spirit called the New Earth. Lastly, the body of the Seas, which is gathered waters, will also receive a new name spirit called Second Death (Revelation 20:12-15).[24]

New name spirits became necessary because the presence of Satan had corrupted their old name spirits. Will our planet and our universe be destroyed? Yes, they certainly will be destroyed. Death of our planet will probably come when our sun expands as it grows old. The planet Earth might even last until the universe ends.

As to when our universe will end, it is when God will speak the three “Let there be” statements that were missing from the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, which are “Let the light be divided from the darkness,” which will place all that belongs to God, within God; “Let there be darkness,” which will dissolve all spiritual matter into spiritual energy; and “Let there be waters,” which will dissolve all matter into energy.

I don’t know when or how our planet will end, but I do know that in Revelation 21:1 the first heaven, the first earth, and the sea are spirit places for spirit beings, and they will be replaced with new name spirits.

God destroyed the heavens and the earth at the time of the Flood.

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

II Peter 3:6-7

The spiritual heavens and the spiritual earth surrounding the physical earth were destroyed at the time of the Flood and were replaced with new spiritual heavens and a new spiritual earth, but the physical heavens and the physical earth remained. It seems reasonable to believe that something similar could happen again in the future.

Why did God punish man and beast with the Flood?

Men on earth have the bodies of earth’s living creatures or beasts. The souls they developed wanted only to satisfy the wants of creatures’ bodies. They imagined only evil thoughts in their hearts.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

Men’s hearts were in the presence of God. Men on earth received power from God through their hearts. Men used God’s power to do evil. God created the Flood to remove the name Adam, which was a covenant given to man from God, and also part of the name Man, which Adam gave to the creatures.

And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:6

What were the covenants God gave to man and creatures after the Flood?

God removed the power and authority from the first “Let there be” statement of Day Four and gave the power and authority of the second “Let there be” statement of Day Four to create this karma-like law.

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Genesis 8:22

Now take a look at the following verse.

. . . and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Genesis 1:14

Can you tell that the covenant found in Genesis 8:22 came from the power and authority of God’s spoken words found in Genesis 1:14?

God also removed the power and authority from the first “Let there be” statement concerning man and replaced it with the power and authority of the second “Let there be” statement concerning man’s receiving dominion.

. . . and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:26

If you were to examine the covenant that God gave to Noah and his sons, you would see it was the dominion covenant of Genesis 1:26.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Genesis 9:1-3

You might be thinking that God had already given this blessing or “Let there be” statement to man. Yes, He did give this blessing to man, but man at that time was only a spirit being or a living soul. Man had now become one with earth’s living beasts; that is, man had become earth’s living beast’s spirit man.

As a side note, at the time of the Tower of Babel, man received the third “Let there be” statement of Day Four, which brought light to the earth to give power over nations.

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:15

Both man and beast also received the last “Let there be” statement of Day Six, which was a blessing from God to provide for food.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Genesis 1:28-30

When God gave the name of Babel to man, they received power and authority to rule over both man and beast. Man used this power to make creatures, plants, and trees domestic, and to develop civilizations and kingdoms.

How and why were ancient works accomplished?

All around the world ancient man built many amazing works. Stone Hedge, the works on Easter Island, Indian mounds in Ohio and elsewhere, the Spinks, and pyramids around the world are just a few of these ancient works. Could they have been seeking a name from God by the way of the lesser light to rule over crops, animals, people, and maybe even the weather?

Considering the rise of civilization around these amazing ancient building projects, I would not be surprised to learn that many of these great works led to them receiving power and authority from God, in both this and the next world.

Truly, ancient works are amazing. Where did primitive people receive the knowledge to accomplish such deeds?

I hypothesis that Satan, in the form of the great red dragon after he was removed from heaven, gave knowledge in the form of visions to either/or shamans and kings of these ancient people (Revelation 12:7-9). My guess is based on multiple and diverse stories of dragons throughout the world.

Secret to Life

Every one of us wants to have a better more complete life for ourselves and our loved ones. God loves us and has provided everything we could possibly need to make our dreams come true.

