4 Types of Views
What is Literal View?
The belief that creation was made in seven 24 hour days
What was the 1st day of Creation?
God made Night and Day
What is Creationism?
The belief that the physical universe, including the Earth and all living things, was created by God
Name one of the Biblical Teachings of Creation
God sustains His creation
God reveals His power through His creation
God revealed the sequence of Creation in the Bible
God specially created man
Man is responsible to God
God's creation is degenerating
What is "Long Day Theory"?
Creation was made in "days" that are defined as a "long period of time".
Explain Gap Theory
God made a Creation, Satan Fell, God destroyed His Creation, and made a new Creation
Gap between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2
What was the 4th Day of Creation?
God made the Sun, Moon, and Stars
What is Evolutionism?
The belief that the physical universe, including life, was not created but happened by chance
How did God specially create man?
Made in His image
Made with dust
Breathed life
What does it mean to be taken as faith and not a fact?
No observation to prove a fact. Accept it by faith means believing without visual or observable proof.
Explain Theistic Evolution
Combination of Creationism and Evolutionism
God used Evolution as a method of creating the diversity of life
What was the 6th Day of Creation?
God made Land Animals and Humans
This theory states that living things are too complex to have evolved by nonliving chemicals by a random process
Intelligent Design
Why is God's creation degenerating
Sin corrupted the world
What is a fossil and how can they be preserved?
A fossil is a trace or remnant of an organism preserved by natural means.
Ice, tar, amber, and other materials
Explain Progressive Creationism
Creation happened over a long period of time in "batches"/
What was the 3rd Day of Creation?
God made Land and Vegetation
What is Sedimentation?
When materials settle out when a moving substance slows down
Ex) soil and gravel in water
Where is the sequence of Creation recorded?
Genesis 1
What is a Behemoth?
The creature found in Job that was compared to an Apatosaurus.
A vegetarian creature with a tail like a cedar tree
Literal
Gap
Progressive Creationism
Theistic Evolution
List all Days of Creation in order
Day 1 - Night and Day
Day 2 - Separate the Sky and Sea
Day 3 - Land and Vegetation
Day 4 - Sun, Moon, and Stars
Day 5 - Sea and Sky Animals
Day 6 - Land Animals and Humans
Day 7 - Rest
What is a "genealogy"?
A listing of family history
Name ALL 7 biblical teachings of Creation
God created by direct acts
God sustains His creation
God reveals His power through His creation
God revealed the sequence of Creation in the Bible
God specially created man
Man is responsible to God
God's creation is degenerating
What is a Leviathan?
A creature in Job that is like a Dragon or a Modern Day Crocodile.
A mighty, untameable, fearless animal with tightly fitting scales and a mouth full of terrible teeth.
Breathes fire.