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time as a speck in the evolution of the natural world. The world existed
prior to the creation of Adam and Eve; it is obvious that other physical
elements of life existed to sustain human life as well as animal life.
However, time was not recorded prior because time, for all intents and
purposes, was not relevant; time did not exist in a natural world without
human life. Time is only relevant to a human struggle, a struggle with Satan.
God had a plan from the very beginning—an undocumented—plan, from
the inception of human beings, which involved the human mind. The plan,
[eventually experiences of human life were documented] was recorded for
our edification. His plan is intended to be understood, and it evolved over
time. The scriptures address the concept of creation in terms of days, but
we know the time periods are not days. No one knows the relevance of
time in this regard. So, lets look again at the beginning, using the words in
Genesis. Reflect on the understanding of what God caused or created,
represented in time periods, and articulated as days:
First day:
“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw
that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.” The
earth, was set apart from the celestial universes, it was intended to support
life, as we know it. The sun is a light, a source of energy used to activate and
sustain life, and darkness is dispelled or separated in order for life to exist.
We understand that light is representative of wisdom. So, wisdom
represents spiritual light, a Godly and angelic state, intended to be the
means of spiritual unity within him. Knowledge represents information that
typically lacks spiritual depth; it is worldly by nature.
Second day:
“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.” A clear distinction between
the natural and the supernatural worlds and water represents a spiritual
substance. Nothing can exist in this dimension of time without water as a
life—giving source.
Third day:
“Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed—
bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according
to their various kinds.’ And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants
bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it
according to their kind.” Essential sustenance: food, medicines, shade,
oxygen producing plants, building materials—all the natural essentials to
