Hardest Verse in Scripture

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

This initial testimony of our faithful Creator stands sublime in its simplicity. There is no definition of God, no description of creation, and no declaration of date. Positive and complete in itself, it yet leaves room for all subsequent development in Scripture and all discovery by Science. It is axiomatic. As geometry is built upon certain axiomatic truths, so the one foundation axiom of the Bible is laid down in its first sentence.

It is fashionable today to profess disbelief in miracles. Accept this first sentence of Scripture, and there will be little difficulty in accepting all the miracles that follow; for the less are included in the greater. Note, also, that in this first, basal pronouncement of Scripture there is a denial of all the principal false philosophies which men have propounded.

“In the beginning God” - that denies Atheism with its doctrine of no God.
“In the beginning God” - that denies Polytheism with it doctrine of many gods.
“In the beginning God created” - that denies Fatalism with its doctrine of chance.
“In the beginning God created” - that denies Evolution with its doctrine of infinite becoming.
“God created heaven and earth” - that denies Pantheism which makes God and the universe identical.
“God created heaven and earth” - that denies Materialism which asserts the eternity of matter.

Thus, the first “testimony” of Jehovah is not only a declaration of Divine truth, but a repudiation of human error.

If you can believe God created the heavens and the earth, you have no problem with any other miracle in Scripture, including raising someone from the dead.