Back To The Basics: Gen 1

STUDY OF GENESIS CHAPTER ONE

First we will look at the person of the creator. 
A. Christ Is the Creator (Colossians 1:15-17). Genesis is all about Jesus. Matthew 1:1 tells us Genesis is the book of the generations of Jesus. Genesis records the acts and personality of Christ in the Beginning and before the beginning. Genesis is know as the book of generations, origins and beginnings. Genesis is a Greek word which is translated generations in Matthew chapter 1. It means “beginnings” or “origins”  Genesis is a name taken from the Greek, and signifies "the book of generation or production;" it is properly so called, as containing an account of the origin of all things. There is no other history so old. There is nothing in the most ancient book which exists that contradicts it; while many things recorded by the oldest heathen writers, or to be traced in the customs of different nations, confirm what is related in the book of Genesis. 
The Hebrew name for God used in Gen. 1 is ʾelōhîm.ʾ— Is the Hebrew name for God that links Him with creation. The root word is El which means "mighty, strong, and prominent".  This word is used in a plural in one sense yet singular in another. We see that all the members of the God head are addressed in this one word ʾelōhîm.  This form shows the plurality of the Godhead represented in one form or deity. When Paul say Christ is "the image of the invisible God" in Colossians 1:15 He made it clear that Jesus is God. In fact this statement means "an exact representation and revelation:. In addition Jesus Himself said, "if any man has seen Me, He has seen the Father" (John 14:9). It is only in Jesus and through Jesus that we can see the invisible God. Since no mere creature can reveal God, in fact Jesus must be God.
Christ existed before creation. (15).The term firstborn of all creation has nothing to do with time, rather it has everything to do with prominence, might, and strength. It fits the description of God in Genesis 1:1. Firstborn was a titled used to signify "first importance, or first rank". Just as Solomon was not born the first of David's sons, yet was called the firstborn. In the same way Christ is sovereign over all things. He was not created, 
Christ created all things (16). All things were created by him. 
John 1:1-5 In this passage John Says that the "Word" was in the beginning, was with God, and was God. The "Word" comes from the Greek word Logos. In This passage John echoes Genesis (Gen 1:1), but whereas Genesis refers to God's activity at the beginning of creation, here we learn of a being who existed before creation took place. In the beginning the Word already was. 
So we actually start before the beginning, outside of space and time in eternity. If we want to understand who Jesus is, John says, we must begin with the relationship shared between the Father and the Son "before the world began" (Jn 17:5, 24). This relationship is the central revelation of this Gospel and the key to understanding all that Jesus says and does. The first verse is very carefully constructed to refer to the personal distinctness yet the essential oneness of the Word with God. To be with God means the Word is distinct from him. The word with comes from the Greek word (pros) in a context like this is used to indicate personal relationship, not mere proximity (cf. Mk 6:3). But he also was God; that is, there is an identity of being between them. 

B. God is a creative designer who is actively involved in creation

In the beginning God...
This statement confounds the minds of many and refutes the arguments of many in one short sentence. Before anything ever was God was. This refutes the atheist who says there is no God; The agnostic who claim it is impossible to know God; The polytheist who worship many gods; the pantheist who claim that "all nature" is god; the materialist who claims that matter is eternal and not created the fatalist who teaches that there is no divine plan behind creation and history.
We do not need to prove God's existence. His existence is self evident, in that creation must have a creator. The burden of proof lies with those who accuse that He does not exist. it is much harder to prove something doesn't exist than to prove the existence of someone or thing.
God created heaven and earth.
In this chapter alone we see the clear personality of our Creator God. We can see His creativity, purpose, and design. He did not create mass of space gas and allow it to combust and create the marvelous galaxy we have today. Science disproves the theory of the Big Bang. If evolution is correct than why does Neptune spin backwards and on it's side. I feel God threw some things into creation to upset the plans of those who doubt.
Here is something interesting to note the complete working of God and his design. In this chapter of 31 verses we can see God working (ie speaking, seeing, naming, blessing, or creating) 31 times. Another point of interest, of all the things God creates he blessed man more than any other creation.