The Discovery Of Genesis

Creation - Chinese Style
His measureless energy, expressed as a command, into
mass, or created objects, following an elementary law
of nature: Mass and energy can neither be created nor
destroyed, but energy can be converted into mass, or
mass into energy. “For He spoke, and it came to be:
He commanded, and it stood forth” (Psalm 33: 9).
One of the words for God, a Spirit, is written 4+
Let us look at the radical on the left ;i , for if bears on
the creation story. This portion may be written in three
forms: ?J?, * , or $ The first of these, +, may be
written alone and conveys the meaning to proclaim, to
exhibit, to manifest reveal. Surely God did these as He
performed His creative work. The Gospel of John in
the New Testament comments on the Creatorship: “In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. All things were made
through Him, and without Him was not anything made
that was made. . And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us” (John 1: 1, 3, 14). The Creator is called
the “Word,” for His creative power was manifested by
His command, which was simply, “Let there be,” and it
was so.
“God” in the original Hebrew of Genesis is Elohim,
a plural term used for the multiple aspects or personalities
of God. These are more clearly developed in the
New Testament as the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit (Matthew 28 :19). “The Word [that] became
flesh and dwelt among us” is obviously a reference to
the Son, Jesus.
Very early, in the second verse of Genesis 1, as the
creative activity on our earth was begun, the agent in
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