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Parashah 1: B'reisheet | בראשית | "In the beginning " Parashah 1: B'reisheet (In the beginning): Gen 1:1 – 6:9 Haftarah reading: Isaiah 42:5 through 43:10. B'rit Hadasha suggested reading: Matthew 1:1-17; 19:3-9; Luke 3:23-38; 10:1-2; John 1:1-18; 1 Corinthians 6:15-20; 15:35-58; Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 5:21-32; Colossians 1:14-17; 1 Timothy 2:11-15; Hebrews 1:1-3; 3:7-4:11; 11:1-7; 2 Peter: 3:3-14; Revelation 21:1-5; 22:1-5. Summary & Overview  

TORAH o Genesis 1:1 | Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath o Genesis 2:4 | Another Account of the Creation o Genesis 3:1 | The First Sin and Its Punishment o Genesis 4:1 | Cain Murders Abel o Genesis 4:17 | Beginnings of Civilization o Genesis 5:1 | Adam's Descendants to Noah and His Sons o Genesis 6:1 | The Wickedness of Humankind o Genesis 6:9 | Noah Pleases God

This week we start reading the Torah all over again - Torah, written by Moshe (Moses) consists of the first five Books of the Bible, which contain YHVH's original Divine Instructions in Righteousness.

Creation of the Word It states in Geneses that YHVH spoke everything into existence when He created the world.

Q - Have you ever thought about what happened before the first creation word was spoken?

Prior to the physical Creation was the creation of the Language and prior to that was the creation of the Aleph-Bet. In order to speak everything into Physical existence, something had to happen in the Spiritual, a Spiritual Creation process if you like, in order to manifest the heavens and the earth, as we know it.

Q – What existed before the Heavens and the Earth were created?

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To answer that question we have to look at the first verse in the Bible to see what existed prior to creation and how the physical realm came into being.

Gen 1:1 In the beginning Elohim created the heaven and the earth In Hebrew it reads (from right to left):

B’rysheet bara Elohim et ha-shamayim vet ha-arets. Creation consists to 7 days and the first verse consists of 7 words. In the middle of these 7 words we find a word “et” that is not translated in our English Bibles. The word “et” consists of two Hebrew letters, “Aleph-Tav” that represents the “Aleph Bet” or the Hebrew Alphabet that has 22. The first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is the “Aleph” and the last letter is the “Tav”. This not only represents the Aleph-Bet, but the whole Hebrew Language contained in these 22 letters. YHVH created the Aleph-Bet or Hebrew Language before He created the Heavens and the Earth, then He used the Language and the letters to speak everything into existence. There is another mystery concealed within the “Aleph-Tav” and that is that the “Aleph-Tav” is the short form that represents the Messiah. In Revelation we read that Y’shua says that He is the Alpha & Omega, the Beginning and the End but in Hebrew it would have read that He is the Apleph and the Tav, the Beginning and the End. Alpha and Omega is the Greek for the Hebrew Aleph and the Tav as found in Genesis 1:1. This means that Y’shua was the Word in the beginning through Whom all things were created.

John 1:1-4 In the beginning (B’resheet) was the Word (et), and the Word (Aleph-Tav) was with Elohim, and the Word (Y’shua) was Elohim. 2 The same was in the beginning with Elohim. 3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.

The first verse in Gen 1:1 can be placed on the Menorah pattern with the “Aleph-Tav” or Messiah on the Middle Branch which is the “trunk of the tree” where all the words on the left and right comes from and spread out as branches. This symbolism is also found in John 15:5 where Messiah says that He is the Vine, and from Him comes the Branches, He is the One that gives life and without Him we can do nothing and in this case, there will be nothing. He is the Life giving Source and everything came from Him and is sustained by Him.

Col 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.

