Day 1: Genesis 1 - 4

So today marks the beginning of my journey. To complete the task of reading all of the standard works in a year I need to read approximately 7 pages a day. This should not be to hard of a challenge given that I often read 50+ pages of fiction literature a day. Of course scripture study is not to be equated to fiction pleasure reading in regards to the time or effort that it takes. At the same time though this is far more important that reading the Hobbit for the someodd-tenth time, so there you go.

Today I read Genesis 1 - 4. Only 1 new thought jumped out at me that I had not noticed before, so I will start with that and then move on to the transcription of previous notes.

Genesis 1:14 - "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"

This phrase, "...and let them be for signs..." had never jumped out at me before, but upon reading it this time I realized how many prophecies talk about astronomical phenomenon being a sign of the prophecy. From the star at Jesus's birth, to the moon turning as blood, the stars falling out of the sky, a day and a night and a day that are all as bright as a single day. Heavenly Father gave us the stars and moon and sun as much to create a prophetic billboard as to give us light and heat. For some reason this thought fascinates me.

Okay, other thoughts from previous scripture readings:
Genesis 1: 6 - 8 - This is where the idea of Heaven being in the clouds comes from.
Genesis 1:26 - What manner of creature is man? Divinity in embryo.
Genesis 1:26-27 - Why is it "our image" instead of "my image"? Who is God talking to?
Genesis 1:28 - The first commandment from Heavenly Father to Man.
Genesis 2:3 - The origin of the Sabbath. Notice the Sabbath was originally the 7th day, Saturday, at the end of the week.
Genesis 2:5 - Spirit forms are created before corporal forms.
Genesis 2:7 - Gen 1:28 shows man being created, Why does it happen again?
Genesis 2:9 - Why put these 2 trees in the Garden if they cause so much trouble? Without them there is no Agency.
Genesis 2:11-14 - While these names are familiar remember the world was very different then and there is nothing saying these are the Ethiopia, Assyria, and Euphrates that we know today.
Genesis 2:17 - Eating of this tree will make you Mortal.
Genesis 2:22-23 - Woman meaning "of man" or "from man"
Genesis 2:24 - It is important here to recognize that this verse is God marrying Adam and Eve
Genesis 3:6 - When is becoming Wise a bad thing?
Genesis 4:26 - At this time there are generationsthat never knew the Garden, nor having walked with God. Their only contact with Heavenly Father & Jesus are through Prayer.

So that's all my notes from previous studies. They get more sparse as I go farther into the scriptures, so it won't end up being such a laundry list in the future.

Next up, the first of the begat chapters. Fun!