Christian Cosmology

Christian Cosmology

Cosmology is the word given to the study of the origin and structure

of the universe.

The Christian cosmology according to the first two chapters of the

book of Genesis in the Bible says that God created the whole universe

in six days and rested on the seventh.

The account says that God created the world form ex nihilo (from

nothing):

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1)

This quote from the Bible means that God created the heavens and the

earth on the first day. God also created on the first day, light and

dark. God acknowledged this as beneficial and so God separated light

from dark to create night and day.

‘God saw that the light was good, and God brought about a division

between the light and the darkness. And God began calling the light

Day’ (Genesis 1:3-5)

On the second day God separated the earth from the sky.

‘And God went on to say: “Let an expanse come to be in between the

waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the water.’

(Genesis 1:6-8)

Consequently, on the third day God created dry land, plants and

trees.

‘And God began calling the dry land Earth, but the bringing together

of the waters he called seas. Further God saw that it was Good. And

God went on to say: “Let the Earth cause grass to shoot forth,

vegetation bearing seed, fruit trees yielding fruit according to their

kinds, the seed of which is in it, upon the earth.” And it came to be

so. (Genesis 1: 9-13)

On the fourth day God created the sun, moon and stars.

‘And God went on to say: “Let luminaries come to be in the expanse of

the heavens to make the division between the day and the night; and