If God took nothing, how do things appear? Do they appear from his voice or does it come from his nothing?

We know that God created the heavens and the earth and everything in it, but you ask a very interesting question when you ask if it came from nothing.

Let’s look at the Book of Genesis, the very first book of the Old Testament, and look at Chapter 1. In Genesis 1:2 it clearly shows that the earth was formless and empty. This shows us that everything on earth and in the heavens came from nothing.

Next, if we read the rest of the verses very carefully, we will see that in all of the instances of creation, it says, “And God said…” Then, after God said it, it came into being. So, basically, God spoke everything into existence. Not only did He speak everything into existence, He named what He created too! He called the light, day and the darkness, night. He called the great expanse, the sky! He did that for the creation of the seas, the land, the plants, the animals and, of course, human beings.

Wow…I know that sounds so unbelievable but our God is all-powerful and capable of doing what we think would be impossible. It’s not like He had some super computer and some helpers and a machine that built stuff based on data He input. God created everything by just thinking it and speaking it.