I have not. …so it’s a kind of ‘capture phrase’ to draw people like me in then. I see.
I can understand the drive to challenge conventions and rock boats at times. We can all be called to do that on occasion. But you might find communication with others to be less frustrating, and they might find you less frustrating if you use language the way everybody around you understands it. The stuff we hold in common … “language” - it’s a gift. Don’t scorn it.
Yes, looseness.
You were applying ‘light’ to Moses, not Jesus.
Genesis 1:3
Moses standing before the burning bush:
Moses commissioned by Yehovah to lead His people out of Egypt!
”Moses, become light!”
Moses became light!
Moses was the light to the first generation of Israel
in “similar” fashion Yehoshua, the prophet like Moses, was the light to the last generation of Israel
WE are to be light to our world, to our generation!
This is a false dichotomy. Literature often works on multiple levels at once. Animal Farm is a story about farm animals AND a commentary on Russian political realities. I agree that Genesis is written the way it was written to fit with Hebrew narratives and identity marking. But the text we have was compiled during the Exile, not immediately post-Exodus, even if maybe some of the oral texts used originated around that time.
I’m not going to read your interpretation because I’m not really interested in the musings of individuals that are untethered from the intepretive traditions of the faith and the realities of how texts and communication work. Lots of people come on this forum convinced the Holy Spirit has revealed some special insight to them. But I’m not looking for special insight, I’m looking for consensus scholarship and credible refining of consensus scholarship. I don’t think you get to be a teacher just because you claim wisdom.
No, it is not looseness of association.
The seven-day structure maps directly and systematically to the real events the people had just lived through:
Day 1 → Moses becomes light
Day 2 → The firmament (Yehovah) separates the waters of Egypt from Israel
Day 3 → Crossing the Red Sea, dry land appears
Day 4 → Sinai and the giving of the Ten Words as the greater and lesser lights
These are not random or loose connections. They are the exact sequence of redemption the former slaves experienced.
BQMQ: When you read the interpretation, can you see the Exodus story in the first 34 verses of Genesis?
First, seek the context for the word in the text.
Second, if you don’t know Hebrew/Greek don’t try to do word studies in Hebrew/Greek.
Third, if you don’t know the principles of translation don’t try to do translation. Leave it to the professionals.
i understand. I approach this more from a scientific point of view: I seek for repeatable facts, not consensus. I did not claim that I received some special revelation, these facts have been there for centuries. Sadly, tradition and consensus have concealed them.
That ‘quote’ is not in the Bible.
You made it up.
Any two texts can be made comparable if passages can be invented.
“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” -Colossians 4:6
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