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NASB | Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants). |
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Bible Note: Editorial Questions: WHAT was created? A. The heavens and the earth? Follow-up question: In light of the earth's relative microscopic size in the vastness of the universe why is the earth even mentioned? A. Earth was the Creator's focus of attention. In terms of the importance He places on the earth, the rest of the universe was created for the earth. If this were a play, earth would be center stage. One more follow-up question: If the universe is just a, so to speak, backdrop for the earth, would that not imply that there's no life on other worlds? A. The centrality of the earth is a strong argument for no life on other worlds, but it does not necessarily imply such. Other considerations have to come into play to validly support that position. What, if any, is the significance of the order of creation? A. The order of creation is partly based on necessity, and partly on the value or importance of what was created. Man was the most important thing created and therefore was created last as the crown of God's creation, but space and earth were necessarily created first to give this corporeal being a place to live. What was here before the begining? A. Space and time began with the creation. So, strickly speaking there was no "before" in the sense of sequence of moments, but "before" the creation there was no space or time; there was only the Triune God. Follow-up question: If there was no space or time, where did God create the heavens and the earth? A. in Him we live and move and exist, |