Beginning
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· 7 viewsA starting point, origin or source. The beginning often refers to the time of or before the creation of the world. God is described as the Beginning and the End, denoting the eternity of his existence. Jesus Christ’s coming marks a new beginning both for God’s people and, finally, for all creation.
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Beginning as the starting point
Beginning as the starting point
As the source
As the source
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever!
See also Pr 1:7; Pr 9:10; Mic 1:13 the source of Israel’s sin; Col 1:18 Jesus Christ as the source of the church’s life
As the origin
As the origin
Job 8:7; Ac 26:4; Heb 7:3
As the commencement
As the commencement
Le 23:5; Jdg 7:19; 1 Ki 6:1; Lk 23:54; 1 Jn 2:7; 2 Jn 5
The beginning: before the creation
The beginning: before the creation
“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
Jesus Christ’s existence predates the creation
Jesus Christ’s existence predates the creation
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
See also Jn 8:58; 1 Jn 1:1; Jn 1:1–2; 1 Jn 2:13–14; Col 1:15–17
Salvation planned before the creation
Salvation planned before the creation
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
See also 2 Th 2:13; Tt 1:2; 2 Ti 1:9; 1 Co 2:7
The beginning: the creation
The beginning: the creation
Ge 1:1; Heb 1:10
See also Ps 102:25; Da 12:1; Mt 24:21; Is 40:21
Marriage ordained from the beginning
Marriage ordained from the beginning
He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
See also Ge 1:27; Ge 2:24
The beginning of Israel’s nationhood
The beginning of Israel’s nationhood
“This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.
See also Je 2:2–3; 2 Sa 7:10; Is 52:4
New beginnings for God’s people
New beginnings for God’s people
For Israel
For Israel
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.
And there I will give her her vineyards
and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
See also Is 1:26; Is 43:18–19; Is 44:26; Is 61:4; Je 33:7–9
For believers
For believers
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
See also 2 Co 4:6; Eph 2:10
A new creation
A new creation
“For behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
See also Is 66:22; 2 Pe 3:13; Re 21:1
Beginnings of significant events
Beginnings of significant events
The rebuilding of Jerusalem
The rebuilding of Jerusalem
Ne 2:18; Hag 1:14
Jesus Christ’s ministry
Jesus Christ’s ministry
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
See also Lk 3:23; Mk 1:1; Mk 1:15; Ac 1:1
The beginning of signs of the end
The beginning of signs of the end
Mt 24:7–8; Lk 21:28
The beginning and the end
The beginning and the end
Implying all-inclusiveness
Implying all-inclusiveness
Ge 44:12; Dt 31:24; 1 Sa 3:12; Mt 20:8
The beginning and end contrasted
The beginning and end contrasted
Pr 20:21; Ec 7:8; 2 Pe 2:20
Completing what is begun
Completing what is begun
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
See also Re 2:5; Re 2:19; Ga 3:3; 2 Co 8:6; Heb 3:14
God as the Beginning and the End
God as the Beginning and the End
Is 44:6; Re 21:6
See also Is 41:4; Re 22:13; Re 2:8; Re 1:17; Is 48:12
Satan as sinful from the beginning
Satan as sinful from the beginning
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
See also 1 Jn 3:8