The introduction to Genesis (and to the whole Bible) Genesis 1:1-2:3, ascribes everything to the living God, creating, making acting, moving, and speaking. There is no room for evolution without a flat denial of Divine Revelation. One must be true the other false. All God’s works were pronounced “good” seven times (which denotes Spiritual Perfection).
Gen 1:4 And God
saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:10 And God
called the dry land earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he
Seas; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:12 And the
earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding
fruit after his kind, whose seed was in itself, after his kind; and God saw
that it was good.
Gen 1:18 And to
rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:21 And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his
kind; and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: And God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:31 And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
They are “great,’’
Psalm 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure in them.
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
They are “wondrous’’
Job 37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
They are “perfect,’’
Deut 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect:
Man starts from nothing. He begins his life in helplessness, ignorance, and inexperience. All his works, therefore, proceed, proceed on the principle of evolution. This principle is seen only in human affairs: from the hut to the palace; from the canoe to the ocean liner; from the spade, and ploughshare to machines for drilling, reaping, and binding etc. But the birds build their nests to day as at the beginning. The moment we pass the boundary line, and enter the Divine sphere, no trace or vestige of evolution is seen. There is growth and development within (ones-self), but no passing, change, or evolution out from one into another. On the other hand God’s works are perfect.
In the introduction to Genesis (Chapters 1:1 - 2:3) forty six times everything is ascribed to direct acts and volitions on the part of God as the Creator. Elohim occurs 2,700 times. Its first occurrence connects it with creation, and gives it its essential meaning as the Creator. It indicates His relation to mankind as His creatures. (Jehovah by contrast indicates covenant relationship). Elohim is God the Son, the living “WORD” with creature form to create...
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Colossians 1:15-17
15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16. For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by Him and for Him:
17. And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.
And later, with human form to redeem (John 1:14). “Begotten of His Father before all worlds; born of His mother, in the world.” In this creature form He appeared to the Patriarchs, a form not temporarily assumed. Elohim is indicated by ordinary small type. “God” (see table). John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, (the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
· God (or He) created 6 times (Gen 1:1, 21, 27,27, 27:2:3)
· God moved 1 once (Gen 1:2)
· God said 10 times (Gen 1:3., 6,9,11,14,20,44,26,28,29,)
· God saw 7 times (Gen 1:4, 10,12,18,21,25,31,)
· God divided 2 twice (Gen 1:4,7,)
· God (or He) called 5 times (Gen 1:5, 5:8, 10:10,)
· God (or He ) made 7 times (Gen 1:7, 16,25,31;2:2,2,:3)
· God set 1 once (Gen 1:17)
· God blessed 3 times (Gen1:22, 28; 2:3)
· God ended 1 once (Gen 2:2)
· He rested 2 twice (Gen 2:2,3)
· He sanctified 1 once (Gen 2:3)
Total = 46 times
It will be noted that the “word” God (Elohim) occurs in this introduction thirty-five times (7X5), the product of seven and five, the numbers of spiritual perfection, and grace. There are also ten words connected with the word “God”; this is the number of ordinal perfection .
There is only one verb used alone with the pronoun “He”, instead of “God”, and that is the verb “rested”. This makes eleven in all; the significance of which is … ELEVEN. Denotes disorder, disorganisation, because it is one short of the number twelve.
The word “and” is repeated 102 times: thus, by the figure Polysyndeton: - or Many Ands [the repetition of the word “and” at the beginning of successive clauses, each independent, important, and emphatic, with no climax at the end]. Marking and emphasising each separate act as being equally independent and important.
Evolution is only one of several theories invented
to explain the phenomena of created things. It is admitted by all
scientists that not one of these theories covers all the ground; and the
greatest claim made for Evolution, or Darwinism, is that “it covers
more ground than any of the others.”
The Word of God
claims to cover all the ground: and
the only way in which this claim is met, is by a denial of the inspiration
of the Scriptures, in order to weaken it. This is the special work
undertaken by the so-called “Higher Criticism”, (Kenites) which bases
its conclusions on human assumptions and reasoning instead of on the
documentary evidence of manuscripts, as textual Criticism does.