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Chapter 2-The Creator of Man |
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Rev. Jaerock Lee |
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1. God the Creator
Because people learn only Darwinism in schools, they believe it but reject Creationism without even trying to verify the scientific logicality. But the Bible mentions God the Creator before anything else.
The book of Genesis, which is the first book among 66 books of the Bible, describes the works of creation in detail, and especially, Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," to emphasize God the Creator.
Creationism is a theory that says God designed and created the universe and all things in it in His wisdom. It is based on the God-based idea that men, who are creatures, should live according to the will of God having the hope for the kingdom of heaven.
On the contrary, Darwinism says that the life came into being as a byproduct of coincidence and has evolved into each kind. Only those living organisms that are superior in the survival competition survived and they say men came from the same origin as apes. Also, because they do not believe in God, their aim of this life is to seek happiness of men and to enjoy this life as much as possible. It is men-based idea.
Since the Darwinism was introduced, many people believed it is true. However, today, there are many evidences that creationism is more scientific than Darwinism, and it is denied by Darwinians themselves. It is because Darwinism, which states that life came into being as a coincidence, is not reasonable according to probability, the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics, and geology. Furthermore, Darwinians claimed a bone of Java man was the first human being who lived 500,000 years ago. But it was proved by a group of German expedition that it is not true. Also, it was verified that the Neanderthal man who was said to live 200,000 years ago was a hunchback who was lack of Vitamin D.
Likewise, