Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
The Scripture does not, and has never attempted to prove God. It introduces Him as One beyond proof, and does not say where He came from, where He is going or what He is made of, nor does the Scripture subscribe to all of the other ways and means mortal men, and science as we know it, may try to go about proving a theory, or the existence of something in a laboratory.
Evolution is gobbled up by the masses of people and in doing so, the mind is shrunk quite severely, as per its ability to grasp, and understand greater, unseen realities. Evolution is a theory based on limitations, and wherever it is adopted as settled science, folks will inevitably be subject to the restrictions it would impose.
For instance, evolution declares that you must have raw material for things to be derived, but creation is quite the opposite, declaring that God doesn’t need any raw material, in order to produce animate and inanimate things. Thus, from the get go, evolution and creation part ways as to their understanding of the origin of species.
Persons who go about trying to prove God, usually end up in one out of two situations: They either end up believing, relinquishing all their efforts at proving God, or they utterly reject the sacred utterances of the Bible, because He cannot be figured out. In fact, if persons were to figure out God, God will cease to be God.
Science as we know it generally rejects the things it cannot prove, and for this reason, the Scripture says unequivocally, that whoever desires to come to God “MUST” believe. There isn’t any other way in which a person can come to Him. Faith is the only means by which mortals can take hold of unseen realities.
Thus, in the introduction to the Scriptures, as given in Genesis, we find it very brief, and straight cut so as to avoid any suppositions or assumptions mortal man may try to interject. Evolution is an unfounded theory, but Creation, as given in the book of Genesis is a statement of fact.
In the beginning God did create the heaven and the earth, and that statement of fact, together with the other evidences that are given in the Scriptures, in nature, and in the fulfillment of prophecy are more than enough to furnish mortals with much verifiable information, so as to rationally conclude that there must be a God somewhere.
The Bible furnishes sufficient evidences to appeal to anyone’s intelligence, so that a sincere person, who would evaluate things objectively, will come to the correct conclusion that there has to be a God, who made these things. The created works of God speak eloquently to everyone about the intelligence, and wisdom behind the things we see. Let’s read:
Psalms 19: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shews his handywork.
2 Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shews knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Isaiah 40: 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails.
The things God created are too intricate, complex, and mind-boggling for anyone to conclude that they came about by accident. For example, if the human brain were to be used to its full capacity, it would immediately, and permanently shut down any need for artificial intelligence, rendering that technology not only irrelevant and obsolete, but also absolutely unnecessary.
The ability to process billions of bytes of information is located in the human brain, so that Apple watches and Google Gizmos would pale in comparison with what the human brain is capable of. And yet it was made from the dust of the earth that we walk upon.
After Adam was created, God took him on a test run to demonstrate the extent of, and the capabilities of his intellectual power. And as God brought each animal before him, which he had never seen before, Adam gave them the correct name, that God had in mind.
And, as of now persons barely scratch the surface of what they are capable of. According to the Bible, the person whose mental capability is being expanded through faith in God, could do almost anything. This includes but is not limited to, dissolving many of the challenges, hurdles, and problems incidental to our everyday experience. Let’s read:
Matthew 17: 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
When by faith we believe, and understand that God created the heaven, and the earth, that will set the stage for the God-factor to be incorporated into our everyday experiences, and whenever and wherever this is the case, life not only has more meaning, but it opens the door to limitless possibilities that aren’t available to the person who refuses to believe.
Therefore, we are not going to dwell on any effort at proving God; instead, we will examine how the God factor is synthesized in the lives of the persons who choose to believe, and by extension, we invite every person to incorporate the first verse in the scripture into their daily living: In The Beginning-God.
A lot of noise and fanfare was made when the Brits unveiled the Concorde, taking commercial air travel to an unprecedented new level at that time. The jet utilized four Olympus engines, each one capable of producing 36,000 horsepower, for a total of 144,000 horses. It then flew from New York to London in just under three hours, effectively shaving off about five hours of the travel time normally taken by a conventional aircraft.
But this accomplishment, huge though it be pales in comparison, with the time it took Jesus to travel from earth to heaven, which He did in a single day, without any pollution, and without any noise. According to NASA, the extent of our observable galaxy is about 100,000 light years across, and since light travels at 186,282 miles per second we would be looking at a very long time to cover a fraction of that distance.
But Jesus went much further and faster than that in less than a day, and returned safely to earth in one piece. And since the Bible documents that fact, it calls into question man’s understanding of certain aspects of science as it pertains to travel.
NASA says unequivocally that “nothing travels faster than light”, but since the sacred record is true, it will mean that Christ travels much faster than light, for heaven is beyond the most distant known galaxy, of which the estimate number already observed is no less than two trillion.
Therefore, the so-called statement of fact employed by the sciences of the day, comes up short, when it declares that nothing can travel faster than light. In the Bible, the place where God lives is described as the “Third heaven” meaning that it is located much further than any light year measurement currently in use.
In other words, light travels 671 million miles in one hour, and when multiplied by a 24-hour period, you are looking at several billion miles. So, just for light to cross the observable galaxies science knows of would of necessity include many trillions of travel miles.
Therefore, for Christ to have made the journey from earth to heaven and back in less than a day, it would mean that Jesus travels millions of times the speed of light, and He does so without any space suit, and any of the protective measures, we earthlings must use.
After Christ came from the tomb, He told Mary that He had to make a trip to heaven and back and as He lifted off from earth, there was only silence, not any sonic boom that disturbs animals on farms. Nor was there any use of fossil fuels to get Him to and from. In fact, The Lord demonstrated both the superior wisdom of God and the grave inferiority of our ways and means through travel. Let’s read:
John 20: 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Acts 1: 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven.
