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

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”

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

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”

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”

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 and 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

Creationist Views Literal View Compromised Views 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

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)

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

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

Review Days of Creation: Literal View Gap Theory 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

Age of creation Old-Earth Theory Genealogy 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

Evidence of the Flood Fossils Sedimentation Remnant of an organism that has been preserved by natural means Sedimentation When materials settle out as a moving substance slows down

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