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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: Are angels already created before the earth is formed or created? |
Bible Answer: Dear Lydzen, I copied this from one of my previous posts. The heavens are part of this creation. Note Gen 1:8 Lionstrong Wed 08/15/01, 8:43am In v. 1 it reads God created the heavens. In verse eight I note that God called the firmament (NKJV) or expanse heaven. In v. 1 heaven is plural and in v. 8 it's singular. In v. 8 is the naming of the physical (visible) heaven. Just as God created all things in the visible world, that is, in heaven and earth, He also created all things in the invisible world, that is, in one of the other heavens. God created the HEAVENS in the beginning. Although the focus (as is with the rest of Scripture) is on Man and his environment, the invisible world (one of the other heavens) was created in the beginning too, not before the beginning. In the Scripture God directs our attention to our own practical interests, Man and his environment. The focus, therefore, is on the creation of Man and his environment, and not on the creation of the other heavens and the creatures that inhabit them (although it is mentioned here to inform us of its origin). But again the heavens and all they contain were also made "In the beginning." In other words, the unseen world of the other heavens are part of this creation, not a part of a supposed first creation which was destroyed. V. 9 strengthens this notion of ONE CREATION by using the plural of heaven, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered in to one place..." In other word the HEAVENS were part of this 6 day creation. The Bible does not know two creations, only one... except for our being new creations in Christ. Peace, Lionstrong |