The Genesis Puzzle: How Genesis 1 and 2 Fit Together to Declare the End from the Beginning

By James Haines

Why was the earth described as "formless and void"? Why was "darkness on the surface of the deep"? Why start with water? Why does the message of Genesis 1 appear to be different from that of Genesis 2? Do they relate to the same thing? The answers will surprise you!

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Haines
• Release date: Apr 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463214893

James Haines

With a background in structural engineering, programming, and teaching, Jim Haines has the right combination of resources to explain how the physical structure of our universe can be generated by software - by words, firmly held. A graduate of Drexel University, he has designed and written numerous software applications for business. He is known for having solved software problems often in unique and clever ways.

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The Genesis Puzzle

How Genesis 1 and 2

Fit Together to Declare the End from the Beginning

By James Haines

Copyright 2019 James Haines

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This book details the reasoning behind the video, The Genesis Puzzle, available online at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEz4ywa5ec

If, after reading this book, you want more information on some of the subjects discussed, you might also want to try the eBook, The Programming Model of Creation, available free online at Smashwords.COM and other leading online distributors.

Note also that unless otherwise specified, Scripture quotes are from the New International Version of the Bible.

Please note also: At the time of this writing, many of the concepts in this book are new. I submit them as food for thought and for testing against Scripture. If they can be shown to violate Scripture or the Gospel, they must fail. On the other hand, if they prove to match Scripture better than some of the traditional, Naturalistic views, then, by all means, let those fail. Our guidance comes from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22:

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt, but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil."

Thank you.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Mysteries

The Supernatural Nature of Our Reality

How the Bible Describes Our Reality

Why Things Look and Feel Solid

The Nature of the Virtual Reality

Why it is Important to See Our Reality as Virtual

What is Formless and Void and Why is it Necessary?

The Entirety Already Written

What is Time?

Comments on Genesis 1:1 by a Messianic Rabbi

The Audit Trail

Out of Water and By Water

How the Days of Genesis Match the Order of our Senses

How this Understanding of God Applies to Genesis 1 and 2

What God Said to Look For in Genesis

The Most Important Conversation in History: John Chapter 3

The Structure of Genesis 1 and 2

Declaring the End from the Beginning

Rendering the Text for the Drama of Genesis 2 in The Genesis Puzzle Video

Conclusion

It is only at the End, that we create things as at the Beginning, but without realizing it.

Introduction

Genesis Chapters 1 and 2 present God's record to us of how He created our Reality. He wrote it, specifically, to us. The record represents His decision of what He wanted to tell us and what He did not want to tell us. This is important, because the One Who chose the words knew everything from the beginning.

Most of us tend to bring to these chapters our own understanding of God. What can He do? What can't He do? What is He like? What is His reasoning? And so on.

There is no description here, in the superficial reading, of the Creator Himself, or of His purpose in Creating. Where our own books commonly have sections such as, Introduction, Prelude, and About the Author, this one, by the Author of Authors, stands quiet. Adam and Eve would learn very quickly that the Author is Holy and that that concept is not to be taken lightly.

The whole record of the Creation of our entire Universe takes up barely more than one page. God doesn't waste words.

The Mysteries

The record jumps right into activity. Immediately, we are struck with questions.

Why formless and void?

Why darkness and deep?

Why six normal days and then Sabbath keep?

Why two different tales? Why not just one?

Why lights in the sky, when it came on Day One?

Why fish and birds both? Why on the same day? What was His point? Something to say?

"Why Adam from dust? Why Woman from Man? Why all of this fuss? Just what is His Plan?

The Supernatural Nature of Our Reality

It is not difficult to show that our Universe must have had a Supernatural origin. At look at just two of its features can make the case quite clearly. These two are not the only evidences that can be cited. Indeed, a great many more exist. But these two are fairly simple.

Here are the two features we will consider:

1. The Universe contains hot spots and cold spots.

2. Life is far more complex than what our Universe could produce.

The First Point: The Universe contains hot spots and cold spots.

This point appears obvious, but has profound implications.

Stars are hot. The space between them is cold. The Second Law of Thermodynamics is absolute in these matters. Just as a wound clock will unwind, so the heat of the stars will dissipate. The stars will no longer be hot, just as the clock will no longer be wound.

This is important because it proves that our Universe is not eternal. It must have had a beginning. If it had been here forever, space would be lukewarm: at a uniform temperature. Because it isn't, something - or someone - must have started it.

The Second Point: Life is far more complex than what our Universe could produce.

Here's how to prove it:

1. NASA has estimated that our observable Universe contains about 10⁸⁰ atoms. What lies beyond this, God only knows. But this amount is staggering. It is beyond gigantic. It represents the totality of everything we can see, in the material world, of our Reality. It is not unreasonable to consider whether this enormous amount of matter and energy could possibly produce life by itself. In fact, this type of test represents the limit of what we can conclude about Evolution, without leaving the natural realm.

2. Evolutionists claim the age of our Universe to be about 15 billion years. I do not agree with such claims and document the underlying presumptions for them in the book, The Programming Model of Creation. However, for