“IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED
HEAVEN AND THE EARTH”
(Gen. 1:1)
“In the beginning God created heaven and earth”. With these first words of the Holy Bible God the Creator introduces himself to humanity. Everything contained in the Bible is true and is written with divine inspiration, both the Old Testament and New Testament. Those who approach God with unbelief will not be concerned with any form of divine truth and thereby will shut themselves outside of the Kingdom. God created matter and then formed everything on earth from matter. God alone is uncreated and eternal. We humans live in time, our days are numbered for we enter the world through birth and leave through death and we will face the inevitable judgment.
We all believe, and in and accept the fact that man exists and his existence is not only by sight but we confirm his existence, even after death by the works of his hands. Man has created out of matter things that are useful and things that are not necessary. No one would deny that the existence of men is confirmed by seeing him and if we do not see him, by his works. The same is true of God, for we have seen Him through His flesh as the Godman. We see the sun and moon, the stars and clouds, the birds and animals, as well as the green herbs, and of course we know that these are not made by man but by God, being His works.
Men who deny the existence of the Creator of all also deny right reason and with it a purpose for God’s creation, even though He testifies to His creation of the Godman Jesus Christ, saying: “Let us create man in our own image and likeness. God also testifies to His creation of the race of man beginning with Adam the first of all men and then from the first created pair. “God formed man out of the clay of the earth and breathed into His person a breath (spirit) of life and the man became a living soul” Then God formed a female from Adam who became His wife Eve, and from these two eventually came the race of man. Anyone familiar with well documented historical accounts will see the truth and accuracy of these things.
However, not all men will believe and accept these facts, just as the Egyptians did not believe and accept the same facts and the idea of the true God worshiped by Joseph and the other Jews. For there have always been two categories among men, believers and unbelievers, the sincere and insincere as well as the faithful and unbelievers. The arguments against the existence of God through His testimony and works which declare Him are just as foolish as those who deny man’s existence and his works which declare him. For just as we are correct in claiming that the existence of man is confirmed by his works, so the existence of God is confirmed by His works. His sun shines brightly over the entire earth and many planets. The sun brightly says: Look at me, if you are able, for not man but God formed me and keeps my fiery essence glowing brightly for your sake!
“In the beginning God created heaven and the earth.” Why did God create heaven and earth? Because He has a plan which is currently being fulfilled. We do not know all His reasons but we know an important one, for from the beginning God planned to conclude creation with the formation of man.
So from the beginning of creation man was in God’s mind and he created man and woman in His own image. But His plan did not stop with the creation of man. For He also said: Let us create man in our own image and likeness, meaning man exactly like God. So from the beginning God spoke of His Only begotten Son, who would be born of the Virgin, being the man in His own image and likeness, and through Him God’s great plan is being fulfilled. He created heaven and earth with a distinct purpose which is unrealized by those who reject God’s words. The beginning will be concluded by the end and in the end this old world will pass away and there will be a new earth peopled by men and women in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ who is the Head of the Church which is His body containing the faithful.
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