Genesis 1:1, the beginning. Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." two important words.
A. beginning:
H7225 רֵאשִׁית re'shiyth (ray-sheeth') n-f.
1. the first, in place, time, order or rank.
2. (specifically) a firstfruit.
[from the same as H7218]
KJV: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Root(s): H7218
and this word Root is,
H7218 רֹאשׁ ro'sh (roshe) n-m.
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.).
[from an unused root apparently meaning to shake]
KJV: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
B. GOD
The First, here in Genesis 1:1, God, who is decleared "First" and the term for God is, H430 אֱלֹהִים 'elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m. IN THE PLURAL
H430 אֱלֹהִים 'elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m.
אֱלֹהֵי 'elohiy (el-o-hee') [alternate plural]
1. (literally) supreme ones.
2. (hence, in the ordinary sense) gods.
3. (specifically, in the plural, especially with the article) the Supreme God (i.e. the all supreme).
4. (sometimes) supreme, used as a superlative.
5. (occasionally, by way of deference) supreme magistrates, the highest magistrates of the land.
6. (also) the supreme angels (entities of unspecified type).
[plural of H433]
KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Root(s): H433
definition #3 reveals why God is in the plural as an H430 אֱלֹהִים 'elohiym, instead of the "ONE" God as H433 אֱלוֹהַּ 'elowahh (el-o'-ah) n-m. lets see.
אֱלֹהַּ 'eloahh (el-o'-ah) [shortened (rarely)]
1. one with supreme strength and ability.
2. the Supreme Being, God the Creator, Yahweh by name.
3. a supreme entity, a god-like creature (that is, one of God's supreme creations, or one of man's inventions).
[probably prolonged (emphat.) from H410]
KJV: God, god.
ONE PERSON. so my Question is this, WHY? yes, just a simple WHY. many believe in a three person Godhead, well God say NO, and here's why. for God in the beginning is the ordinal First, only one PERSON. scripture, Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:" THIS ONE "LORD" confirm the plurality of the ONE H433 אֱלוֹהַּ 'elowahh (el-o'-ah).
ONE the definition:
H259 אֶחָד 'echad (ech-awd') adj.
1. (properly) united, i.e. one.
2. (as an ordinal) first.
[a numeral from H258]
KJV: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway,
here is this ECHAD in scripture of ONLY ONE PERSON, Isaiah 41:4 "Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he." the LORD is the First, who is JESUS, and JESUS is "WITH" the Last. 1 Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."
now lets put 1, the First, and 1, the Last together and get 1, the Lord JESUS who is LORD, the First, and JESUS who is "Lord", the Last correct... lets put the First and the Last together and get only ONE..... PERSON, scripture, Revelation 2:8 "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;" we know without a doubt this is Jesus, he's the First and the Last, is this TWO PERSONS? NO, lets see why, Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last."........ "ALSO?" yes, also, meaning the same one PERSON......... BINGO. there it is, plain as DAY, by the SCRIPTURES.
if one get the "beginning" correct, they will end correct. JESUS is the "BEGINNING" and he's the "END".... beginning/FIRST, end/LAST. how clear can one be. there is no math involved, except the 1+1 =1. easy as pie ........... can you get any clearer?
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