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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:
God- by Langston Hughes I am God- "Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers Tread the sweet ground- But I am God- I cannot come down. Spring! Life is love! Love is life only! Better to be human Than God-and lonely." By the end of the Old Testament, God is far removed from the human scene. Can we prove that the charactetization of God in the poem is true? or no? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Greekbabe132! The problem here is that the poem was written by a creature who's lonelyness inspired him to seek spiritual oneness with His Creator... God is Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent... He experiences us before we are conceived in our mothers' wombs, He searches us to the most infinite speck of our being, He dwells in each Believer, He is both Eternal (unchanging) and transcendant (able to leap...echo system, time constraints, planes of existence...), He created all that exists (both invisible and visible) and He keeps everything in its place... Some people boast about wearing several hats and being so busy that they need several cell phones in order to keep on top of things... His little job is to maintain the universe, keep track of humanity, listen to all the prayers, petitions, and complaints of both His servants and the hypocritical who deny His Authority when times are good and scream for His aide when things are bad... and then there's the Remnant (that group of Hebrews that still believe and obey)... Lonely? Only in the sence that deep inside we, humanity, long for His companionship! God Bless! Angel |