Right in Hebrew means Spiritual and everything on the Right comes from above where YHVH is. The words on the Right, Middle and Left are:

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• B’rysheet - In the Beginning • bara – Created RIGHT • Elohim - God

• et - Aleph – Tav MIDDLE

• ha-shamayim – the Heavens • vet - and LEFT • ha-arets – the Earth

On the right we have Elohim with His creative power before everything existed, even time. Then on the Left we have the things that flowed through from the Right, through the “Aleph-Tav” (Y’shua) that is in the Middle, Who is the Word through Whom everything was spoken into existence. Everything on the Left in the Physical realm came into existence from the Right or Spiritual through the One who connects the two realms and the medium is Words. Y’shua is the Beginning and the End, the One that existed before time and before creation, before the First Coming, He is the One that will exist after YHVH restored His Creation back to Himself after His Second Coming.

Life in the House B’rysheet starts with a “Bet” and when you look at the Hebrew text in the Torah you will find that the letter “Bet” is oversized and it looks like a mouth that is opened from which all the letters or words flow. In Hebrew the letter “Bet” represents a House and is made up of three

“vav’s” Each letter “Vav” has the numerical value of 6 and totals up to the number 18 that is the number for the word “chai” that means life. John 1:4 states that “in Him was Life (chai)” and that Life existed in His House from which everything came, everything He created originated from His House and from His Life. These two things can also be found in the Berit Chadashah (NT) where YHVH’s Life or Spirit exists in a house and the house is a believer in Messiah. All the creation power existed in YHVH’s House that contained His Life and the same creative power exists within you having the exact same “ingredients”. This is why there is power in our words because we can create things in our lives though our words. Life and death is is the power of the tongue as Proverb says.

The Son was in the Beginning We read in Gen 1:1 that Elohim created everything. Elohim is a plural word and in singular form it would be pronounced Elohah. This means that YHVH consists of more than one and that is the combining of the Father and the Son. This shows that before

everything was created, Y’shua the Son of YHVH, existed with His Father and is known as Elohim. We can also see this in the first word in the first verse in the Book of Geneses. The first word is B’rysheet that means “in the beginning” and the first two letters of this word “Bet-Resh” make up the word “Bar” that means Son. This means that In the Beginning “B’rysheet“ the Son “Bar” existed in the House of YHVH “Bet”.

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The word “Bar” is also found in the word “Barah” that means Created. This proofs that the creative power existed in the Son (Bar) connected to the “Aleph” (YHVH the Father) that is Elohim. The power and energy that is used to create everything came form the combination and unity of the Father (Apleph) and the Son (Bar). YHVH the Father and Y’shua His Son is the creative power “Barah”.

Not only that, we read in Gen 1:2 that His Spirit moved over the face of the deep that means that His Spirit is the Creative Power as well the Father-Son combination, this makes YHVH One, including the Father, Son and His Sprit. YHVH Created through the power of His Spirit, speaking His Words (Aleph-Tav), becoming His Creative Power “Barah” that formed everything.

The Definition of a Day Gen 1:5 And Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning the first day.

We read;”…and it was evening and morning the first day”. This means that the day starts in the evening, at sunset and continues through to the next sunset or evening.

Q - Why did YHVH define the day to start at sunset?

Before He created anything, everything was dark (choshec) and without form and was void (tohu vavohu). A dark formless void starts the beginning of the first day of creation. There was no light at the beginning, only darkness and the first thing YHVH created within the first day was Light. Then He separated the darkness from the light and defined Day and Night.

In a Spiritual personal application you can see the First Creation Day in your life when you accepted the Light, which is the Truth. You start of being dark and without any truth or light, then you hear the Word (Light) and that chances you separating sin (darkness and lies) from truth (light and holiness).

Creation Process On first 3 days YHVH separates things and on day 4, 5 and 6 He fills it with things He creates. The Creation Process consists of four steps; Creation, Separation, Naming and Filling.

1. Creating: Create something form nothing, originating in the mind of YHVH.

2. Separation: Dividing in order to multiply or separating in order to sanctify - cutting away that which is not part of the original design or plan.

