In some ways, Gen.1:1 is the most important verse in the Bible.
> The verse states there is a Creator of the universe. There is meaning to existence.
> The fact it was "created" (Heb: bara) implies nothing preexisted. Only God can create from nothing, therefore we see evidence of God.
> God exists outside of nature and time. He controls space.
> A creation story has only one Creator.
> This is the only God separate from nature because He created it.
> Who created God? If God were created, He would not be God.
> Christianity, and Judaism, has come to affirm that God is, was and will be. This cannot be said about any other God. Through science and logic, this cannot be.
> Science can only prove what is within nature.
> God remains the only rational explanation of existence. Science is at a loss about life from non-life.
> It only makes sense that the Creator would care about His creation.
> To create beings who care about good and evil stands to reason the Creator of such beings would also care about good and evil.
> The name of God's chosen people, "Israel", means "Struggle With God".
> The purpose of Genesis I is to teach about God, man and nature.
> There is reality outside of nature.
> God is not a sexual being.
> There is only one God Creator (existing in 3 entities).
> God represents order versus disorder.
> God has a special role for human beings.
> God is moral and has a will for morality.
> There is a higher meaning for life.
> Genesis I tries to teach wisdom rather than science.
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