The Articles of Configuration
The Genesis Project
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In a court case, there is a concept called ‘chain of custody’ which describes the process for insuring that evidence from the original scene remains secure so that the facts can be truthfully presented before a jury. So, science has its samples and methods to present as evidence. But, what about the Bible? Before Genesis chapter one, verse one, we have no information to examine—we are stuck! Not so, we just haven’t known where to look for the pre-Genesis information!
Most everyone is familiar with the scripture: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. So, if man was created from the dust of the ground, where did this dust come from? Yes, we know that dust comes from the earth, but where did the dust in the earth come from?
Now, we are ready to present our chain of custody and it comes from an unlikely place—from near the middle of the Bible. It is presented as a flashback in Solomon’s book of wisdom – Proverbs. And it is narrated by wisdom who gives an account of the creation process which began with the dust of the world (cosmos).
PROVERBS 8:1 ... 31 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. ...
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
We are presented with an ‘eye witness’ account of a process that began before as yet he had not made the earth—but it doesn’t end there. The highest part of the dust of the world would seem to refer to a time when the itty bitty dust-like elements were formed within the stars of the galaxies – the likely result of super nova explosions. And then, we have the formation of these elements into dust particles agglomerating into asteroid clouds around a central star. The asteroids agglomerate into roughly shaped planets which existed before the mountains were settled.
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The Articles of Configuration: What happened before Genesis began? The scriptures amazingly describe the material building blocks of the earth before our earthly sphere was formed. But, even more amazing, is that the invisible blueprints describing the formation of the universe and its lifeforms are hidden in plain sight in the scriptures—in the form of flashback descriptions of what happened before Genesis 1:1. The problem of mankind understanding these blueprints has been that advancements in science were necessary to understand what has been written from antiquity.
Science and theology has been locked together in a mighty struggle of ideas. The process, at times, has been ugly as a caterpillar chomping on leaves, regurgitating and trying to build a cocoon of how the universe is really constituted. But this cocoon, like the human brain, has an inside tension between left brained logic and right brained dreaming. A mighty struggle ensues and at last a butterfly emerges from the cocoon and its glistening wings dry in the sun.
As the butterfly discovers its destiny and ascends in flight into the brilliant blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds, a serene revelation of peace envelops the butterfly. It realizes that its one wing of science and its other wing of theology are working in harmony under a Master control. Thrilled and awed, the butterfly uses both wings to ascend far above worldly ideas into realms that it once only dreamed of.
About the Author
Carl Armstrong is a native of Missouri and an engineering graduate of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. He, and his wife Connie have five children and have lived in Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee and they currently reside in southeast Missouri. They live on the farm where Carl spent his childhood and have restored their 1795 farm home which has an interior log cabin.
He has worked with a number of companies producing medicines, organics, and farm products. He is president of a land corporation. Carl has a strong interest in both scientific and spiritual studies and has gone on Christian missionary trips to Haiti and Africa. He has also traveled to Israel to gain an appreciation of the context of the scriptures.