God created the universe from nothing or did he? It's from Bob Seidensticker.

Well he goes on the second page then to says that the New Testament agrees.

And he quotes 2nd Peter, Bill.

By God's word, the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water

Clearly he's reflecting this author is reflecting back on Genesis one two where it says that God said let the dry land appear and the earth

came out of this primordial ocean as the hills and mountains rose and the

ocean drained into the seas and the lakes in the river.

But where the New Testament does, I think, clearly imply Kriazzio X Nilo would be a passage like

John 1.3. In the beginning was the word. He's imitating the

language of Genesis 1.1. In John 1 1, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. And then verse three, all things were made through him and without him not one thing was made that was made.

He is saying there that everything other than God in the word in the beginning came into

being through the word and without the word not one thing came into being.

That implies Kriati OX Nilo. Okay. Bob then goes to

combat myth. He says if you're a regular reader of this blog you may have already

noticed hints of the combat myth also known as and go ahead and give it

Cowskampf that's German for struggle against chaos

This is a common story structure that appears in the mythology of many cultures.

Some of the cultures in the ancient Near East with this myth are oldest to youngest,

Hakadia, Babylonian, Ugritt, and Israel.

The details were unique to each culture,

but the outline is largely the same.

Now, this is so much fun for me, Kevin,

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