The Beginning

Is CHRIST, the Beginning? And how does creation tie into the Church in tribulation?

IN THE BEGINNING: IN CHRIST?

Ge 1:1 In the BEGINNING God *created* the heaven and the earth.

Re 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the BEGINNING of the *CREATION* of God;

Re 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the BEGINNING and the end, the FIRST and the last.

Pr 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the BEGINNING of his WAY, before his works of old.

Joh 1:3 All things were *made* by HIM; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Col 1:16 For by HIM were all things *created*, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the FIRSTBORN of every *creature*:

Ro 8:21 Because the *creature* itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

2Jo 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the BEGINNING, ye should walk in it.

Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold THE BEGINNING of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

WITHOUT FORM: THE CHURCH WITHOUT CHRIST IN TRIBULATION?

Ge 1:2 And the earth was **without form**, and void; and DARKNESS was upon the face of the DEEP. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the WATERS.

Isa 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no **form nor comeliness**; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Ge 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a DEEP sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great DARKNESS fell upon him.

Ps 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in DARKNESS, in the DEEPS.

Job 12:22 He discovereth DEEP things out of DARKNESS, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Da 2:22 He revealeth the DEEP and secret things: he knoweth what is in the DARKNESS, and the light dwelleth with him.

Jon 2:5 THE WATERS compassed me about, even to the soul: the DEPTH closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Re 17:15 And he saith unto me, THE WATERS which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

La 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in THE BEGINNING of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy WAYS from the day that thou wast created, till **iniquity** was found in thee.

POST-STUDY VERSE:

Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without FORM, and VOID; and the heavens, and they had no light.

LET THERE BE LIGHT: GLORY OF THE REDEEMED CHURCH – SEPARATION OF WHEAT AND TARES?

Ge 1:1 In the BEGINNING God *created* the heaven and the earth.

Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and DARKNESS was upon the face of the DEEP. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the WATERS.

Ge 1:3 And God said, Let there be LIGHT: and there was light.

Ge 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the LIGHT from the darkness.

Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the LIGHT of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Joh 1:4 In HIM was life; and the life was the LIGHT of men.

Mt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and HE shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

Mt 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the OTHER left.

Ro 8:21 Because the *creature* itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Nu 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

Ezr 10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Re 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION:

The word BEGINNING seems to be a reference to Christ Himself. God created the heavens and the earth IN THE BEGINNING (IN CHRIST). This should indicate that creation itself is a reference to the Church; the Body of Christ. In tribulation IT became unclean pointing back to an incomplete creation when it was first formed. It was in darkness and then God called for the separation of light from darkness.