Thursday, January 17, 2008

The Work of the First Day

Genesis 1:1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...

Luther speaks of primary matter, AELW 1:6. This formless earth was like an "ooze or dense fog." The explanation of the meaning of primary matter states that this is something like the "raw material." From this raw material created by God, all the heavens and the earth are formed and all that is in it.

"Everything that is, was created by God."(AELW1:7) And we should not forget "God" here is the God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The Triune God created everything out of nothing...

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