I suppose some would say...
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I suppose some would say "in the big bang." I'm not sure it makes much difference how God does things. We should be more interested in why he does them. Leave the how to the scientists whom God has inspired. He has given each of us a different talent and ability, and we should be thankful for that. If all were pastors, who would be sitting in the pews? If all were teachers, who would be sitting in the classrooms? This could go on and on, but God has blessed us with a variety of callings. All we can do is obey God. Our first assignment is to ask God what his assignment for us is.
God first assigned himself the job of creation. Nothing was out there when he began. He created it all, and whether it was done in seven days or millions of years is not important. The Bible says that a day is as a thousand years to the Lord, but let's not use that to say that the Lord created everything in 7,000 years. We can miss much of God's meaning by trying to take things too literally. The Hebrews used poetic language, not scientific language. Our job is to discover what God really means by what he has done.
We also find the name of God spelled differently: Jehovah, Yahweh, Elohim. When you read the content you can see that it all means God.
Without God there is only darkness. He is the light. Darkness is only emptiness, nothingness. It is the absence of God. He is the one who filled it.
It makes no difference what we call the darkness. We can call it night, but that won't change the meaning since there was darkness over the world before creation. All that means to me is that darkness is "where God is not." If God created everything, then all we can say about darkness is that it is non-existent. It is the absence of God. His light turns on in our baptism.
God first assigned himself the job of creation. Nothing was out there when he began. He created it all, and whether it was done in seven days or millions of years is not important. The Bible says that a day is as a thousand years to the Lord, but let's not use that to say that the Lord created everything in 7,000 years. We can miss much of God's meaning by trying to take things too literally. The Hebrews used poetic language, not scientific language. Our job is to discover what God really means by what he has done.
We also find the name of God spelled differently: Jehovah, Yahweh, Elohim. When you read the content you can see that it all means God.
Without God there is only darkness. He is the light. Darkness is only emptiness, nothingness. It is the absence of God. He is the one who filled it.
It makes no difference what we call the darkness. We can call it night, but that won't change the meaning since there was darkness over the world before creation. All that means to me is that darkness is "where God is not." If God created everything, then all we can say about darkness is that it is non-existent. It is the absence of God. His light turns on in our baptism.
