The Morning of the First Day
2/10 Reading Portions: Genesis 43; Mark 13; Job 9; Romans 13
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2/10 Reading Portions: Genesis 43; Mark 13; Job 9; Romans 13
Genesis 1:5
God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
RESURRECTION
The Jews have always reckoned a 24-hour-day as being from sundown to sundown, approximately from 6 p.m. to 6 p.m. The observance was based upon this verse that says, “there was evening and there was morning,” as well as having this same reference for the other five days of creation (Gen 1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31). This is one of the helpful references to understand three days and three nights of Christ in the tomb (Matt 12:39-40); however, I won’t be covering that here. I will write a more extensive explanation of that in a separate article later this month. I would, however, still like to point out the prophetic implication of this verse as it pertains to the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, it is here as well. And why wouldn’t it be? The crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the most important truth in the universe, for all eternity. It prompted Paul to write (and live out his Christianity by this truth):
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2
While evening and morning reflect a bit of what we’ve meditated upon yesterday, our being called out of darkness (evening) and into Christ’s marvelous light (morning), it must be so as this is a foreshadow of Christ’s crucifixion (evening) and resurrection (morning), whereas Christ had risen on the first day of the week. Our sovereign, triune God, in all His holy and glorious wisdom, created the heavens and the earth in such an orderly way so as to foreshadow the priority and preeminence of the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the very first day of creation. Hallelujah! What a Creator!