Devotions. The Brick Testament. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. THE CREATIVE WEEK (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3). (1) In the beginning. --Not, as in John 1:1, "from eternity," but in the beginning of this sidereal system, of which our sun, with its attendant planets, forms a part. As there never was a time when God did not exist, and as activity is an essential part of His being (John 5:17), so, probably, there was never a time when worlds did not exist; and in the process of calling them into existence when and how He willed, we may well believe that God acted in accordance with the working of some universal law, of which He is Himself the author.
It was natural with St. John, when placing the same words at the commencement of his Gospel, to carry back our minds to a more absolute conceivable "beginning," when the work of creation had not commenced, and when in the whole universe there was only God. God. Created. The heaven and the earth. Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24; But this is not a matter of mere pronunciation; there is a difference of meaning as well. Online Parallel Bible. BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages. Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers.
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