Genesis 1:1
“(I)n this first, basal pronouncement of Scripture there is a denial of all the principal false philosophies which men have propounded.”
- “In the beginning God” – that denies Atheism with its doctrine of no God.
- “In the beginning God” – that denies Polytheism with its doctrine of many gods.
- “In the beginning God created” – that denies Fatalism with its doctrine of infinite becoming.
- “God created heavens and earth” – that denies Pantheism which makes God and the universe identical.
- “God created heavens and earth” – that denies Materialism which asserts the eternity of matter. (J. Sidlow Baxter, Explore the Book)
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