We are starting a new series through the book of Genesis. Genesis isn’t just book one in a series of 66 books in the Bible; Genesis is the foundation of every idea, every promise, every instruction, hope and truth found in all the books that come after it. We cannot fully understand ourselves without understanding Genesis 1:1. We cannot fully understand God without understanding Genesis 1:1. Nor can we truly understand sin or redemption or brokenness or identity or purpose or wisdom or goodness or justice or anything else. It is vitally important, if we are to ever really fully understand anything in the Bible or in the world in general, that we first understand the full meaning of Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