Therefore, science and evolution, as taught in the schools of the day, severely limit our understanding of things, and distorts realities that would otherwise put us on a much higher plane of knowledge.
That opening phrase in Scripture “In the beginning-God”, sets the stage for a greatly superior level of wisdom which, to this day, remains mostly unknown to persons who just cannot see beyond science as we know it.
Frigate birds have been given the ability by God to sleep while flying, something that is called a power nap, so that they could stay in the air for weeks at a time. Again, Chinstrap penguins do microsleeps, up to 10,000 times a day in short second intervals. And they also sleep while in the water too.
Loggerhead turtles have been documented to travel up to 12,000 kilometers back to their original nests, and they do this without any GPS, compass, or any of the many navigational gizmos we, as humans will need to make such a journey. In fact, some of us cannot even go downtown Miami without a GPS, let alone, going on a trip across the deep ocean for many thousands of nautical miles.
Hence the reason why the Bible correctly states that the wisdom of this world essentially amounts to the foolishness Paul speaks of when compared with that intelligence and wisdom manifested by our Creator.
It is true that men are given the wisdom by God to produce useful inventions but these inventions are of a much lower quality, and capability than given to celestial beings who have never fallen. For instance, all angels, both good and evil, have been given the ability to impersonate all life forms which are lower than themselves.
And they do so with marvelous distinctness so that the human agent cannot, and we emphasize cannot, of themselves figure out what’s going on, whenever such impersonation takes place. This fact is evident from several passages and from the prophet of God, who has alerted us of their capabilities. Let’s read:
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die.
5 For God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 18:1 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
1st Samuel 28: 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore, I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore, then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
[The Great Controversy pp 551>552] The fallen angels who do his bidding appear as messengers from the spirit world. While professing to bring the living into communication with the dead, the prince of evil exercises his bewitching influence upon their minds. He has power to bring before men the appearance of their departed friends. The counterfeit is perfect; the familiar look, the words, the tone, are reproduced with marvelous distinctness.
In other words, we will be living, and dwelling on a considerably lower plane, if we become enraptured with the advances made in science, if God is left out of the picture, for whatever man may invent, that is good, the knowledge can be traced right back to the opening phrase in the Bible: “In the Beginning-God.
Hence the reason why every praise or credit for any worthwhile accomplishment, belongs to God alone, and not to mortal man. The God-factor, whenever it is incorporated into a person’s understanding, and perspective, clears the way for praise to be directed to where it belongs, to God.
Therefore, persons who might become fascinated with the inventions of man, and those who would dwell with admiration and wonder on the so-called capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, will often do to themselves, great harm, if they are not awed, and humbled by the work of the Infinite God. Let’s read:
Isaiah 40: 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
1st Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men.
[C.O.L. pp 41] Here too, is the great cause of mental weakness and inefficiency. In turning from God's word to feed on the writings of uninspired men, the mind becomes dwarfed and cheapened. It is not brought into contact with the deep, broad principles of eternal truth. The understanding adapts itself to the comprehension of the things with which it is familiar, and in this devotion to finite things it is weakened, its power is contracted, and after a time it becomes unable to expand. All this is false education.
The wisdom of God often confounds finite minds to the point where it becomes futile to the unbeliever to understand the things He has done through His creative power. In stark contrast are individuals who believe in Him, for it is by us believing first, that our understanding becomes more enlightened. Let’s read:
Hebrews 11: 3 Through 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.
Thus, through faith in the Living and written word of God, things that were once blurry become plain and simpler to grasp, so that creation is a no-brainer, for it takes less faith to believe God created the earth, than it does to believe that the things that are seen came about by accident.
After God finished His creative work He gave to man the memorial that was to ever keep in view the fact that all things were made by Him and whenever and wherever persons acknowledge this memorial, their understanding and outlook on life would be greatly changed for the better, since the God-factor makes all the difference. Let’s read:
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The keeping of the seventh day Sabbath has much more to it than merely resting on the day God has ordained for that purpose. The memorial has to do with us incorporating the God-factor into everyday experiences, so that our perspectives and concepts would be guided by that overarching phrase: In The Beginning-God.
In the beginning-God therefore means that our lives have purpose and meaning, so that suicide is not an option. In the beginning-God means that current interpretation of events by the secular world would differ greatly from those who believe God created the earth, for since He created it, He has jurisdiction over all that takes place on our planet.
In the beginning-God, means that we do not have to lose any sleep over the coming election, since God is the one who sets up kings, and takes them down at His pleasure.
In the beginning-God means that He who formed the earth could accurately predict how and when it will all end, and as such, those who incorporate that 1st phrase of the Bible into their thoughts, decisions, and considerations, will be informed, and hopefully ready for what’s coming next.
This year, 2024, is already shaping up to be a year of several unprecedented events, even as earth’s final conflict, which is predicted to take place looms into view. Therefore, instead of dwelling in the here and now, instead of becoming overwhelmed, distracted, or perturbed by developments, let us keep that 1st phrase ever in view: In the Beginning-God.
It is the will of God that those who are preparing for His soon coming, become intelligent concerning His purposes as revealed in the Scriptures, and thus, it’s imperative that the deep study of His word, as well as a deep personal relationship with Christ, be now sought after as treasure.
In closing, if we choose to dwell on sacred writ, and if we would take some time to commune with God and nature, we will discover that the things of this earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. We therefore end with a few passages of scripture that encourage us to do just that. We read:
Ephesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
God Bless!