Certainly, current understanding of the Creation story has gone through an intensive level of examination, because of people’s quest for answers from the Bible’s verse, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” by using many ways of criticism (KJV). A start point for critics and theologians, to develop and analyze, what took place during this complicated process. Furthermore, in Genesis 1:31, “God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good,” and completed on “the sixth day,” also brings the whole creation story full circle (KJV). Which this very, early literary description, became the norm, first for the Hebrew people, and now for Christians, because of how these traditions were passed down. Being, that
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Such as, those festival traditions being passed down, in the Torah, through “liturgical language,” and “order and separation,” of the six-day creation and a special final “seventh-day” dedicated “by God as holy time” (Rudolph 32-33). Further, validaing that God’s plan was systematic and percise, with each individual day selected for a purpose. As a result, of God’s six day creation, the first three days is, “Preparation of Environment,” next three days is, “Filling of Environment,” and the final day “Sabbath rest of God,” (Atwell 475). The importance of the Seventh day of rest, to God, continued on through traditions and festivals for future …show more content…
This responsibility means we are the protectors and helpers to God’s creation, which is different from many, who think everything serves humanity. To illustrate, J.R. Porter reflect a similar sentiment by: “reflecting the concerns and interests of a peasant society, and God is described in human terms; but behind its apparent naïveté lie profound insights. It deals primarily with the creation of humanity, and the creation of the world is directed to providing a suitable agricultural environment for human beings,” (Porter, Metzger and Coogan). Looking at the various systems of God’s creation, like our Solar System, which is the only known planet suitable for life, and it only proves God created a perfect system for humans and all of creation. What is more, once critics “combine this interest in distinctions and divisions,” against the fact “that God invested plant and animal life with the capacity to reproduce,” a consensus “that Genesis 1 records how God established boundaries for reproductions,” (Neville 210). In like manner, “When God creates humanity,” a certain kind of ability, and “God gives humanity charge of his creation,” (Firmage 111). Go out and produce new off-spring, according to species, was God’s command, which differs from some natural science beliefs, and believe one
Such as, those festival traditions being passed down, in the Torah, through “liturgical language,” and “order and separation,” of the six-day creation and a special final “seventh-day” dedicated “by God as holy time” (Rudolph 32-33). Further, validaing that God’s plan was systematic and percise, with each individual day selected for a purpose. As a result, of God’s six day creation, the first three days is, “Preparation of Environment,” next three days is, “Filling of Environment,” and the final day “Sabbath rest of God,” (Atwell 475). The importance of the Seventh day of rest, to God, continued on through traditions and festivals for future …show more content…
This responsibility means we are the protectors and helpers to God’s creation, which is different from many, who think everything serves humanity. To illustrate, J.R. Porter reflect a similar sentiment by: “reflecting the concerns and interests of a peasant society, and God is described in human terms; but behind its apparent naïveté lie profound insights. It deals primarily with the creation of humanity, and the creation of the world is directed to providing a suitable agricultural environment for human beings,” (Porter, Metzger and Coogan). Looking at the various systems of God’s creation, like our Solar System, which is the only known planet suitable for life, and it only proves God created a perfect system for humans and all of creation. What is more, once critics “combine this interest in distinctions and divisions,” against the fact “that God invested plant and animal life with the capacity to reproduce,” a consensus “that Genesis 1 records how God established boundaries for reproductions,” (Neville 210). In like manner, “When God creates humanity,” a certain kind of ability, and “God gives humanity charge of his creation,” (Firmage 111). Go out and produce new off-spring, according to species, was God’s command, which differs from some natural science beliefs, and believe one