Why isn't the second day of creation called "good"

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Each day of creation is called “good” except for the second day. Was it simply omitted or does it reflect some sort of evil?

Also note that on sixth day God looked at all he created and called it “very good.” In Judaism, the term “very good” on the sixth day refers to the evil inclination. Thus, God created the good and evil inclinations.
 
Robert_Sock said:
Well yes, of course. Including the good and evil inclinations in humans.
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I’m not sure you can say that God created the evil intentions in humans. God created Free Will in humans. Humans CHOSE to have evil intentions.
 
NotWorthy said:
I’m not sure you can say that God created the evil intentions in humans. God created Free Will in humans. Humans CHOSE to have evil intentions.
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It’s the evil inclination, not evil intentions per se, that I’m talking about.
 
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Also note that on sixth day God looked at all he created and called it “very good.” In Judaism, the term “very good” on the sixth day refers to the evil inclination. Thus, God created the good and evil inclinations.
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do you have a quote from an authentic source of Judaic interpretation of the verse to back this up? since nothing in the creation account up to this point mentions an evil inclination I would like to see the reasoning behind this.
 
puzzleannie said:
do you have a quote from an authentic source of Judaic interpretation of the verse to back this up? since nothing in the creation account up to this point mentions an evil inclination I would like to see the reasoning behind this.
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Here it is:

*THE good impulse (yetser tov) and the evil impulse (yetser ra) are pictured in Jewish literature as wrestling in perpetual conflict within the heart of man. Satan is usually identified with the yetser ha-ra, the evil impulse. In the book of Job, Satan’s function is described as that of testing the sincerity of men’s characters. In Talmudic literature, Satan’s function is to strengthen man’s moral sense by leading him into temptation. It has been said that every man living shall assuredly meet with an hour of temptation, a certain critical hour, which shall more especially try his mettle.

According to a midrashic statement (Genesis Rabbah 9:9), the existence of the yetser ha-ra in the heart of man and the struggle to overcome it lends high value to the good that emerges from the inner battle. The two conflicting impulses, the good and bad tendencies, are said to be implanted in man as a consequence of his having been formed from the dust and endowed with a soul (Genesis 2:7).

According to rabbinic thinking, the evil impulse is to be found in man at birth; the good impulse begins to develop when he is thirteen years old. The teachings of the Torah are referred to as the antidote to the yetser ha-ra. Similarly, Ben Sira (21:11) states: “The man who keeps the Law controls his natural tendency.”

In commenting on the two yods in the word “omitted Hebrew character here”, (Genesis 2:7), the rabbis declare that God created both the yetser tov and the yetser ra (Berakhoth 61a). The command to love God “with all your heart” they interpret to mean “with both your impulses” (Berakhoth Ma), since both human elements can be employed in the service of God. “Were it not for the yetser ha-ra, no man would build a home or get married or follow an occupation” (Genesis Rabbah 9:9). The phrase “very good” (Genesis 1:31) is therefore explained, as alluding to the yetser ha-ra, frequently used in the sense of the productive urge.
–Taken from the Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts

–Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.*
 
Robert_Sock said:
Each day of creation is called “good” except for the second day. Was it simply omitted or does it reflect some sort of evil?
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If he made heaven on the second day, then he made hell on that day too. Hell is not good, and so the text avoids mentioning it, and God cannot say it is good.
 
Apollos said:
If he made heaven on the second day, then he made hell on that day too. Hell is not good, and so the text avoids mentioning it, and God cannot say it is good.
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I would think that God didn’t create Hell until He had a reason to, in other words, not until the angels rebelled and became devils and demons.

Of course, I have no idea when this happened.
 
Robert_Sock said:
Each day of creation is called “good” except for the second day. Was it simply omitted or does it reflect some sort of evil?

Also note that on sixth day God looked at all he created and called it “very good.” In Judaism, the term “very good” on the sixth day refers to the evil inclination. Thus, God created the good and evil inclinations.
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Seems you are on a path towards reviving a ‘matter is bad’ heresy.
If you are unfamilar, google it.
 
=Robert Sock;7182853]Each day of creation is called “good” except for the second day. Was it simply omitted or does it reflect some sort of evil?
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Also note that on sixth day God looked at all he created and called it “very good.” In Judaism, the term “very good” on the sixth day refers to the evil inclination. Thus, God created the good and evil inclinations.
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*** Hi Robert: actualy God did say it was good:)

Gen. 1: 31 “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.” ***
 
PJM said:
*** Hi Robert: actualy God did say it was good:)

Gen. 1: 31 “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.” ***
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Read post number 9
 
Robert_Sock said:
Well yes, of course. Including the good and evil inclinations in humans.
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Your assertion does not make sense otherwise you are stating that Jesus was born with evil inclinations!
Are you saying Jesus was born with evil inclinations?
 
Each day of creation is a shadow of Christ from a different perspective.

The second day represents Christ on the cross. He is the firmament, which is an icy water between the waters. As such, it represents the forsaken Son whom the Father left alone on the cross to reconcile the waters of law and grace.

Though in the end, the sixth day, all is well and ‘good’, the second day was the day the water parted, the rock split, the veil was torn, all representing that the God was torn. It was not a good day. The Father and Son had been together for an eternity, and the day of the cross was the first time, and which lasted an eternity for them, that they were divided.

The second day also points to the narrative of the flood with the waters below and above. This is the day that the Lord repented of having made man. It was not a good day.
 
thistle said:
Your assertion does not make sense otherwise you are stating that Jesus was born with evil inclinations!
Are you saying Jesus was born with evil inclinations?
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I’m not sure if Christ was born with the evil inclination or not. However, we do know that that Christ was tempted in the desert and in order for the temptation to become tempting, Christ would probably have needed to have an evil inclination to overcome sin.
 
The Jewish ‘evil inclination’ is better understood as the instinctive nature that we share with animals.It is the drives us to put self before others.

We were created with those instincts as well as the capacity to respond to the Word of God. The animal nature of ‘flesh’ if good as long as it is kept in it’s proper place. But when it preempts the Word, it is sin. Eve followed her instincts rather than God’s word.

God did not create evil. Evil is not a thing to be created, it is the absence of God. It is illogical to say that God created his own absence. And is is unbiblical to say that he created evil, in the face of “He saw that it was good”.

If the Jews understood the scriptures they would have followed Christ.
 
Robert_Sock said:
I’m not sure if Christ was born with the evil inclination or not. However, we do know that that Christ was tempted in the desert and in order for the temptation to become tempting, Christ would probably have needed to have an evil inclination to overcome sin.
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A better word would be “tested”, not tempted.
 
To the degree Christ was free from original sin, Christ was probably free from the evil inclination.
 
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