CREATION

- The formation of things which had no previous existence Ro 4:17; Heb 11:3 - EFFECTED . By God Ge 1:1; 2:4,5; Pr 26:10 . By Christ Joh 1:3,10; Col 1:16 . By the Holy Spirit Job 26:13; Ps 104:30 . By the command of God Ps 33:9; Heb 11:3 . In the beginning Ge 1:1; Mt 24:21 . In six normal days Ex 20:11; 31:17 . According to God's purpose Ps 135:6 . For God's pleasure Pr 16:4; Re 4:11 . For Christ Col 1:16 - By faith we believe, to be God's work Heb 11:3 - ORDER OF . First day, making light and dividing it from darkness Ge 1:3-5; 2Co 4:6 . Second day, making the firmament or atmosphere, and separating the waters Ge 1:6-8 . Third day, separating the land from the water, and making it fruitful Ge 1:9-13 . Fourth day, placing the sun, moon, and stars to give light, Ge 1:14-19 . Fifth day, making birds, insects, and fishes Ge 1:20-23 . Sixth day, making beasts of the earth, and man Ge 1:24,28 - God rested from, on the seventh day Ge 2:2,3 - Approved of by God Ge 1:31 - A subject of joy to angels Job 38:7 - EXHIBITS . The deity of God Ro 1:20 . The power of God Isa 40:26,28; Ro 1:20 . The glory and handiwork of God Ps 19:1 . The wisdom of God Ps 104:24; 136:5 . The goodness of God Ps 33:5 . God as the sole object of worship Isa 45:16,18; Ac 17:24,27 - Glorifies God Ps 145:10; 148:5 - God to be praised for Ne 9:6; Ps 146:5,6 - Leads to confidence Ps 124:8; 146:5,6 - Insignificance of man seen from Ps 8:3,4; Isa 40:12,17 - Groans because of sin Ro 8:22 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF . The new birth 2Co 5:17; Eph 2:10 . Daily renewal of saints Ps 51:10; Eph 4:24 . Renewal of the earth Isa 65:17; 2Pe 3:11,13

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(1.) the act by which God calls into existence things not previously in being-material or spiritual, visible or invisible, Ps 148:5 Re 4:11; (2.) the molding or reconstituting things, the elements of which previously existed; and (3.) the things thus "created and made," 2Pe 3:4 Re 3:14 5:13. It is probably in the first of these senses the word "created" is to be understood in Ge 1:1, though some understand it in the second sense. In either case the idea of the eternity of matter is to be rejected, as contrary to sound reason and to the teachings of Scripture, Pr 8:22-31 Joh 1:1-3 Heb 11:3. Creation is exclusively the work of God. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are each in turn named as its author, Isa 40:28 Col 1:16 Ge 2:2. It is a work the mysteries of which no finite mind can apprehend; and yet, as it reveals to us the invisible things of God, Ro 1:20, we may and ought to learn what he reveals respecting it not only in revelation, but in his works. These two volumes are from the same divine hand, and cannot but harmonize with each other. The Bible opens with an account of the creation unspeakably majestic and sublime. The six days there spoken of have usually been taken for our present natural days; but modern geological researches have given rise to the idea that "day" here denotes a longer period. The different rocks of our globe lie in distinct layers, the comparative age of which is supposed to have been ascertained. Only the most recent have been found to contain human remains. Older layers present in turn different fossil remains of animals and plants, many of them supposed to be now extinct. These layers are deeply imbedded beneath the present soil, and yet appear to be formed of matter washed into the bed of some primeval sea, and hardened into rock. Above this may lie numerous other strata of different materials, but which appear to have been deposited in the same manner, in the slow lapse of time. These layers are also thrown up and penetrated all over the world by rocks of still earlier formations, apparently once in a melted state. There are several modes of reconciling these geological discoveries with the statements of Scripture: First, that the six days of Gen 1.1-31 denote six long epochs-periods of alternate progressive formation and revolution on the surface of the earth. To the Lord "a thousand years are as one day," Ps 90:2,4 2Pe 3:5-10 Re 20:1- 15. Secondly, that the long epochs indicated in the geological structure of the globe occurred before the Bible account commences, or rather in the interval between the first and second verses of Ge 1:1-31. According to this interpretation, Ge 1:2 describes the state of the earth at the close of the last revolution it experienced, preparatory to God’s fitting it up for the abode of man as described in the verses following. Thirdly, that God compressed the work of those untold ages into six short days, and created the world as he did Adam, in a state of maturity, embodying in its rocks and fossils those rudimental forms of animal and vegetable life which seem naturally to lead up to the existing forms. The "Creature" and "the whole creation," in Ro 8:19-22, may denote the irrational and inferior creation, which shall be released from the curse, and share in the glorious liberty of the sons of God, Isa 11:6 35:1 2Pe 3:7-13. The bodies of believers, now subject to vanity, are secure of full deliverance at the resurrection-"the redemption of our body," Ro 8:23.

