As a result, Genesis 1:1 can be viewed as a literary introduction to the seven-day account: “In the beginning God created heavens and earth. Let me tell you how He did it.” That’s the implication that the author has left. So creation is beginning, and that creation is being carried out in this seven-day period, which we’ll talk about as we move along. But for now, we understand that we’ve introduced the chapter literarily, not that we’ve been given the first events or the first activities themselves.