Topic > The Book of Genesis - 1702

When preparing to study the Bible, starting with Genesis, it seems right to start at the beginning of the beginning. Yes, the book of Genesis contains much more information than just the beginning. Genesis contains the beginnings of many things. The world, the beginning of time, the beginning of man, the beginning of God, and how He deals with His creation on a large scale and on a significantly smaller scale. Genesis marks the beginning of redemption and salvation. From the first man to the first nation called by God, God is depicted as the one who loves and protects those he calls His own. However, probably one of the most simplistic yet profound statements in the Bible is the one found at the beginning of the Bible: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." The psalmist, prophets, and apostle stated this simple yet magnificent verse. Although it is the subject of much debate. The Bible presupposes and never supports the existence of God. Even though everything created once had a beginning, God has always existed. The vastness and enormity of this statement is unmatched by any other as it presupposes and affirms many things regarding the greatness and truth of God. The first presupposition is the existence of God; in fact it is said that He who was in the beginning is the one who creates something from nothing. The same phrase "in the beginning God created" affirms the beginning of things and time. It is understood that there is no empirical evidence for the existence of God but of creation itself, and belief in such a theory is based solely on faith. The probability that a superior being is responsible for such a complex and magnificent project cannot be sustained. The proof of the designer is in the design itself. It would require more faith to assume that creation just happened, rather than to believe that God created it. In seeking a rational explanation of how things happened, assuming for a moment that the big bang theory is correct, the question still arises: who was responsible for setting such actions in motion? The answer should be God. Genesis 1:1 presupposes His eternity; for it states that in the beginning He created, not was created. His existence is based solely on the assertion that at the beginning of creation, in an unspecified period of time, or more correctly, at the beginning of time, as one would measure time, God was already there.