Netziv (Bereishis 2:4):This is the story of the Heavens
and Earth when they were created…We have explained that the acts that are the
purpose of creation is for G-d who knows all that He created and watches over
it.and this is the purpose of the heavens and Earth that G-d dwells in Heaven
and so to speak judges all the items on the Earth according to the deeds of man. All this
happened because of man since everything is conditional according to his deeds.
We have already explained that man has two modes of functioning 1) The Elevated
man where he exists and functions in the world as an angel in Heaven 2) Normal
Man who is concerned with his own personal needs These two modes serve creation because if everybody was like Adam before he
sinned there would be no reward or punishment nor would G-d’s glory and
kindness be revealed in the world. In fact the prime source for these is when
man is in the second mode functioning as a normal man. Nevertheless a great
deal of G-d’s honor is revealed by the angelic man amongst the masses of man.
Given that there are in fact two modes of functioning if Adam was consistently
in angelic mode the entire sixth day
when he was created, it would not be possible in the future to function as a
normal man That is because there is
nothing new under the sun. from the six days of creation and afterwards.
Consequently the world would not have achieved its purpose.for what it was
made. On the other hand if Adam had been created in the second mode i.e. normal
man then it would be impossible that angelic man should exist. Because that
would constitute a new creation. On the other hand if man did not sin as the
result of the influence of the serpent and Eve, it would have been necessary for
G-d to create an additional man who
would be normal. This would lead that that the second man would need to have two creations, in order
that the world function properly. All this is alluded to by the verse “These
are the developments of heaven and earth when they were created” These are the
outcomes of heaven and earth at the time that they were created on the day that
they were made… On the very day that they were finished and perfected by means
of the change in man upon whom everything depended. Therefore in the Torah it
is written Earth and Heaven because the change began from the events on the
Earth and from this produced developments in Heaven where is located the
supervision and eyes of G-d that track the deeds of man in the world . The
Torah then relates how G-d brought about angelic man who was by his very nature ufit to work the
soil since he was like a heavenly angel.
Therefore man was displaced from this exalted state and thus was able to work
in the fields and this completed the purpose of the world. It was only then
that history began and that the heaven became G-d’s throne and the Earth His
footstool and supervision happened according to the deeds of man and the
manifrstation of G-d’s attributes. This is G-d’s glory
