1. The Creation

2. Famous Firsts
First time finding a cookie picture in a cooking magazine

3. First time forgetting how a spoon works
Famous Firsts
First time forgetting how a spoon works

4. First time a cat licked your feet
Famous Firsts
First time a cat licked your feet

5. First time ‘drinking’ from a hose
Famous Firsts
First time ‘drinking’ from a hose

6. First time smelling a foot
Famous Firsts
First time smelling a foot

7. Famous Firsts
First time watching TV

8. First time tasting ‘sour’
Famous Firsts
First time tasting ‘sour’

9. TODAY: First time that the world was created!
Famous Firsts
TODAY: First time that the world was created!

10. (Christ and the Creation, Ensign, June 1982)
“Unless and until we gain a true view of the creation of all things, we cannot hope to gain that fulness of eternal reward. An understanding of the doctrine of creation is essential to salvation. ”
Bruce R. McConkie
(Christ and the Creation, Ensign, June 1982)

11. The Creation Day 1 Moses 2:2–5 Day 2 Moses 2:6–8 Day 3 Moses 2:9–13
Day 3
Moses 2:9–13
Day 4
Moses 2:14–19
Day 5
Moses 2:20–23
Day 6
Moses 2:24–31
Light
Atmosphere/Oceans
Land
Sun/Moon/Stars
Birds/Fish
Man

12. Divisions and Additions
Day 1 Divide light from dark
Day 2 Divide water above from water beneath
Day 3 Divide dry land from water

13. Divisions and Additions
Day 1 Divide light from dark
Day 2 Divide water above from water beneath
Day 3 Divide dry land from water
Day 4 Add sun, moon, stars
Day 5 Add fish & fowl
Day 6 Earth brings forth life. Man is organized, given dominion.

14. FORMING

15. FORMING
FILLING

16. Genesis Light from Darkness Waters Divided Dry land & vegetation
Sun, Moon, Stars
Animals and Man

17. Genesis Plan of Salvation Light from Darkness Valiant from Not Valiant
Waters Divided
Satan Cast Out
Dry land & vegetation
Earth: Mortal Probation
Sun, Moon, Stars
Degrees of Glory
Animals and Man
Exaltation

18. Genesis Light from Darkness Waters Divided Dry land & vegetation
Sun. Moon, Stars
Birds and fish
Land Animals

19. Genesis Plagues Light from Darkness Darkness (9th plague)
Waters Divided
Water to blood (1st plague)
Dry land & vegetation
Vegetation Destroyed (7th and 8th Plagues)
Sun. Moon, Stars
Birds and fish
Death of Fish; Formation of Frogs (1st and 2nd Plagues)
Land Animals
Insects, death of beasts, boils, death of the Firstborn

20. Genesis Light from Darkness Waters Divided Dry land & vegetation
Sun. Moon, Stars
Animals

21. Genesis Exodus Light from Darkness Pillar of Fire/Cloud of Darkness
Waters Divided
Red Sea Parted
Dry land & vegetation
Cross on Dry Land
Sun, Moon, Stars
Judgment upon Pharos's army
Animals
Manna + Quail

22. Genesis Light from Darkness Waters Divided Dry land & vegetation
Sun. Moon, Stars
Birds and fish
Man Formed

23. Genesis The Tabernacle Light from Darkness Sacrificial Fire
Waters Divided
Laver of Water
Dry land & vegetation
Inner Court
Sun, Moon, Stars
Shewbread, Candle, Prayer
Birds and fish
Veil with Cherubim
Man Formed
Holy of Holies

24. Genesis Heavens and earth created (1:1) Sun created (1:16)
The night established (1:5)
The seas created (1:10)
The curse announced (3:14-17)
Death enters history (3:19)
Man driven from the tree (3:24)
Sorrow and pain begin (3:17)

25. Genesis Revelation Heavens and earth created (1:1)
New heavens and earth (21:1)
Sun created (1:16)
No need of the sun (21:23)
The night established (1:5)
No night there (21:25; 22:5)
The seas created (1:10)
No more seas (21:1)
The curse announced (3:14-17)
No more curse (22:3)
Death enters history (3:19)
No more death (21:4)
Man driven from the tree (3:24)
Man restored to paradise (21:2)
Sorrow and pain begin (3:17)
No more mourn/cry/pain (21:4)

26. Review- Who created? Moses 1:33, Hebrews 1:1-3, John 1:1-3
Why was the earth created?
Moses 1:39, D&C 2

27. “That’s why we’re here on the earth—to form eternal families
“That’s why we’re here on the earth—to form eternal families. Many of our youth are losing confidence in the institution of families. They’re placing more and more value on education and less and less importance on forming an eternal family. Many don’t see forming families as a faith-based work.”  (Sister Dalton, March 2011 Ensign)

28. Do we completely understand the Creation?
“I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.”
Thomas S. Monson, BYU Devotional, November 2007

29. How long is a day?
How old is the earth?

30. What was the earth made out of?
“God brought forth material out of which he formed this little terra firma upon which we roam. How long had this material been in existence? Forever and forever, in some shape, in some condition” (Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 100).

