The Saga continues

We have inventors, we have artists, we even have smart people. But nothing in this world can hold a candle to the one that made us all. As we continue our journey through the first chapter of Genesis, we can see these aspects of people displayed in spectacular relief by our Creator.

Notice that in the first verse as we discussed the other day, that God existed before time and before the physical. For it says, "In the beginning (when time began) God (already there) created (means "1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.) the heavens (the universe) and the earth (locally, the planet we live on). We already, in the introduction, discussed how this verse introduced us to God in His power, eternality, and His wisdom. Yet lets take a closer look. Even our most renowned of inventors can not say that they created their contribution to our society. They had to take materials that were already present in this world and turn them into a different form. Yet here we have God bringing into existence this world by His will. How awesome is our God!?!

But the drama that is creation continues to unfold. Watch it with me. The second verse of Genesis one says that, though the earth and heavens were formed, the earth had no form (was desolate and worthless) and was dark. It also says that there was a Spirit of God. Strong's exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew and Greek, defines Spirit here as "
by resemblance, spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)" So now we have God, and the Spirit of God. It is interesting to note that in the Hebrew the word which we translate God in Genesis 1 is Elohim and is a plural word used in the singular sense. But I digress. So the earth was desolate, or worthless and it was dark. It also had water, deep water.

So God, as He planned for man an habitation, had some work to do. All things that on this earth dwell require something to function and to grow. Even man (in the broadest sense of the word and not regarding gender) needs vitamin D to function efficiently. So God, in the third verse, says "Let there be light." Then something happens that again demonstrates God's power. It says, "and there was light". There have been many times I have said "Let there be light." but nothing ever happened until I or someone else flipped the switch. And this was done for the purpose of a functioning and habitable place for man to live. What an awesome God!

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