The third and final observation from Genesis’ introduction: hell is mentioned nowhere. It is not part of God’s creation. Genesis does not say, “God created heaven and earth . . . and hell.” God created heaven and earth, a good creation, a glorious world. Hell does not show up on the scene until later. We shall see in later chapters that sin, death, and hell, when they do enter the story, are presented not as good things created by God but rather as invasive intruders into God’s good world.
