Creation

Question 1

The Bible account is simple. At the creative command of God, the “heaven and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them” (Ex. 20:11) appeared __.

Answer 1

instantly.

Question 2

A mere ___ saw the change from “without form, and void” to a lush planet teeming with fully mature creatures and plant forms.

Answer 2

six days

Question 3

The words of Genesis, “God said,” introduce the ___.

Answer 3

dynamic divine command

Question 4

Each command came
charged with a creative energy that transformed a planet “without form, and void” into
a __

Answer 4

paradise

Question 5

The first narrative recounts, in chronological order

Answer 5

the creation of all things (

Question 6

The second narrative describes __ in Creation

Answer 6

man’s place

Question 7

The days of the Bible’s Creation
account signify literal __ periods.

Answer 7

twenty-four-hour

Question 8

Typical of how the Old Testament people of God measured time, the expression ___ specifies individual days

Answer 8

“the evening and
the morning”

Question 9

The day begins at ____ or __

Answer 9

evening, or sunset.

Question 10

This commemorates
a literal week of Creation. (1)

The fourth commandment would be meaningless if? (2)

Answer 10

twenty-four-hour Sabbath day (1)

each day stretched into aeons. (2)

Question 11

Creation week did not
involve the heaven that God has:

Answer 11

dwelt in from eternity.

Question 12

The “heavens” of Genesis 1 and 2 probably refer to:

Answer 12

our sun
and its system of planets

Question 13

The Bible’s Creation account begins with __ and moves to __.

Answer 13

God ; human beings

Question 14

God was preparing the perfect environment for the ____. What was His glorious masterpiece?

Answer 14

human race

Mankind, male and female

Question 15

All the members of the ___ were involved in Creation (Gen. 1:2, 26). The active agent, however, was the ____

Answer 15

Godhead ; Son of God,
the preexisting Christ.

Question 16

This motivates all that God does, for He is love

Answer 16

Love

Question 17

God created us because?

Answer 17

He created us not only so we could love Him but so that He could love us, too.

Question 18

Through His created works, God ___ His glory (Ps. 19:1-4, NIV). _____ functions as a witness for God

Answer 18

discloses ; Nature

Question 19

The Creator did not intend the earth to be a lonely, empty planet; it was to be ____

Answer 19

inhabited

Question 20

When the first man felt the need of a companion, God created the ____. Thus, He established the

Answer 20

woman ; marriage institution

Question 21

People are tempted to ignore the ____. Yet the ____ forms the indispensable foundation for Christian and biblical theology.

Answer 21

doctrine of Creation ; doctrine of a divine Creation

Question 22

A number of fundamental biblical concepts are rooted
in the ____.

Answer 22

divine Creation

Question 23

God’s ____ distinguishes
Him from all other gods

Answer 23

creatorship

Question 24

Our worship of God is based on the fact that He is _____
and we are ___

Answer 24

our Creator ; His creatures

Question 25

God established the ____ so that we would have a weekly reminder that we are creatures of His making.

Answer 25

seventh-day Sabbath

Question 26

This was a gift of grace, speaking not of what we did, but of what God has done.

Answer 26

Sabbath

Question 27

He especially blessed this day and sanctified it so we would never forget that, besides work, life should include communion with the Creator, rest, and celebration of God's marvelous creative works

Answer 27

Sabbath

Question 28

The Creation account states that we were made in _____. This understanding provides a true concept of the worth of the individual.

Answer 28

God's image

Question 29

God's creatorship establishes His ____ (Mal. 2:10) and reveals the ____ of all humanity.

Answer 29

fatherhood ; brotherhood

Question 30

At Creation God placed the first ____ in the garden (Gen. 2:8). They were to cultivate the earth and to ____ over all animal life (Gen. 1:28). This indicates that we have the divinely bestowed responsibility of ____.

Answer 30

man and woman ; have dominion ; preserving the quality of our environment

Question 31

The Creator asked Adam ____ the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15). His assigning mankind this useful occupation in a perfect world reveals the ______

Answer 31

"to tend and keep" dignity of manual labor

Question 32

The Creation narrative reveals that, rather than coming into existence because of chance evolution, everything was created with a ____.

Answer 32

purpose

Question 33

The human race was designed for an _____ with the Creator Himself.

Answer 33

everlasting relationship

Question 34

Neither this world nor the universe operate on any inherent power of their own. The ____ them preserves and sustains them

Answer 34

God who created

Question 35

At Creation, ____ commanded, and it was instantly accomplished.

Answer 35

Christ

Question 36

But Christ does not just speak salvation into existence. The contrast between the time required for Creation and for re-creation demonstrates that God's activities are always in the ____ of the human race. The ___ stretches over millennia. It involves the ____.

Answer 36

best interest ; process of saving people ; old and new covenants

Question 37

It was the perfect, divine hands of ___ that first gave man life; and it is the hands of Christ, pierced and blood-stained, that will give ____. For man is not only created; he may be re-created.

Answer 37

Christ ; man eternal life