Themes
What is the definition of "The Creation?"
The heavens and the earth and everything in them.
Scripture: "Then God said, 'Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.' (Genesis 1:26)
Identify the Event and primary Relationship.
Event: Creation
Relationship: with God
Scripture: 'Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!' (2 Cor 5:17)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: Redemption
Relationship: with self
List all 4 relationships of creation.
1. Relationship with God
2. Relationship with Self
3. Relationship with Others
4. Relationship with Earth
Fill in the blanks: "For God was _____ to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to _______ to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his _______, shed on the cross." Colossians 1:19-20
pleased, reconcile, bloood
What is the definition of "The Fall?"
The entrance of sin into the creation and the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
Scripture: 'Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.' (Genesis 2:25)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: Creation
Relationship: with self
Scripture: 'Let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts... called to live in peace.' (Colossians 3:15)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: Redemption
Relationship: with others
How was our relationship with SELF broken during the Fall?
Sin introduced shame, guilt, self-doubt, insecurity, and distorted identity.
Explain what relationships God has ALREADY reconciled through Jesus' death on the cross.
Through Jesus' cross, our relationship with God is restored (forgiveness), with Self (new creation), and with Others (peace in Christ).
What is the official definition of "Redemption?"
The restoration of harmony through Jesus' death and resurrection.
Scripture: 'They heard the Lord God walking... so they hid from the Lord God among the trees.' (Genesis 3:8)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: The Fall
Relationship: God
Scripture: '...we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised...' (2 Peter 3:13)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: Redemption
Relationship: with the earth
How was our relationship with OTHERS broken during the Fall?
Sin caused division, blaming, selfishness, conflict, and broken trust (e.g., Adam blaming Eve in Gen 3:12).
Explain what relationship STILL HAS TO TAKE PLACE for complete restoration.
The relationship with EARTH/Creation (restoration of the physical universe in the new heavens and new earth).
Name the three major events of God's Great Story in chronological order.
Creation, The Fall, and Redemption
Scripture: 'The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit..."' (Genesis 3:12)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: The Fall
Relationship: with others
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:21–22)
Name the Event and Relationship
Event: Creation
Relationship: with others
How was our relationship with EARTH affected by sin?
The ground was cursed, bringing thorns, thistles, decay, hard toil, and frustration in work.
Why is Redemption often considered the most meaningful event to believers?
Because it offers hope, salvation, new identity in Christ, and the promise of eternal restoration despite our fall into sin.
Which of the three major themes describes our current spiritual transformation in Christ and our future physical home?
Redemption
Scripture: 'The ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. It will grow thorns and thistles for you.' (Genesis 3:17-18)
Identify the Event and Relationship.
Event: The Fall
Relationship: with the earth
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Name the Event and Relationship
Event: Redemption
Relationship: with self
In redemption, which 3 relationships are reconciled NOW, and which 1 relationship will be restored in the FUTURE?
Now: God, Self, and Others.
Future: Earth (Physical Creation).
Summarize how God's Great Story moves from perfection, to problem, to ultimate promise.
Creation was perfect in harmony; the Fall shattered harmony through disobedience; Redemption restores harmony through Jesus now and forever.