Our Scripture Of The Week Is:

3 John 1:1-2 KJVS
[1] The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
[2] Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Three times, John uses the theme of "goodness" or "wellness."

First is general encouragement; the same phrase which starts this verse was used to introduce Gaius in 3 John 1:1.

Second, John prays a general blessing. Then, he appeals for the health of Gaius. We don't know for sure that Gaius had specific health concerns which would require prayer. One possibility is that Gaius was elderly.

The apostle John was quite old by the time he wrote this letter, and Gaius might have been of a similar age. John seems to have known him for some time, and speaks of his church members as children (3 John 1:4).

Third, John spoke specifically about Gaius's spiritual maturity. John loved him (3 John 1:1), spoke well of those he led in his church (3 John 1:3–4), and commended his work (3 John 1:5–8).

We will now get deep into today’s discussion:

By now, there is one thing we should know about GOD. His Word is 100% absolute. He dosen't change, He always remains the same. There are no loopholes in His Word, His Word is Very clear.

Apparently, this vast universe we live in had been here for billions of years, but something happened to the earth and to a great deal of the creation. As a result, God moved in, the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep, and there was brought cosmos out of chaos.

Chapter 1 described God's process of creation in six separate days. The first few verses of chapter 2 complete that sequence with a seventh day, where God takes a deliberate rest from His work.

Having concluded the account of the creation week, Genesis now turns back to provide more detail about the creation of human beings, where they lived, and God's instructions to them. This verse serves as an introduction to the story of Adam and Eve and those who would follow. It is written in the poetic structure of a "chiasm."

This is a word-pyramid in which phrases parallel each other on the way "up" and "down." Another way to think of this is as a mirror, centered on some specific point. The idea-pattern in a chiasm is structured as A-B-C-B-A, but can include many more points around the central theme.

This form of writing is common throughout Genesis. This pattern can be found in Genesis in single verses, in multi-verse sections, and even over the course of multiple chapters. Setting the stage for the arrival of man, two things are missing at this point in the creation story: rain and someone to work the ground.

This portion of study describes a world in which no shrubs or small plants of the field had yet sprung up. This passage, then, is describing the lack of cultivated crops grown for humans to eat.
God caused all kinds of plants to grow on the land on the third day of creation.

This portion of study is pointing forward to man's future work and purpose on the earth, to plant crops and work the ground, to bring order to the earth by tending what God had made.

At this point, there was no one to work the ground and no rain. This portion of study tells us how the garden got its water with no rain: mists or streams came up from the ground. The impression is of underground streams, the so-called "fresh water ocean," which would saturate the land, perhaps on a cyclical basis.

This fits the description of upcoming verses of the rivers that water the Garden of Eden and the region around it. It also fits with the farming practices of the Mesopotamian region that relied on cyclical flooding to sustain crops.

As we saw in chapter 1, God had prepared a world in which humans could grow and gather food before He even made man. Likewise, He had made a world in which humans were needed to care for all He had made and help to bring order to it.

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