3. Naming: Providing an Identity, Character and Purpose. 4. Filling: Placing a Created item into the “space” or place that was

reserved for it to fulfil a specific purpose within creation. Filling is the process that connects created things within the creation with each other

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in order to form a unit (Ecahd) so that everything can exist in balance within the rest of Creation. When Y’shua fulfilled the Word He became one (echad) with the Word in perfect balance with the Word.

Only day 3 and 7 had all four processes, Creation, Separation, Naming and Filling. The Number 3 means Covenant and all four these processes is seen in the life and death of Messiah Y’shua; He was Created as a Mortal Man, birthed into this world. He was Separated from His Father when He entered the grave when He died for our sins. He received a Name above any other Name due to what He has done for us. He Fulfilled the Word and Filled every reborn person with Himself through His Spirit. Number 7 means perfection and we can enter into His Rest through entering into His Covenant.

Creation Process

Day Creation & Separation

Naming Creation & Filling Day

1 Created Light

Separated Light from Darkness

Named the light Day and the darkness Night.

Created two lights: Fills the day with a Light to rule it fills the night with a light to rule it.

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2 Created the Firmament – Separated the Waters above form Waters below.

Named the firmament Heaven.

Fills firmament with Birds and the waters with Fish He created

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3 Separated Waters below form Dry Land

Calls dry land Earth.

Created and Filled it with grass and plants.

Named dry land Earth.

YHVH Created Man and Animals.

Planted a Garden in the East with trees to eat from as well as 2 Trees in the middle.

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7 Separate this day from all other days - made it Set Apart

Blessed & Sanctified – gave it Identity

Fills this day with Himself and invite man to join Him.

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We have looked at the first verse in Genesis and how the seven Words fitted the Menorah pattern; the same applies to the 7 day creation where each day can be represented on each branch of the Menorah. The Seventh Day, which is the Climax and Foundation of Creation, fits the Middle Branch just like Y’shua Who is the Centre of Creation.

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• Day 1 – Light – Separated Light form Darkness • Day 3 - Separated Land form Water - Plants • Day 5 – Birds & Fish

• Day 7 - Sabbath

• Day 6 – Animals, Man & Garden • Day 4 - Sun, Moon Stars • Day 2 – Firmament – Separated Waters form Waters

Creation of Man Gen 1:26, 27 And Elohim said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 27 So Elohim created man in his own image, in the image of Elohim created he him; male and female created he them.

Image: “Zalim” – Comes from the root word “zel” that means shadow. “Zalim = Zel + Mem” that is shadow + water that can either be shadow of water or shadow in water. Our bodies is made up of 70% water and our bodies shadow His image. It is like having a three dimensional shadow made up of water (that can be unstable or distorted). The Light that comes from YHVH cast this shadow upon the water that manifest the image of Him as a physical man.

Another way to describe the created image of YHVH is where YHVH formed man out of the earth and breathed into his nostrils so that man could become a living soul. Ground connected to the Breath of YHVH (His Spirit) formed man into His Image.

Likeness: “Damud” contains the word “Dam” that means blood and we find blood inside of the body making it unseen. “Damud” represents the unseen, the intellectual, internal interpretation, the mind, soul, spirit. Man is intellectually endowed just like YHVH.

Adam: “Dam” is also found in the word Adam = “Aleph + Dam”, where the Aleph represents YHVH. Adam came into being when YHVH connected Himself to “Dam” (Blood). The creation of man into His Likeness is only possible through YHVH giving His own Blood that He connect with Himself as seen when He cut a Covenant with Abraham, making a Covenant with Himself on behalf of man. Aleph (Father), connected to the Blood (of the Son) gave the foundation for creating man into His Likeness.

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Two Phase Creation of Man: “Damud” is a Female word that teaches us that the likeness creation process is the process preparing the Bride. The creation of man is a tow-fold process where Man is first made in the Image of YHVH first and then changed into the Likeness through the Word and His Sprit in order to be ready for Y’shua, the Groom to be.

