Genesis 1:1-2:6 Flashcards
1st quiz
What is unique about the word for God in verse 1
The word God is plural
What did God create Day 1
He created light, because there was already darkness. He also created the first beginning (time).
What did God create Day 2
He separated water from water, and created the sky
What did God create Day 3
God created the land in the expanses in which the water were not there.
What did God create Day 4?
He created the sun moon and stars. This is significant because on Day 1 God created the sky, and on day 4 he filled the sky. (HE created a source for the light)
What did God create Day 5?
God created the birds and fish. This is significant because on Day 2 he created the sky and water, and on day 5 he filled the sky and the water.
What did God create Day 6?
God created the animals and humans. He filled what he created on day 3. The creation of man is unique, because he didn’t just say “Let there be humans”. He said “Let us create man in our own image” which means that he stopped and “planned” out how he wanted humans to look and function. He also wanted man to be created in the image of God.
What is the important truth is God establishing from the very beginning?
When God speaks, something happens.
Which can be proved.. Evolution or creation?
Neither. No one witnessed either.
WE want to keep in mind two parts that are included in most mainstream definitions of evolution:
How life began, and How things change
The guesses of evolutionists about the age of the earth and the origin of life are based on the assumptions that the laws and processes that can be observed now have always been in place. But what major shift took place in Genesis?
God rested. Which means that he stopped creating. He went from creation mode to preserving mode,
Why is there such a difference between scientist’s explanation of the world’s beginnings and the Bible’s? And why can neither side be proven?
Each side starts with an assumption.
What is “theistic evolution”?
Belief that God used evolution to create the world. (i.e. each day was a couple billion years.
Is it possible that God created the world by guiding the evolutionary process?
Yes, it is possible that he could’ve done it that way, but the bible says that it only took 6 days to create the world.
What does Hebrews 11:3 say about creation?
The earth was created by God, and not by time. We know its true because of faith.
