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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Bible Question: Something I've been thinking about for a while. God is all knowing, and a loving, merciful God. So He knew all the suffering, pain, and evil that would happen in the world. Why then did He create it in the first place and put mankind on it. Why not just not create it, if He had not created it, we would have never none it, and look at all the suffering and evil that would have been avoided. Anyone have any thoughts? wdc |
Bible Answer: Hi JV: (and wdc:) I can't show you a verse in Gen., I think a few verses elsewhere speak to this question. (Ps 115:3) "But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases." Since God does whatever he pleases, then one answer is that God created the world because it pleased him to do so. I agree with wdc that God is completely self-sufficient and does not need anything outside of himself. But having said this, I present this next passage: Eph 3:8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, Eph 3:9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS; Eph 3:10 SO THAT the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. (The Caps are mine.) Nestled in the midst of Paul's discourse is this nugget of God's purpose in creation. And lastly, Rom 11:36 "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen." The end of creation is not Man but God. All things are to Him. To Him be the glory forever! (I will copy and post this for wdc.) |