And the devil took (Jesus) up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, ‘to you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’ (Luke 4:5-7)
‘Authority’ is ἐξουσία exousia and it means licensed power, the right to act, to have charge of, or dominion over.
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A Psalm of Thanksgiving
Make a joyful shout to the LORD all the earth!
Serve the LORD with gladness!
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When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Revelation 8:1)
The scene is the throne room of God. Transported in a vision, John the Apostle witnesses the enactment of salvation, and he is moved to tears:
Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” (ibid 5:1-5)
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The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20)
When God created Adam and then for him a helpmeet, the woman, they were under no immediate obligation to procreate. They were perfect in every way and there was no disease. Adam and the woman would represent humanity and be undying.
Eternal beings are then created and nowhere in the Bible do the angels procreate; rather they are brought into being as celestial host and endure.
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And God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. (Genesis 1:3-5)
Day is יוֹם yom in Hebrew and the word has a range of meanings including a sidereal day to an age; it means a defined period of time.
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God Breathed Words 