NOTE: For Index to Scofield Materials (_ See Scofield) - (Hosea 4:9); (Hosea 5:14). _ GOD "Elohim" (sometimes "El" or "Elah"), English form "God," the first of the three primary names of Deity, is a uni-plural noun formed from "El", means "strength", or "the strong one", and "Alah", "to swear", ... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHOUT FORM AND VOID; (Jeremiah 4:23); (Isaiah 24:1); (Isaiah 45:18) clearly indicate that the earth had undergone a cataclysmic change as the result of divine judgment. The face of the earth bears everywhere the marks of such a catastrophe. There are not wanting imitations which connect it with a... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THERE BE LIGHT Neither here nor in (Genesis 1:14) is an original creative act implied. A different word is used. The sense is, made to appear; made visible. The sun and moon were created "in the beginning." The "light" of course came from the sun, but the vapour diffused the light. Later the su... [ Continue Reading ]
DAY The word "day" is used in Scripture in three ways: (1) that part of the solar day of twenty-four hours which is light (Genesis 1:5); (Genesis 1:14); (John 9:4); (John 11:9). (2) such a day, set apart for some distinctive purpose, as, "day of atonement" (Leviticus 23:27); "day of judgment" (Ma... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRMAMENT Literally, expanse (that is, of waters beneath, of vapour above).... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRMAMENT That is, the expanse above, the "heaven" of the clouds. (Genesis 7:11); (Genesis 8:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING FORTH GRASS It is by no means necessary to suppose that the life-germ of seeds perished in the catastrophic judgment which overthrew the primitive order. With the restoration of dry land and light the earth would "bring forth" as described. It was "animal" life which perished, the traces of w... [ Continue Reading ]
GREATER LIGHT The "greater light" is a type of Christ, the "Sun of righteousness" (Malachi 4:2). He will take this character at His second advent. Morally the world is now in the state between; (Genesis 1:3); (Ephesians 6:12); (Acts 26:18); (1 Peter 2:9). The sun is not seen, but there is light. Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN That is, the "heaven" of the stars; for example (Genesis 15:5); (Luke 23:43).... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY LIVING CREATURE The second clause, "every living creature," as distinguished from fishes merely, is taken up again in (Genesis 1:24); showing that in the second creative act all animal life is included.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVING CREATURE "Creature," Hebrew, Nephesh, translated Soul in (Genesis 2:7) and usually. In itself nephesh, or soul, implies self-conscious life, as distinguished from plants, which have unconscious life. In the sense of self-conscious life animals also have "soul." See (Genesis 1:26); (Genesis... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE Man. (Genesis 1:26); (Genesis 1:27); gives the general, (Genesis 2:7); (Genesis 2:21) the particular account of the creation of man. The revealed facts are: (1) Man was created not evolved. This is (a) expressly declared, and the declaration is confirmed by Christ (Matthew 1... [ Continue Reading ]
DISPENSATION A dispensation is a period of time during which man is tested in respect of obedience to some specific revelation of the will of God. Seven such dispensations are distinguished in Scripture. (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 1:28), note 5. _ AND GOD BLESSED THEM The First Dispensation: In... [ Continue Reading ]