Yahoo! I love that
question because the answer goes all the way back to the very first book of the
Bible in the Old Testament and describes exactly what it was like before
creation in the first two verses ever written! Genesis 1:1-2 says:
“In the beginning
God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless
and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was
hovering over the waters.”
Whoa! That sounds
kinda creepy and scary, doesn’t it? And yet, let’s look a little closer at what
the Bible says just in these two verses. It starts, “In the beginning…” which
tells us that this is literally the starting point of time as we know it! Then
it says, “...God created…” The English word “created” is from the Greek word,
“bara.” It is a verb used exclusively for God because it describes a full
miracle. No man could ever attain the powers inherent in this word. So, by an all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present
God, something absolutely new was brought into existence – the heavens and the
earth.
Next we see that the
earth was formless and empty and that darkness was over the surface of the
deep. BUT, we also see that the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. So,
even though it sounds kinda scary, God was there! By the way, I find it
fascinating that the earth was initially covered in water.
From that point on, God
starts doing something absolutely incredible. He literally speaks the rest of
creation into being. He creates light, he creates morning and evening, he
creates the sky, then dry ground and vegetation. Next, he creates the sun, the
moon and the stars. And finally, on the fifth and sixth days, God creates sea
life, birds, animals and, lastly, man.
The best part is, God
saw all that He had created and saw that it was very good and He blessed it
all! He had created the perfect world. Amazing, isn’t it?