Genesis 1
From eternity past, the triune God has always existed.
In creation, the Father was present and active (1:1), as was the Spirit (1:2), and the Son:
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
-John 1:1-3 (LSB)
God created the heavens and the earth, light and darkness (Isa. 45:7), skies and clouds, waters and lands, plants and trees, stars and moon, fish and birds, animals and insects, man and woman.
Most believers don’t find it difficult to believe that God created all that exists, but many question how it could be done in six days, simply because the earth “seems” or “looks” much older to them.
Consider the fact that God created Adam and Eve in a state of maturity. On their very first day, they were not infants, but a man and a woman who had the ability to listen (1:28-30). Even though they were less than a day old, they would have seemed grown by all our presuppositions.
The same would have been true of the wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-12). Although many there would have assumed it to be years old through planting, growth, and fermentation, the reader understands it, too, was less than a day old because of its miraculous origin.
As we approach all the Scriptures and attempt to reconcile God’s account of all things with what we see with our eyes and think we know, let us not forget that creation itself has miraculous origin because all things that came into being did so through the Word of God.
In creation, the Father was present and active (1:1), as was the Spirit (1:2), and the Son:
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
-John 1:1-3 (LSB)
God created the heavens and the earth, light and darkness (Isa. 45:7), skies and clouds, waters and lands, plants and trees, stars and moon, fish and birds, animals and insects, man and woman.
Most believers don’t find it difficult to believe that God created all that exists, but many question how it could be done in six days, simply because the earth “seems” or “looks” much older to them.
Consider the fact that God created Adam and Eve in a state of maturity. On their very first day, they were not infants, but a man and a woman who had the ability to listen (1:28-30). Even though they were less than a day old, they would have seemed grown by all our presuppositions.
The same would have been true of the wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-12). Although many there would have assumed it to be years old through planting, growth, and fermentation, the reader understands it, too, was less than a day old because of its miraculous origin.
As we approach all the Scriptures and attempt to reconcile God’s account of all things with what we see with our eyes and think we know, let us not forget that creation itself has miraculous origin because all things that came into being did so through the Word of God.
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