Christian Science teaches that God is infinite and that man is made in His image and likeness, manifesting eternal life, without beginning or end. Although we accept this fact and know it is true, it is difficult to reconcile it with the picture that is presented to us constantly by the human experience, which seems to begin with birth and end with death.
In Genesis we read, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."Gen. 1:1; If taken literally, this passage implies that there was a time when God's creation was not in existence. This false interpretation leads to the belief of birth and its accompanying error, death. But in the light of the truth that Mrs. Eddy throws on this chapter, the meaning becomes crystal clear. She says, "Was not this a revelation instead of a creation?"Science and Health, p. 504;
A revelation is an unfolding or unveiling. Nothing can be revealed that does not already exist. One line of a familiar hymn beautifully expresses this thought of revelation
