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Jan 1, 2001 · As a summary of some of the issues, the Bible teaches us God created both the angels and man with volition, or the freedom of choice. He created both as holy and without sin that they might not only serve Him as the Creator, but bring Him glory. In particular, man, being created in God’s image (Gen. 1:26 f), was created to have fellowship ...
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3. CREATION: The Six Days Of Creation, Part 2: Melanie...
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Silverio Gonzalez 11 Minute Read. Creation is God’s great work of art and an indication of His love, meant to reveal Himself so that the world would respond to Him with a celebration (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20). Creation is God’s gift to Himself, and creation is a gift that leads to celebration. In the Bible, God did not create the world to ...
- What Is The Origin of The Creation Story?
- Formed from The Wild and The Waste
- The Style of The Creation Story
- Genesis’ Textual Depth
- What Does It Mean to Create: The Creation Days
- Where Does Humanity Fit in Creation?
- The Creation Story Provides History’s Backdrop
The Torah begins with a beginning—“in the beginning.” It simultaneously serves as the introduction to the book of Genesis, the Torah, the Hebrew scriptures, and the entire Bible. You may wonder, “The beginning of what?” The story that follows reveals that this is the beginning of the human world—the setting for God’s story. Whether there are other ...
According to the storyteller, the world God created in the beginning was unformed and unfilled—wild and waste. The unformed and unfilled state of the earth set up the six creation days—three in which God formed the world and three in which he filled it. The relationship between the preformed and pre-filled world and the creation days is important f...
Within these first verses readers are introduced to a distinctive biblical literary style that, in some ways and to varying degrees, was emulated by later biblical writers. In Genesis 1:2, for example, a “special word” is used, or better, an ordinary word is used in a special way. The Hebrew word rûaḥ can signify one of several meanings depending o...
Many biblical words are used in special ways that both reveal a need for close reading and show a depth, another dimension, to the text. This textual depth is among the reasons that ancient biblical interpreters—before and after the New Testament era—considered the Bible a cryptic writing with subtle and hidden meanings. In a manner similar to the ...
The creating days themselves demonstrate the significance of the entire story. Throughout chapter 1 there is a repetition of “God” plus verb—the fourfold repetition in Day 1, for instance: “God said,” “God saw,” “God separated,” “God called” (1:3–5). The rhythm of God-plus-verb demonstrates several things: the power of God’s word; the relationship ...
The story of the creating days not only reveals the relationship of God and the created realm and the meaning of creation itself, but also the place of humanity within creation. Specifically, creation is viewed in human-centered terms; the created realm itself tells of God’s grace toward humankind. The creation is the home or context for human life...
The biblical story, thus, begins with the human world created by God. Genesis 1 defines the manner in which the story is told and the way to hear and read the story. Moreover, the beginning provides the cosmological backdrop against which the rest of the story—the book of Genesis, the Torah, and the Bible—unfolds. The events narrated in the remaind...
The Christian doctrine of creation also emphasizes the intentional design and purpose behind every aspect of the universe. Everything created by God was deemed “good,” highlighting the inherent value and goodness of the created world, which Christians are called to steward faithfully. The intricacies of the creation narrative extend beyond ...
The story told by the Bible begins and ends with “creation.” From its opening words, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1:1), to its final depiction of the world transformed into “a new heaven and a new earth” (Rev 21:1), Scripture presents the story of the world as God’s creation project.
Sep 22, 2012 · 4. From eternity God’s plan was that the glory of God’s grace would reach its high point in the saving work of Jesus on the cross. We see this in the name that was already on the book of the redeemed before the creation of the world. Before there was any human sin to die for, God planned that his Son be slain for sinners.
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Since creation is a vivid revelation of God’s lordship, we should expect significant parallels between creation and our redemption from sin. In Genesis, the story of creation anticipates God’s deliverance of Israel from bondage and their establishment as his own special people, his new creation (see Ps. 89; Isa. 43:1–7, 14–15; Jer. 33:20–25).
