Something interesting...

I decided tonight, that since I am spending a decent amount of time reading the bible lately, that I should try to begin to memorize some of it. I started with the beginning. In doing this, I came across something that struck me as interesting. I have seen this before and wondered about it, but my dinner conversation tonight with our boys made me think a little more about it. We were talking about God and how he is also Jesus and the Holy Spirit. That they are one. I explained to them that they can kind of relate it to ourselves in that we are a body, mind, and spirit. That these are all part of the whole, but are still separate. That after we die, our spirit is still alive, but our body dies. So then, later this evening, I started reading Genesis and it was odd how it made me understand the trinity a little more without even talking about it. So, Genesis begins with:

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 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.

Here, it says the earth was formless and empty. Yet, the earth as we know it is a round planet orbiting in space. So anyway, Genesis continues with:

3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.

Now this is very interesting because it doesn't say that God created the Sun, the moon, and the stars and there was light. It only says that He created light and separated it from the darkness. Yet, somehow, there was evening and morning which equaled the first day. You may say that whoever wrote Genesis just left that part out, but wait...lets look ahead to day 4.

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day.

So, we have two whole days devoted to creating light. The first is just the light...the second is the explaination for the light. Notice that, there was evening and there was morning on day two just as there was on day four. There was, however, no sun on day two to rise in the morning to show that it was morning. Yet, it was still morning. Alright, I hope you are following me here. Now...lets go back to that earth thing. Here is a little more of the Genesis poem in action:

6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning--the third day.

So, days 2-3 are devoted to giving form to the earth, yet there was still earth on day one before what we would define earth as existed. This is a great explaination of how God is outside of our rules. He created the rules. So, the question of how can God be God, man, and spirit all at the same time is easily answered when you see that this same being can create light without a source, the earth without a form, evening and morning without anything to differentiate them, and thousands of lifeforms with a few words. When you aren't playing Monopoly, do you still pass Go and collect $200? No...those are the rules for Monopoly. Just because a certain rule applies to life for us, doesn't mean that it applies to Him. He is outside of time, He sees all things, He knows all things, He made all things.

1Co 2:11
For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Isa 55:8
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.

Job 11:7-9
7 "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave--what can you know? 9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.