Lecture 7 Flashcards
bara (Heb.); firmament; Sheol
create is translated from Hebrew word bara which means to organize
Firmament was a physical barrier between heaven and earth
Sheol - Sheol is the underworld where the spirits of the dead would go
spirit creation; spiritual creation; physical creation;
spirit creation - when God took our intellegences and made spirit beings out of them
Spiritual creation - all things were created spiritually before they were created physically on the earth
Physical creation - physical creation
Sabbath
blessed, sanctified, rested
Why are we given 4 creation accounts?
God does not reveal everything at once, different things are revealed to different people at different times
Learn four things that are in the Book of Moses Creation story that are not in Genesis (slide #32).
The Only Begotten is the creator, Man created in the image of the Only Begotten, all things created spiritually then physically, all things have a living soul
What are two significant things besides the plural use of the word “Gods” and the fact that the Gods “counseled together” for Creation in the Abraham account?
Gods organized male and female in their own image (Eve created in the image of her Mother), the Gods ordered the elements and they were obeyed
What is the Scriptural concept of Creation in terms of God, Creation itself, Man/Woman, Nature?
God - God is one in nature, God is moral and good, God has power over nature
Creation - Creation is good, made for the benefit of man
Man/Woman - the pinnacle of creation, created in God’s image, potential to be like God
Nature - Separate, subservient to God, ordered
What are the 7 days of creation?
- Heaven and Earth; light
- Atmosphere
- ocean, land, plant life
- Sun, moon, stars
- Water animals, birds
- Land animals, humans
- Rested, blessed, sanctified
Who said, “there is no true religion without true science, and consequently there is no true science without true religion”?
Brigham Young
