The first chapter of Genesis is one of the most controversial passages in the bible, but let’s not get side-tracked on that. It’s quite a few other things too. Mind-blowingly revealing, beautifully poetic & meticulously structured, it serves as an triumphant introduction to the whole new message about the kind of God, God is. It’s vital to look at the context it was written in. Dating back to the Babylonian exile, this was a piece of liturgy for a downtrodden people who were questioning everything about their call and the nature and even existence of the God who called them. Here, the overture to the whole of the Old Testament is introduced: Creator God is all powerful, He brings order out of chaos, He is in control, He names us, He loves us and He says that we are good. Genesis 1 calls us back to worshipping Him because He is God. And He is good.