Power for Abundant Living

The Bible is the Word of GodHere the word "was" is not in italics; it is in regularprint. Genesis 1:2 continues: "And the earth waswithout form, and void; and darkness was upon theface of the deep ..." The second usage of the word"was" is italicized. This tells us that the first wordwhich is translated "was" is not the word "was"; it isthe word "became." But the second "was" is added.Therefore verse 2 literally reads, "And the earth becamewithout form, and void; and darkness upon theface of the deep." It became without form and void.God did not create it this way. If the word "was" isleft in the text, "And the earth was without form," itappears to say that God created the earth this way.To the contrary, the earth became this way as Isaiah45:18 substantiates.For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens;God himself that formed the earth and made it;he hath established it, he created it not invain ....The words "form" and "void" in Genesis 1:2 arethe same words used in Isaiah's "not in vain," tohubohu. God did not create it without form and void.The earth became that way.Let us go back to II Timothy 3:16. Observe carefully,"All scripture is given by inspiration ofGod ..." These five words, "given by inspiration of68