CHAPTER 9 KEY TERMS Biblical Creationism Evolutionism Literal

CHAPTER 9 KEY TERMS Biblical Creationism Evolutionism Literal View Long-Day Theory Gap Theory Progressive Creationism Theistic Evolution Genealogy Young-Earth Creationism Fossil Sedimentation Old-Earth Theory

CHAPTER 9 BIBLICAL CREATIONISM

WORLDVIEW • The perspective with which someone views everything in life • Biblical Creationism • The belief that God created the universe (the Earth, life…) • Evolutionism • The belief that the universe happened by chance • The universe we see today is a product of billions of years of random processes changing and shaping the universe 3

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES • God created by direct acts • Genesis 1 -2 • John 1: 3 “All things were made by Him” • He created everything from nothing – “Ex nihilo” • Genesis 1: 31 “it was very good” • God sustains His creation • Col 1: 17 “by Him all things consist” • Psalm 104: 14 “He causeth the grass to grow” 4

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES • God reveals His power through His creation • Psalm 19: 1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork. ” • Romans 1: 20 “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: ” • God revealed the sequence of creation in the Bible • Genesis 1 describes what God created each day of the creation week 5

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS • God specially created man • Genesis 2: 7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” • Genesis 1: 26 “And God said, let Us make man in Our image…and let them have dominion…over all the earth” • God created man, and man is responsible to God • Psalm 100: 3 “The Lord He is God: it is He that hath made us…” • Colossians 1: 17 “by Him all things consist” 6

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS • God’s creation is degenerating • Genesis 1: 31 “God saw everything that He had made, and it was very good” • Genesis 3: 19 “for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” • Psalm 102: 25 -26 “all of them shall wax old like a garment” • Isaiah 51: 6 “Earth shall wax old like a garment” 7

DAYS OF CREATION • Taken from Genesis 1 • Day 1: Light and dark (vs. 3 -5) • Day 2: Firmament, divided waters (vs. 6 -8) • Day 3: Land Plants (vs. 9 -13) • Day 4: Sun, Moon, Stars (vs. 14 -19) • Day 5: Flying animals, Sea animals (vs. 20 -23) • Day 6: Land animals, Man (vs. 24 -31) • Day 7: God rested • Vs. 1 -3 8

CREATIONIST VIEWS • Literal View • The creation week was made up of seven 24 -hour days • This view agrees with scripture • “evening and morning were _____ day” • Compromised Views • Gap Theory • Progressive Creationism • Theistic Evolution 9

CREATIONIST VIEWS • Gap Theory • Believe that there was a gap between Gen 1: 1 and 1: 2 • Possibly billions of years between the two verses • First creation was destroyed, and that is when the earth “became without form and void” • Problems: • Why would God destroy a previous creation that was “good” • Would previous creation have included sin and death, when sin entered the world when Adam sinned (Rom 5: 12) 10

CREATIONIST VIEWS • Progressive Creationism • Creation occurred over a long period of time • At certain times, God created different batches of animals • Problems: • Ignores the literal reading of Genesis 1 (evening and morning were ___ day) • Also violates Rom. 5: 12 (death came from Adam’s sin). This view suggests millions of years of suffering and death before Adam was created 11

CREATIONIST VIEWS • Theistic Evolution • Mixes Bible and biological evolution • Accepts that God created, but God used evolution as the method for creating the diversity of life we see today • This process had to take millions of years • Problems: • Ignores literal reading of Genesis 1 • Ignores that man was a direct creation (Gen 1: 27) • Violates Romans 5: 12 (death was result of Adam’s sin) • Limits God’s omniscience and omnipotence 12

REVIEW • Days of Creation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Light Firmament, divided waters above from waters below Land, Plants Sun, Moon, Stars Flying animals, Sea animals Land animals, Man • Literal View • Gap Theory • Progressive Creationism • Theistic Evolution 13

AGE OF CREATION • Old-Earth Theory • The belief that the Earth is millions or billions of years old • Young-Earth Theory • The belief that the Earth is around 6000 -10, 000 years old • Genealogy • A listing of a family history 14

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EVIDENCE OF THE FLOOD • Fossils • Remnant of an organism that has been preserved by natural means • Sedimentation • When materials settle out as a moving substance slows down 16

GENESIS FLOOD • Rained on the earth for 40 days and nights • The actual flood lasted almost a year • The catastrophic nature of the flood produced wide spread death and sedimentation, producing fossils 17