Introducing Eloheim

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ---Genesis 1:1

The name of God, El or Eloheim is used over 2500 times in the Bible. Why is that so important? Because Eloheim demonstrates God’s power and sovereignty, and exposes His greatness and glory. It is God who creates with total power and complete creativity.

In Genesis 1:1 we find it is God who created the heavens and the earth. Can you imagine the tremendous power in God’s force of creativity? It is God who worked out all the details from the revolution of the planets down to how a spider weaves a delicate web. Everything is designed to work together in a delicate balance; something a mere human wouldn’t be capable of imagining much less putting into action. Also, it would take great faith and imagination to think that all we see here now evolved from a pool millions of years ago.

The word Eloheim is plural. That means there is more than one involved. In Genesis 1:26-27 reads, “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” God is including the whole Trinity. They were all present at the creation. Eloheim, the multi-person we call God.

Let’s look at Genesis 1:2: “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” This is still Eloheim, but the Spirit part of Eloheim. Why was he hovering over the face of the waters? Because He was preparing to create.

Jesus said to the religious men “Before Abraham was, I AM.” And in John 1:1 it reveals that “In the beginning was the Word (Jesus) and the Word was with God and the Word was God." The trinity was active, present and full of creative power; The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We can look at the Trinity in the way a house is built. God is the architect, Jesus the builder and it is the Holy Spirit who breathes the life of God into the structure.

As we walk through our day, let us consider the Creator God, Eloheim as the architect of the trees, flowers, oxygen, gravity and all the details of our world. Let us consider Eloheim (Jesus) as the builder who crafted the animals into existence, the varieties of rocks, the types of clouds the delicate flowers. Then look at the wind that blows, our complex bodies with the breath in our lungs, and the languages we speak all given by the Spirit of God who breathed life into the universe and gave it a pulse.

Praise God for the exquisite planet we live on and bless and honor Him, Eloheim for His creativity.

Confession: The beauty of this world was created by Eloheim with infinite detail. How glorious is His creation and I will look upon it with wonder and awe.