In the discussion below was used an interpretation something UNKNOWN not only by the Jewish Rabbis, but also by Christian Theologians. The discussion is by email, here's the last sent to the Rabbi.
Hello Rabbi S. Brownstein
By the Grace of the Lord
In continuation of our Biblical interpretation and deciphering its enigmas and mysteries, here's my reply to the your email about the "significance of the six days of Creation", according to the Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman(Ramban, Nahmanides), but if his interpretation is simply what you wrote below, it is something like the earth that was formless and empty, as follows:
Quoted Rabbi S. Brownstein: >>>Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman (Ramban, Nahmanides), explains the significance of the six days of Creation in a way that you will appreciate: “Know, that the word (2:3) ‘to do’ includes the meaning, that the six days of Creation are all the days of the world, for it will last 6,000 years, as our Sages say: G-d’s day is one thousand years.<<<
Yes, I agree, Rabbi. -> 6000 years or 120 cycles of 50 years-Genesis 6:3, or still around 2.190.000 man days 24hs.
Quoted Rabbi : >>>“Now during the first two days the world was submerged in water and no work was completed. These allude to the first two millennia, when no one prayed in G-d’s name. The Sages say ‘Two thousand years were chaos.’ The creation of the first day was light, corresponding to the millennium of Adam’s life, he being the light of the world, who knew his Creator. Possibly, Enosh did not begin serving idolatry until after Adam died.<<<
OK, then lets analyze THE FIRST DAY -> 0 - 1000 YEARS OF CREATION -
What all of us know, Rabbi, is that after the rebellion in the Garden of Eden, ruled by a wise Cherub, times after, maybe after around 500 years past, GOD planned to restore or restitute all that was undone, or dissolved, or dismantled in the paradise. So, once more GOD created firstly heavens, several expanses-Genesis 1:1 combined with verse 8,actually several stages of celestial environments,to be established step by step and to be built over time(Isaiah 51:16),
each one purer than the other, until reaching the Paradise again, a celestial and perfect environment par excellence, actually a spiritual growth, according to the spiritual measure of an angel, very different of the nature of the corrupt flesh, animal, and good for nothing except to be burned like firewood-Isaiah 30:32-33.
But who would dwell within the heavens? First GOD needed to work with the earth, the clay, and dry land-Genesis 1:9, the earth here has nothing to do with the planet, it would be ridiculous to say that. In fact the earth here refers to Israel, the great mystery in this first moment is that Israel as a nation was in the"embryo", still to be formed, understand? So Israel(the dry land) still was formless and empty, Israel, the clay, the dry land was still in the"embryo" as a nation, yes, the creation of earth here was in the "embryo", it would remain until the 3rd Day, or around 2500 years after Adam, in the time of Moses.
The environment in the planet Earth after rebellion was of darkness only, in this first moment of the first Day there was only darkness among the rebels of the Eden, they were all without GOD, there was only a spiritual abyss among them. However, the spirit of GOD was hovering among them, so GOD said: Let there be Light, and there was light, and it was EVENING and it was MORNING, one Day, the first Day, but the Light here has nothing to do with Sun, this is spiritual light as GOD revealed to Moses,-> GOD is Light. (NOTE: Once 1000 years is with the Lord as one Day, so the period of EVENING is about 500 years, and morning also 500 years, of course.
Well, where GOD works always there is light, GOD is Light, then though the fallen nature and devilish condition of the fallen sons of GOD, even so GOD made be born Abel, the first seed of GOD, Abel was born in the light, and was murdered. Cain, a Devil's son, killed Abel. It was still the first Day, the first millennium. In this first Day were born, after Abel, Seth, and Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, and Lamech, 8 generations in 874 years of the first Day-Genesis 5:1-27, everyone seed of GOD, a lineage of GOD specifically.-> Noah was born at 1056, in the first century of the second Day or the beginning of the 2nd Day, or 2nd millennium. The turn from the first Day to the second Day arrived.
Quoted Rabbi: >>>“On the second day, ‘Let there be a firmament, and let it divide’ – Noah and his righteous children were separated from the wicked people who were punished by water.<<<
Then lets analyze THE SECOND DAY - 1000-2000 YEARS OF CREATION
There was only darkness among the rebels, and GOD planned newly to shine the Light to separate water between water after the rebellion in Eden-Genesis 1:6. In fact, a multitude of sons of GOD were dominated by the corruption and malignity in the first Day as is revealed in Genesis 6:5, they no more obeyd to the Word of GOD, so they were naked, disclosed of the clothe given by GOD, actually their aprons of fig leaves were good for nothing, the paradise had disappeared, it was precisely 1556 years after Adam, in the midst of the 2nd Day.
