In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
These heavens and earth lay in chaotic, unadorned state when first created, the expanse not yet stretched out, no light placed in the heavens, the dry land not yet separated from waters. The words point to the visible cosmos, matter and substance brought into being by almighty power before any shaping or decoration.
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Moses declares that the world and all things in it were created by God, that fallen man was restored by promise of Christ, and that God's mercies never fail those He chooses for His Church. His Church stands not in the world's nobility or multitude, but in the poor and despised, that man's wisdom be confounded and God's name praised forever.
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The world is a great house, stately and magnificent in every room, the upper and lower stories well furnished. We confess God the Father Almighty as the Maker of heaven and earth; yet the visible heavens hold invisible glory, celestial beings more precious than gold or sapphires, of which Moses here says nothing, fixing on the visible alone.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:1-2