The Genesis Creation: Creation As A Creation Story

883 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Summary of genesis in the old testament

The Genesis creation narrative is diverse. Many religions have its Theory of the creation and for some, it is still a myth. However, Genesis introduces the God or Elohim in the Hebrew as the creator of the world, humans, and nature. The tree chapter mainly focuses on how God has created the heavens, earth, animals, and humankind. According to the Genesis the human, heavens and the earth has created together in six days. However, the creation of the world is not explained in great details, but it states that the God has started with the light on the first day and ended with mankind in the sixth day and then rests on, blesses and sanctifies the seventh. The three chapters of Genesis clearly talks about a week or seven days. However, the …show more content…

It is not going to the details of the universe, but mentioning the day, night, light and darkness, water, sea, cloud and others, is enough to explain the universe, including sun and moon. Creatio ex nihilo or the notion that God created everything is one of the very controversial philosophies of all time. While philosophers Moreover, theologians have a very diverse view about the ex hihilo and even pieces of literature have conflicting views. Still, some scholars and theologians argue that the act of creation itself involved pre-existent matter, including some from Christian faith, but Genesis explains that thing has created from nothing and it mentions the command of God for creation as "God said." While the creation of human in the scripture is out of something …show more content…

Some like Darwin absolutely opposes the idea of ex hihilo, but Genesis is clear about the creator and the universe. It supports the idea of Divine creation out of nothing and tell us that God ordered and created everything. The Scripture also affirms monotheism and denies polytheism, because it has a name of the God. According to Genesis the first man and woman or Adam and Eve are created by God. Living in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve was forbidden by God to eat fruit from the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. According to the scripture, Eve has eaten the fruit, and she has tempted by by serpent, but she has shared the fruit with Adam. The couple has failed in the test and to follow the orders of God. So, this was a sin by Adam and Eve. Of course, anyone fails to follow an order or ignore a law or rule, will face a consequence. Subsequently, God banishes Eve and Adam from the Garden of Eden. The fall of man is the start of the transition of Adam and Eve from

Show More
Related

  • Christian Beliefs in the Origins of the World

    527 Words  | 2 Pages

    Thomas Aquinas, a leading scholar of the Middle Ages, argued that “Everything in the universe has a cause. Trace those causes back and there must have been a First Cause that triggered everything else. God is that First Cause.” This was known as his “First Cause” argument.

    Read More

  • The Cosmogonies of Genesis and the Laws of Manu

    2178 Words  | 5 Pages

    The symbolic world views of how the world was created can be described through the cosmogonies of Genesis and the Laws of Manu. It is through these theories that one can learn how the universe came into existence. Many individuals consider a certain religion to be their ultimate realm of reality, and it is within religion that these symbolic world views come into play. The cosmogony of Genesis began along a sacred history of time where god created merely by speaking. In contrast, the Laws of Manu involve creation through thought. In Genesis, there is only one god and in Laws of Manu there is more than one god. Both cosmogonies have many similarities as they have many differences, yet both of them are significant in understanding and interpreting the philosophy of religion and its traditions. Although god believes that everything he created is good, I believe that the existence of god is questionable when there is so much evil in the universe.

    Read More

  • How The World Was Made, The Sky Tree, And Genesis

    1654 Words  | 4 Pages

    Genesis reads that “In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth,” then “God’s spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.” Another characteristic is how, after the water, came land. How the World Was Made, describes how the “soft mud,” from under the water “began to grow and to spread out on every side until it became the island we call the earth.” In The Sky Tree, the soil was “placed...until they made an island of great size.” A final similarity, is how after land came animals and how the animals helped to take care of the people on the earth. In How the World Was Made, the world the animals lived in was called Galun’lati. Galun’lati “was very much crowded,” and “the animals wanted more room;” Water Beetle left to find land so that the animals could have more space. While Water Beetle helped find land for the animals, in The Sky Tree a turtle sees a woman falling from the sky after she had jumped after a sacred tree. Turtle told his friends what he had seen and had them “bring up pawfuls of wet soil,” and place it on his back which created a “new earth,” for the woman to “settle gently on.” In Genesis, God created the animals

    Read More

  • A Comparison of Early Civilization Articles

    905 Words  | 2 Pages

    "The Book of Genesis" tells us how "God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and the cattle after their kind", (The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, pg. 13). It also tells how "God created Man in his own image", (The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, pg. 13). This explains that one God created the Earth, the animals, and finally, Man.

    Read More

  • Faith Response: Interpreting Genesis and Creation

    659 Words  | 2 Pages

    Gregory Boyd and Paul Eddy lay out four possible ideas as to what the creation story in Genesis of the Bible means and how we should interpret it in terms of the age of the earth. The first interpretation they propose is the Young Earth View, which suggests the Earth was created in the recent past and is the most commonly accepted reasoning for the timing by most Christians. It states that each day is a twenty-four hour period because of the use of the Hebrew word “yom” which is used solely to refer to a twenty-four hour period. The second option they offer is the Day Age view which paints the Earth as being created throughout different ages of time and each “day” of creation being within a different age until it got to the 6th day where God created man and thus began the story of Adam and Eve and the progression of the Bible from there. The third possibility they consider is the Restoration View which touches on God restoring a fallen creation and Adam and Eve being the second creation after a time of darkness. This fallen creation is said to be the time described in the Old Testament as the battle between God and Satan, and the eventual fall of Satan into the darkness of the void. The last viewpoint and the one in which this paper will lend its focus, The Literary Framework View, which says that the timing of the events in Genesis do not need explanation or a literal interpretation of the chronology, but rather are there to show the power of a single God in bringing order from nothing and setting up the story for which the Bible is based upon. The Literal Framework model makes the most sense for three reasons, the fall of Satan is not chronologically placed within the creation s...

