Christus Rex

1:1 At the first of ELOHIM creating the skies and the land -- 2 and the land was desolation and emptiness; and darkness was over the face of the deep, and the spirit of ELOHIM was hovering over the face of the waters -- 3 and ELOHIM said, "יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר (Let there be light)"; and it was light. 4 And ELOHIM saw the light, that it was good; and ELOHIM separated between the light and between the darkness. 5 And ELOHIM called to the light "day," and to the darkness he called "night." And it was evening and it was morning-day one.

From James D. Tabor's "The Book of Genesis" of the Transparent English Bible, which is refreshingly wonderful for perusal and study. I wish Dr Tabor would finish and publish more books of his TEB but so far all I can find is Genesis.

But to my thought this morning, ELOHIM (God) says "יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר" let there be light, where יְהִ֣י yehi is the Word of God speaking to initiate action, in this case inviting light to come into being. As has been said, יְהִ֣י is not imperative, a command, but jussive mood, giving consent. The Universe is not commanded, but allowed.

My interest as we look to Christ the King Sunday is that the uttered Word is the Logos, whom in his prologue, Gospel John 1:1f declares came to us as Jesus Christ. Thus the line in our version of the Nicene Creed, "Through him all things were made" - - 

a fundamental of the Christian faith.

That's all I want to say at the moment, Linda and I are heading for the Greek Orthodox Church on Baldwin, where they are to open their annual Greek pastry fundraiser this morning.

RSF&PTL

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