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A biblical theology of creation helps us to see the patterns of creation, fall, redemption, and new creation that are repeated throughout the creation story; though the chaos of sin leads to judgment, God will ultimately redeem and renew his creation.
Nine Views of Creation includes the introduction; the interpretive methods; the science-based methods; the exegetically based methods; and the final remarks
Purpose. Generally, to briefly define the nature of the Creator as the Tri-Unity (hence Trinity) Specifically, to briefly identify the Person and role of the Logos in Creation. The relationship of Ex Deo and Ex Nihilo Creation. Pantheism, a pagan corruption of Biblical truth.
All Christians believe that in or at “the beginning,” God “created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1:1). Nicene Christians confess the Father as “Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible,” the Son as the One “by whom all things were made,” and the Spirit as “the Lord and Giver of Life.”.
The doctrine of creation states that God, who alone is uncreated and eternal, has formed and given existence to everything outside of himself. He did this from nothing by the word of his power, and all of it was very good. Summary.
Creationism, the belief that the universe and the various forms of life were created by God out of nothing (ex nihilo). Modern creationism is a response primarily to evolutionary theory, which explains the diversity of life without recourse to the doctrine of God or any other divine power.
Here, Creationism means the taking of the Bible, particularly the early chapters of Genesis, as literally true guides to the history of the universe and to the history of life, including us humans, down here on earth (Numbers 1992).
Today when Christians talk about the doctrine of creation, a lot of the discussion immediately turns to when creation took place, how it relates to claims of evolutionists, old earth, young earth, and things of that order.
Background. The first creation account is divided into seven days during which God creates light (day 1); the sky (day 2); the earth, seas, and vegetation (day 3); the sun and moon (day 4); animals of the air and sea (day 5); and land animals and humans (day 6).
Let us reexamine the Bible's story of creation in this light and seek to understand the point of view on which it is based. For the various myths which regard the universe as resulting from some sort of battle, existence is characterized by competing forces of chaos and order.