Then GOD decided to destroy them all, except Noah and his family, then GOD said to Noah:->"The end of all flesh has come before Me, Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; It was in the midst of the 2nd Day, 1556 years after Adam. And GOD said:->I am bringing the flood upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which there is the spirit of life from beneath the heavens; all that is upon the earth will perish. After 100 years, it was 1656 years after Adam, then GOD executed His Plan of destruction, as always He does against evil generations. Still on the second Day, after the flood, GOD provided the continuation and execution of His wonderful Plan to prepare and maintain a special seed for Himself, as we will see next, as follows:
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth;->GOD took from the seed of Shem as His seed. Shem begat Arpachshad, and after was born Shelah, and after Eber, and Peleg, and Reu, and Serug, and Nahor, and Terah, and Terah begat Abram, It was around 2083 after Adam, or 427 years after the flood, exactly in the first century of the 3rd Day, Abram was 75 years old, he was born 2008 years after Adam.
That said, we can say that it was the turn from the 2nd to the 3rd Day. But it was still in the 2nd Day that GOD created an expanse, the first heaven, a special spiritual and celestial environment exclusively for the seed of Abram. The objective of GOD was to begin the development of a new and future paradise, understand? In this work of the 2nd Day, we see that GOD took the first step to begin to carry out His objective, so GOD separated water between water, that is, He separated and made difference between His people, His seed, from the evil and Gentile seed of the Devil, followers of Lucifer.
Notice that although the devilish works in parallel of the Evil, the rebel and fallen Cherub, former ruler of Eden, known as Lucifer, even so the Almighty GOD prospered in His work of forming or developing a nation for Himself, that would later be called Israel. Then the turn from the second Day to the third Day arrived. ABRAM/ABRAHAM WAS BORN 2008 YEARS after Adam, and around 2083 years after Adam, or 427 years after the flood, GOD called Abram and GOD makes a Covenant with him-Genesis 12:1-9. Abram was 75 years old.
Quoted Rabbi: >>>“On the third day, the dry land appeared and it sprouted and gave forth fruit, which is the third millennium that begins when Abraham was 48 years old. Then people began to pray to G-d, and the righteous shoot flourished, for he drew the multitudes to knowledge of G-d… commanding his household and his children after him to guard the way of G-d, to practice righteousness and justice. The matter progressed until his descendants accepted the Torah at Sinai. The Temple was built on that day, after which all the commandments of the Torah were fulfilled, they being the fruit of the world…<<<
THE THIRD DAY - 2000 - 3000 YEARS OF CREATION
After the Covenant between GOD and Abram, years 2083 after Adam, GOD needed to create and provide a special environment for Abram and his descendants, of course. Then GOD created an expanse, the first heaven, a special spiritual and celestial environment through the Law first. The objective of GOD was to begin the development of a new and future paradise, understand? In this work, we see that GOD took the first step to begin to carry out His objective. According to the Torah->EXODUS 12:40-41, this 3rd Biblical Period, i.e. FROM Abraham to Exodus, it lasted LITERALLY 430 years(Exodus 12:40-41), SO from 2083 until 2513=430 years.->(2083+430=2513).->It was in the midst of the 3rd GOD's Day or 3rd millennium.
GOD made a Covenant with Abram in 2083 after Adam, Abram was 75 years old. After the Covenant between GOD and Abram, GOD needed to create and provide a special environment for Abram and his descendants, of course. So GOD waited 430 years to continue His purpose to make a special people, a special nation, exclusively for Himself and to walk among them. After 430 years, there was a great population of descendants of Abram, now Abraham.
But they were all enslaved in Egypt, under the power of Pharaoh, spiritually an Enemy, dominated by the evil spirit of Lucifer, now known as the Serpent, also called the Devil and Satan. In GOD's plan, at this same time, in the midst of the 3rd Day, precisely 2513 years after Adam or Creation, the time came to make the dry PORTION APPEARS. This dry portion was the Hebrew people, the clay(Isaiah 64:8) people of Israel, and the gathering of the waters GOD called seas, all Gentile peoples or nations, which remained in parallel with Israel, of course.
Yeah, GOD said: Let the dry land appear," and it was so. How? Well, GOD smote the Egyptians with their firstborn, and He took Israel from their midst, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm the Almighty GOD separated water between water, and cut the red Sea in two parts, and caused Israel to cross in its midst. GOD threw Pharaoh and his host in the redSea, and led His people into the desert. There were wars in the way of the people of Israel, and GOD smote great kings, slew mighty kings, Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan. GOD gave their land as an inheritance to Israel, He rescued Israel from the evil adversaries.
