Christian Views of Creation - Assignment

1. List the three Christian views of creation, as given in the lecture, and a brief description of each.  The young earth view  The old earth view  The theistic evolution view 2. The concept that humanity is created in the image of God may refer to a number of things. List four things: two covered in the textbook and two covered in the lecture.  Textbook: male and females- equal worth and dignity, respect other humans, Jesus the man  Lecture: the capability to love, create for purpose of beauty, reason at a high level, explore the universe, the capability to communicate with our creator and to consciously communicate with him, sense right and wrong. 3. What are the similarities between the scenes in Revelation 21:1-4 and the garden of Eden in Genesis 2?  God dwells with his people, harmony, tree of life (taken from us in Genesis, restored in Revelation). 4. According to the lecture, what is meant when we say God is sovereign?  God the creator existed before its creation and is therefore sovereign, having authority and absolute power over all things. So God is the ultimate reality for Christians. As the sovereign creator he spoke the word and by his will all things created. 5. List at least five characteristics of God emphasized in Psalm 145.  Great, gracious, compassionate, trustworthy, righteous 6. List three reasons for seeing humanity as the pinnacle of God’s creation.  Human body and spirt (NOT A REFLECTION OF GODS PHYSICAL FORM), know and worship God, dominion (work) 7. How does the textbook describe the garden of Eden?  Planted by God, good, throne room and temple of God 8. How would you describe the nature of work God gave to Adam in the garden of Eden?  Work is good, part of Gods plan, dominion over earth – it’s the fall that changes that aspect. Work was given to humanity as a good gift. Work was given as the means for humanity to provide for itself. 9. Summarize Proverbs 9:10.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10. Summarize God’s statements in Genesis 2:16-18.  And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden  But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it, you will certainly die”  The Lord God said, “It is not good for men to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him 11. What does the textbook say about the involvement of the Trinity in creation?  “Let us”, God spoke creation into existence, Jesus referred to the New Testament passages, Spirit hovering over the waters of creation in Genesis 1 12. List the four basic “acts” of the overarching biblical story.  Creation, fall, redemption, restoration