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1 | what does in the beginning mean? | Gen 1:1 | joyfull | 20474 | ||
what does in the beginning mean? | ||||||
2 | what does in the beginning mean? | Gen 1:1 | Hank | 20476 | ||
Joyfull, the phrase "in the beginning" of Genesis 1:1 does not, and cannot, apply to God Himself, because He is eternal. There is no beginning and no ending with God. Therefore, the fourth word of the Bible offers the answer: created. "In the beginning" refers to the time at which God created the heavens and the earth, what we today call the universe. Many believers, I among them, hold that He created it "ex nihilo," -- from or out of nothing -- that He did, in fact, literally by the awesome power of His word, speak it into existence. "Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light." (Genesis 1:3). --Hank | ||||||