If You’re Looking for Supreme
When we go to the first way God is identified in Genesis 1:1, we find these words. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” The Hebrew word for God is Elohim.
Scholar Charles Ryrie explains that Elohim is “a generic term for deity as well as a proper name for the true God. Its basic meaning is ‘strong one, mighty leader, supreme Deity.’ The form of the word is plural, indicating plentitude of power and majesty and allowing for the New Testament revelation of the triunity of the Godhead.” 1
What are we first told about God, Elohim, the supreme Deity of eternity?
Genesis 1:1-4, 27 – He created the heavens and the earth. He created man in His own image; male and female.
Genesis 2:8-9 – Elohim planted a garden and caused every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food to grow.
Genesis 2:16-17 – Elohim commanded Adam, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat; for in the day you eat of it you will die.”
Genesis 3:21 – God made garments of skin for Adam and Eve to clothe their nakedness after they sinned and were ashamed. Elohim, God is the supreme ruler. In His holiness and mercy He has made a provision for our salvation through Jesus Christ.
God, ELOHIM, I bow in worship and praise of You, for how You have revealed Your majesty to me, for how You’ve reached down and saved me, for how You will raise me up to be in Your presence one day. It is with utmost reverence I worship You.
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1 Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Ryrie Study Bible: New American Standard Bible, 1995 Update (Chicago: Moody Press, 2008), 2057.
