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33: A Study of Creation in the Bible

1. Genesis Account

·         Genesis 1:1 — “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

·         Genesis 1:2 — “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”

·         Genesis 1:3-5 — Creation of light; separation of light and darkness (Day and Night).

·         Genesis 1:6-8 — Creation of the expanse (Heaven) to separate waters (Day 2).

·         Genesis 1:9-13 — Gathering of waters, appearance of dry land (Earth); vegetation created (Day 3).

·         Genesis 1:14-19 — Creation of sun, moon, and stars (Day 4).

·         Genesis 1:20-23 — Creation of sea creatures and birds (Day 5).

·         Genesis 1:24-31 — Creation of land animals and mankind (Day 6).

·         Genesis 2:1-3 — God rests on the seventh day.

·         Genesis 2:4-25 — Detailed account of the creation of man and woman.

2. Psalms on Creation

·         Psalm 8:3-4 — “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him…?”

·         Psalm 19:1 — “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

·         Psalm 24:1-2 — “The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof…”

·         Psalm 33:6-9 — “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made…”

·         Psalm 104 — Full psalm detailing God’s creative acts.

3. Prophets on Creation

·         Isaiah 40:26 — “Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these?”

·         Isaiah 42:5 — “Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out…”

·         Isaiah 45:12 — “I made the earth and created man on it…”

·         Isaiah 45:18 — “For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens…”

·         Jeremiah 10:12 — “It is he who made the earth by his power…”

·         Jeremiah 32:17 — “Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth…”

·         Amos 4:13 — “For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind…”

4. Jesus Christ on Creation

·         Matthew 19:4-5 — “He answered, ‘Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female…?”

·         Mark 10:6 — “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’”

·         John 1:1-3 — “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…”

·         John 5:17 — “But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is working until now, and I am working.’”

·         John 17:24 — “…you loved me before the foundation of the world.”

5. Apostolic Teachings on Creation

·         Acts 14:15 — “…you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.”

·         Acts 17:24 — “The God who made the world and everything in it…”

·         Romans 1:20 — “For his invisible attributes… have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world.”

·         Colossians 1:16-17 — “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth…”

·         Hebrews 1:2 — “…through whom also he created the world.”

·         Hebrews 11:3 — “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God…”

·         2 Peter 3:5 — “…the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.”

6. Revelation on Creation

·         Revelation 4:11 — “…for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

·         Revelation 10:6 — “…who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it…”

·         Revelation 14:7 — “…worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

7. Job’s Speeches on Creation

·         Job 9:8-10 — “who alone stretched out the heavens…”

·         Job 10:8-9 — “Your hands fashioned me and made me…”

·         Job 26:7 — “He stretches out the north over the void…”

·         Job 26:13 — “By his wind the heavens were made fair…”

·         Job 28:25-27 — “When he gave to the wind its weight…”

·         Job 38:4-7 — “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?”

·         Job 38:8-11 — “Or who shut in the sea with doors…”

·         Job 38:19-21 — “Where is the way to the dwelling of light…?”

·         Job 38:31-33 — “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades…?”

·         Job 39-41 — Creatures described as evidence of divine creation.

8. Proverbs on Creation (and Wisdom’s Role)

·         Proverbs 3:19-20 — “The LORD by wisdom founded the earth…”

·         Proverbs 8:22-31 — “The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work…”

9. Ecclesiastes on Creation

·         Ecclesiastes 1:4-7 — “A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.”

·         Ecclesiastes 3:11 — “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”

·         Ecclesiastes 11:5 — “…you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”

·         Ecclesiastes 12:1 — “Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth…”

10. Minor Prophets on Creation

·         Hosea 2:21-22 — “I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth.”

·         Amos 5:8 — “He who made the Pleiades and Orion…”

·         Jonah 1:9 — “I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

·         Malachi 2:10 — “Has not one God created us?”

11. Creation Used as Argument for Sovereignty and Judgment

·         Isaiah 40:21-22 — “Do you not know?… It is he who sits above the circle of the earth.”

·         Jeremiah 5:22 — “I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea…”

·         Romans 9:20-21 — “Will what is molded say to its molder, ‘Why have you made me like this?’”

12. New Creation Prophecies

·         Isaiah 65:17 — “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth…”

·         Isaiah 66:22 — “For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me…”

·         2 Peter 3:13 — “But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth…”

·         Revelation 21:1 — “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth…”

13. Paul on the Groaning of Creation

·         Romans 8:19-22 — “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God…”



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