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Is “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth” (Hebrews 1:10) about God or about Jesus?

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Preamble, lead in. We can start at 1:7 with a comment – concerning the angels. 1:7  καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς ἀγγέλους λέγει. Then in 1:8 with the lead in – πρὸς δὲ τὸν υἱόν- unto the Son, where the preposition pros plus the accusative case can be rendering pertaining to, as for example : τά πρός τόν Θεόν those things pertaining to God (Rom 15:17) , or similarly in […]

Does “beginning” in John 1:1 refer to Genesis and the old creation, or to Christ’s work and the new creation?

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It is probably clear to anyone who has got as far as asking this question that “In the beginning was the word” does not mean “In Genesis 2:7 Jesus created Adam”. But what does it mean? This is one of those questions where there are three possible answers: “old”, “new” and “both”. If the answer […]