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of Elohim, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see Him as He is.

We shall be like Him as He is but only at the end when we see Him after His Second Coming. You cannot see Him with physical eyes but only with Spiritual eyes and with the light of the Torah, we will be able to see Him in the Spiritual.

The Likeness of Man through the Generations to Come Gen 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that Elohim created man, in the LIKENESS of Elohim made He him;

We just saw that YHVH created man only in His Image and not yet in His likeness. Here it states that YHVH created man in His Likeness – Is the Scripture contradicting it self or is there a deeper meaning?

The creation of man into the likeness of Elohim is described here in relation to the “Book of the Generations of Adam”. This means that the creation of man into His likeness will only come after and through the Generations to come, each bringing a part of the process required to ultimately reflect YHVH’s Likeness in man. This list contains 10 Generations from Adam. Number 10 means Completion and in this case means the completion of the man’s creation process.

Lets look at the 10 names and the meaning of each name:

Hebrew English

Adam Man

Seth Appointed

Enosh Mortal

Kenan Sorrow;

Mahalalel The Blessed Elohim

Jared Shall come down

Enoch Teaching

Methuselah His death shall bring

Lamech The Poor & Lonely

Noah Rest, or comfort.

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If you put the manes together you get the following: A Man, appointed mortal, experienced sorrow. He is the blessed Elohim (God) that shall come down, teaching. His death shall bring, to the poor and lonely, rest and comfort.

It is only through the coming of Messiah and His death that mankind can be fully created into His Likeness as stated in Gen 5:1.

The Creation of You You have to go through all four stages of the Creation Process in order to be fully Created into His Image and Likeness. To recap, the four stages are; Creation, Separation, Naming and Filling. First of all, YHVH designed you prior to the laying the foundation of the earth. He Created you within a certain timeframe, culture and nation to Fulfil a certain purpose as part of His bigger plan. If there are things in your life that hides your true nature and character YHVH intended, He uses His Sword (Word or Commandments) to Separate those things out of your life so that He can reveal the true you. If you allow this separation process, it will cut away all imperfections, becoming

Holy and Set Apart unto Him. He has Called you and given you a Name or Character so that you will be in balance with the rest of His Creation, fulfilling your destiny within a specific space and time. This gives you an Identity and purpose that relates to the Name He called you by, the Character He has visioned in you to fulfil His purpose through you.

The Seventh Day The Seventh Day or Sabbath day Rest is the time YHVH uses to change or “create” people into His Likeness. It says in Scripture that YHVH hides Himself and if you are looking for Him, you will find Him “in the Sabbath” because He filled the Sabbath with Himself.

Word Picture: Shabbat is the time when YHVH rested or stopped. YHVH spoke everything into existence using the Aleph-Bet (or Hebrew language) and the Alpeh-Bet ends or stops with the last two letters “Shin–Tav”. All the creative words flowed from the letter “Bet” found in the first word in Genesis 1:1 namely B’resheet. In order to “Stop” the Creation process, you cave to “capture” the first letter “Bet” and hold it in between the last two letters of the Aleph-Bet symbolising the seizing of creation words. Doing this gives ”Shin-Bet-Tav” that spells Shabbat.

YHVH took something from eternity, the “Bet” or His House, and placed it in the world to come “shin-tav” to create a spiritual place in time where you can meet Him in His House.

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This Place exists in a dimension higher than our physical three-dimensional world, but lower than the Spiritual dimension where YHVH exists. This Meeting Place in between these two dimensions is called the Fourth dimension, also known as Time. This is why the Sabbath is only defined in time and can be anywhere within the lower 3 dimensions.

Q - Why does YHVH need to rest, is He tired or out of breath?

