Genesis 1:2: There's a LOT Going On.
So I decided to start an in-depth study of the entire canon of Scripture. The level of detail I intend to go into means that, given I'm LDS, it will probably mean I won't finish in my lifetime. Oh well. So, because the LDS Church focuses on specific books in the "Come Follow Me" program each year, I decided to go with the one we're doing starting in 2026. That would be the Old Testament. Fitting, since I'll be doing it chronologically, I suppose. We start with, of course, Genesis. It took just 2 verses to find my first rabbit hole. Take a look at Genesis 1:2. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. So, God created the heaven and the earth in verse 1. So the Earth, by this point, is a thing that exists. It is without form and void. So what does that mean? Well, "void" means empty, and it didn't have a particular f...
