“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” – Gen. 1:1
This is the opening verse in the Bible in the Book of Genesis, yet few ever really stop and think about what it says. The word ‘beginning’ is a translation of the hebrew word rā·shēth’, which means beginning or first, and the phrase ‘in the beginning‘ means time began at the first of creation. Most people just assume time goes on forever but, time had a beginning and it was made for man, as was all the creation. God is beyond time, He is eternal.
From the beginning God wanted mankind to know the boundaries of time. As King David wrote – Continue reading