Bible Question:
In Genesis 1 what is emphasized about the person of God in His relationship to creation? In Ch 2 what different aspect off God as seen in His relationship to His creation stands out? |
Bible Answer: In the first verse God is, but His Presence is not in creation. In the sec. verse God by His Spirit (His Presence) moving upon the face of the waters, becomes present in His creation therefore creation is not only in His presence but God is present in His creation. Now that God’s Presence is in creation, He speaks and God makes His Presence known in creation, and because there was light, creation responded to it’s creator, letting light be, according to it’s creator’s word. Hence the Creator and Judge is known through His Word in and from His Presence. Through out the first chapter, it is clear; God said, what He said is done, and God sees that it is good. No one else sees that it is good, God does, for only God is good. Who or what else can know good unless it Be God or of God. If you notice in the first chapter only God is mentioned then after creation is complete then the “LORD” is mentioned. In the first chapter of Gen. in Hebrew it is Elohim, meaning Creator and Judge (God). The “LORD”, (YHWH: meaning Yahweh) and we now know that Yahweh is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God (Son of God) come into the flesh. (Son of man) What is to be understood is all that there is, knows God through His Word, and it is in His Presence is His Word good, for of God in God’s Presence is God’s Word not only of, but from. And also by resting on the seventh day, it can be understood that God (Elohim) lets His relationship between Him, and His creation rest on and in His Word. |