Was God alone in the beginning?

Before the beginning God was not alone. Even in the first verses of Genesis we get hints that this was so. God is there. But the Spirit of God is hovering over the face of the earth.
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What was God doing before the beginning?

God was busy planting a garden eastward in Eden and 'Eve took of the fruit thereof and did eat'. He was in nothing, doing nothing, thinking nothing (there was nothing to think about), feeling nothing, reacting to nothing.
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What did God separate in the beginning?

God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."
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How was the first God created?

There are two stories of his creation. The first tells that God created man in his image, male and female together (Genesis 1: 27), and Adam is not named in this version. The second tells that God created Adam from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils, and he became a living soul (Genesis 2: 7).
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Who did God create on the first day?

On the first day, God created light in the darkness. On the second, He created the sky. Dry land and plants were created on the third day. On the fourth day, God created the sun, the moon and the stars.
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Why did God create us in the first place?

Because Heavenly Father wanted us to have the chance to progress and become like Him, He created our spirits, and He provided a plan of salvation and happiness that necessarily includes this earthly experience.
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Why did God create the world in the first place?

God brought the world into existence and as the capstone of this good work, he created people in his image so that they could share in his overflowing love, grace and goodness through their relationships with the Trinity. God did not need the world or need people because God has no lack.
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How did God create man?

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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Was Adam and Eve the first human?

Who are They? Adam and Eve were the first humans, according to the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religions, and all humans have descended from them. As stated in the Bible, Adam and Eve were created by God to take care of His creation, to populate the earth, and to have a relationship with Him.
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What was the first thing God created on the first day?

the first day - light was created. the second day - the sky was created. the third day - dry land, seas, plants and trees were created.
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How many heavens did God create?

In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven levels or divisions of the Heavens (Heaven). The concept, also found in the ancient Mesopotamian religions, can be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; a similar concept is also found in some other religions such as Hinduism.
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Why did God create man in his image?

Man and woman created in the image of God implies that God has ownership over our lives and will one day justly pass eternal judgment upon us.
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How do we know that God exist?

As mentioned earlier, evidence for God's existence is widely available through creation, conscience, rationality and human experience.
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When did God create earth?

Among the Masoretic creation estimates or calculations for the date of creation only Archbishop Ussher's specific chronology dating the creation to 4004 BC became the most accepted and popular, mainly because this specific date was attached to the King James Bible.
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What language did Adam and Eve speak?

The Adamic language, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden.
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Who is the first person alive?

Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, adam is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind".
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Who was the first human ever?

The First Humans

One of the earliest known humans is Homo habilis, or “handy man,” who lived about 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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Who has created us?

It is not God who created us; we created God. Khushwant Singh writes. Once again some philosophers and theologians have revived their belief in the existence of God. They use different names for Him, Her or It.
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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Was God's original plan for Adam and Eve unhappy?

No. He gave them dominion over all creation and he gave them each other. Was it God's original plan for Adam and Eve to be unhappy? He didn't experience a desire to use her body or her, he saw his calling to lover her and her body in the image of God.
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Where did God come from in the Bible?

I directed his attention to a similar Scripture at Deuteronomy 33:2 which states in part: “The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from Mount Paran.” — KJV. I tactfully pointed out that while Habakkuk 3:3 speaks of God coming from Teman, Moses wrote that God came from Sinai.
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What made the gods want to create earth?

What made the gods want to create Earth? They saw the monster moving on the water. What did the Nanahuatzin and the Tecucizteceatl agree to do? To become the sun and the moon.
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Is God a selfish God?

Conclusively, God is loving, not selfish.

10:39, 16:25; 8:35; Luke 9:24, 17:33; John 12:25). Then, Jesus did the most unselfish, self-giving, loving act—He gave His life for our sin. He procured entrance into a loving relationship and thereby expanding His Father's glory and inviting us to partake freely by His grace.
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