Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

The first verse is a summary of the whole Bible. It is the purpose of God that he is the creator of all. But there is only one 'all' and it has two parts; the heavens and the earth. The pair 'heavens and earth' is used more than 30 times in scripture and it defines the number 2. Any pair of things will have a heavenly or spiritual side and an earthly or physical side.

Here is a list of some from Genesis 1:

Heaven - earth Ge 1:1

Father - Son Ge 1:1 Heavenly Father vs. incarnate Son

void - without form Ge 1:2 Vanity vs. empty

light - darkness Ge 1:4 Holiness vs. grace

day - night Ge 1:5 Revelation vs. concealment

waters above - waters below Ge 1:7 Law vs. grace

seas - earth Ge 1:10 Word vs. flesh

signs - seasons Ge 1:14 Signals vs. passing time

days - years Ge 1:14 Pictures of the Son vs cycles of time

greater light - lesser light Ge 1:16 Judgement vs. Grace

fowl - moving creatures Ge 1:20 In the spirit vs. in flesh

fruitful - multiply Ge 1:22 "fruit of the spirit" vs. increase in number

likeness - image Ge 1:26 character vs. representation

male - female Ge 1:27 understanding vs. not understanding

blessed - said Ge 1:28 speak life vs. speak

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