Therefore, the doctrine of creation lays the foundation for the coming of Jesus Christ. In fact, God becomes a man who is our creator in the midst of his creation. It comes to connect heaven and earth through itself as a mediator between the two. As we will see in the next few chapters, he comes on a rescue mission to save us from “unwavering despair” by dying for us, placing his own Spirit in us and promising to return one day to rescue creation, so that it is no longer “dark, cold and empty”.
In fact, just as he took a barren wasteland and prepared it for our first parents, he will reprepare creation for his people, and instead of saying “so what? For our pain, the Bible promises that he will wipe every tear from our eyes. Like Jews, Christians base their understanding of creation on the Genesis account. A fundamental belief is that God created the universe out of nothing, which is reflected in the classic doctrine of creation ex nihilus. Christians believe that God created the universe.
He chose to create it out of love for humanity. Some may argue that he created it because he wanted to be adored, so his creation was selfish, however, Christians debated this. They would argue that since God is omnipotent, he doesn't need to be loved. As the debates unfolded, controversies arose about the date and nature of creation among biblical Christians.
The term progressive creation comes from Ramm's belief that “the fundamental pattern of creation was progressive. Islam is unequivocal in that all creation originates from the will, intention and action of Allah, the Almighty. There are different types of creationist Christians (you can read more about this here). In general, they believe that the story of the Bible is the literal truth.
If you don't believe in the doctrine of creation, you probably believe that you didn't come from anyone, that you're alive on earth for nothing, and that when you die you won't go anywhere. He argued that interpreting the creation story is difficult and that Christians should be willing to change their minds if new information emerges. This is consistent with the scientific view of the fossil record pattern, but the view of progressive creation considers that the origin of life forms in the fossil record is due to millions of acts of special creation and not to the process of evolution by natural selection. On the contrary, science is not competent to draw conclusions about the supernatural and, therefore, has nothing to say about the role of God as creator or about the Christian view that man is the pinnacle of creation and, therefore, is neutral with respect to the question of God.
In this post, I am going to discuss three Christian views on creation (young-earth creationism, old earth creationism, and theistic evolution) in order to identify points of agreement and points of tension between them and with the vision of science discussed in my previous publications. People who don't understand the doctrine of creation and the doctrines related to it want to die. Augustine, one of the most influential theologians in Christian history, suggested that the six-day structure of creation in Genesis presents a logical framework rather than the exact passage of time. While the three viewpoints of creation discussed in this publication differ in their interpretation of the moment and mechanism of creation events, all agree that God is the creator and that man is the pinnacle of his creation.
