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of which the world has been mede
does not exist from eternity; it had
beginning. The Bible tells us that
only God is eternal. by Him were
ALL THINGS created" Before
the mountains were brought forth,
or even Thou (God) hadst formed
the earth and the world. even from
everlasting to everlasting, Thou art
Cod FPS. 9O:2). He (ChrisD is
before all things, and by him all
things consist. :" (Col. 1:17).
"The Heaven and the Earth"
By the heaven and the earth"
we understand the universe, the
world. heaven and earth being the
two great parts of the universe.
God made the world and all things
therein" (Acts 1924 by Him
Christ were all things created~that
are in heaven and that are in earth
visible and invisible (unseen)
(Col. 1:16). According to the Bible
God made the world about 5000
years ago. He made it in all the
harmony, order and completeness
in which we find it now. He has
created all things even as they exist
to-day. They were finished pro-
duct. 1.-The heavens and the earth
we're finished, and all the host OF
them" (Gen. 2:1-N. At the end of
the account OF creation are found the
words: And God saw every thing
that he had made, and, behold, it
was very good (not incomplete
and undeveloped) (Gen. 1;3D
God Created
What is meant by the word to
create? When God began his work
nothing was in existence but He
Himself. When nothing existed He
made heaven and earth. 70 create
therefore means to make something
OUT OF NOTHING. How did God
bring the world into being out OF
nothing? The Bible informs us that
he did it by speaking. God said:
let there be light, and there was
light" Gen. 1:3). The Psalmi+t
declares: by the word Of the Lord
we're the heavens made, and all the
host of them by the breath of his
mouth. For he spake, and it was
done; he commanded and it stood
FAST FPS. 1860. Through faith
we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that
things which are seen (the things in
the WORLD were not made of things
which do appear. material, visible
things) (Heb. 11:2). This means,
all things were made of nothing.
This indeed we understand not by
reasoning and research, but, as the
Bible says, only by faith, by be-
lieving.
History of Creation.
The world was not made in mo-
ment of time, nor in indefinite per-
iods of many years. It was not made
in one day, but in six natural days.
The First Day. AS builder of a
house first gathers the materials, so
God constructed the materials OF the
universe. The state and condition
of these materials is described in the
words; "and the earth was without |
form and void (chaos); and dark
ness was upon the face of the deep"
(Gen. 1.2). On the first day God |
made also the light. The Second |
Day. God made the armament, the
expanse of heaven, and divided the
waters which were under the frma-
ment. The Third Day God separa'.
ed the water from the earth, and
made the earth bring forth gras /,
herbs, and trees bearing fruit. The
Fourth Day. God made the sun,
moon and stars. The Fifth Day.
The fish and fowl were created. The
Sixth Day. God made the beasts,
cattle and creeping things. On this
day he also made man and woman.
(Gen. -.
How great the works His hand hath
wrought!
How glorious in our sight!
And men in every age have sought
His wonders with delight.
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