#4 Day Two

Back on January 17, I wrote about day one and the following week I wrote about the transition from day seven to day one.

This will be our mode of operation, I will introduce each new segment of time and give some thoughts on what characteristics that particular day, month, year, of set of seven years will likely exhibit. I will then in the following post, discuss the transition from the previous segment of time to the new segment of time.

If all that is confusing, you will get the idea as we go along.  

 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”  God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.  God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. Genesis 1:6-8

Day two seems as chaotic as the events before day one.  However amid all the shaking, a space develops or opens up in the middle of the chaos. With water above and water below, suddenly there is a space. A space for what? We know it’s a space for life, but without knowledge of the fact that it is day two and good things are coming, that space very well may seem like cold air when you come out of the water. That this opening is space for life is not evident via natural observation, but we know life will come. Those unaware of the count have no idea what the space means. To them it seems like just more confusion.

Here is an interesting thought, in Hebrew, the alphabet is also a means of counting, the second letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is “beyt” which literally means house and in its original Paleo form, the letter was the floor plan of a two room house or tent. (See the attached) A house or a tent is a space for life.

Knowing it’s year two can be very helpful in keeping your chin up and your plan on track. It also can give you the courage to step into a space that opens up while others are still convinced that only chaos is the order of the day.

Consider this, the spies went to spy out the land in the second year after coming out of Egypt.  They lost heart just when they should have prepared to move boldly. I think they would have been planting roots on new ground in the third year had they not lost heart.

The second segment of time in our set of seven is a time of continued testing. It has openings or space for future life but you have the means and be willing to step in when the water is still swirling above and below.

Another analogy is that of a planted seed. The first step is to plant, the second step is the outer coating of the seed must decay before the third step, the germ of life can spring forth. So also in day two some breakdown is still happening. It’s a messy time but our instructions are to work, do our part to help things move in the right direction.   

The alphabet attached to this post is from Jeff Benner’s web site “The Ancient Hebrew Research Center”.  I highly recommend his work. It has been very helpful in my pursuit of the seven and fifty.

Today I want to finish my post by showing you a quote from his book A History of Hebrew. (Available free from his web site in ebook form it is only 44 pages and well worth your time.) the link is here… http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/ahh/ahh.htm

 “Let's take the concepts of the past and the future to demonstrate how important it is to recognize that

Biblical concepts are sometimes the opposite of our own. We perceive of the past as behind us and the

future as before us. The Hebrew word for yesterday, the past, is תמול (temol) and the word for

tomorrow, the future, is מחר (mahhar). Temol comes from a root that means "to be in front" while

mahhar comes from a root that means "to be behind." And therefore in Hebraic thought the past is in

front of you and the future is behind you. Why did the Ancient Hebrews perceive of time in this way?

Because the past is known, it is laid out in front of you to see, while the future is not known and is

therefore hidden behind you.” Jeff Benner … A History of Hebrew

Think about that, the past is in front of you, available for you to see. The future is behind you, still unknown. The rhymes of the past are available to be known, to what extent they can enlighten the future is our undertaking.