"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." The two key concepts that the rest of the chapter answers is "Without form" and "void". On Days 1, 2, 3, God forms the creation and on the corresponding days of 4, 5, 6 He fills the void with creatures. This is the structure of the rest of the first creation account until we crown the week with the Sabbath Day of rest.
Read MoreUnapologetically and without ambiguity we can state that the Christian life is based “on an appeal to dive revelation” (Joseph Thomas White, p. 8). The foundation of Christianity is God’s own self-disclosure to humanity. He revealed or unveiled himself to us, not just that he exists, but precisely who he is in himself and what he has accomplished for us in Christ Jesus.
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