31. DINOSAURS

32. In the early 1900s, questions concerning the Creation became the subject of much public discussion. In the midst of these controversies, the First Presidency issued the following in 1909.

33. DINOSAURS
“The whole series of chalk deposits contain the skeletal remains of animals. These lived and died, age after age, while the earth was not ready for human habitation." (Elder James E. Talmage, Deseret News on 21 November 1931.)

34. Were there people here before Adam?
"I do not regard Adam as related to -- certainly not as descended from -- the Neanderthal, the Cro-Magnon, the Peking or the Piltdown man. Adam came as divinely directed. The adamic race of men are of an entirely different order." (Talmage to F. C. Williamson, 22 Apr. 1933, Talmage Papers. (88)

35. Were there people here before Adam?
"There were no pre-adamic men in the line of Adam. ... There are some things in the strata of the earth indicating there were men before Adam. They were not the ancestors of Adam. Adam was the son of God. ... He did not come up through organic evolution.” (Elder Marion G. Romney, Conference Report, April 5, 1953)

36. Was Adam made from dirt?
“True it is that the body of man enters upon its career as a tiny germ embryo, which becomes an infant, quickened at a certain stage by the spirit and the child develops into a man.
“There is nothing in this to indicate that the original man began life as anything less than a man, or less than the human embryo that becomes a man.” (“The Origin of Man, Ensign, Feb 2002)

37. “The Lord brought together Adam and Eve, his first male and first female on this earth, and performed a holy marriage ceremony to make them husband and wife. They were quite different in their makeup, with different roles to play.”(Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball [2006], 192).
President Kimball

38. How large is the known universe?
EARTH - 7,000 mile diameter
SOLAR SYSTEM - 5 hours for light to reach Pluto
MILKY WAY GALAXY - 100,000 light years
LOCAL CLUSTER- 4,000,000 light years in diameter
LOCAL SUPER CLUSTER - 150,000,000 light years
UNIVERSE - 40,000,000,000 light years

39. How large is the known universe?
EARTH - 7,000 mile diameter
SOLAR SYSTEM - 5 hours for light to reach Pluto
MILKY WAY GALAXY - 100,000 light years
LOCAL CLUSTER- 4,000,000 light years in diameter
LOCAL SUPER CLUSTER - 150,000,000 light years
UNIVERSE - 40,000,000,000 light years

40. How large is the known universe?
Milky Way - 100,000,000,000 stars
Average distance between stars = 30 trillion miles.
Traveling at 17,000mph (Space Shuttle Speed), how long would it take to get to one average star?
201,000 years
If you started when Jesus was born, you’d be 1% there

41. Star Size Comparison

42. Star Size Comparison

43. Was there a creator? What proof is there? What evidence is there?
(NONE)
What evidence is there?
Atheism: Nobody x nothing = everything

44. Was there a creator?
Picture yourself waking up in a new home. As you begin to walk around, you discover your favorite meal on the stove, your favorite books by the fire and your favorite snacks on a table while your favorite Netflix series is playing on the TV. Your favorite art is hanging on the wall, your favorite station is tuned up on the radio, and the thermostat is set to your perfect temperature. You discover gift cards with your name on each to your favorite stores. There’s free Wifi. To top it off, the bed is turned down with your favorite color sheets and bedspread await; your favorite toothpaste is in the bathroom and even the roll of toilet paper is going the right direction! What would you conclude about the owner of this home?

45. Just Right for Life
Just the Right Distance - not too hot, not too cold
Just the Right Mass - to hold the right atmosphere
The right neighbors - Without Jupiter, scientists predict that Earth would endure 10,000 times as many asteroid strikes
The right core and Magnetic Field - protecting from solar radiation and cosmic rays.
The right Deep Blue Sea - abundant liquid water is the most significant distinguishing factor on this planet
Just the right moon - it’s gravitational tug creates tides
Just the right tilt – to allow for seasons to calibrate life

46. “No idea has been more destructive of happiness, no philosophy has produced more sorrow, more heartbreak and mischief; no idea has done more to destroy the family than the idea that _______________.”
Boyd K. Packer
Quorum of the Twelve
(Ensign, May 1992, 66)

47. “No idea has been more destructive of happiness, no philosophy has produced more sorrow, more heartbreak and mischief; no idea has done more to destroy the family than the idea that we are not the offspring of God, only advanced animals, compelled to yield to every carnal urge.”
Boyd K. Packer
Quorum of the Twelve
(Ensign, May 1992, 66)

48. “Those who believe that our bodies are nothing more than the result of evolutionary chance will feel no accountability to God or anyone else for what they do with or to their body.”
D. Todd Christofferson
Quorum of the Twelve
(Ensign, Nov. 2010)

49. What did God say after each period? (Moses 2:10, 12, 18, 21, 25)
What do you have in common with the creator?
What things has God left unfinished on the earth?
What things has God left unfinished in your life?

50. The Creation