the deep

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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Deep - Deep- tahoom -h8415

1. deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea

1. deep (of subterranean waters)

2. deep, sea, abysses (of sea)

3. primeval ocean, deep

4. deep, depth (of river)

5. abyss, the grave

Gen 1:2

Usually, in this verse, we say that deep means water and we gloss over it. But the deep here means so much more than just water.

Note that both water and deep are used in the verse which implies they are different words and consequently have different implications as well as different meanings.

We must first look at interpretation before we can look at the application.

Gen 1:2 mentions darkness upon the face of the deep. We have briefly looked at what is darkness, but what is the deep. 

Q:What is the deep?

Deep is  a grave Rom 10:7

A: WIthout visiting any other text we can see that the deep is simply a place containing space. There is nothing more than can be said other than this. However, when we begin to look at application there is much inference that can be made.

 The deep: a place covered in darkness that had water.

We know this because, this is the place where we see the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 

In other words this was the place that God visited to showcase His Lesson.

, so that water had to be in the deep, in order for the Sprit of God to move upon the waters.

There was darkness upon the surface of the deep.

The deep is the place of origin for the punishment or judgments of God: psalms36:6, 

Ezek 26:19, psalm 140:10

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man, and beast.

Vs ps104:6 Thou coveredst it (the earth) with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

A: The earth was placed in the deep. 

Note God came to the place where the deep was and there He made His creation called Earth.

Gen 49:25

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Q. Where is the deep? 

A: The deep was/is the location that was outside of/below  heaven a special place created for a special purpose

Deut 33:13 -beneath heaven

What was the function of the deep?

IT was the confined space that held the darkness. Rather than the darkness being the chain, it was the deep that was the prison, and darkness covered it.

Q. Was the deep outside of Gids jurisdiction?

The lord  rules the deep psalm 135:6

Interpretation

Darkness

Deep: 

Gen 7:11 - there was water in the deep Prov 8:28, isaiah 51:10

The deep will be destroyed Amos 7:4

Note that the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, so that water had to be in the deep----Application Water represent people/beings. Therefoire there were people that were in the dark, who did not understand.