02-20-2020, 05:33 PM
(02-19-2020, 07:48 PM)RabbiO Wrote:(02-19-2020, 05:41 PM)Jason Wrote: No, that doesn't ring true to me.
Perhaps the pastor is familiar with this midrash from בראשית רבה -
"Rabbi Judah son of Rabbi Simon said: “Let there be evening” is not written here (talking about the Torah), but “And there was evening” ; hence we know that a time-order existed before this (talking about our current universe). Rabbi Abahu said: This proves that the Holy One, blessed be God, went on creating worlds and destroying them until God created this one, and declared, “This one pleases Me; those did not please Me."
Please explain what midrash means. Thanks.