“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). We find these words written at the doorway to divine revelation. The record of the creation which follows in Genesis 1-2 reveals a number of important truths we would do well to note. Consider that the creation account…

Reveals Who God Is:The Bible never attempts to explain the origin of God, it simply begins by stating that He is. His beginning cannot be found for He is eternal — “from everlasting to everlasting” (Ps. 90:2). The name Elohim is used exclusively as the name of God from Genesis 1:1-2:4. Elohim, translated “God,” indicates power and might. This is fitting as the creation account reveals the Almighty God with the power to speak things into existence. The name Elohim is plural, which accounts for God saying, “Let Us make man in Our image” (Gen. 1:26). The plural personal pronouns “Us” and “Our” reveal to us the Godhead — God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They can act in concert as One, and can also act individually. God the Father was present at creation. So was God the Holy Spirit, for we are told that, “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” (Gen. 1:2). God the Son was also present at the creation. Paul said of Jesus, “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth…” (Col. 1:16). Let us ever stand in amazement before our mighty God who, though the powerful call of His voice, “made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them” (Ac. 14:15).

Reveals From Whence All Things Came Into Existence:Did all things come into existence by chance, through a big bang and eons of evolutionary process? Or, were all things fashioned by a mighty God? Truth is found in God’s word (Jn. 17:17), and the truth of the matter is, “God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1; Col. 1:16). On the first day, God created the heavens, the earth, light, day, and night. On the second day, He made the firmament. On the third day, God formed the seas and all the plant life. On the fourth day He hung the sun, moon, and stars in the heavens. On the fifth day, God made the sea life and the birds. On the sixth day of creation, God fashioned the land animals and man. At the end of creating these things, God saw that the things he made were good. Finally, on the seventh day, God rested.

How long did it take God to create all things both visible and invisible? Six days! Sadly, there are some who would attempt to reconcile the Bible with the general theory of evolution, which is nothing but “science falsely so called” (1 Tim. 6:20). Such individuals believe in “theistic evolution,” claiming that God started things, but evolution then took over. They further assert that each day recorded in the first chapter of Genesis was perhaps a period of billions of years. Why don’t we let God define the length of a day during the creation? God’s defines the creation day as “the evening and the morning” – a 24-hour period (Gen. 1:5,8,13,19,23,31). One should never attempt to lessen the omnipotence of God by trying to divest Him of His power to create all things in only 144 hours. How did all things come about? By the powerful hand of an awe-inspiring, mighty God! Thus, it is by such “faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” (Heb. 11:3).

David Eldridge