The secret to life is that each of us has three powers. The way we choose to use each of these powers determines the kind of life we experience.

The first power available to us is the ability to choose what voices we will listen to and what things we will look upon. The second power available to us is the power to choose the subject matter of our imagination. Imagination creates desire, which rules over the body to create deeds. After creating these deeds, the third power becomes available to us, which is the ability to influence others. The ability to influence others is a major key to a successful life.

Eve’s actions in the Garden of Eden are perfect examples of the three powers of man. She heard the voice of the serpent and looked upon the forbidden fruit, she imagined the serpent was telling the truth when he said the fruit was good to eat, and then after desire came, she ate of the forbidden fruit.

Because Eve had already accomplished the deed in her mind and her body, she had the power to influence Adam to do the same thing. It would be a mistake to judge Eve harshly. She only did what was in her nature and our nature. Man was created with three statements from God on Creation Day Six. God wanted man to be made in His image and after His likeness, and He wanted them to have dominion over creatures. God also gave both man and creatures the right to eat certain foods. Since man was given dominion over creatures, he had rule over the law that gave food to creatures. It is human nature to desire to be like God, to have dominion, make their own choices, and to influence others.

Today, there is an all-out war going on between the Spirit of God or 777 and the spirit of the antichrist or 666 for the souls of mankind. Do you want to serve God and go to heaven? If so, one needs to hear and obey the voice of God, look upon good things, imagine good thoughts, do good deeds, and then influence others in a godly way.

Now if one wants to receive the number 666 on their spirit being and end up in the lake of fire, it is much easier. All one has to do is to listen to voices that are evil and look upon forbidden fruit (anything against God’s laws). One can always count on Satan giving that person evil desires if they continue to imagine evil. It’s only a matter of time when evil desires will overcome their mind and body.

After committing evil deeds in one’s own body, the antichrist will provide the authority and the power of the last 6, which gives that person the power to influence others.

Receiving the number 666 is done in complete secrecy. Since the number is placed upon one’s spirit being, the receiver of the mark of the beast is completely unaware of it. It is one’s spirit being that goes to heaven or the lake of fire, not one’s physical body; therefore, the mark of the beast is placed on one’s spirit being.

Those who obey the spirit of the antichrist truly believe they are doing their own will and obeying their own desires. In truth, they are receiving Satan’s will and making it their own. Today, the number 666 is spreading throughout the world like a deadly disease, while most people are looking for the mark of the beast on the physical bodies of people.

The power of the knowledge of good and evil is available to everyone. We must choose how we are going to use the power of the knowledge of good and evil everyday of our lives. To enjoy your life now and the hereafter, you must listen to good voices, look upon good fruit, and do good deeds. This is the advice Jesus gave mankind two thousand years ago. We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, but our rewards in heaven are determined by the deeds we do here on earth.

How can you use the Secret to Life to make your life better?

Make a list of losses and defeats that you have experienced in your life. Now make a list of victories and blessings that God has given you in your life. Choose one of these lists to meditate upon. I guarantee you that before long, whatever list you have chosen to meditate upon will grow.

My advice is to rip up your list of losses and defeats into little pieces and throw it in the trash where it belongs. Then take your list of victories and blessings and place it somewhere where you will see it every day. Next, when you are faced with a challenge in your life, meditate on a similar victory God has given you in your life. If you have not experienced a similar victory in your life, choose a Bible verse where God promises a victory in that area and meditate upon it. Meditating on the promises of God and the victories He has given you in the past will cause your lists of victories and blessings to grow.

King David’s victory over Goliath provides a perfect picture on how to deal with life’s challenges. Before David faced Goliath in battle, he meditated upon the Word of God, how he had killed the bear and the lion while attending his sheep, his future victory over Goliath, and what he would receive after the victory. Then after he confessed with his mouth that God would give him the victory, he ran to battle with faith.

Promotion in life comes from victories over Goliaths, or life challenges. The good news is that God created us with the ability to experience the kind of life we want. We need to choose wisely what we meditate upon.

Please consider the wisdom of the following Bible verse.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: . . .

Proverbs 23:7

How can you use the Secret to Life to get your dream job?

