Bible Reflections

Not a whole lot going on to 'type' about. I was in Erin last weekend, which made me realize how much I love the people at that church! Other than that not much exciting is going on, but since some people do check this once in a while I figured I would give you something to read.

GENESIS
GEN. 1 The Beginning
.1a-The first verse in the first chapter of the Bible gives us our first and most important glimpse of who God is. "In the beginning" begs the question: what was the beginning and what was before the beginning? As stated in this verse the beginning was the creation of the heavens and the earth. But before the heavens and before the earth, there was God; before the beginning God was. Before we even start to think about God as the Creator of everything, we must try to fathom God as just being, forever being, before anything, and out of God came everything. "In the beginning God..." the eternality of God is of utmost importance for everything from this verse on, not just for our creation, but also our salvation.
.1b-Before the beginning God was. Therefore out of God the beginning came. An eternal God marked the beginning of time by Creation. "God created the heavens and the earth." The expanse of the earth is even now not fully known to human minds, and how much less the heavens. Yet God spoke each into being. It did not occur by chance, but by an intentional and loving God who created the universe as an expression of his great power and might, and more so His great Love.