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


Creation is not caprice or chance. It is design. The footprints on the sands of time speak of design, for geology admits that her discoveries all are based upon design. And this verse, as the whole creation narrative, confirms the admission of science as to design. Therefore, both the Revelation of God and the Revelation of Nature go hand in hand. Which, then, is the higher? Surely, Revelation. And why?

1. Because Revelation alone can tell the design. Nature is a riddle without revelation. I may admire the intricate mechanism of machinery, or even part of the design hanging from the loom; but all is apparent confusion until the master takes me to the office, places plans before me, and so discloses the design. Revelation is that plan — that key by which man is able to unlock the arcana of nature's loom.

2. Because that design is the law of Christ. All are parts of one mighty creation, of which Christ is the centre.

(Wm. Adamson.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

WEB: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.




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