The Foundational Command: 'Subdue the Earth - All of Life Redeemed

created both the heavens and the earth, the writer proceeds to restrict himself to the “earth” (i.e. the earthly cosmos which is man's home, as opposed to heaven as God's dwelling-place) and pictures how this earth was at first a dark, watery mass, with God's Spirit “hovering” (i.e. poised for creative action) over it. The writer here ................
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