Ra was the God that first went through this process. He emerged from the primeval matter (Nu), which had already been in existence. He was not the creator of time and earth, he was rather the God who gave life to an indeterminate mass of death. He

molded and shaped what was already there. This was a creation of life from a preexisting death. Rather then bringing something out of what was already there, God created the universe out of nothing. The matter of heaven and earth came from him. He created eternity and therefor had a control over it. To God eternity was a finite thing. It had a definite beginning which must be followed by a definite ending. In Genesis God brought forth existence, giving him power over time and eternity. Ra brought forth from existence making him more a part of time and eternity.

After Ra came into creation, the beings Shu and Tefant followed hi

and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, they became aware of the evil that could exist. This gave man the ability to distinguish for himself the difference between what is right and what is wrong. This also gave man the ability to do wrong. God then punished man and did wrong onto him. God used good and evil, light and darkness, life and death for the order of the earth. These contrasts were not used to maintain existence and eternity. God had the ability himself to end and begin time. Divinity and eternity both work together to create existence. In Genesis God is separated from these elements. In Ancient Egypt the gods are a part of these elements. These two different perspectives show the contrast of the ways in which man can conceive his creator.

This cycle of rebirth and reincarnation must occur with a balance of oppositions. Eternity only can occur with light and dark, life and death, good and evil. Nu wills the birth of the cosmos as well as the destruction. In nature the Nile brings nutrients to the Egyptian crops as well as devastation. These differences were what held together the cycle of eternity. It was death from life and life from death. This circle of time was found within everything. It went from the dung beetle, to the mummification of pharaohs, to the travel of Ra in the underworld. The divine, the earth and eternity were all linked together.

worked together and emerged from one another. These gods created an unending circle which they were a part of.

However, in Genesis earth and time were separate from God through the contrasts of good and evil. They were not a part of the cycle of creation as in Ancient Egypt. God created the good on earth and the evil

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