It appears only three times in Genesis 1, and every time it describes something that could not have been produced by natural process. .webp)
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*Making things from existing materials is something humans do.
*Bara describes something else entirely: bringing something into existence from nothing, with no raw material, no building block, and no prior condition.
--This concept, creation out of nothing, means God had no limitations when He made the universe. He spoke, and what was not became what is. The universe owes its very existence to Him, not just its arrangement.
This cuts away at two errors: pantheism, the idea that God and the universe are the same thing, and dualism, the idea that there are two eternal principles, God and matter, locked in a contest.
This cuts away at two errors: pantheism, the idea that God and the universe are the same thing, and dualism, the idea that there are two eternal principles, God and matter, locked in a contest.
Bara says no to both.
God and His creation are distinct,
and there was no eternal matter for Him to work against."
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