First, God created the laws that are the source of the Secret to Life’s power, so you need God on your side. You should therefore pray and ask God to lead you to the job that is best for you. He will then place in your heart a desire for a certain kind of work. This desire won’t go away. That is one way you will know if it is from God. In fact, for some of you God may have already placed this desire in your heart.

The next thing you need to do is to plant two types of seed, spiritual seed and physical seed. Spiritual seed is when you give of your time and money into a field that you are interested in. For example, if you want to become an electrician, a good spiritual seed to sow would be to give of your time and money into an organization such as Habitat for Humanity. As an added bonus, you would be able to obtain good contacts in the field you have chosen to work in. Also, if you choose to give to your church, you need to be sure to name the purpose for your giving when you pray and ask God to accept your seed.

Planting spiritual seed is not enough though. You must also plant physical seed into your field. It is easy to see the outcome if a farmer gave to his local church and didn’t plant in his own field. Good physical seed comes in many forms, such as education, training, savings accounts, buying tools, and doing exercise to name a few. You must determine the kind and amount of physical seed you need for your chosen field.

Lastly, you need to visualize and confess that you have already received your dream job. Do this on a regular daily basis. Don’t ever think about what you would do if you didn’t receive your dream job. Trust and obey God and know that there will be giants to face.

Are your giants still kicking your behind?

Have you asked Jesus to forgive your sins and be your Lord and Savior? Are you obeying God’s written Word? Are your giants still defeating you even though you have planted both good spiritual seed and good physical seed?

If you have answered yes to all of these questions, I believe I can tell you why victories are till eluding you. Chances are that you still have unforgiven sins. I’m not speaking of sin you didn’t ask God to forgive you for, I’m speaking about the sin you have asked God to forgive you for and he already has. It’s easy to get God to forgive our sins because He wants to forgive us, but we are the ones that can’t seem to forgive ourselves. Unforgiven sins in our own hearts will cause our subconscious mind to work to defeat our own dreams.

God knew man would have a hard time forgiving themselves, so he provided ways to help them. It is written that we need to confess our sins to one another. Confessing our sins to others is a big step in the healing process. Have you confessed all your sins to others, or are your sins too embarrassing to confess to others? Could it be if you were to confess your sins to others it would hurt innocent people? I don’t believe God wants us to hurt others for our own benefit, but there is another way to learn how to forgive ourselves. This method will however take a lot of time and effort.

The way to help you forgive yourself is that whenever you have a thought about a past sin which God has forgiven you for, think in your mind: “I have sinned much, God has forgiven all, and I am forgiven.” Then speak these words out loud until they become a habit. I am convinced that if more Christians would do this, we Christians would have more victories in this physical life.

Why do winners win and losers lose?

I am a Cleveland Browns fan. I was born and raised in Wayne County, Ohio which is about fifty miles south of Cleveland. Like Browns fans everywhere, my heart has been broken on many Sunday afternoons. To the east of where I lived lies Pittsburg. Pittsburg Steelers’ fans have many sweet memories of their team being victorious on Sunday afternoons. So when all things are equal, why do winners win and losers lose?

It is my belief that winners do two things different from losers. Winners expect to win and don’t fear losing. Losers hope to win and fear losing. Those who win repeatedly draw from the joy of previous wins to give them the ability to expect to win. Those who lose repeatedly draw from the pain of previous loses to create the fear of losing.

The road to riches for the Pittsburg Steelers started many years ago with one unforgettable miracle-like play in Oakland, California. In my opinion, that one play gave the Steelers many victories over the years. Unfortunately for my team, the Cleveland Browns, both the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders have provided them with good reasons to fear losing. If the Browns are ever going to become winners again, they must find a way to stop thinking about past heartbreaks and find a way to expect to win.

The same can be said about all of us. If we are ever going to become winners in different aspects of our lives, we too must use the joy of previous victories in order to expect to win, and we must prevent the pain of previous loses from causing us to fear defeat.

God has provided a way for all of us to become winners, even if we lack the experience of winning in the past. God has given each of us the ability to imagine victories. Our subconscious mind cannot tell the difference from an imaged experience and a real past experience.

