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: …