The Zohar teaches that the combination of the names יקוה אלוקים incorporates all of Creation.
In order to understand this, we will begin with a comment of the Maharal.
As the Torah describes Creation is says: והארץ היתה תוהו ובהו וחושך על פני תהום, "And the earth was confusing and devastated and there was darkness on the face of the depths. The Sages explain that each description in this verse is an allusion to one of the four monarchies that would oppose the people of Israel. Why, asks the Maharal, did the Torah see fit to allude to these oppositional forces at the time of Creation?
He explains that it is there in order to bring home the point that Creation itself was in a flawed manner. Only God is flawless. Within His Creation, however, there are oppositional forces which oppose all that which is good from its very inception.
In order to understand this, we will begin with a comment of the Maharal.
As the Torah describes Creation is says: והארץ היתה תוהו ובהו וחושך על פני תהום, "And the earth was confusing and devastated and there was darkness on the face of the depths. The Sages explain that each description in this verse is an allusion to one of the four monarchies that would oppose the people of Israel. Why, asks the Maharal, did the Torah see fit to allude to these oppositional forces at the time of Creation?
He explains that it is there in order to bring home the point that Creation itself was in a flawed manner. Only God is flawless. Within His Creation, however, there are oppositional forces which oppose all that which is good from its very inception.
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