LESSON I: CREATION

Genesis Chapter 1-2.

  The word Creation means The Original act of God in Bringing the world or universe
into existence
  The act of creation can’t be done apart from God only the Hebrew word used for this
act is “Bara” which means activity that only God can do.
  There are many theories exist about what happened in the beginning, there are many
theories about how the earth was started

Creation and Evolution

  Evolution is a naturalistic effort for the origin and development of the universe
  The teachings of evolution is not truly scientific and cannot be proved or based on any
evidence
  God created the heavens and earth as a manifestation of his Glory, majesty and power
Psalms 19;1 Psalms 8;1
  God created the heavens and earth in order to receive back the glory and honor All
elements of nature shout praises to the God Psalm 98;7-8. 148;1-10 Isaiah 55;12
  God created the earth in order to provide a place where his purpose and goals for
humankind might be fulfilled.

Creation
  In the beginning God created the Heavens and Earth
  That means God was always there as the Uncaused causes of all things, He created all
those things which are everywhere
  Heavens stands for all things which are high or beyond the earth
  Earth represents the things which are below the heavens i.e. whatever is attached to the
ground.
  Genesis 1;2 The earth was formless and empty. Was covered by Darkness and was
covered with water this means God did formed it, there was no dry land water covered
the entire world there was no life anywhere on earth.

The First Day: creation of light Genesis 1; 3-5

  Light indicated as the Sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night
  Was created to separate the day from the night
  To give light upon the earth
  To indicate seasons, days and years
  God is all powerful and all knowing Only God could create light by simply speaking!
Let there be ...........This implied that God created things from non- existing materials
He used just a creative command words.
  God divided the light from the darkness
  He called the light Day
  He called the darkness Night
  This was the first day in the beginning of the world.

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 The second Day: Firmament created Genesis 1: 6-8
  On the second day God created the air and the sky
  Above this firmament or thin stretched – out space that we call the atmosphere God
placed some of water from the world He had created

The third Day: Dry land, ocean and all floras created Genesis 1:9-13
  God gathered the waters into seas and made the dry ground appear
  God alone who made the waters of the earth can control them Psalms 95;5
  God is love
  Makes flowers, trees and plants Did God need them?
  No God is independent of all things he does not need any thing
  He made them for a man whom He was Going to create next
  God made the plants to meet our physical needs

The fourth Day: Light – bearers were created Genesis 1: 14-19

  Sun, moon, and stars created (Genesis 1:14-19)
The fifth Day: All sea life and birds created Genesis 1: 20-23
  Just as He had done in His creation of plant life, God made numerous Kinds of water
creatures and birds with countless colorful designs and shapes.
The sixth Day: The creation of the animals and Man Genesis 1: 24 – 31.
  V. 26 Let us make man in our image..”
  God the father, God the son and God the Holy spirit were talking together
  Man was created in God’s image does not meant physical resemblance to God
  It involved created in a state of innocence i.e. without sin
  Man was made in the image of God means the part of man which cannot be seen
  God does not have body of flesh and bones like we do
  Man body was created to be the house of this unseen part which is the soul and spirit
  The unseen part of a man includes Mind, emotions, and will, created in the image of
God.
  The seen part of man Body was created from the dust of the ground, this dust without
the breath of God that formed Soul and spirit man cannot be counted as a living being.

Creation of man explained Genesis 2:1-23.

  Genesis 2;1 God finished all he planned
  Have you stared something and not finished it?
  Why didn’t you finish what you started?
·         You changed your mind
·         You lost interest
·         It turned to bee too hard to do it
·         It becomes bigger job than you had thought
·         Interrupted
·         You run out of time
·         You ran out of money Etc.
  God is not like us, He never gives up on what He plans to do, when begins a work he
always finishes it

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  God never changes his mind about something he planned, No human or Satan can
hinder or stop God He always does whatever he plans to do there for we can believe in
his Promises.

Rest. Genesis 2; 2-3.

  God finished his work of creation in six days he planned to do so, so on the seventh day
He rested from His work of creating
  He did not become tired but all his work which he planned to do was finished

Creation of Adam and Eve Genesis 2: 4-25.

  Man was created from already ex8isting material i.e. Dust
  The Lord formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostril the
breathe of life and man became a living being
  This means that – dust formed the human body and breathe of God formed the soul
without which man cannot be counted as a living being

How was the woman Eve Created.

  God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man
  While he slept God took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh and the rib
which god had taken from the man he made into the woman
  The name of the woman is Eve which means the mother of all living; she was called a
woman because she was taken out of man.

Significance
  The significance of the creation of the woman out of the rib of man is to shows
·         The close relationship between man and the woman
·         The two man and woman have got the same dignity without discrimination
·         Both man and woman are given power over all creation for both were blessed
·         Both were commanded to be fruitful to multiply and to fill the earth as well as to
subdue Control it and to have dominion over all other creatures
·         Both Man and woman to dust they shall return death)

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