Tuesday, December 18, 2018

In the Beginning



In the beginning
God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1


 B'reisheet  (בראשית)




Hebrew:

reshith: beginning, chief
Original Word: רֵאשִׁית

Phonetic Spelling: (ray-sheeth')

Definition: beginning, chief

beginning (19), choice (2), choicest (3), finest (2), first (16), first fruits (7), foremost (2).

Word Origin - from rosh
rosh: head
Original Word: רֹאשׁ

Phonetic Spelling: (roshe)

Definition: head



B'reisheet bara Eloheem, eit hashamayim v'eit ha-aretz.




In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1



Greek:

arché: beginning, origin
Original Word: ἀρχή, ῆς, ἡ

Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khay')

Definition: beginning, origin

Usage: (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.


746 arxḗ – properly, from the beginning (temporal sense), i.e. "the initial (starting) point"; (figuratively) what comes first and therefore is chief (foremost), i.e. has the priority because ahead of the rest ("preeminent").

beginning (38), corners (2), domain (1), elementary (1), elementary* (1), first (1), first preaching (1), principalities (1), rule (4), rulers (6).






Proverbs 8:23

From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.

John 1:2

He was with God in the beginning.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 8:58

"Truly, truly, I tell you," Jesus declared, "before Abraham was born, I am!"

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Romans 9:5

Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

Philippians 2:6

Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

Colossians 1:15

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands--this is the Word of life.

1 John 1:2

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

Revelation 19:13

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.


Resources:




λόγου
logou
[the] word

ζῶντος
zōntos
living



1 Peter 1:23


Life / Beginning / Intertwined
http://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2018/12/zoe-life.html

https://tammyjdub.blogspot.com/2018/12/in-beginning.html


Feb 19. 2019 - Israel to launch moon lander carrying the Torah
To launch on February 19, will reveal satellite magnetic fields
The moon lander is called Beresheet, which means "in the beginning" and is the word that opens the Old Testament. Beresheet will launch from Cape Canaveral in the US on February 19 with a SpaceX Falcon rocket and will have at least two months of flight.
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/israel/2019/02/05/israel-to-launch-moon-lander-carrying-the-torah_3babb194-57a2-4b60-a8ff-5bb6be5848b5.html
Launch to occur during a SUPER FULL MOON
 - https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/full-moon-names.html

2 comments:

Kay Frances Graves said...

Tammy...
Praise God! ... Love this post exalting the precious Word of God.
Excellent!♡

Tammy W. said...

Thanks and blessings, Kay ;-)