Therefore, it can only be fully understood in light of a divine plan. Human beings are different from other creatures in two essential ways. First, we are made in God s image. Second, we have dominion over the rest of the physical creation. The poetic flow of the Hebrew language of Genesis is simple, yet profound.
Creation is described as taking place in six days.
Notice in the following box a summary of the creation week. It was never intended to be a scientific explanation of how he accomplished the creation. The Bible is not a science textbook. The scientist searches for the what and how of life s questions, but the Bible addresses the who and why behind those questions. Before scientific knowledge proliferated during the last 200 years, most Christians believed that Genesis 1 was a literal description of the beginning of the universe.