Good טוֹב

Our word for today is first used in the Bible in the context of God creating. We see our all-powerful God making value judgments about his work that it was good. This is our word טוֹב  good, pleasant, desirable, merry, agreeable. It is used 480 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. We see this word used seven times during his creating everything that exists, always in the phrase that God saw that it was good. The last time he declares that it was very good. The word for very is מְאֹד which means strength, power. So, it was powerful good, strength good, very good. God literally says Behold, look at how good it is for emphasis. Something beyond what we have experienced. A creation that was over the top good. That is what God made for us. We know that God is the creator and that he creates over the top good stuff for us. Our Word talks about God doing amazing things to get our attention. Tomorrow we will talk about the other word that God uses to describe himself which has to do with showing his affection for us.