Genesis 1:1  Divine Authorship

 “In THE BEGINNING (..time)..God created the HEAVEN (space) and the EARTH (matter)”

     The Bible speaks of the creation of TIME...SPACE and Matter in the 1st verse.  It was not until the 20th century that physicists confirmed that the universe..it’s components (it’s makeup) and it’s foundation consist of Space, Time and Matter.  In fact..space and time are so tightly LINKED..that Astros physicists speak of a SPACE TIME CONTINUUM.  While scientific and philosophic speculation about the basic structure of the universe has VARIED widely, the fact that the universe consists basically of space, time and matter, the scientifically accepted fact since the 20th century was clearly seen in the very 1st verse..of the Bible, WRITTEN 30 centuries ago.  HOW could the writer of Genesis..and the very 1st verse HAVE KNOWN of the scientific TRUTH that would not be confirmed until over 2000 years later?  But also the very 1st verse of the Bible we find yet ANOTHER astounding piece of evidence of supernatural or Divine Authorship. 

FIRST....consider this:   The Number 7

     It is an undeniable fact that the number 7 is the Biblical number of COMPLETION or PERFECTION..or specifically Divine AUTHORship.  Over 500 times in the Bible..the number 7 is used to show the TOUCH OF GOD..or DIVINITY upon something.  This begins with the 7 first days of creation and the 7th  being declared by GOD...as Holy.  There are 7 colors in a rainbow.  There are 7 notes..on a musical scale.  There are 7 stars in the Big Dipper, and this heavenly sign has been used to POINT to the North star, or the GUIDING star since the most ancient of times.  7 objects in our solar system are visible to the naked eye (sun, moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn).  7 digits in a row has been proven over and over to be the average limit of memory for most human beings, thus, we have only 7 digits in our phone numbers.  There are 7 metals..an antiquity upon which civilization was based (lead, tin, copper, mercury, silver and gold).  The Periodic table of elements consists of 7 distinct levels  -  and ON and On the 7’s in the world around us GO.  EACH..representing God’s Divine TOUCH of COMPLETENESS upon something.

     Now...with this IN MIND......consider again the very 1st words in the Bible.  There very first sentence, translated in English as “In the BEGINNING God created the Heaven and the Earth.”  It contains exactly 10 WORDS.  But in the original Hebrew...there are exactly 7 WORDS....and the 7 words possess 7 DISTINCT features of the number.....7.  As far as anyone has been able to determine THUS FAR....only THIS ONE VERSE in all the Bible CONTAINS 7 features........of the number 7...out of 7.....WORDS.

     Consider these 7 features:

     Feature #1  - the number of Hebrew word in this verse is exactly 7.

     Feature #2 – the total number of Hebrew letters in the 7 words....is exactly 28, or....4 x 7.

     Feature #3 – the 3 leading words in this verse of 7 words...are GOD (the subject)..and heavens and earth (the objects).  ......The number of letters in the Hebrew words...that make up these 3 words.........is exactly 14, or 2 x 7.  The number of letters in the remaining words of the verse is Also 14,...or 2 x 7.

     Feature # 4 - the expression of the 2 objects of this sentence, THE HEAVENS and THE EARTH in Hebrew....is made UP of 14 letters,...or 2 x 7.

     Feature # 5 – the SHORTEST word is in the MIDDLE.  ...The number of letters in THIS word...AND to its LEFT....is 7.  The number of letters in the middle word and the word to its RIGHT.......is Also....7. 

     Feature # 6 – there are 3 important nouns in this 1st verse:  GOD, HEAVENS..and EARTH.  The number of Gematria values of these 3 nouns..are 86, 395 and 296, respectively.  GEMATRIA is the 3000 year old Hebrew rabbinical practice of assigning numerical values to each of the Hebrew letters.  When THESE 3 numerical values are added together....the TOTAL VALUE...is 777.

                                     86 + 395+ 296 = 777 ......or 111 x 7

     In God’s manner of Biblical expression..this TRIPLE intensification of His perfect number 7....is the strongest possible manner of speaking the TOUCH..of His Divinity...!!

     Feature # 7  - these numeric features or FACTS...are strangely HIDDEN BENEATH the surface.  They are truly BEYOND the view of ordinary readers of the Hebrew text and they are discovered only by special investigation and COUNTING.  Surely they could NOT have been foreseen or purposely PLACED there by the original author.  According to the law of CHANCES...for any ONE feature of a 7 word sentence to be a multiple of 7 accidently....is only 1 chance...in 7.  But for 7 features of this one 7 word sentence to be a multiple of 7 accidently...is ONE CHANCE.....in 823,543  -  an exponentially AMAZING impossibility, especially considering that the number 7 is used PURPOSELY by the Biblical writers over 500 times from Genesis to Revelation..to INDICATE..the Divine TOUCH of God...!!  It’s as if God is telling those who have eyes to SEE in the very 1st verse, His Divine TOUCH is upon this WORD we call the Bible. !!  This startling revelation of 7’s Has only been discovered in the last few years....of human history.