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Back to Genesis 1 -1, another way to look at

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Genesis 1 -1 in the overall context of the Holy

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Scriptures. I like to think of it as an opening

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statement by Moses, sort of a declaration, a

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declaration of independence, being independent

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from polytheism. Moses opened a statement in

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the beginning, God created the heavens and earth.

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It's a statement of monotheism in contrast to

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other religious systems. Moses and Yahweh alone

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created heaven and earth. Here's an analogy for

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you. You can look at it this way. It is as if

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Moses planted a flag right in enemy territory.

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He walked right up on enemy grounds in a polytheistic

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world and planted a monotheistic flag. Now, going

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further, what else can we learn from Genesis

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1 .1? There's a lot packed in that one statement.

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For one, we learn about the attributes of God.

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First, God having the ability to create the heavens

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and earth, we know right there that God is all

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-knowing. We start learning more from that one

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statement about God's attributes than a lot of

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other statements in the Bible. This is something

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else you can deduce from this statement. How

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man is to precede God. Man is to perceive God

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as God is before creation. That is, God is above

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creation. That means God transcends time. Another

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way we can look at Moses' statement also shows

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God's position before man. Since God is creator,

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God is worthy of worship. Well, that's going

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to be it on Genesis 1 -1. Come back next time

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and we will move to Genesis 1 -2. Thank you for

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listening. Have a wonderful day.