Actually, nothing that you can imagine, ever existed - before God. Not a thought, or idea - - nor concept, or logic - - nor account, or expression - - nor even, proclamation. Nothing physical - mental - spiritual How did God happen? God happened through Himself. Through Himself - by Himself - of Himself. How did Himself come about? Some will say, He just did, and that's all. What do you think? Ask God for revelation of existence. Do you feel a chain of events could have occurred in order? The question was, "Do you feel?" not, "What do you think?" A thought happened - through God. I Exist. Then an idea and concept from the thought happened - through God. I Am Love Then reasoning and account, from the concept, happened - through God. I Am Abundant Love Then an expression and proclamation from the reasoning, happened - through God. I Am Abundant Love, Creating Thus, creation from the expression, from the reasoning, from the concept, from the thought. And that creation is God's WORD (LOGOS). What you you think? How does it feel? The thought of - LOVE - became a concept of greater value. The reasoning and expression were developed to a creation from the logic of love. Logic = more of logos. ic = more of Logos = thought, idea, concept, reasoning, accounting, expressing, proclaiming. Proclaiming what? WORD = Salvation - Through Power, Glory, and Breath of God. Power of God expressed it's WORD with a human creation, and called Him - JESUS. Logic from love, and love from logic, and more of it. In the beginning was the - Logos. John quotes that, given from God. Read John 1:1. Did you note the word - WORD? Some versions say "Word", instead of, "Logos", and say it is - Jesus. Jesus is the WORD - OUT from the proclamation and expression - FROM the account and reasoning - OF the concept and idea - OF the THOUGHT - which YHVH had already created. So what was actually created from a thought of love? Dwelling places - Heaven, Earth, etc. God's hosts - Angels, Seraphim, Cherubim, Sons of God, Waster, Human. YHVH's human image. Nevertheless, love was created through God, and God already created itself. So a thought is created through God - not before. The question still remains. How did God appear? Some say - He just - DID. That did NOT satisfy me. Did it satisfy you? Some say - God has no need to be created, therefore, He was NOT created. That did NOT satisfy me. Did it satisfy you? Do you feel God wants you to know how he created Himself? Do you think God wants to keep creation as His own special secret? Should God reveal, or place in our heart, the answer to any question we desire to ask Him? Does it Glorify God to reveal more and more of who It (He) is? God created Itself - through Itself - by Itself - of Itself. God created Himself - through Himself - by Himself - of Himself. God transcends gender. YHVH is as of Himself. God loves to gives us knowledge of who He is. He tells us to eat solid nourishment - His WORD - and grow, thereby. So, how did YHVH create It's self? I don't know, yet, but I'm sure glad He did - aren't you? As God teaches us His Glory - He will accelerate - now, or then. God reveals anything - by and by - as He will. Praise God - forever. brother George Wilson