John Worgul

God made the world binary. Everything comes in twos, whether in sets like man/woman, opposites like black/white, or dark side/bright side in positive-negative contrasts. Pagans observed this latter phenomenon and naturally concluded that reality was dualistic, where good and evil always existed alongside each other as equal powers, and are in eternal conflict. Their pantheons … Read more

… the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 2:9) Trees tend to be mere plants to us westerners with little or no spiritual symbolism. Not so with the Hebrews, and for that matter, all ancient peoples. Trees always had … Read more

And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food … Gen 2:9 It is, therefore, evident that the opinion is false of those who asserted that it made no difference to the truth of the faith what anyone holds about creatures, … Read more

And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the East; and there he put the man he had formed (Gen. 2:8). This grand universe is the cosmic Temple of God! This is the essence of Genesis One. Every inch of it is full of His glory, for He fills all things (Jeremiah 23:23). … Read more

Genesis One is not a scientific text. It was never meant to be one. The ancients did not think in terms of scientific method born out of the “Enlightenment” which we take so much for granted. This text is not primarily concerned with the creation of matter; it is assumed that God had created the … Read more

And on the seventh day, God finished his work which he had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. On modern ears, the idea of God “resting” on the seventh day is completely lost. It brings up the absurd dilemma of why God would need “rest” … Read more

… fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over [it]. Gen. 1:28 We are all fascinated with royalty! Even if we are Americans who long ago kicked King George out, we never seem to get enough of the royal drama across the ocean. C.S. Lewis would have all the Children in Narnia kings … Read more

Let us make man in our image and likeness … male and female He created them (Gen. 1:26, 27). There is simply no truth, no doctrine, no idea, that is more fundamental to the Judeo-Christian world view than man made in the image of God, both male and female. Everything from Genesis to Revelation hinges … Read more

 And God called the dry land earth Let the Earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind Days 1 and 4 deal with the broad issue of what constitutes time, day and night, evening and morning, with corresponding light and darkness. Days 2 and 5 deal with the great celestial ceiling and weather, without … Read more

Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters …Let the waters bring forth … In many ways, the more scientifically advanced we become as a human race, the less human we become. We have lost the ability to see creation as participants in a great cosmic drama full of purpose. Rather, we … Read more