IN THE BEGINNING

IN THE BEGINNING

This phrase occurs twice in the Bible, in both the Old Testament, and the New. "In the beginning God created the heavens (plural) and the earth (singular)" (Gen 1:1), and "In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." (John 1:1-5) Then in verse 14 we read "So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness, and we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son." This Word, of course was Jesus, who came to earth to be our Savior. We know that every thing must have a beginning, and also an end, and Jesus declared in (Rev 1:8) "I am the Alpha and the Omega--the beginning and the end----". So from these few verses from God's Word we can see what is meant by this expression, "In the beginning". No one knows when this beginning occurred except God!

Then when we read in (John 14:6) the words of Jesus "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me" we realize that this simple statement is absolutely true! We live in a so-called "Post Modern" world, and one of the foundational statements they believe, and promote is "There are no absolutes". They have developed a theory of "Relativism", which assumes there is no absolute truth, and everyone can live by whatever they consider to be true. In other words, when it comes to matters of morality, or ethics, since there are no absolutes, every one can do whatever they consider to be right in there own eyes. That is why we see the world in its present condition! That's why people need Jesus to become Lord of their life, because He alone is "Absolute Truth"!! One of the key words in the post-modern philosophy is "tolerance", they treat it as their god. They expect everyone to be tolerant to the views of others, since they believe there are no absolutes. But they show little, or no tolerance to followers of Jesus, who believe the Bible, and know Jesus is "The Truth"!!

Sincerely submitted.

Dave Jamer