Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The beginning

I have been getting into reading the Bible more these days. I've decided to dig a little deeper than usual and started looking up the references along the side of my Bible. This is my new version of Genesis 1:1-

"In the beginning was the word an the word was with God and the word was God. Jesus was in the beginning with God. Everything was made through him and without him, there was and is no possibility of anything being created. God created the heavens and the earth. He made the world and everything in it. He is the Lord of Heaven and earth and he does not dwell in temples made with hands. He has said that heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool, what house will you build for me? Or what place of my rest? Has my hand not made all things?
He does not dwell in temples nor is he worshipped with man's hands, as though he needed anything, since he gives to all life and breath, and all things.
For the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being. He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.
All the inhabitants of the earth are nothing; he does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain his hand or say to him "what have you done?"
God says "I am a God near at hand and not a God far off. Can anyone hide himself in secret places so I shall not see him? Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"
So, we are to seek God in the hope that we might grope for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
For in him we live and move and have our being."

This is only Genesis 1:1. Looks like I have a lot more left to go. This is just the beginning.

1 comment:

  1. This is awesome Beth, I like it a lot. So you're just using the footnotes in your Bible - no other references? I've been wanting to do something like this but have been looking for some good reference material to read alongside it. What version is your Bible?

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