2009-09-03T14:19:47-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/elohim/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201:1&version=NIV 2009-09-03T14:19:47-05:00 "In the beginning...." What an amazing introduction to the God of the Bible. This brief verse tells us that God was present at the very creation of the universe. Whatever one's beliefs about how Creation occurred, God's guiding hand in it is established in the Bible's very first verse.