Link Wow, First verse in the bible and I don't know what it means and can't under stand it. If it means He make everything, why not say He made everything. I could understand that.
Stanjett The reason it says to create because spoke it into being, only God can create to create is to bring some into existence which did not exist before. The explanation painting are made by things that exist canvas, paper dyes paints
and so on. Man has said he creates life impossible he starts with egg and sperm in artificial environment that's not creating, the egg and sperm already existed.
Glad that you are beginning in the beginning! Genesis. I read this in my commentary in my Bible. Time and matter had no existence before the beginning in Genesis 1:1.
My thoughts:(No atoms, no molecules, no energy, no natural light, none of anything of the physical universe.)
In eternity past, before creation of the physical universe, God existed forever, alive in and of Himself, with no outer a cause to bring Him into existence (No Force). The Word does not say whether God created all of the heavenly spiritual beings (angels, seraphim, cherubim) prior to creating the material universe or after. But before He created these spiritual beings and the physical universe, He existed eternally as a Triune God in perfect communion within Himself, (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit) He was complete and in need of mothing. Nothing could be added to Him to make Him more perfect or taken from Him to reduce His perfection and this perfection is the same for all eternity.
When God chose to create, He spoke physical universe into existence, thus creating matter and time, since physical laws and processes began at this time. His speaking the universe into existence is creating something from nothing. (ex nihilo)
Whether He spoke the spiritual hosts of heaven into existence, or did something similar to making mankind, but not using physical matter is not known.
I hope this helps you. You could also google something like: creation of the universe ex nihilo and perhaps get a better explanation.
Thanks for asking. Such queries makes others of us have to consider how we would explain what we know. That is a good process for us to practice.
and so on. Man has said he creates life impossible he starts with egg and sperm in artificial environment that's not creating, the egg and sperm already existed.
Glad that you are beginning in the beginning! Genesis. I read this in my commentary in my Bible. Time and matter had no existence before the beginning in Genesis 1:1.
My thoughts:(No atoms, no molecules, no energy, no natural light, none of anything of the physical universe.)
In eternity past, before creation of the physical universe, God existed forever, alive in and of Himself, with no outer a cause to bring Him into existence (No Force). The Word does not say whether God created all of the heavenly spiritual beings (angels, seraphim, cherubim) prior to creating the material universe or after. But before He created these spiritual beings and the physical universe, He existed eternally as a Triune God in perfect communion within Himself, (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit) He was complete and in need of mothing. Nothing could be added to Him to make Him more perfect or taken from Him to reduce His perfection and this perfection is the same for all eternity.
When God chose to create, He spoke physical universe into existence, thus creating matter and time, since physical laws and processes began at this time. His speaking the universe into existence is creating something from nothing. (ex nihilo)
Whether He spoke the spiritual hosts of heaven into existence, or did something similar to making mankind, but not using physical matter is not known.
I hope this helps you. You could also google something like: creation of the universe ex nihilo and perhaps get a better explanation.
Thanks for asking. Such queries makes others of us have to consider how we would explain what we know. That is a good process for us to practice.
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