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Imagine that a blank page represents God in all his perfection. God is! There is no introduction to God. He just is. | Imagine that a blank page represents God in all his perfection. God is! There is no introduction to God. He just is. | ||
<ref> The same is true of Genesis 1:1 </ref> | <ref> The same is true of Genesis 1:1 where he just exists. There is no mention of His beginning.</ref> <ref>see [[Something from nothing]] </ref> | ||
If we touch the page and draw on it, it no longer represents God. If we put our hand to it, in God's estimation, we pollute it. God said not to make a graven image. <ref | |||
<ref | If we touch the page and draw on it, it no longer represents God. If we put our hand to it, in God's estimation, we pollute it. God said not to make a graven image. <ref>{{bgw|Ex 20:4 }} Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:</ref> | ||
<ref>{{bgw|Ex 20:25}} And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.</ref> | |||
<ref group="q">Are there scriptures that indicate that God is represented by untouched things?</ref> | <ref group="q">Are there scriptures that indicate that God is represented by untouched things?</ref> | ||
<ref group="a">Ex 20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. <br/> | <ref group="a">{{bgw|Ex 20:25 }} And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. <br/>{{bgw|Le 26:1 }} ¶ Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God. </ref> | ||
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Now consider the blank page as representing God ''before'' he decided to create. Where can God create the universe? There is no container for God. He is too big. | Now consider the blank page as representing God ''before'' he decided to create. Where can God create the universe? There is no container for God. He is too big. | ||
<ref | <ref>{{bgw|1Ki 8:27 }} ... behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee;...</ref> | ||
<ref group="q">Is God in everything and everywhere, or is everything and everywhere in God?</ref> | <ref group="q">Is God in everything and everywhere, or is everything and everywhere in God?</ref> | ||
<ref group="a">Everything is in God. There is no container large enough to put God in.</ref> | <ref group="a">Everything is in God. There is no container large enough to put God in.</ref> |