YHVH is not resting but rather seizing. Rest is the word “nachum” and is associated with breath. YHVH is not tired or out of breath, rest is His normal state of existence. We as humans see working as the normal state of existence and rest as an abnormal state. To labour enables us to enter a place of rest but one day we will enter His Millennial Rest.

The First Sin & Consequence YHVH made man as well as all the animals on the sixth day. Then He planted a Garden to the East with every tree to eat from, including the Tree of Life. He placed one tree in the middle of the Garden, which they were not to eat from; the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. YHVH told them if they ate from that tree, they would surely die as a consequence.

Q – Why did YHVH place a Tree in the Garden they were not permitted to eat from?

We have looked at this before; when you own real estate, you are allowed to put restrictions on that land to prove your ownership. YHVH placed a restriction on the Garden and His Creation through the Tree of Knowledge to show that He is the Owner. When you respect the restriction (Commandment) you acknowledge Him as the Owner, if not, then you indirectly claim to be the owner or disregard the other person’s ownership and do as you please on that land.

Q – What was the First Sin?

Foundation for all sin: Was it disobedience, was it theft, was it eating “unclean”, was it gluttony, was it a lack of faith - believing a lie, was it murder, was it pride? It is not either or, one or the other, it is all of the above. It was pride because Satan told them they would be like YHVH. It was murder, taking a life, willingly eating something that will kill you. It was a lack of faith, believing a lie, not believing YHVH. It was gluttony because it was pleasing to the eye and they desired it’s fruit. It was eating “unclean”, eating something that is not meant as food. It was theft because they did not respect YHVH as Owner and took something they were not permitted to take. It was disobedience because they did not obey YHVH’s Commandment and disregard the consequences not taking Him serious. This act of disobedience formed the basis for most sins as stated in the Torah and breaking one sin is like breaking the whole Torah because all sin are related and interlinked with one another.

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Consequences of sin: One thing we need to understand is that sin has consequences, it is like upsetting the balance in nature causing a severe reaction. By saying sorry will redeem you form the guilt and punishment but you will still experience the consequences. For example, if you set your parents house of fire. They will loose everything they own even if you repent and say you are sorry. They might have insurance that will replace their lost items but it will come at a cost.

The consequence for all sin is death. Death means separation. Adam and Eve died that day when they were separated from YHVH being chased out of the Garden of Eden, even living on for about a thousand years after the event. What did they loose? They lost dominion over the Garden, they lost their spiritual connection with YHVH and they lost their continual state of rest with YHVH.

Satan’s Power Satan used his power over Adam and Eve and his power is founded in words. He is a serpent and has no arms or legs, only a venomous mouth by which he spreads lies and he gains power over whoever believes his lies. He is known as the father of lies and that is his only real power he has over humanity. (John 8:44)

Satan’s power is in the form of a shadow, creating something that appears to be real but is not. He creates an altered reality with his words and if you believe it, you create that same reality in your life where he exists and rules.

YHVH’s power is in His words as well and the only way to overcome Satan is speaking the truth opposing his lies so that the truth, which is light, can defeat and displace the lies and darkness in your life. The Scripture says that the Truth will set you free. (John 8:32) Free form what? Free form the bondage that was caused by believing Satan’s lies.

Q – How did Satan trick Eve?

Satan twisted the truth just a little bit, changing the consequences of what YHVH said with a lie, in order to make his words sound more attractive. Satan told them that they would become like gods, be like the most High. These are the same words he told the angels that fell with Him. (Isa 14:13-14)

The most effective lie is the one you want to believe. If I tell you that you have won a lot of money, you want to believe that compared to when I tell you your mother died, this you do not want to believe, even if both were lies.

Another type of lie most people believe but do not necessarily want to believe are lies that feed on fear; when you tell someone they have cancer and only have 6 months to live. This lie will drive them crazy and they will think on it till it manifest in their lives. The Scripture says that whatever you fear will come upon you. (Job 3:25, Prov 10:24) Rather believe the truth in a dreadful situation than believing a lie that has a dreadful outcome.