From Exodus to king Saul passed 396 years, it was 2909 years after Adam, near the turn from the 3rd Day to the fourth Day. Even so, the people of Israel as a whole were rebels, very very rebels. Psalms 106 reveals LITERALLY how cruel were the people against GOD, Terrible, very terrible. Except Joshua and Caleb, once they followed the Lord wholeheartedly, the anger of the Lord flared against Israel and He swore, saying, 'None of the men from the age of twenty years and over who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, for they did not follow Me wholeheartedly,Terrible, The turn from the third Day to the fourth Day arrived.
Quoted Rabbi: >>> “The fourth day is when the luminaries, the large, small and the stars, were created. This day alludes to the fourth millennium, beginning 72 years after the first Temple was built, until 172 years after the destruction of the second Temple. On this day there was light for all of Israel, for G-d’s glory filled G-d’s house, and the light of Israel was a fire upon the altar, crouching like a lion consuming the sacrifices. It then was diminished when they were exiled, just as the light disappears when the moon is renewed, but it shone once more throughout the time of the second Temple, when the fire crouched on the altar like a dog. Both luminaries set at the end of this day, when the Temple was destroyed.<<<
THE FOURTH DAY - 3000 - 4000 YEARS OF CREATION
The 4th Day was from 3000 to 4000 years after Adam. In the turn from the 3rd to the 4th Day, Solomon was reigning, the Temple was built, after his death the Kingdom was divided: Kingdom of Judah(two tribes) and Kingdom of Israel(10 tribes), there was a succession of reigns until the fall and destruction of Jerusalem, also there was a long period of prophets, starting by Isaiah, followed by Jeremiah, then Ezekiel, and so on, until Malachi, and at 3417 after Adam, the Kingdom of Judah was conquered by Babylon, the Temple was destroyed, the people was carried captivity to Babylon(all literally according to the Chronology of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh).
Nebuchadnezzar established his Empire, a Gentile Empire, and the nation of Israel that GOD formed as He had promised to Abraham, was held captive by the Gentile Empire of Babylon, then by Medo-Persia(in this Empire the Temple was rebuilt even in the face of enemies who prevented it, the reconstruction was completed in the 6th year of the government of Darius around 3478 after Adam(522BC)->Ezra-6:15,take a look), then the captivity Israel was dominated by the Gentile Greek Empire, then by the terrible Roman Empire, until the end of the fourth Day, 4000 years after Adam, or around 2000 years ago, right?.
Regarding the Greater Light, the Greatest Luminary of the fourth Day, refers to the Messiah (Daniel 9:24-27) who is cut off after the 69th week, that is, 483 years after the rebuilding of the Temple. It is important to note and to leave recorded, that the prophecy has nothing to do with any demonic Gentile man, whoever he was, but with the birth of the promised Messiah from the house of David, from the lineage of Judah, who is cut off after the 69th week, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh.This millennium ended and the two Kingdoms of Israel disappeared. The turn from the fourth Day to the fifth Day arrived.
Quoted Rabbi: >>> “On the fifth day the waters swarmed with life, and the birds flew over the earth. This alludes to the fifth millennium, beginning 172 years after the Temple’s destruction. Then the nations ruled, and man became like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things with no ruler, all are caught in the nets… and none seek G-d.<<<
THE FIFTH DAY - 4000 - 5000 YEARS OF CREATION
The 5th Day occurred 4,000 to 5,000 years after Adam. The first major event in the turn from the fourth to the fifth Day was the LITERAL fulfilment of Daniel 9:26, 483 years after the rebuilding of the Temple in the time of Cyrus, which major event was the manifestation of the anointed Messiah, but he would be cut off—Daniel 9:26, according to prophecy.
And times after occurred the second destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, year 4070 after Adam(70 AD), and destruction of the nation of Israel as a whole, culminating in death of hundreds of thousands of Jews and the Diaspora of those who escaped the siege of Jerusalem, and were spread throughout the world until 5948, 1878 years of severe punishments in LITERAL fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28:15-68, take a look.
