3 What Does the Bible Really Say About Creation

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Science vs. History There is an argument over whether the Bible is a book

of science.

Critics say, Let science speak to science and the Bibleto religion. (Separate spheres)

Fact: The Bible is not a book of science.

Fact: The Bible is a book of history.

Fact: The history recorded in the Bible does havescientific implications.

The Bible is full of miracles.


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Biblical Assertions About Creation Genesis 1: And God said . . .

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were

made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. Isaiah 45:12 I made the earth and created man on it; it

was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and Icommanded all their host.

Jeremiah 10:12 It is he who made the earth by hispower, who established the world by his wisdom, andby his understanding stretched out the heavens.


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Biblical Assertions (continued) Isaiah 14:24 The LORDof hosts has sworn: As I have

planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shallit stand,


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The Flood Genesis 7:1724 (ESV) 17 The flood continued forty days on the

earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose highabove the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly onthe earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19And

the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the highmountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The watersprevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubitsdeep. 21And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds,livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth,and all mankind. 22 Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils

was the breath of life died. 23He blotted out every living thingthat was on the face of the ground, man and animals andcreeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted outfrom the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were withhim in the ark. 24And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.


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God Saw This Coming 2 Peter 3:36 (ESV) knowing this first of all, that

scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing,following their own sinful desires. They will say,

Where is the promise of his coming? For ever sincethe fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as theywere from the beginning of creation. For theydeliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed

long ago, and the earth was formed out of water andthrough water by the word of God, and that by meansof these the world that then existed was deluged withwater and perished.


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God Saw This Coming (continued) Exodus 20:811 (ESV) Remember the Sabbath day, to

keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all yourwork, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORDyour God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or yourson, or your daughter, your male servant, or yourfemale servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner whois within your gates. For in six days the LORD madeheaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, andrested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessedthe Sabbath day and made it holy.


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God Saw This Coming (continued) Hebrews 4:911 (NASB95) So then, there remains a

Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever hasentered Gods rest has also rested from his works asGod did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter thatrest, so that no one may fall by the same sort ofdisobedience.


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The Gospel Revelation 14:67 (NKJV) Then I saw another angel

flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlastinggospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth toevery nation, tribe, tongue, and people saying with aloud voice, Fear God and give glory to Him, for thehour of His judgment has come; and worship Him whomade heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.


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Resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:1922 (ESV) If in Christ we have hope

in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, thefirst fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by aman came death, by a man has come also theresurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so alsoin Christ shall all be made alive.


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New EarthRevelation 21:15 (ESV) Then I saw a new heaven and a newearth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new

Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, preparedas a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voicefrom the throne saying, Behold, the dwelling place of God is

with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be hispeople, and God himself will be with them as their God. He

will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be

no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, norpain anymore, for the former things have passed away. Andhe who was seated on the throne said, Behold, I am makingall things new. Also he said, Write this down, for these

words are trustworthy and true.

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