Is there an aspect of your life where you wish you had victory? If so, do the following. When you pray to God for something, believe you have received what you prayed for at that time. Sow physical and spiritual seed. Repeatedly visualize receiving the thing you prayed for and try your best to feel as if you have already received it. Expect to receive what you prayed for and don’t doubt or fear not receiving it.

When it comes to receiving the promises of God found in the Bible, believing is easy, but not doubting is hard. Jesus said if we had the faith of a mustard seed and did not doubt in our hearts, we could speak to the mountain and it would be cast into the sea.

Not doubting is hard, but with practice it does become much easier. Never think about what you would do if you didn’t receive, and never have a deadline of when you must receive. Keep your eyes on the prize, not on anything that might cause you to doubt.

Winning or losing is in your own hands because God is not a respecter of persons. He has created each of us with the ability to win or to lose. In the game of life there will be times when defeat seems likely, but winners refuse to let go of their vision of victory.

What’s the bottom line?

. . . In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

Friends, I will make it really simple. God allows bad things to happen in our lives to give us opportunity for promotion. Trials, tribulations, and Goliaths are never fun but the hard truth is that we need them. Promotion comes when we prove our trust in God’s written Word by our good thoughts, words, actions, and emotions. The Bible is full of stories of people who had to overcome difficulties before they received blessings and promotions; such as the stories of Abraham, Moses, Job, David, and Daniel.

If a person has been a Christian for more than six months, chances are good they know the above information, so why do we react negatively when bad things happen? The answer comes in the form of two words “negative emotions.” When trials, tribulations, and Goliaths rear their ugly heads, negative emotions kick in and cut off logical thinking. Everyone has experienced negative emotions stopping us from doing what we know is the right thing to do.

Victory in life means victory over our emotions, so the big question is this, “How can we get victory over our emotions?” The answer is to KNOW THY ENEMY! Know that your negative emotions will try to cut off all the positive thoughts you have placed in your heart through studying, meditating, and speaking the Word of God. We must fight our natural instincts to let our emotions take over when we experience negative events and circumstances. The bottom line is this: we must always be ready to fight our negative emotions instantly at all times. Controlling negative emotions comes only with practice.

My advice is to practice every day when there are small bumps on the road and then when a large pothole comes along, you will be ready to put the brakes on negative emotions.

Conclusion

I have shared my heart and soul with you. If you find that you agree with the subject matter I have presented in this book after praying and meditating on it, don’t keep it to yourself.

If you enjoyed my thoughts, please leave a short review wherever you purchased my book. A few lines from you could help make a better world for all of us.

Appendix

Chart A

The following chart depicts the three parts of each creation day’s evening, morning, and seed light.

Manifestations of God’s Spoken Word

—Let There Be—

The italicized words belong to the days where the “Let there be” statements are not found in the Bible but are believed to have been spoken, or spoken without the words “Let there be.”

Chart B

The following chart depicts the names God gave to His creations and the promises that came within each name.

The italicized “Spirit of God” was not mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis but I think it was present at the creation of the waters.

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End Notes

1.    For with God nothing shall be impossible. (Luke 1:37)

2.    So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15-17)

3.    And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. (Acts 10:11-16)

4.    All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3)

5.    Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 4:13-14)

6.    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. (Revelation 17:15)

7.    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63)

8.    And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. (Revelation 5:6)

9.    All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; (Job 27:3)

10.   And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; (Hosea 2:21)

11.   I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

12.   And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star. (Revelation 2:26-28)

13.   And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. (Genesis 2:18-20)

14.   Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generation of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? (Isaiah 51:9-10)

15.   And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. (II Samuel 2:4)

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. (Daniel 7:6)

16.   And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. (Revelation 3:1)

17.   Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; (Philippians 2:9-10)

18.   Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. (I John 3:12)

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (Romans 4:13-16)

19.   And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (I Corinthians 15:45)

20.   And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. (John 6:65)

21.   Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. (John 16:7)

22.   And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (Genesis 3:14)

23.   It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (I Corinthians 15:44)

24.   And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:12-15)