The manner in which the Holy Scriptures
open is worthy of their Divine Author.
“In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth,” and that is all that is here
recorded concerning the original creation.
Nothing is said which enables us to fix the
date of their creation; nothing is revealed
concerning their appearance or inhabitants;
nothing is told us about the modus operandi
of their Divine Architect….
The bare fact is stated: “In the beginning God created,”
and nothing is added to gratify
the curious. The opening sentence of Holy Writ
is not to be philosophized about, but is presented
as a statement of truth to be received with
unquestioning faith.
“In the beginning God created.”
No argument is entered into to prove the existence
of God: instead, His existence is affirmed as
a fact to be believed.
Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952)