How it All Started - Part 1

Genesis 1:1-2:1

February 4, 2024

- How it all started

1. The initiator of creation

2. How did He create creation?

3. How long did it take?


“To say that the matter of this universe came into existence accidentally is about the same probability as a whirlwind or hurricane whirling through a junkyard and accidentally producing a fully functioning Boeing 747.”Sir" - Fredrick Hoyle


“The universe can and will create itself from nothing…Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.” - Stephen Hawking in The Grand Design


- One of the postulates of creation is where there is design, there must be a Designer.


- Process of Creation

-- Announcement

-- Commandment

-- Fact of Creation

-- Naming

-- Evaluation

-- Timeframe


- A cardinal rule of biblical interpretation is when a word like ‘yom’ [a word that can have a wide range of meanings] appears in a text, the context must determine the word’s meaning.


- Every place in Scripture that the word ‘yom’ or day is used with a designating number, it is a 24-hour day.

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