I'll ask the first question Nate... so in the beginning, Genesis 1:1, "God created the universe." Well what about before that? Has God just always been there even before time, earth, man, or anything for that matter? Why did he one day just decide to create this entire universe and everything on it?
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Alright so what better place to start.. than well the beginning. I think a good way to go about this is to start right at source for the answer and work our way from there. Here's some verses listed in my Bible that will hopefully get us going; John 1:1-5, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 8:1, Psalm 98:7-8, Psalm 148:1-10, Isaiah 55:12, Genesis 1:26. I haven't really looked these up and I'm sure theres more but it's a start. Time to get digging.. (after Christmas mass of course)
ReplyDeletePsalm 90:2 and Colossians 1:16, these look like they might help too
ReplyDelete"In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God. From the very beginning the Word was with God. Through him God made all things; not one thing in creation was made without him. The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out." (John 1:1-5)
ReplyDeleteI looked up all the verses you listed and this one says that basically the Word of God has always been around, even before the universe or anything was here. The Word of God is God, and God has been there in the beginning and will be there in the end after all else is gone... "I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8)
Its weird to think that before there was anything, there was still something out there. God was the first thing to exist, and He will be here long after any humans are around. Hence my tattoo lol
Sorry I guess I've been a little blogged down lately. I'm not even gonna try right now to try and grasp my mind around that concept, we cant. I was reading one of the verses though, Psalm 90:2, and I read the footnotes at the bottom, and it brought to mind what the priest said how for God there is no past or future, it;s all present. Well the original Greek word for "everlasting" in the text is olam. Apparently this word implies that what the priest said is not true. Instead of meaning that God operates out of time, it pretty much just says how God has an endless existence in time. Time still exists the same for him, like past is past and present is present. He is just a constant in an infinite continuation of time.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense, just as the concept that the world was created in 7 days. The idea of one "day" to God is completely different than the twenty-four hour cycle that we work off of. To Him, a day had a completely different definition; it was only once humans began to define the duration of a day using hours, minutes, and seconds that the modern definition came about. Although universal today, it is really just a commonly accepted unit of measure.
ReplyDelete"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day."- 2 Peter 3:8
ReplyDeleteNever saw that before, good find.
ReplyDeleteit's been a couple thousand years since we've been on this thing yo
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