Genesis 1:1-5 ESV
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
In the beginning refers to our beginning. God has no beginning or end.
There are two things mentioned as above the empty earth. "Darkness was over the deep". The Hebrew word for deep has connotations that includes abyss and grave. "The Spirit of God was hovering" and was in action over the waters. The dividing and separating is about to begin.
God created the heavens and earth. The earth was concealed by the waters and darkness held sway. Waters symbolize mankind in other places in Scripture. It is through the waters we come and a new earth will be visible when the sons of God are revealed.
The purpose of creation is contained in the command, "Let there be light." Without light the earth is without form and void. It is the same with a man without the light of God. Light brings form and makes things visible.
The Spirit hovers over the face of the waters. The Spirit is part of the light and brings the light into the heart of every man that receives it. He has drawn near.
The rest of the Bible recounts the past and future of how that light rises and fills creation to the perfection of God's will.
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