In the Hebrew Torah (Genesis 1.1):Bereshit Bara Elohim, et HaShamayim Ve et Ha'aretz.
Roughly translated into:
In The Beginning, Created God the Heaven and the Earth...
Wow, am I making an obvious mistake here or what? In the Beginning, the ultimate beginning, created God (Elohim)? This is not a mistake, I recall the following explanation on this verse as thus:
The Holy One Blessed Be He, Created He Himself (as Elohim), the Creator Know to mankind, as before Creation, God is Unknown, before the First Creation, God is not God as we know Him. God is not yet a Creator, not yet Elohim. Elohim attributes mercy and compassion, thus the world is created by Elohim, the Attribute of Kindness and love. This is why the world is not created using the True Name of G-d.
As I do not know if my explanation is correct but I hope I am not making an obvious mistake here. Do consult with your local Rabbi.
Then why does the the Torah Begins with a Bet (ב)? Bet is the second Alphabet in the Hebrew Alphabets and not an Aleph (the first alphabet). This secret goes back to this, there is nothing known in the previous Creation, or will we know is there any, so the Torah Starts with a letter Bet ב which is closed at the head and only opens in the end. nothing before Creation is not known, only the things after Creations are known.
Genesis 1:2 continues on:
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of G-d hovered over the face of the waters.
The Earth is Unformed and Void, it is total Chaos, and the Spirit ( or a wind of God) hovering above the primordial waters.
Why God's Spirit is Hovering above the Waters? This is a lesson to learn. Later in the Torah, the famous story from Noach, the flood, is the effect of water pouring nonstop from the heavens and the deep abyss. so what it is to do with the Spirits of God Hovering above the Waters?
The reason is this: God Uses water as his whip of Judgment, when everyone is obeying God, the waters are calm when the gentle breeze blows over it. When everyone is sinning tremendously, it is like a sea full of rage, when waters been blow by the strong and raging wind.
Shalom
