Objective:

This week’s discussion will cover the fourth day of creation.

Beads:

Section 4, the 7th Small bead

(Bead 5): “And, on the fourth day, the Creator birthed the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars to give light to the Earth, and wrote the Torah upon the sky that the will of Ha’Elohim might be known.”

Passages to Ponder

Zenock 7:25-26

25. ¶ Yet to see the fullness of this creation, Ha’Elohim should give thee feet to walk upon the path;
26. Therefore, the fourth day of this creation thy right foot is planted in eternity (Netzachhe) that you should receive of the goodness of the path.

1 Moses 3

23. ¶ And I said: Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night;
24. And let them be for signs of what is and what shall be, and to mark times of appointments, and for days and for years,
25. And let these lights in the firmament of the heavens give light unto the earth; and it was so.
26. And I made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night;
27. And the greater light was Shamesh or the sun, and the lesser light was Olea or the moon; and Kokabim or the stars also were made, even according to my Word.
28. And I set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth;
29. And the sun to watch over the day, and the moon to watch over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness.
30. And I saw that all things which had made were good; and this age was the fourth degree.

4 Moses 2

13. ¶ And in the fourth age Elohim birthed the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and set them in the firmament of the heavens;
14. And these were give unto the earth to give light upon all the creation, and to rule over the day and the night, and divide the light from the darkness, that all things may prosper which should grow on the earth.
15. And YHVH appointed the sun and the moon to be great signs for the earth; for days, and for Sabbaths, and for months, and for feasts, and for years, and for all the seasons of the years;
16. And this too, that the will of Ha’Elohim should be known, as the Word of Ha’Elohim is written upon the skies.

Melchizedek 6:41-44

41. ¶ And the fourth key is the shining of the lights of the firmament to guide us in our rebirth; for in the stars is the Word of Alohykm written and the will of YHVH known.

42. Doubt not the signs of the heavens, but know that they shall neither move thy feet nor thy hearts;

43. For the writing in the heavens will guide the righteous watchers to the land of promise, the wisemen to the king, and the soul it shall cause to produce fruits that cannot be purchased at any price.

44. Write then, the messages of the heavens and watch their motions and see how they appear in motion about the earth, for the work of the fourth key is never ending.

Questions of Knowledge (What it says at the surface)

• What all does it say happened on the fourth day?
• Summarize the teaching of the fourth key of creation?

Questions of Wisdom (What it means below the surface)

• When Joseph Jacob’s Son had a vision of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, they symbolically represented “Israel”. In what way does Israel give light to the earth?
• What could the sun symbolically represent in your tree of life creation?
• What could the moon represent?
• How about the stars?
• In what way(s) is/are the Torah written upon the heavens?

Questions of Understanding (Likening it to Ourselves)

• How have the Sun, Moon, and Stars affected your life? (whether it be the physical, or symbolic or allegorical sun, moon, and stars).

Questions of Mystery (What deeper meaning can be harvested)

• In what way are the Sun, Moon and Stars written in the sky of your Creation?
• What Light do they give to the earth of your Creation?
• How might you write what you observe in the movement of the heavens?