Quoted Rabbi: >>>“On the sixth day, in the morning, ‘Let the earth give forth the various kinds of living beings, animal, creeping thing, and beasts of the land of their various kinds.’ This creation was before sunrise, for ‘When the sun shines, they gather in, and lie in their dens.’ Then man was created in G-d’s image, and it was the time of his rule, as it says, ‘Man goes out to his activity, to his work until the evening’ (Psalm 104). In the sixth millennium, it begins with the rule of the beasts, the kingdoms that did not know G-d. After the first tenth, the amount of time until the full sunrise, the Redeemer will come… the son of David, who is in the image of G-d, as it is written, ‘and behold, with the clouds of heaven, like a human came, and reached until the Ancient of Days, and was brought before Him, and he was given rule, honor, and sovereignty’ (Daniel 7)….<<<
THE SIXTH DAY - 5000 - 6000 YEARS OF CREATION
The 6th Day was from 5000 to 6000 years after Adam. Israel remained disperse from 4070 until this new millennium, i.e. until 5948, the destruction of the nation of Israel as a whole, culminating in the death of hundreds of thousands of Jews, and the Diaspora of those who escaped the siege of Jerusalem, and were spread throughout the world until 5948, 1878 years of severe punishments in LITERAL fulfillment of Deuteronomy 28:15-68, take a look, and which culminated with the demoniac Holocaust. Terrible, very terrible.
The last 2000, from 4000 to 6000 years, were very terrible for Israel, severely punished according to the LITERAL description in Deuteronomy 28:15-68. On the other hand, the last great event within the sixth Day was the return of Israel to the promised land after 1878 years of severe punishments, and also the establishment of the State of Israel in 5948, now, at 6025, commemorating 77 years of existence.
Now, with the election of Trump and the new super idolatrous Pope, an American Pope, the promised Messiah must manifest himself, but first, as always has happened in Israel with the appearance of demonic and wicked false prophets, to the misfortune of the people of Israel, so now, before the Messiah appears, a false one, an impostor, a deceiver will appear. Deuteronomy 28:15-68 will be fulfilled again, literally, it will be a new misfortune for the suffering people of Israel now and forever, that is what I see in my vision, in fact these scenarios are traditionally routine in Israel, the Tanakh proves what I say in its history.
According to the Tanakh-> Isaiah 9:15-16 reveal:
12 The people has not returned to the One Who smites it, and the Lord of Hosts they have not sought.
13And the Lord cut off from Israel a head and a tail->(false interpreter and preacher of the Tanakh), a large arch and a small arch in one Day.
14An elder and a man of esteem is the head, and a misleading prophet is the TAIL.
15And the LEADERS of this people mislead, and those led by them are MISLED.
16Therefore, over his youths, the Lord shall not rejoice, and on his orphans and his widows He shall not have mercy, for all of them are hypocrites and evil doers, and every mouth speaks obscene language; despite all this, His anger has not turned away, and His hand is still outstretched.
Quoted Rabbi: >>> “The seventh day is the Sabbath (rest), alluding to the world to come, which is all Sabbath and rest for life eternal.”.<<<
THE SEVENTH AND LAST DAY - 6000-7000 YEARS - GOD'S REST
Yes,the environment of the seventh Day, that is the Lord's Day or seventh and last millennium, it is the great Day of the righteous Judgment of GOD - We all must remember and be sure that GOD weights the spirits-Daniel 5:27-"TEKEIL-You were weighed on the scales and found wanting."->Furthermore,All ways of man are pure in his eyes, but the Lord counts the spirits(Proverbs 16:2).
The environment of the great Sabbath will be like the Paradise, it will be the third heaven,i.e.the Paradise RECONSTRUCTED by GOD, an environment of perfection, so there will be a selection of the people, as GOD said by Malachi:3:1-2, as follow:
1 Behold I send My angel, and he will clear a way before Me. And suddenly, the Lord Whom you seek will come to His Temple. And behold! The angel of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.
2 Now who can abide the Day of his coming, and who will stand when he appears, for it is like fire that refines and like fullers' soap.
18 And you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves GOD and him who has not served Him.
17 And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts, for that Day when I make a treasure. And I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.
19 For lo, the sun comes, glowing like a furnace, and all the audacious sinners and all the perpetrators of wickedness will be stubble. And the sun that comes shall burn them up so that it will leave them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of Hosts.
And Isaiah 33:10-"Now I will rise," says the Lord. "Now I will be raised; now I will be exalted. 11 You shall conceive chaff; you shall bear stubble. Your breath is fire; it shall consume you." 14 Sinners in Zion were afraid; trembling seized the flatterers, 'Who will stand up for us against a consuming fire? Who will stand up for us against the everlasting fires?'
All the best,
Oseas(Hosea) de Siqueira