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Teshuvah, Day 31

IT’S YOM TERUAH! THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS! IT’S A DAY OF SHOUTING!

This is also the first day of The 10 Days of Awe.

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Genesis – TP #1.1 – Creation, part 1

Genesis 1:1 declares, “God created.” We’re here to study the written words of God, so there is no need to spend time proving the existence of God. God is, or as He tells Moses later, He is the I AM. He always was, and Genesis says He created everything in six days. So our first question is, how long did that take?

Did creation happen billions of years ago or as soon as 6000 years ago? It doesn’t matter what your belief, all determinations are interpreted from the same thing, time. Or rather, our perception of time.

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Genesis – TP #1 – B’reisheet Summary

Genesis 1:1 through 6:8 is only five chapters and a few verses, but there is so much packed into this first potion. It covers the creation, the fall, Cain and Abel, the genealogy of Adam down to Noah, and the mention of the Nephilim. We’ll go through all of that with the upcoming posts, with just a summary listed here.

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