“In the beginning (time) God created the heavens (space) and the earth (matter)…” –Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning was the word (spirit/consciousness) and the word was with God and the word was God…” –John 1:1

“Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom…” –Proverbs 9:10 

Proof for the existence of God (from EM Jones): Nothing comes from nothing. There is something. Therefore there never was nothing. This something could not bring itself into existence or it would have had to exist before it existed, which is an impossibility. Therefore something had to bring it into existence. This is God.