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Genesis 1:1-2

The Beginnings of Creation

1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

1      בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ 
2      וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃

The Lexham Hebrew Bible (Logos Bible Software, 2012).

Creation of the Heaven and Earth by the LORD God (Genesis 1:1) and Son of God (John 1:1-5)

Pre-Creation state (Genesis 1:2)

God's Creative Magnificence (Isaiah 40:12) 

The LORD God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit Create all things, known and unknown by mankind

The Nature of Scripture - Inerrant Word of God or Anthological Historical Account?

Cosmogony: Science or Scripture - Literal, Darwinian Evolution, Myth, Two Creations or Theistic Evolution?

Cosmogony: Chaos Theories - Restitution Chaos (Gap) Theory, Initial Chaos Theory, or Pre-creation Chaos Theory?

Age of Creation - Scientific Measure of Standardized Time, Young-Earth Estimation of Literal Time, Day-Age Estimation of Biologos Time?

Creation ex nihilo/fiat ex nihilo  

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Nehemiah 9:6 (Exalt the Lord for His creation, who has made all things!)

Job 9:8 (He spread out the Heavens and tread upon the sea)

Job 37:14-18 (Consider the wondrous works of the Lord)

Job 38:4-11 (God shows Job's Ignorance)

Psalm 19:1 (The Glory of God is declared by the heavens and His handiwork shown by His created firmament)

Psalm 33:6-9 (Praise to the Lord for who He is and does)

Psalm 89:11 (The world and its fullness were founded by Him)

Psalm 95:5 (The LORD God formed the Seas and the Dry Land with His Hands)

Psalm 102:25 (The foundations of the earth laid from old)

Psalm 104 (God's Preservation of Nature)

Psalm 115:15-16 (The Heavens are the LORD's)

Psalm 136:5 (He stretched out the earth above the waters; His mercy endures forever)

Psalm 148:1-14 (Let His Creation Praise its Creator)

Proverbs 3:20 (He established the heavens and by His knowledge the depths are broken up)

Proverbs 8:22-31 (Wisdom is everlasting)

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (The Lord made everything beautiful in His time)

Ecclesiastes 11:1 (Cast your bread upon the waters)

Isaiah 40:12 (The Majesty of the Lord)

Isaiah 45:7 (The Only Reference of God as Creator of Darkness and Evil)

Isaiah 45:12 (The LORD God commands the hosts in all His created Heavens)

Jeremiah 10:12-13 (The LORD God established the earth with wisdom through the utterance of His Word)

Amos 9:6 (He built His stories in Heaven and founded His troop in earth)

John 1:1-5 (All Things Made by the Word of God)

Acts 14:15 (Turn from vanities into the living Creator God)

Colossians 1:16-17 (The pre-eminent Christ)

Hebrews 11:3 (Faith assures us the worlds were framed by God)

2 Peter 3:7 (The Heavens and Earth are kept until the Day of Judgment)

Water - The contemplative atmosphere experienced by the Triune God as he considered water at the beginning of Creation eventually represents the water given to His Chosen people. This water of Grace typologically represents the Will of the LORD God given freely to (thirsty) men. It is the influence and Spirit of God operating in man through grace, to regenerate, strengthen and refresh man's spiritual (inward) and natural (outward) life experience.

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