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In the Beginning, Jesus

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

What do we know about “in the beginning?”  Well, after the beginning, we know that the heavens and the earth were there.  Before the beginning, there was only God.  But, what existed in between, that is, in the beginning, other than God?  As is often the case, where God provides a question in the Old Testament, He provides an answer in the New.  In this case, the answer is in John 1:1-3…
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
In the beginning, Jesus was with God.  Knowing this, what …

Genesis 1:1a

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Genesis 1:1 - “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Having previously discussed the Geocreationist history of Genesis 1:1, let us now discuss who was there.  This is important, because it will help us interpret the rest of Genesis 1.

“In the beginning, God…”, or Elohim as it is renderred in the Hebrew.  There is much commentary on what Elohim means, and so I will only summarize it here.  The Jewish perspective is that Elohim, a plural form of God’s name, is an expression of His majesty and unequaled greatness.  This view is in fact true.  However, the Christian view is true as well, that Elohim is written as a plurarity because of God’s plural nature: …