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Genesis 1:2 · BSB
1:2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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…same breath, that's the same blast of air that is referred to as the spirit. It's the ruach, it's that ruach spirit. And we read about it first inGenesis chapter 1, verse 2, where it says, the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God, the ruach of God, was…
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…move? And you always find him moving upon the face of the waters. You always find him moving upon the face of the waters. He talks about that inGenesis chapter 1, verse 2. He moved upon the face of the waters. In John chapter 7, verse 38, Jesus said, hey, come to me and I will give you waters, the living water,…
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…over the waters at the beginning of creation. It's the Hebrew word rua, which is for both wind and spirit. And so we're given this picture ofGenesis 1, verse 2. It says, the earth was without form and void, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Okay. Well, okay, so we're back.…
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…the gospel. Thirdly and finally, what enables us to work like this? What enables us to work like this? Who is the energizing agent in creation?Genesis 1, verse 2. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Or 2 verse 7. Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and…
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…the manner in which he came down. And there are significant parallels between this account and the account of creation in Genesis 1. First, inGenesis 1, verse 2, it uses bird language like here. It says that the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And in that moment, as the Spirit is…
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…of the Hebrew Bible, which was the Bible that the Jews of Jesus' time, and Mark's time, read. And the one place is the creation account ofGenesis 1 verse 2, where it says that the Spirit hovered over the face of the waters. And the Hebrew word for hovering is fluttering. The Spirit fluttered over the…
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…has always been there. The creation came from the Christ. And in the incarnation, we know the Christ as Jesus the Christ. So now, here we have inGenesis 1, verses 1 through 3. We have Elohim, we have Spirit, and we have the Word or the Christ. So we get a hint of this plurality. Not three gods, one God, but three parts…
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…have a little boat relative to a planet on the water and the wind is blowing. Now, what does that remind you of? Those of you who know your Bibles,Genesis chapter 1, verse 2, waters cover the earth. And the word for wind and the word for Holy Spirit in Hebrew is the same word. And in Genesis chapter 1, 2, before the…
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…to Genesis 1. And she's taking us back to the very beginning when God created the earth. And even taking us back to the very, very beginning inGenesis 1, verse 1 to 2. Because if you see in verse 25, before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, before He had made the earth with its…
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…Let light shine out of darkness, you say, What do you mean? Think creation, beloved. Remember how this all got started? Let me read it to you.Genesis chapter 1, verses 1 to 3. He said, This in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of…
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…That's important because in Genesis chapter 1 and verse 2, it says the earth will be without form and void. It will be formless and empty.Genesis chapter 1 verse 2. And you see, Isaiah wants you and I to pick up on that. That God one day is going to hit the rewind button on creation. He's going to reverse into…
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…until when you get to the 9th plague, it descends back into its pre created state that you find in Genesis 1 in which darkness covered the land. InGenesis 1:2, we read, the earth was formless and void and darkness was over the face of the deep. And then it was God who said, let there be light. Just as the…
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…I just don't belong here. Now you know the Holy Spirit at least well enough to know that uh she has a sense of humor, right? So Old Testament,Genesis 1, verse 2, ruach. The Holy Spirit is introduced and it's feminine. And the verbs are all feminine, right? It doesn't mean the Holy Spirit is any more a woman…
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…I just don't belong here. Now you know the Holy Spirit at least well enough to know that uh she has a sense of humor, right? So Old Testament,Genesis 1, verse 2, ruach. The Holy Spirit is introduced and it's feminine. And the verbs are all feminine, right? It doesn't mean the Holy Spirit is any more a woman…
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…the surface of the deep, and but the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And then it says this, and God said, And God said, and ever sinceGenesis 1, verse 2, you've been telling a story. It's the only story big enough for us to live in. And you've been telling that story in power as we just sang about…
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…followed by the voice of God. You can go right back to the beginning, Genesis 1. Whenever the Spirit of God moves, the Word of God follows, man.Genesis 1 verses 1 to 3says, And the Spirit of God was brewing over the chaotic mass that was the earth. And what follows immediately after? And then God said, let there…
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