God created Heaven and Earth. Nothing preceded God’s creation, hence God has free will and is not bound to any limitations. God breathed from His spirit into Man, hence Man has free will.
(If it were not so, God would not be master over the material that preceded Him. Man could be no better. There would be no free will.)
Beraishis 1:1, Pages 1-2
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At the time the Torah was given, heathens observed the world and saw many conflicting phenomena and spheres. They did not see the unifying force of the world. Instead they understood the world to have always been forces that conflicted with one another. This world of many forces was understood to come from many gods. Such gods were powerless in spheres they were in conflict with. And if the gods were powerless and had no free will, the same would be true of Man. (Don’t blame me! The devil made me do it!)
Enter the Torah where the world is taught that God created all these forces. God is אלקים. God has free will and so does Man! Man is responsible for his actions.
Beraishis1:1, Pages 3-4
See Letter Four of the Nineteen Letters
See Commentary on Beraishis 7:9 where RSRH comments regarding the animals coming to the ark by God’s direction as God had instructed Noach. The God of man is the God of nature, etc.
