Month: October 2024

In the Beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth! In our last post we briefly introduced what Genesis 1:1 was; a prelude, or preface, of a hymn of worship.  Here we will have to say something about what it is not.  The primary and original meaning here is not creatio ex nihilo (creation out … Read more

In the Beginning, God Created the Heavens and the Earth! What did the ancient Hebrew mind experience when it read the first verse of the Bible? As strange as it might appear to many of us today, it is an introduction to a sacred worship text comprised of Genesis 1:2- 2:4.  It is a shout … Read more