When We Choose to Believe God's Word


"In the Beginning" - Bereshit, in Hebrew

"In the very beginning (Bereshit), God (Elohim) created…"(Genesis 1:1)
God is before anything in existence, prior to the start of anything that is.

In the Hebrew Bible, Elohim is plural in form, although it usually refers to the deity who is the God of Israel. It is used with a singular verb. At times it refers to deities in the plural. The word is the plural form of the word Eloah and related to El.

Commentaries on Genesis today range from the fanciful to the technical. The book of beginnings has been debated for centuries by thologians, linguists, and scientists.

There are pastors and teachers in the world of Christendom today who teach that it does not matter what we believe about the book of Genesis. It does not matter if there were really six 24-hour days in which God created, or if millions of years were required. It does not matter if there was death before Adam’s sin of disobedience, i.e., rebellion against God. It does not matter if Adam was actually a real person, or merely an allegory.

Over the past four generations, Christianity has precipitated from a large majority belief system among those who came of age during the first half of the 20th century to something less than 15 percent of young adults entering educational institutions and the workforce today.

Our youth is told that it does not matter whether they accept God's word, as He saw fit to inspire His prophets to write it.

Expert "church leaders" insist that they believe the Bible to be true, but, somehow, a literalist "interpretation" offends them in its simplicity – even when an interpretation of Genesis is not proffered, but the book of Genesis is simply read, believed, and accepted as the very word of God.

These same pastors and teachers do not have the same problem in looking forward to the New Heavens and the New Earth that God will one day provide. Whatever their eschatology, few notables of the Christian church expect to wait millions of years for the New Heavens and New Earth God has promised to provide to gradually "evolve." They fully expect that God will make these places appear in an instant, as He has prophesied that He will do.

They are also adamant in their belief that the idea of a world without death as presented in Genesis was a myth. Yet, they faithfully quote Revelation 21:4 - that there will be no more death. How can anyone expect a new place with literally no death to materialize if the recording that there was a deathless paradise at the beginning of time was just a myth?

In Revelation 22:3, Jesus revealed to the Apostle John that in the world to come there will be no existing curse upon His creation.There are pastors, professors, and church leaders today who profess they expect this to be literally true, yet do not believe there was initially an earthly paradise in Genesis 1 in which there was no curse until Adam sinned.

All these issues readily fall into place for those who choose, in faith, to believe the words of the Living Logos, as related to God's prophets by the Holy Spirit, in the book of Genesis, the book of Beginnings - to believe God’s word, the word of Elohim.


References
Hebrew Words, by Avital Snow
Paul F. Taylor, Writer on Creation Science for 35 years.
Dr. Henry M. Morris III, Creation Institute
Dr. Robert Jeffress

Perhaps that one Baptist Sunday School teacher had a reason for not “encouraging” questions……perhaps he/she had a student/students that was a constant interruption in the class. This seems to be another one of your sweeping judgmental statements that is based on one occurrence. What was the denomination of the “several” churches in your statement. It isn’t clear if you are judging just the Baptist in your two comments about Sunday School teachers to Parky and Zemirah! You of all people, should know that the teaching style of any teacher is on the teacher not the school/church!

I’m curious, yesterday you remarked that “the revelations” was nothing more than psychotic ramblings that “appeals” to some. How can you consider the first book of the Bible as authentic and desirable to understand and study but completely ignore the last book of the Bible, Revelation. Is not the end as important as the beginning? Of course, if you read Revelation you will understand that it is far from the end of the story! Jesus Christ returns!

Do you know that the Bible is almost 1/3 in what you refer as “random predictions!” One of those was the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! The return of Jesus Christ will also come true, along with every prophecy in Revelation. Can you explain why any future “random predictions” from the Bible would be doubted if all up until this point has been proven to be correct? Prophecy is continually being fulfilled, it’s happening all around us…..ignoring it will not make it any less true.

Of course other religions borrow from the Bible, after all it is The Word of our Creator….every word was directed by God! The instigator of all these other false religions is Satan! He knows the truth and he knows how to use just enough of it to control and convince others to believe in his deception!

The longer you post on this forum, the more confused and the further you get from the truth of God’s Word. You are letting false teachers lead you down a very dangerous path.

When We Choose to Believe God's Word


"In the Beginning" - Bereshit, in Hebrew

"In the very beginning (Bereshit), God (Elohim) created…"(Genesis 1:1)
God is before anything in existence, prior to the start of anything that is.

In the Hebrew Bible, Elohim is plural in form, although it usually refers to the deity who is the God of Israel. It is used with a singular verb. At times it refers to deities in the plural. The word is the plural form of the word Eloah and related to El.

Commentaries on Genesis today range from the fanciful to the technical. The book of beginnings has been debated for centuries by thologians, linguists, and scientists.

There are pastors and teachers in the world of Christendom today who teach that it does not matter what we believe about the book of Genesis. It does not matter if there were really six 24-hour days in which God created, or if millions of years were required. It does not matter if there was death before Adam’s sin of disobedience, i.e., rebellion against God. It does not matter if Adam was actually a real person, or merely an allegory.

Over the past four generations, Christianity has precipitated from a large majority belief system among those who came of age during the first half of the 20th century to something less than 15 percent of young adults entering educational institutions and the workforce today.

