Weekly Link: In the Beginning

Keith Chancey , the director of Kanakuk K-7, was our speaker for today. Keith is probably the most passionate person I’ve had the chance to listen to, he gets so fired up about sharing God’s word with people. We looked at the first three chapters of Genesis. This seems like general knowledge to most people who have grown up in the church, but I really learned a lot.

 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”- Genesis 1:1 

This verse is known by so many but people often overlook that heaven is plural. There’s only one heaven so why is there an s? I used to think this was just a typo because I have always been taught that there was only one heaven. However, Keith answered my question and explained that heaven is far greater than anyone could ever imagine; the plural use of the word heaven refers to the vastness of heaven.

“And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.”- Genesis 1:7  

I have been raised in the church, and have heard the creation story multiple times, but Keith introduced a theory that I had never heard before today. It is believed that there was a water canopy over the earth. This canopy remained over the earth, but when God chose to flood the earth the canopy poured down and was no longer there. I found this to be really interesting, and after reading over the verse several times it makes sense.

Christians are often asked who created God? This stumbles many people, but the answer is simple. No one created God; God is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. No one can create the creator.

Another stumbling question that Keith answered was why did God create sin? He created sin to find the true worthshipers (Greek for worshipers). He wants to find those that truly love Him, not because they are forced to do so.

Fun Fact: Did you know that our carbon dating system is only good up 2,400 year? But people claim that the earth is over a million years old, this cannot be proven scientifically because carbon dating doesn’t work that well!!! Christians believe that the earth is approximately 10,000 years old.