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In the beginning God created heaven and earth. There was nothing living on the empty earth, and it was dark on the deep sea, but God's Spirit hovered over the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light.
The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 1–2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story, [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from different sources.
A further difference is that the millennial reign of Christ will take place in heaven, not on earth, and will involve all of the redeemed people of God, not just national Israel [43] (see Fundamental Beliefs, no. 26 & 27). Seventh-day Adventists interpret Revelation using the historicist method that includes some still future events.
The Earth However was vacant and void, and Darkneſs overwhelmed the Deep; but the Spirit of God hovered atop of the water.Firſt God ſaid, Let there be light; which there was accordingly. John 3:16 For God thus loved the World, ſo that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believes in him may not periſh, but have everlaſting Life.
When Lucifer's plan was not accepted, he rebelled against God the Father and was cast out of heaven, taking "the third part" of the hosts of heaven with him to the earth, thus becoming the tempters. According to the Plan of Salvation, under the direction of God the Father, Jehovah created the earth as a place where humanity would be tested.
New Church adherents believe that heaven proceeds from God, [83] who is seen by the angels as the light of heaven and occasionally appears in angelic form. [84] Jesus said that he was the light of the world, and the apostles once saw his face shining like a sun. For this reason, the ancients aligned their temples with the rising sun. [70]
The Roman Catholic Church now explicitly accepts the theory of evolution, [5] (albeit with most conservatives and traditionalists within the Church in dissent), [citation needed] as do Anglican scholars such as John Polkinghorne, arguing that evolution is one of the principles through which God created living beings.
The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is an English-language translation of the Bible published in 1985 by Darton, Longman and Todd and Les Editions du Cerf, edited by Benedictine biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough, and approved for use in study and personal devotion by members of the Catholic Church and approved also by the Church of England.