1. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”(Gen. 1:1)

2. Time – Space - Matter

3. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”(Gen. 1:1) Time – Space - Matter physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy

4. In the Beginning God… Created – “Bara” – always the work of God (Gen. 1:21, 27)

5. In the Beginning God… Created – “Bara” – always the work of God (Gen. 1:21, 27) Created – “Bara” and Made – “Asah” (Gen. 2:3, Psm. 121:2, Isa. 43:7)

6. In the Beginning God… Created – “Bara” – always the work of God (Gen. 1:21, 27) Created – “Bara” and Made – “Asah” (Gen. 2:3, Psm. 121:2, Isa. 43:7) Created out of Nothing (Lat. “Ex - Nihilo – Heb. 11:3, Rom 4:17)

7. In the Beginning God… Created – “Bara” – always the work of God (Gen. 1:21, 27) Created – “Bara” and Made – “Asah” (Gen. 2:3, Psm. 121:2, Isa. 43:7) Created out of Nothing (Lat. “Ex - Nihilo – Heb. 11:3, Rom 4:17) Power: “God said, “let there be…” (Gen. 1:3, 11, Psm. 33:6,9)

8. In the Beginning God… Created – “Bara” – always the work of God (Gen. 1:21, 27) Created – “Bara” and Made – “Asah” (Gen. 2:3, Psm. 121:2, Isa. 43:7) Created out of Nothing (Lat. “Ex - Nihilo – Heb. 11:3, Rom 4:17) Power: “God said, “let there be…” (Gen. 1:3, 11, Psm. 33:6,9) Wisdom: – “master workman” Eternal and put to work in the beginning (Prov. 8:22-31)

9. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void”

10. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” Waste: “TOHU” - without form, wasteland, confusion (Deut. 32:10, Job 6:18, Isa. 34:11)

11. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” Waste: “TOHU” - without form, wasteland, confusion (Deut. 32:10, Job 6:18, Isa. 34:11) Void – “BOHU” – emptiness (Isa. 34:11)

12. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” Waste: “TOHU” - without form, wasteland, confusion (Deut. 32:10, Job 6:18, Isa. 34:11) Void – “BOHU” – emptiness (Isa. 34:11) Face of deep – face of waters – before boundaries and land of earth as we know it (Gen. 1:6-10) – Firmament – Heaven – Dry land appears – earth – Seas

13. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void”

14. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” “Unformed waste and empty”

15. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” “Unformed waste and empty” First three days – “form” (dry land appears, boundaries for seas, landscape of grass, herbs, trees)

16. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” “Unformed waste and empty” First three days – “form” (dry land appears, boundaries for seas, landscape of grass, herbs, trees) Second three days – Filled” (sun, moon, stars, sea creatures, birds, beast of field, man)

17. In the Beginning God… Earth : “waste and void” “Unformed waste and empty” First three days – “form” (dry land appears, boundaries for seas, landscape of grass, herbs, trees) Second three days – Filled” (sun, moon, stars, sea creatures, birds, beast of field, man) “Waste and Void” – no fruitful field, no man, no birds (Jer. 4:23-26)

18. What if the “Earth” in Gen. 1:1 is just the elements of matter? No depths, no fountains, set a circle on the face of the deep (Prov. 8:27)

19. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”(Gen. 1:1) The More we learn…the more God’s glory is declared (Psm. 19:1)