To create out of nothing is only God's domain

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When it comes to the creation, we have the inerrant Word of God, which science is racing to prove with almost every new discovery. Evolution is hard pressed to answer the origin of the incredibly complex cell. Then there is DNA, which contains information; and where their is information there has to an author.

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God speaks specifically to the evolutionist, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse; for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened.

Divers are scouring the bottom of a Russian lake for the remains of meteor that plunged to Earth in a fireball and caused a booming shockwave. Part of the space rock, which was the size of a bus and blazed across western Siberia, is believed to have landed in the frozen Lake Chebarkul. Curious onlookers gathered nearby were stopped from venturing out on to the lake by police as the search continued. Some 20,000 rescuers and recovery workers have already been dispatched to the region around Chelyabinsk to help stricken residents. Experts are also examining major buildings in case they have been structurally damaged by the blast. Around 1,100 people were injured and thousands of homes were damaged in the fallout from the strike in the Urals on Friday morning. Residents who had poured into the streets to watch the light show after spotting the initial flash were wounded by glass shattered by the subsequent sonic boom. Windows in more than 4,000 buildings across the region were blown out, sending glass flying, after what experts said was the largest recorded meteor strike in more than a century. The authorities have promised to have them all fixed within a week but this is a long wait when even midday temperatures are -12C (10F). Crews from glass companies in other regions are being flown in to help as volunteers and residents cover windows with plastic sheeting and gather warm clothes and food. Some 15 people are still in hospital following the blast. The regional health ministry said one was in a coma. Regional governor Mikhail Yurevich said the cost of the damage from the explosion is an estimated 1bn rubles (£21m). As the recovery mission begins in earnest, the emergencies ministry said six divers would be inspecting the lake for any pieces of meteorite. Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov added: "We have a special team working ... that is now assessing the seismic stability of buildings. We will be especially careful about switching the gas back on." Scientists will be desperate to examine the rock for any clues about the cosmos but Mr Puchkov said no fragments had yet been discovered. The explosion appears to have been one of the most stunning cosmic events over Russia since 1908 when an asteroid was blamed for a massive blast in Siberia. Nasa estimated that the amount of energy released when the meteor crashed into the Earth's atmosphere was about 20 times more than the force of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb. "We would expect an event of this magnitude to occur once every 100 years on average," said Paul Chodas of Nasa's Near-Earth Object Programme Office. The drama happened just hours before an asteroid whizzed safely past the Earth at an unprecedented distance of 17,200 miles. This is closer than some distant satellites and set alarm bells ringing in some Russian circles about the need for joint global action to protect Earth from space. Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee chief Alexei Pushkov wrote on Twitter: "Instead of fighting on Earth, people should be creating a joint system of asteroid defence."

Claiming to be wise, they became fools; and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles." (Romans 1:18-23)

God is sensitive about creation. Rightfully so; the magnificence of what He has created screams for the creator, our Lord God, Yeshua Ha Mashiach, and the Spirit. Where did it all begin?

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. What an astounding statement. In the beginning, before He created anything else, He had already created the heavens and the earth. This first creative act could have occurred anytime in the dateless past.

Who provided the light as God created the heavens and the earth before he created the suns that that inhabit the universe? Did God move the heavens and the earth into the places that we are now familiar with? We know by Genesis 2:1 that God had finished his work on the heavens and the earth.

Perhaps God did not need light in the creative process. After all, we as humans are limited in our understanding of the realm that God inhabits. We who are in the space-time continuum have a hard time envisioning God who is not in that continuum, but instead is outside time and space completely.

Does God have lots of time? No, God’s habitation is outside time. That’s a distinction that takes some time to comprehend, but doing so gives us a clearer understanding of God and our future that we look forward to with Him in heaven. We too will not be under the restriction of the time-space continuum. Ponder that statement for a time.

To perhaps illustrate Genesis 1:1 in a light you haven’t seen it previously, ראשׁית rḕshı̂̂yt, the "head-part, beginning" of a thing, in point of time (Genesis 10:10), or value (Proverbs 1:7). Its opposite is אחרית 'achărı̂̂yth (Isaiah 46:10). בראשׁית rê'shı̂̂yth, "in the beginning," is always used in reference to time. Here only is it taken absolutely. (Barnes Notes on the Bible, Section 1, verse 1)

ברא bārā', the Hebrew terms means to “create out of nothing”. Bārā', each time it is used in the Word of God, always has God for its subject. Its object may be anything: matter (Genesis 1:1); animal life (Genesis 1:21); spiritual life (Genesis 1:27). Hence, creation is not confined to a single point of time.

Whenever anything absolutely new - that is, not involved in anything previously extant - is spoken into existence out of nothing, there is creation (Numbers 16:30). Any one thing or event may also be said to be created by Him, who created the whole system of science and nature to which it belongs (Malachi 2:10). The verb in its simple form occurs forty-eight times (of which eleven are in Genesis, fourteen in the whole Pentateuch, and twenty-one in Isaiah), and always in one sense.

Thank you for reading the articles. Please subscribe at the + sign by my picture. My hope is that you both learn and enjoy the articles. I'm not here to convince you to believe as I do. I will always try to prepare the body of Christ for the soon coming rapture, warn against apostasy, and allow you to study the Word of God and then come to your own conclusions.

God's blessings to you and your family. You can contact me at gehill@yahoo.com.

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Gary Hill lives with his wife, Judy Ann, and has a ministry outreach and home church in Madawaska, Maine. Gary is currently working on a BA in Biblical Studies with Bible University. After obtaining the Bachelor's degree Gary, with the Lord willing, will pursue a MA/PhD. Gary's passion is seeing...

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