Genesis 1-2:3

Even if the scientific questions that are frequently linked to Genesis were answered once and for all, religious questions would still remain:

Why were we created?
Who or what was the primary source of life?
Is there any purpose to all the observable processes in the created world?


Thus, we read Genesis 1-2:3 as a passage from a book about God.


Here's a list of things we noticed or inferred about God from this passage:

God is purposeful

God brings order to chaos

God is moral

God evaluates

God is different from humanity in that God has the power to speak and creation happens, whereas we have to work to bring about the physical results of our thoughts

God is powerful

God is personal, not an abstract force

God is the giver of life

God provides

God tells humanity how to live

God's acts affect human history

God's acts determine what we call things

God's acts determine how we experience things

God's image is stamped on humanity

God created humanity with affection and in consultation