JRTjr mentioned he would like to discuss Genesis chapter 1 and 2 with Rockondon.
I love to talk about Genesis so I am proposing this topic to do so.
In this thread I will affirm that there are 2 creations presented in Genesis chapter 1 and 2.
In this thread the KJV, LXX and Hebrew text will be used.
The Bible will be the final authority as that is what we will be discussing.
I will start the discussion with Genesis 1:1
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
This is a declarative statement of completed action.
I do not know when the beginning was.
All I know is in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and it was a completed product there was nothing that had to be created as God had created it to be inhabited.
Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
The Hebrew word tohuw translated vain here is the same word used in Genesis 1:2 describing the condition of the earth at that time.
Therefore Genesis 1:2 through Genesis 2:3 does not explain what took place in Genesis 1:1.
That should do to begin the discussion.
God Bless,
Bible Study please.
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."
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