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That created = the Creator of.
Note how these expressions are heaped together to impress us with the fact
that the One Who created all ought to be able to tell us, better than
ignorant man, how He created it. We are not told how, when, or why, or how long it
lasted. When geologists have settled how many years they require, they may
place them between verses In Genesis 1: 1The Lord = Hebrew; Yehovah
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1. "THE WORLD THAT THEN
WAS" (2Peter
3:5,6). See Structure,
page 1. Creation in eternity past, to which all Fossils and
"Remains" belongs.
God. Hebrew Elohim, plural.
First occurence connects it with creation, and denotes, by usage, the
Creator in relation to His creatures. See Appendix 4. The
Hebrew accent Athnach places the emphasis, and gives pause,
on "God" as being Himself the great worker, separating the
Worker from His work.
created (sing.). Occurs 6 times in this
Introduction. Other acts 46 times. See Appendix 5.
Perfection implied. Deuteronomy 32: the heaven and the earth. With Hebrew Particle
'eth before each, emphasising the Article
"the", and thus distinguishing both from 2:
2. And. Note the Figure of
Speech Polysyndeton (See appendix 6), by
which, in the 34 verses of this Introduction, each one of 102 separate
acts are emphasised; and the important word "God" in verse 1
is carried like a lamp through the whole of this Introduction
(1: the earth. Figure of Speech
Anadiplosis. See appendix 6.
was = become. See Genesis
2: without form = waste. Hebrew tohu va
bohu. Figure of Speech Paronomasia See appendix 6. Not
created tohu (Isaiah 45: was. This is the italic type, because no verb
"to be" in Hebrew (see Appendix 7). In
like manner man became a ruin (Genesis 3. Psalms 14: face. Figure of Speech Pleonasm.
See appendix 6.
the Spirit of God moved (see Appendix 9) =
The beginning of "the heavens and the earth which are now"
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