Genesis 1:1, Pt. 2 — Elohim

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning God... .” The word translated as God is Elohim. Elohim is the plural of El. I find it significant that the first reference to the One True God is a plural word. The Hebrew Scriptures insist that God is One, yet here a plural word is used. Elohim, when referring to God, is always singular. It does support the Christian view of the Trinity: One God in three persons. The word denotes majesty and power.

Creation teaches us several things about God and clearly points to him.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Romans 1:20)

What can we know about God from viewing his creation? We know the following:

• God is wise
• God is powerful
• God is a master craftsman, an artist
• God owns us

That God is wise is evident from his created works. Some scientists, or should I say “pseudoscientists,” would have us believe that we are here merely by a fluke, an accident of nature. In our modern age with so much knowledge, why do educated but foolish people still think we descended from monkeys?

How is it that we could have developed over millions of years and eons of time from a single-cell that somehow from somewhere received life from who-knows-what? If Darwin was right then why do we still have handicapped people? Why do some who are ill, lame, mentally deficient, and otherwise not as strong as robust people often outlive those who are superior to them in their intellect and health?

How did it come about that an entity incapable of thought developed thought? How did it develop a reproductive system as intricate as found in humans today? How did it develop an immune system? Wouldn't a more simple life-form, long before it evolved into homo sapiens, have died off from a virus or bacteriological infection?

No, believing in evolution is just plain silly — and stupid — and takes a great more faith than believing that God created man.

But before God made man he had to make a place for us. His wisdom is evident in man's home, the Earth. Tucked safely away in one of the arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, our planet is relatively free from interstellar storms and other dangers of the Universe. We are placed at an optimum distance from the Sun so we neither get too cold nor too hot. And this is just the beginning of the display of God's wisdom evident through creation.

That God is powerful is also evident in creation. If we confine what God did in forming Earth, we see only a minuscule display of God's power. When we compare the feats of mankind against what God has done, our power is dwarfed by his.

Creation displays the craftsmanship and the artistry of God. Again, it is no mere coïncidence that the stars are placed where they are. That the Big Dipper points to Polaris, the North Star, is not an accident. We see his artistry and craftsmanship throughout nature: in flowers and trees, in sects and animals, on land and in the depths of the sea. Everywhere we look, we see the marvelous handiwork of God.

Finally, we understand that because we too are God's creation we are not our own, but belong to God. It then stands to reason that if God created us he can tell us what to do. He can hold us accountable for what we do and he will ultimately reward us according to what we have done. And therein is the heart of the matter when it comes to evolution. Deny creation and its God and then one does not have to consider the possibility of the eternal consequences for his actions. However, such denial only helps one (if the word help can be used at all) in this life: it does not change the outcome. We shall all stand in judgment before God. Those that have honored him will receive eternal life; those that have disobeyed him will receive eternal damnation.