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Date. The date of creation cannot be determined. The first Statement of the book of Genesis places the time in remote and Impenetrable antiquity. Creator. The writer of Genesis offers no proof of the existence Of Jehovah or of the fact that all things were made by Him. (Genesis 1:1,2; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-17; Hebrews 1:10; Hebrews 11:3). Light. The process of creation had probably been going on for Ages before light was created by the fiat of Jehovah (Genesis 1:1,3; 2 Corinthians 4:4). Days of Creation. The fact that the creative work had been going On for unnumbered ages, leads the reverent student to the conclusion That the "days" were ordinary periods of twenty-four hours each, and That each product of Almighty power was finished and appointed to its Sphere on its designated day. The phrase "evening and morning" occurs Six times in the first account of creation, and it cannot be understood Except in the light of the above statement. Order of Creation. Light, Firmament, Vegetation, Sun, moon, and stars, Water animals and fowls, Land animals, man--woman. Observe the steady march from the lower to the higher, from the Insensate to the intelligent, from the servitor to the sovereign. See The universe by God's hand touched to harmony; see the march of Creative power to its culmination in the making of the companion for Man, pure and innocent, the highest image of God, and hear the stars Sing together and the sons of God shout for joy over the completion of The mighty and glorious work!

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Creation. Creation
“In the beginning” God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing. This creative act on the part of God was absolutely free, and for infinitely wise reasons. The cause of all things exists only in the will of God. The work of creation is attributed (1) to the Godhead (Gen. 1:1, 26); (2) to the Father (1 Cor. 8:6); (3) to the Son (John 1:3; Col. 1:16, 17); (4) to the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30). The fact that he is the Creator distinguishes Jehovah as the true God (Isa. 37:16; 40:12, 13; 54:5; Ps. 96:5; Jer. 10:11, 12). The one great end in the work of creation is the manifestation of the glory of the Creator (Col. 1:16; Rev. 4:11; Rom. 11:36). God’s works, equally with God’s word, are a revelation from him; and between the teachings of the one and those of the other, when rightly understood, there can be no contradiction.

Traditions of the creation, disfigured by corruptions, are found among the records of ancient Eastern nations. (See ACCAD.) A peculiar interest belongs to the traditions of the Accadians, the primitive inhabitants of the plains of Lower Mesopotamia. These within the last few years have been brought to light in the tablets and cylinders which have been rescued from the long-buried palaces and temples of Assyria. They bear a remarkable resemblance to the record of Genesis.

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CREATION. → Beginning of Ge 1:1 → History of Ge 1; 2 → See ANIMALS → See BIRDS → See EARTH → See FISH → See GRASS → See HEAVENS → See MAN → See MOON → See SEAS → See STARS → See SUN → See WATER → See WOMAN, etc → See GOD, CREATOR → See JESUS, CREATOR

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creation. Creation, n. the act of creating, universe, world

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Cre‐a″tion (kr?–A″sh?n), n. [[L. creatio: cf. F. cr�ation. See Create.]] 1. 1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.
From the creation to the general doom. Shak. As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation. Locke. 2. 2. That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.
We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii. 22. A dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak. Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield. 3. 3. The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.
An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor.