Week 28, Day 1: In the Beginning…
Today’s Reading: Genesis 1:1-31
Some thoughts from the reading…
Genesis 1:1 is a passage, at the very beginning of the Bible, that sets the stage for the rest of the Bible. Notice that the passage does not make an argument for the existence of God, but rather states simply that God created the heavens and the earth. The Bible presents evidence that should convince the open mind that God does indeed exist, and the He did indeed create all that we see around us in the natural world. This chapter also does not try to prove God’s role in the creation of the world. There is no need to offer that proof. Think about these first 6 days, and the creation process. Everything that is studied today can only address what happened after the point of creation. Evolution, and the rest of the scientific endeavors, address everything after the moment of existence. There is, for example, the “Big Bang Theory”, but even that addresses only information concerning matter that was already in existence…where did that matter come from? The only logical answer for where matter came from is that there must be a higher, intelligent being that brought that matter into existence. That being is God! If God was the being to bring matter into existence, then we must trust His account of how He accomplished it! No one else was present to see the creation, there were no eye witnesses. Only God could give the true account of what happened.
God’s account of the creation in Genesis 1 gives a day by day account of what He did. We certainly could not comprehend how God performed His miraculous act. It is most certainly a display of His great power. In six 24 hour days, God created the natural world. What could be more powerful? From day 1, God was making things good for mankind. We will shortly see in our study, the downfall of mankind. But, even after that, God worked for the good of mankind, culminating in the sacrifice of His own Son for the forgiveness of sins.
It will be very interesting to watch how God works for the good of mankind. God created all the earth. And, it was good.
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