    Read More

  • Drscoll Essay

    668 Words  | 2 Pages

    Mark Driscoll brings out different viewpoints relating to creation. As Christians, Genesis 1:1 can be our foundation in our belief, “in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This helps us realize the miraculous act of God by which He brought the universe into existence. We should not have to rely on individuals using Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory to help explain the origin of life apart from God. God creation set us apart. After all, God stated His creation was made “very good”.

    Read More

  • Biblical View of Creation

    2535 Words  | 6 Pages

    The Documentary Theory holds that the Pentateuch was composed or compiled from several different documents or traditions written by several different authors. These original documents were argued to favor different styles and names for God, and thus were written by different authors. One document might favor “Elohim,” while another might favor “YHWH.” These sources are generally argued to be source J, E, P, and D. Genesis, however, only shows traces of J, E, and P. Some have even further subdivided the four primary sources. However, this theory fails to adequately explain the origin of the Pentateuch. Religious documents of the ancient Near East were not complied in this way, nor are variations in style and word choice conclusive. Dating the different documents is extremely difficult and far too subjective to prove the Documentary Theory.1

    Read More

  • Catholicism and Oppression of Women

    1453 Words  | 3 Pages

    Kvam, Kristen E., Linda S. Schearing, and Valarie H. Ziegler. Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian,

    Read More

  • The Book of Genesis

    1324 Words  | 3 Pages

    story of Adam and Eve and end up with a story about Envy in Joseph and

    Read More

  • The Book of Genesis

    1702 Words  | 4 Pages

    Yet, probably one of the most simplistic yet profound statements in the Bible is the one found at the beginning of the Bible, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". The psalmist, the prophets, and the apostle have affirmed this simple yet magnificent verse. Although, it is the subject of much debate. The Bible assumes and never argues the existence of God. Although everything made, at one time had a beginning, God has always been. The vastness and enormity of this one statement is equaled by no other for it assumes and states many things concerning the greatness and truth of God.

    Read More

  • Genesis 1-11

    608 Words  | 2 Pages

    Genesis teaches us that in the beginning god spoke everything into existence. The earth was dark and nothing was there. God created the planets, the universe, and everything upon it including light and dark, and separating it to form daytime and nighttime (Genesis 1-11). God created the natural world that we leave in through creation, all in six days with one rest day. The second day god created the sky. The third day we created land and plants. The fourth day he created celestial bodies, stars, the sun and the moon. Day five consisted of sea creatures and birds. Day six land animals, man and woman were created. Finally day seven, god rested and blesses the day. This quote “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:1-3).” This quote explains what I believe and my worldview. The natural world was spoken into existence by god over the course of days; nothing was there at first. We did not evolve from apes or animals; god is my creator. I believe completely in a heaven and hell.

    Read More

  • The Babylonian Creation Epic: The Creation Of God

    707 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Creation stories all tell a tale of the beginning of time. The story of a high and mighty God possessing immense power, incredible strength, a sea of knowledge, and infinite wisdom. Someone to go to when in need of help, but also someone to fear in time of wrongdoing. In the Babylonian Creation Epic, there are numerous texts focused around a godly figure that goes by the name of

    Read More

  • The Big Bang Theory vs. Creation: I believe in Creation!

    503 Words  | 2 Pages

    In today’s society, many topics create a very substantial amount of controversy between different groups of people. From abortion to the healthcare reform, there are countless topics of discussion. One of the major and ongoing controversial topics in the religious society is the Big Bang theory versus Creation. One side of the controversy is, predominately, the scientific community, with the other end obviously being the religious community.

    Read More

  • Creation Story Vs Greek Mythology Essay

    746 Words  | 2 Pages

    There is no definite answer to how the world was created, each religion and culture has a different answer. The creation story is the telling of the development of the present world. These stories are derived from early oral tradition, that was passed down from generation to generation until they were written down. The stories vary on how the world came to be, some say it just emerged or it was created from chaos, or it came out of nothing. Some stories state that there is a world parent or a earth diver, that brought up mud from the bottom of the water to create land. Each one of theses variations have multiple creation myths attributed to them; so, there can be similarities between the different myths.

    Read More

  • The Bible: The Origin Of Humans In The Bible

    608 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Bible points out that God is the origin of life, is the creator of all life forms. The first story of the Bible is called “Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath”. The Bible story of creation made man actually have two completely different versions. First, from the opening to Genesis 2:3 is the first version, talking about the "six days" of creation, the authors used the Jews known to God (called Elohim) said to God, and mention that God made the plants first, then animals, and finally made the man and ...

    Read More

More about The Genesis Creation: Creation As A Creation Story

Open Document