Difference between revisions of "Biblical creation account"

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The God of the Bible is represented by the plural word Elohim, implying the Three-in-One God, i.e. the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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Creation is the liberal act of God over the formless void to wrest into Being the world and its creatures including man. Man creates like God did, but his is a limited creation, whereas the creation of God is limitless. One of the stories of God's creation of the world is in Genesis 1:1. This account says God created light and darkness, heaven and earth, the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and birds, the animals and finally man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''), before resting on the seventh.  
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In the six-day Creation account of Genesis 1, man is created on the same day as the land animals, Day 6, i.e. after the sea creatures and birds on Day 5. Genesis 2 does not contradict this account, but instead gives a more in-depth view of the creation of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve.
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Another story of God's creation of the world (Genesis 2:1) includes only the creation of man and woman, forming them out of clay and then breathing into their nostrils the breath of life. Indeed, Adam, in Hebrew, means 'clay' or 'dirt.'
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Genesis 1:1 to 2:1 shows how this God created light and darkness, heaven and earth, the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and birds, the animals and finally man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew ''yom''), before resting on the seventh. This six day Creation account then immediately leads into a more detailed account of exactly how God created [[men]] and [[women]] and gave men dominion over the natural world. [[The Fall]] immediately follows The Creation.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 00:43, March 12, 2007

Creation is the liberal act of God over the formless void to wrest into Being the world and its creatures including man. Man creates like God did, but his is a limited creation, whereas the creation of God is limitless. One of the stories of God's creation of the world is in Genesis 1:1. This account says God created light and darkness, heaven and earth, the seas and plants, the sun, moon and stars, the fishes and birds, the animals and finally man over the course of six 'days' (Hebrew yom), before resting on the seventh. Another story of God's creation of the world (Genesis 2:1) includes only the creation of man and woman, forming them out of clay and then breathing into their nostrils the breath of life. Indeed, Adam, in Hebrew, means 'clay' or 'dirt.'

Sources

  • Cruden, A., Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments (Lutterworth, 1930)
  • The Holy Bible (King James Version)
  • The New English Bible (Oxford & Cambridge University Presses, 1970)
  • The New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1990)
  • Young, R., Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible (Lutterworth, 1939)
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