In Hebrew, the word bara is used to describe the act of creation. It appears 47 times in the OT and always describes an action of G-d.
In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ
Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz
Bereshit usually means In the beginning G-d created...
It is certainly not wrong to say,
As the first fruits, G-d created...
Christ was the first fruits of G-d.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 1 Cor 15:23
The six letters of the first word
בראשית
Bereshit
2. ב בּ Bet/Vet 2
20. ר Resh 200
1. א Alef 1
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
10. י Yud 10
22. ת תּ Tav/Sav 400
are sometimes compared to the 6 days of creation.
Bereshit contains the words for
20. ר Resch 200
1. א Alef 1
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
rosh (head)
and for
2. ב בּ Bet/Vet 2
10. י Yud 10
22. ת תּ Tav/Sav 400
bayith (house/household).
Christ is the head of G-d's household.
The first and last two letters in the word bereshit,
2. ב בּ Bet/Vet 2
20. ר Resch 200
10. י Yud 10
22. ת תּ Tav/Sav 400
form the word
berith (covenant) while the remaining inner letters
1. א Alef 1
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
form the word
esh (fire), which indicates that the act of creation itself was a fire.
The word of G-d is compared to fire, which often symbolizes His jealousy in relation to his covenant. G-d revealed himself to Moses as a burning bush
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, G-d called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. Ex 3:2-4
and later as a consuming fire
For the Lord thy G-d is a consuming fire, even a jealous G-d. Deu 4:24
Fire surrounded Mount Sinai
(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount saying, Deu 5:5
The fire of G-d consumed the holy sacrifices
And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. Lev.9:24
Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. Judg 6:21
and was present in the service of the prophets
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of G-d, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of G-d came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 2 Kgs 1:12
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. Jer 20:9
Indeed, the word of G-d is comparable to fire itself
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jer 23:29
a destructive force for those who take offense at the glory of G-d, but a source of warmth and comfort for those who heed the message.
In Bereshit the letter combination
2. ב בּ Bet/Vet 2
20. ר Resch 200
1. א Alef 1
bara, is often associated with the concept of creation, particularly in the context of G-d creating the world, it can also carry the meaning of
cutting down or
clearing in certain contexts.
21. שׂ שׁ Shin/Sin 300
10. י Yud 10
22. ת תּ Tav/Sav 400,
On the other hand, the verb
s hith, can translated as
to set in place or
to put. This captures the essence of the word, indicating a deliberate action of positioning something.
Together with the second word
bara, meaning
to create, the first two word combinations can be read as
create, clear, and set in place again, which is what G-d has done and will do again, because in Bereshit, as we have already seen, we have the word
fire together with the word
covenant.
G-d will destroy heaven and earth and create a new heaven and earth.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isa 65:17
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. Isa 66:22
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Pe 3:10
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. Rev 21:1
And all of this points to the Son of G-d through the first two letters
2. ב בּ Bet/Vet 2
20. ר Resch 200
in Bereshit,
bar = son (from Aramaic).
It is often used in names and titles, such as in
Bar Mitzvah, which literally means
son of the commandment and marks a Jewish religious ceremony for young men when they come of age. It can also be found in the Aramaic section of the Book of Daniel.
From the perspective of the first sentence of the Torah, He is the Creator (bara = created, 2nd word), from the perspective of the first word, He is the head of the house of G-d, and from the position of the first two letters of the very first word, He is the SON OF G-D.
If the Redeemer is named at the beginning, even before the creation of man, then the decision to sin was predestined, was it not?
It was not predetermined, but calculated through the free will of man. G-d created humans with free will. He gave them the freedom to decide what they wanted to do with their lives. This means that they can choose to sin, but this brings suffering. However, G-d had a plan in place in advance to deal with this problem.