GOD'S c R EAT ION Explorin; the Genes Story RANDALL W. YOUNKER @ Pacific Press* Publishing AssociationEdited by Kenneth R. Wade Designed by Tim Larson Cover art by Justinen Creative Group Copyright © 1999 by Pacific Press® Publishing Association Printed in the United States of America All Rights Reserved ISBN 0-8163-1721-6 | { - God's Power in Nature Contents God the Creator once 5 God's Two Books: Scripture and Natur 12 But Did It Really Happen’ au Creation in Six Days..... 28 A Recent Creation .. 37 ‘A Closer Look at the Creation Story: Contradiction Between Genesis 1 and 2’ : Paradise Lost: The Fall’s Impact on Creation Death Before Sin? Creation and the Floo The Master Designer Sabbath and Redemption in Creatior God's Re-Creation: The Earth Made New.....Chapter 1 God the Creator reflect and are convinced that God initiates, sustains, and governs the universe and that He directs history. They do not know an inert God.! In spite of the confidence of the original biblical writers, the phi- losophers and theologians who have followed them have carried on a ‘number of surveys of the gener publ inthe U ‘the majority belie sible for the origin of life? Those who argue in support of God’s exist- ence generally point to evidence from both nature and Scripture. Obviously, those who would use Scripture as a support for God's existence already assume the existence of God and also assume that the listener accepts the Bible as authoritative at some level or another. They accept the Bible as authoritative because they believe the Bible is the ‘Word of God—that is, a communication or revelation from God; hence, 5