Our youth is told that it does not matter whether they accept God's word, as He saw fit to inspire His prophets to write it.

Expert "church leaders" insist that they believe the Bible to be true, but, somehow, a literalist "interpretation" offends them in its simplicity – even when an interpretation of Genesis is not proffered, but the book of Genesis is simply read, believed, and accepted as the very word of God.

These same pastors and teachers do not have the same problem in looking forward to the New Heavens and the New Earth that God will one day provide. Whatever their eschatology, few notables of the Christian church expect to wait millions of years for the New Heavens and New Earth God has promised to provide to gradually "evolve." They fully expect that God will make these places appear in an instant, as He has prophesied that He will do.

They are also adamant in their belief that the idea of a world without death as presented in Genesis was a myth. Yet, they faithfully quote Revelation 21:4 - that there will be no more death. How can anyone expect a new place with literally no death to materialize if the recording that there was a deathless paradise at the beginning of time was just a myth?

In Revelation 22:3, Jesus revealed to the Apostle John that in the world to come there will be no existing curse upon His creation.There are pastors, professors, and church leaders today who profess they expect this to be literally true, yet do not believe there was initially an earthly paradise in Genesis 1 in which there was no curse until Adam sinned.

All these issues readily fall into place for those who choose, in faith, to believe the words of the Living Logos, as related to God's prophets by the Holy Spirit, in the book of Genesis, the book of Beginnings - to believe God’s word, the word of Elohim.


References
Hebrew Words, by Avital Snow
Paul F. Taylor, Writer on Creation Science for 35 years.
Dr. Henry M. Morris III, Creation Institute
Dr. Robert Jeffress

When We Choose to Believe God's Word


"In the Beginning" - Bereshit, in Hebrew

"In the very beginning (Bereshit), God (Elohim) created…"(Genesis 1:1)
God is before anything in existence, prior to the start of anything that is.

In the Hebrew Bible, Elohim is plural in form, although it usually refers to the deity who is the God of Israel. It is used with a singular verb. At times it refers to deities in the plural. The word is the plural form of the word Eloah and related to El.

Commentaries on Genesis today range from the fanciful to the technical. The book of beginnings has been debated for centuries by thologians, linguists, and scientists.

There are pastors and teachers in the world of Christendom today who teach that it does not matter what we believe about the book of Genesis. It does not matter if there were really six 24-hour days in which God created, or if millions of years were required. It does not matter if there was death before Adam’s sin of disobedience, i.e., rebellion against God. It does not matter if Adam was actually a real person, or merely an allegory.

Over the past four generations, Christianity has precipitated from a large majority belief system among those who came of age during the first half of the 20th century to something less than 15 percent of young adults entering educational institutions and the workforce today.

Our youth is told that it does not matter whether they accept God's word, as He saw fit to inspire His prophets to write it.

Expert "church leaders" insist that they believe the Bible to be true, but, somehow, a literalist "interpretation" offends them in its simplicity – even when an interpretation of Genesis is not proffered, but the book of Genesis is simply read, believed, and accepted as the very word of God.

These same pastors and teachers do not have the same problem in looking forward to the New Heavens and the New Earth that God will one day provide. Whatever their eschatology, few notables of the Christian church expect to wait millions of years for the New Heavens and New Earth God has promised to provide to gradually "evolve." They fully expect that God will make these places appear in an instant, as He has prophesied that He will do.

They are also adamant in their belief that the idea of a world without death as presented in Genesis was a myth. Yet, they faithfully quote Revelation 21:4 - that there will be no more death. How can anyone expect a new place with literally no death to materialize if the recording that there was a deathless paradise at the beginning of time was just a myth?

In Revelation 22:3, Jesus revealed to the Apostle John that in the world to come there will be no existing curse upon His creation.There are pastors, professors, and church leaders today who profess they expect this to be literally true, yet do not believe there was initially an earthly paradise in Genesis 1 in which there was no curse until Adam sinned.

All these issues readily fall into place for those who choose, in faith, to believe the words of the Living Logos, as related to God's prophets by the Holy Spirit, in the book of Genesis, the book of Beginnings - to believe God’s word, the word of Elohim.


References
Hebrew Words, by Avital Snow
Paul F. Taylor, Writer on Creation Science for 35 years.
Dr. Henry M. Morris III, Creation Institute
Dr. Robert Jeffress

Strong's Hebrew English Morphology
7225 [e] בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית
bə-rê-šîṯ In the beginning Prep-b | N-fs
1254 [e] בָּרָ֣א
bā-rā created V-Qal-Perf-3ms
430 [e] אֱלֹהִ֑ים
’ĕ-lō-hîm; God N-mp
853 [e] אֵ֥ת
’êṯ - DirObjM
8064 [e] הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
haš-šā-ma-yim the heavens Art | N-mp
853 [e] וְאֵ֥ת
wə-’êṯ and Conj-w | DirObjM
776 [e] הָאָֽרֶץ׃
hā-’ā-reṣ. the earth Art | N-fs



In the beginning created God (Jesus) the heavens and the earth.
That’s how it literally is in hebrew.
I added the parenthetical Jesus myself as that’s what l was taught that the word that is not translated is.