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Deep Magic – Song of the Supernatural – Chapter 7
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God has Light, Darkness, the surface of the deep, and the waters at the end of Day One. One evening and one morning have past in the process and He has everything He needs for the next step in Creation. God moves on to the Second Day of His Deep Magic.
Creation – Day Two
“Then God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ Thus 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. So the evening and the morning were the second day.” Genesis 1:6-8
God created a “firmament.” The Hebrew word is raqiya and means “the expanse.” Raqiya comes from the word raqa, which means “to stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch out.” The word is used 17 times in the Old Testament – eight times in Genesis 1. Each of the uses describes a different aspect of what we see as the sky above (we’ll see the different uses of the word as we study the Days of Creation). Ezekiel also uses the word raqiya in his description of the Glory of God and His angels in the Third Heaven.
God Created a firmament (expanse) “in the midst of the waters.” The impact it had was to “divide the waters from the waters” – the waters which were under the firmament were divided from the waters which were above the firmament. God gave the firmament a name – He called it Heaven. The Hebrew word samayim is also translated as “heavens, sky, the skies.” As we will see in our study, all of the references in Genesis 1 are about the first and second heavens – not the Third (High) Heaven of God’s Throne and the home of the angelic host.
The first heaven contains the atmosphere that is a major part of the life support structure on earth. The primary elements in our atmosphere are nitrogen (78.1%), oxygen (20.9%), argon (0.9%), and carbon dioxide (0.04%). Neon, methane, helium, krypton, hydrogen, xenon, ozone, nitrous oxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and iodine are also part of the atmosphere, but in extremely small amounts. Ammonia is present in a trace amount. Those are some of the elements God Created for the beginning of His Deep Magic.
What we see God doing on Day Two of Creation is building spaces. What He does next is to “fill” those spaces with life.
“So the evening and the morning were the second day.” Genesis 1:8
Creation – Day Three
On Day Three of Creation, God focused His Magic on the waters under the heavens and the dry land He called Earth.
“Then God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into 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 He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.” Genesis 1:9-10
God commanded the waters under the heavens to “be gathered together” into one place. The Hebrew language has 35 words translated by the English word “gathered,” so it’s important to know which word is used in Genesis 1:9. It is qawah and means “to be gathered together – as waters or people – a congregation.” It also translates as “to wait, to look for, hope for.” It’s interesting that the word God used for the gathering together of the waters of creation is also the word used for “hope for.” God will perform many feats of Deep Magic in the years to come using His Power to move large amounts of water into place for His Purposes.
The waters of Creation moved at God’s command “into one place.” The Hebrew is maqom ‘ehad and means “a single standing place, first place, one country.” God commanded the waters under the heavens to be gathered into one place and the waters obeyed. Water is extremely important to the process of Creation. Water is vital to life and is known as the “universal” solvent. Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen and is extremely efficient in dissolving a vast number of chemicals, in addition to moving objects of great size and volume. God used water during Creation and continues to use it to this day for every aspect of supporting the life He Created.
The best magicians uncover and reveal amazing things throughout their act. Their purpose is to give the appearance that they have special knowledge and magical control of those things that are hidden. However, no magician has ever come close to the Deep Magic of God to reveal and uncover. The Almighty God commanded the waters to gather into one place and “dry land” appeared. The Hebrew word for “appear” is ra’ah and means “to show oneself, to present oneself, to be seen.” As the waters moved at God’s command, dry land presented itself to the Creator. Did God create dry land at that moment or did it have a previous existence? We’ll also look into that mystery in our next chapter.
God named the dry land that appeared and the waters that had moved into one place. He called the dry land “Earth” and the waters He called “Seas.” The Hebrew word for “land” is yabbasah and translates as “dry ground, that which is dry.” The word for “earth” is eres – we saw it used early in Genesis 1:1-2. The word for “Seas” is yam and means “collection of waters.” God looked at what He had done and “saw that it was good.” Even as water is necessary for life, so is carbon – which is a major component of living things. Carbon is the 6th most abundant element in the earth’s crust – following hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium and boron. Carbon is a core atom for the structure of life and was in great supply for God to use as He Created everything on earth. It has tremendous properties for bonding chemicals in large numbers with tremendous complexity to develop the very large molecules necessary for living things.
Creation now has four primary quadrants – dry land, seas, firmament, and waters above the firmament. We might think of them as large spaces where God will perform more of His Deep Magic. God is a God of Order – He established the borders of each space, then filled them with His Creative Artistry.
“Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.” Genesis 1:11-13
God Created grass, herbs, and fruit trees. No magician who has ever lived can create even one blade of grass, one herb, or one fruit tree out of nothing – but God Created thousands of different types of grass, herbs and fruit trees. That is Deep Magic! God Created every cell of each type of grass, herb and fruit tree and all the biological and chemical laws and principles that govern their growth and maturity. The next time you go outside, look around at the various grasses, plants and fruit trees in your neighborhood. Visit a horticultural center and marvel at the complexity and diversity of God’s Genius.
God also Created a unique method for the continuation and spread of the grasses, herbs and trees through the process of seeds “according to its kind.” The introduction of the seed principle begins here on Day Three of Creation and will play a vital role in all of the Magic that will follow for thousands of years. God looked at what He had made and “saw that it was good.”
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