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Many people have asked basic questions about the origins of things such as:
• "Who or what is God?"
• "What is the origin of the universe?"
• "How did life come to be?"
All these questions, and many more, are answered in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, which means origin. Here we receive God's answers about many important questions—and from Someone who was there! So let's go to this, the first book in the Bible, to find its answers to commonly asked questions.
In this first verse, we are introduced to the majestic Creator God who
made the entire universe—including us. The term for God
in the original language is the Hebrew word Elohim, which is a
plural term that can also have a singular meaning.
In John 1 we see why the term God can mean one or more persons. Here we read: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us ... the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (verses 1,14, emphasis added throughout).
Thus the term God applies to God the Father or God the Word (who later became Jesus Christ)—or both. They can therefore act separately or together. Notice how in Genesis 1 God can be referred to by a singular personal pronoun, "He made the stars also" (Genesis 1:16). Or God can be referred to by a plural personal pronoun: "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness" (Genesis 1:26).
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