Here I give you the first chapter of my book on Genesis. If you like it, you can get the whole book at www.amazon.com. Go to the Amazon link and search for Genesis by Moody Roberts. I believe you will find it to be a blessing.
Genesis
Chapter
1
CREATION
The title of this book lets us know right off what it is
about. Genesis is a translation from a Hebrew word that means "nativity; figuratively nature:
- generation,
nature (-ral)." Thus we understand it is a book of the beginnings. We can
find a seed plot for almost every doctrine taught in the Bible right here in
this book of beginnings.
Can you
think of a time when there was not any people, no sun nor moon, no stars, no
space, no light, no dark, no angels, and no devil? That is a time when there
was nothing. In the day of creation there was nothing to start with. In all
this nothingness there was One Being, and He was All. If there was nothing,
where did God dwell? This is a question the natural mind could never answer,
but God has. See Isa_57:15 "For
thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble
spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
contrite ones."
When there
was nothing but eternity God dwelt there, and nothing else existed. Here is the
beginning of the doctrine of God. Here is also a great dilemma for
evolutionists. Evolution has to have something to evolve from even if that
something is nothing but a some sort of glob.
There is
the question, does God even exist? There are those who say that He does not
exist. His own creation, however,
supports His existence. Note Romans 1:20, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” The invisible things of this verse
are His eternal power and Godhead. Paul, in this verse, declares that those
things are clearly seen. In other words creation itself testifies to God's
existence. In addition to that, fulfilled prophecies also support His
existence. His existence is also corroborated by His spoken word. The Bible is
a collection of sixty-six books. These books were penned by about 40 authors
over a period of about sixteen centuries; yet they are in complete agreement.
This shows us right from the beginning that the theory of
evolution is false. Evolution has to have something to evolve from. There was
no sun to revolve on its axis until the earth broke off from it. There was no
amoeba in the sea from which life could evolve: there was no sea for the
amoeba.
It is a fact that in eternity God just spoke into
existence the heavens and the earth all in some sort of glob. He does not
describe the heavens for us, but He does say that the earth was without form
and void. In verse one God created the materials out of which He would form His
creation. The earth was covered with darkness. There are some things at this
point which we can see having been given being.
There is an earth even though it is without form which God
had brought out of chaos. There is darkness, and there are deep waters. Verse 2 tells us that the Spirit of God moved
(or brooded) over the waters. This is our first mention of the doctrine of the
Holy Spirit.
Then we read, "And
God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” This was not a light bearer like
the sun; it was some sort of diffusion of light that divided the light from the
darkness. This was the first day. Then day after day God created something new
The second day He created the heaven out of the waters. The third day He caused
the dry land to come up out of the waters and called it earth. The waters were
called seas. God caused that the earth would bring forth grass, herbs, and
trees. Each of these were also equipped to reproduce themselves. On the fourth
day of creation God made the sun, the moon, and the stars. On the fifth day God
created all the life that dwelt in the seas and in the air. These too were
equipped to reproduce themselves. God even commanded them to reproduce
themselves. On the sixth day God made all earth life, animals and creeping things.
Then on that sixth day He climaxed His creation by making
man in the image of God to be the god of this world or to rule over everything
in this world. He was made under law. Man, as god of this world, having
dominion over everything, is the first mention of God's kingdom.
See one other thing in this chapter concerning the
beginning of things. That is time. In eternity there was no such thing as time.
The very first words here are "in the beginning". The beginning of
what? Eternity has no beginning, so it cannot mean the beginning of eternity.
What
else then can it be except the beginning of time. Thus we see the days of
creation.
Certain attributes of Deity are also seen in this chapter.
First there is eternity. We have seen that God inhabited eternity. Omnipotence
is seen in His power to simply by speaking bring into existence something that
did not exist. We can also see His wisdom in the order of creation.
For instance the earth and all other creation was created
before man so that man would have a home and sustenance. His omnipotence is
seen in His designing and making creation. His love is seen in His providing
for man.
In verses 28-31 we have God's first Covenant. God
stipulated that Adam and Eve were to replenish the earth, have dominion over
it, eat its herbs and fruits, and refrain from eating of the tree of knowledge
of good and evil. He stipulated that the day they would eat of that tree would
be the day they would die. This is the first mention of death.
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