Why Was the Earth “Without Form and Void”? (Genesis 1:1-2)

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Jim Franks discusses Genesis 1:1-2—“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”

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