Back to Genesis 1 -1, another way to look at
Genesis 1 -1 in the overall context of the Holy
Scriptures. I like to think of it as an opening
statement by Moses, sort of a declaration, a
declaration of independence, being independent
from polytheism. Moses opened a statement in
the beginning, God created the heavens and earth.
It's a statement of monotheism in contrast to
other religious systems. Moses and Yahweh alone
created heaven and earth. Here's an analogy for
you. You can look at it this way. It is as if
Moses planted a flag right in enemy territory.
He walked right up on enemy grounds in a polytheistic
world and planted a monotheistic flag. Now, going
further, what else can we learn from Genesis
1 .1? There's a lot packed in that one statement.
For one, we learn about the attributes of God.
First, God having the ability to create the heavens
and earth, we know right there that God is all
-knowing. We start learning more from that one
statement about God's attributes than a lot of
other statements in the Bible. This is something
else you can deduce from this statement. How
man is to precede God. Man is to perceive God
as God is before creation. That is, God is above
creation. That means God transcends time. Another
way we can look at Moses' statement also shows
God's position before man. Since God is creator,
God is worthy of worship. Well, that's going
to be it on Genesis 1 -1. Come back next time
and we will move to Genesis 1 -2. Thank you for
listening. Have a wonderful day.