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The Story of Creation. 1 In the beginning, when God created the universe,[ a] 2 the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God[ b] was moving over the water. 3 Then God commanded, “Let there be light”—and light appeared. 4 God was pleased with what he saw.
- Genesis 2
2 And so the whole universe was completed. 2 By the seventh...
- Genesis 1 NIV
The Beginning. 1 In the beginning God created the heavens...
- Genesis 1-3 CEV
The Story of Creation. 1 In the beginning God. created the...
- Genesis 2
First narrative: Genesis 1:1–2:3 The Ancient of Days by William Blake (Copy D, 1794) Background. The first creation account is divided into seven days during which God creates light (day 1); the sky (day 2); the earth, seas, and vegetation (day 3); the sun and moon (day 4); animals of the air and sea (day 5); and land animals and humans (day 6).
- The Creation Day by Day
- A Simple—Not Scientific—Truth
- It Is Good
- The Trinity in The Creation
- The Rest of God
The creation story takes place in Genesis 1:1-2:3. 1. Day 1- God created light and separated the light from the darkness, calling light "day" and darkness "night." 2. Day 2- God created an expanse to separate the waters and called it "sky." 3. Day 3- God created the dry ground and gathered the waters, calling the dry ground "land," and the gathered...
Genesis 1, the opening scene of the biblical drama, introduces us to the two main characters in the Bible: God and man. Author Gene Edwards refers to this drama as "the divine romance." Here we meet God, the Almighty Creator of all things, revealing the ultimate object of his love—man—as he concludes the stunning work of creation. God has set the s...
God was very pleased with his creation. Six times throughout the process of creating, God stopped, observed his handiwork, and saw that it was good. On final inspection of all that he had made, God regarded it as "very good." This is a great time to remind ourselves that we are part of God's creation. Even when you don't feel worthy of his pleasure...
In verse 26, God says, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness ..." This is the only instance in the creation account that God uses the plural form to refer to himself. It's interesting to note that this happens just as he begins to create man. Many scholars believe this is the Bible's first reference to the Trinity.
On the seventh day, God rested. It's hard to come up with a reason why God would need to rest, but apparently, he considered it important. Rest is often an unfamiliar concept in our busy, fast-paced world. It's socially unacceptable to take an entire day to rest. God knows we need times of refreshing. Our example, Jesus Christ, spent time alone, aw...
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May 1, 2018 · The creation story provides history’s backdrop. The biblical story, thus, begins with the human world created by God. Genesis 1 defines the manner in which the story is told and the way to hear and read the story.
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Although we know the first book of the Bible as the Book of Genesis, in Hebrew, where this book begins the Torah, the book is known as Bereshith, which literally means ‘in the beginning’, as the Hebrew practice was to call each book after its opening words.
