DRAFT FOR REVIEW — THIS SKY IS NEWLY RAISED
THE HEAVENS · SKY 3 OF 4 · GENESIS 3, THE BREACH

The evening the light went out

This is the sky of Genesis 3 — dusk over the west gate. Its first drawn figure is the Serpent: the whole crooked line of it, from the garden's question to the promise of the crushed head — with the bright Seed-star striking from above. The gold stars open this scene's word studies: the guards, the exile-verb, the covering, and her seed.

KEY WORDS — THE BRIGHT STARS VERSES — THE STARS OF THE FIGURE DIM STARS — THE REST OF THE SKY, STILL FORMING
WHY A SERPENT?

Because Scripture itself draws this figure: the subtil beast of the field, Pharaoh the river-dragon, the brood of vipers, that old serpent of Revelation 12:9 — one poetic family, honestly distinguished on the word pages. And above its head, one bright star: the promise that began in this very chapter.

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