Daily Bible Verses by Book

Then Moses said to the Israelites, ‘See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills – to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze,  to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.’  (Exodus 35:30–33) 

Dr John Dennison from London Institute for Contemporary Christianity writes: 

In Bezalel we have an example of a human…

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.  3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.

In the Hebrew Bible, the Spirit is written in the Hebrew feminine as…

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

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In the beginning there was God, and no explanation is given, but rather just a state of affairs that we are invited to experience.

And God created - that is he brought into being something which had not existed.

God created everything, both what is unseen (the heavens) and what is seen (the earth).

All was not completely satisfactory in four different ways.

            the earth was formless  
           …

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)

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In the beginning

Genesis 1: Creation summary:
* God speaks words of permission: “Let there be ….”
* What God permits then occurs “And there was …”  “And it was so”
* God separates - and makes things different and distinct
* God gives names to what is created so that they can be part of our lives
* God sees that creation is good
* Creation follows a rhythm :”there was evening and there was…

So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27)

James Finley says:  

This is a paraphrase of Meister Eckhart: Imagine you’re standing before a full-length mirror, and imagine the image…

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)

• In Genesis, God makes humans in his own image. Seeing a troublesome neighbour as someone bearing the image of God will change how we deal with them.
• In Genesis, Adam and Eve are told to steward creation on God’s behalf. Understanding that creation is God’s handiwork will affect how we make use of its resources.
• In Genesis, Adam and Eve listen to the voice of temptation and disobey God. Listening instead to God’s good plan in Genesis will give us the assurance to follow his…