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Does the Sabbath begin at evening (sunset to sunset) like we have been told for so many years? Why didn't the Creator say,"and the evening and the evening," day 1? Could it be possible that the words"evening and the morning" from Genesis the first chapter mean something else?
Many Sabbath Keepers have come to the conclusion that the phrase "the evening and the morning" determines the beginning of a new day. Is this your thinking? Creation started with night first, then the light (day) came. Therefore, evening equals the night and the morning equals the day. This constitutes one day.
Do you believe this? The evening equals the night portion of the day, and the morning equals the daylight portion of the day. Can this be proven from the scriptures?
Let the Scriptures speak!
Genesis 1:1-5 (King James Version)
1 In the [A] beginning Elohim created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was (became or had become) without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohim moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And Elohim saw the light, that it was good: and Elohim divided the light from the darkness. (The creator separates the light from the darkness)
5 And Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Why didn’t The Creator just say, “and the evening and the evening” were the first day.
We see this same pattern on each day "And the evening and the morning" second day, third day, fourth day, fifth day, and the sixth day.
Light = Day and Darkness = Night … remember this.
What is the evening and the morning?
Definition of "Evening"
The word evening comes from the Hebrew root word "arab" which means "to grow dark." See below.
Definition of "Morning"
Let's also look up the word "Day"
Basic Strong's Concordance Usage 101
The word "evening" #H6153 according to Strong's Concordance means:
1) evening, night, sunset
a) evening, sunset
b) night
So which is it? Evening or sunset or night?
"Evening and sunset" is the primary meaning and "night" is the secondary meaning. To get a clearer understanding of the meaning for "evening" we have to look at the "root word" from which it is derived. That Hebrew word is "ARAB" which means "to grow dark". The word night is not a good definition of the word "evening."
However, there is a separate Hebrew word for "night" and that word is "layil." Always look at the context in which a word is used.
Let's read Genesis 1:1-4 again using light = day and darkness = night from Genesis 1:5
1 In the [a] beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was (had become or became) without form, and void; and night was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohim moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And Elohim said, Let there be day: and there was day.
4 And Elohim saw the day, that it was good: and Elohim divided the day from the night.
5 ….. And it came to be evening (growing dark) and it came to be morning (growing light): the first Day.
Notice the translation from The Scriptures and The Hebrew Interlinear Bible of Genesis 1:5