God of creation. (1) The God of the Bible is revealed as an infinite, eternal self-existent Being who is the first cause of all things. There was no time of creation when there was no God. Moses affirmed that before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2), that is, before the creation of the finite universe, God existed in infinite infinity. He reigned freely over all that was created in gold and on earth from of old (see notes on 1 Tim 6:16 and Col 1:16).

(2) God manifested as a person, who created Adam and Eve in his own image (see notes on Gen 1:27 and 1:26). Because Adam and Eve were created in the image of God, they could answer to God and maintain fellowship with Him on a personal level of love.

(3) God is also revealed as a moral being who created all good things, so that there was no sin or evil in them. When God finished his creation and surveyed his creation, the whale noticed that it was very good (Genesis 1:31). Since Adam was created in the image and likeness of God, he was sinless (see note on Genesis 1:26). Sin entered into human nature only when the serpent or Satan tempted Eve (Genesis 3: Romans 5:12; Rev. 12:9). .

The work of creation. (1) God created all things in heaven and on earth (Gen. 1:1; Isa. 40:28; 42:5: 45:18; Mark 13:16; Eph. 3:9: Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2: Rev. 10:6). The word creation (Hebrew 'bara') is used to refer only to work that only God can do. This means that God brought into existence at a certain time those things which did not exist before (see Genesis 1:3 and its note).

(2) The Bible describes God's creation as formless, empty, and dark (Genesis 1:2). At that time the universe and the earth were not as orderly as they are today. It was empty, devoid of all living things and devoid of light. After this early age God created light to dispel darkness (Genesis 1:3-5), shaped the universe (Genesis 1:6-13) and filled the earth with living things (Genesis 1:20-28).

(4) Not only the Father but the entire Trinity had a role in creation. (a) The Son Himself is the mighty force through which God created all things. At the very beginning of John's gospel, Christ is revealed as the eternal cause of God (John 1:1) "All things were made by him, and without him nothing came into being" (John 1:3). Likewise, the inspired Paul says "All things were created by Him (Christ) and for His sake" (Col 1:16). Finally, the writer of Hebrews asserts that God "created" or "wrote" all things through his Son" (Hebrews 1:2).

(3) Likewise the Holy Spirit had an active role in creation. He is depicted as lapping or "dwelling" over creation, preserving and preparing it for further creative work. The Hebrew word for the Holy Spirit, kraya', can also be translated as wind or breath. Thus the psalmist acknowledges the role of the Holy Spirit by saying that "the heavens were created by the word of the Lord, all his forces by the breath of his mouth" (Psalm 33:6). In addition, the Holy Spirit took part in creating creation (Job 33:4; Psalm 104:30).

General purpose and goal. God had a specific purpose behind the creation of the world. (1) God created the heavens and the earth to display His glory, might and power. "The heavens declare the glory of God, the heavens declare His handiwork" (Ps 19:1:8:1). Looking at the immensity and vastness of the universe and the beauty and order of nature, we cannot but marvel at the majesty of the Mother Creator and Lord. can't

(2) God created the heavens and the earth to regain His due dignity and honor. All the basic gifts of nature—the moon, the sun, the trees of the forest, rain, snow, rivers, streams, hills, mountains, animals, and birds—all sing praises to God their Creator (Ps. 98:7-8; 148:1-10; Isa. 55:12). Therefore, God desires and expects more and more glory and blessings from people.

(3) God created the world to provide a place for man to fulfill his purposes and goals. (a) God created Adam and Eve in His own image as a loving and personal possession for eternity.

can build God created man with a trinity of body, mind, and soul, consisting of mind, emotion, and will, that with these they might freely worship God as Lord, and serve him in faith, obedience, and gratitude, as if this intimate relationship with man were so great. He wished that when Satan succeeded in making Adam and Eve rebel against him and disobey his commandments, he would be the one to rescue the human race from the consequences of sin. The Son promised to send (see Genesis 3:15 and note). Thus God intended to gain a people who would delight in His fellowship, glorify Him, and live in righteousness and holiness before Him (Isaiah 20:21: 61:1-3: Ephesians 1:11-12: 1Peter 2:9 ). (c) The culmination of God's purpose in creation is recorded in Revelation. Here the apostle John describes the end of history, saying, "He shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God thou shalt be with them, and shall be their God" (Revelation 21:3).

Creation and evolution. Evolution is the main theory about the origin of the animal world and the material world, which has been put forward in the scientific and learned society of the contemporary world. Bible-believing Christians need to consider these four comments about evolution.

(1) Evolution is an attempt by zoologists to explain the origin and expansion of the universe. This doctrine begins with the idea that there is no personal creator who planned and composed the world. Everything has come into being as a result of a series of random events over billions of years. Proponents of this theory of evolution claim that they have scientific data to support their hypothesis.

(2) The teaching of evolution is not really scientific. According to any scientific method all conclusions must be based on reliable evidence from experiments that can be shown to be retested in any laboratory. But to date, no such experiment has been possible to test this theory, by which it can be said that finished matter originated from an imaginary big bang or that the living world has attained its present extreme excellence from the initial stage. So evolution is a hypothesis without any scientific evidence. So to accept it we have to believe in a humane doctrine. God's children, on the other hand, believe in His inspired Word, which teaches that God is the Creator of all things. He created all things out of nothing (Heb. 11:3).

(3) It cannot be denied that variation and expansion takes place in different species of animals. As some species are disappearing. On the other hand we sometimes see new trends forming in many species. But there is no evidence in anthropological history to support the evolution of one species of animal into another. Rather, the available evidence supports the biblical declaration that God created every creature "after its kind" (Genesis 1:21, 24-25).

(4) Bible-believing Christians must also reject theistic evolution. In this doctrine most of the conclusions of evolutionism are accepted by zoologists. They only add that God initiated the process of evolution. The doctrine that God actively acted in every step of creation contradicts the scriptural revelation. For example, the only exception to this is God as the author of every verb in Genesis 1 in verse 1:12 (which completes God's command in verse 11), and "And in the words of the evening and the morning, God is not merely a passive observer of an evolutionary process." , He is the active creator of all things (compare Col 1:16).