In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1
Is this verse true? Evolutionists and atheists, often the same people, insist it is not true. We are not evolutionists and atheists; we insist that, as God’s Word, it is true. If this verse is true, does it mean what it says? Sadly, some around us will attempt to make this verse mean things that it does not say. But we accept this verse at face value, because it is God’s Word. As the first verse of our Bible, it introduces us to not only the beginning of all things but also to the God Who preceded and initiated all things.
Doubters will ask, ‘Where did God come from?’ But if God had to come from somewhere or from something, He would not be God. He transcends the confines of time and space and matter that restrict the minds of those who reject Him. He is almighty, omnipresent, omniscient, and eternal. Scoffers can’t understand that, so they reject it. We can’t understand it either, but we accept it by faith.
There are two ways to view this verse. We can read it as the start of the creation process, the first step in God’s great work unveiled in the next 30 verses. ‘Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear – Hebrews 11:3. We can also take this verse as the summary of the entire chapter, ten words that encapsulate the entire process of creation. Both views are accurate.
Today, as we gather to obey our Saviour in the remembrance feast that He has given us, we marvel at the vastness contained in the first verse of our Bible. But there is an greater marvel as we turn our attention to Skull Hill and remember that the Word of God Who framed this world would step into it in the image of His creation and bear our sins in His own body on the tree. – Jim MacIntosh
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