- Ge 1:1 ΒΆ 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 known as 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 two. 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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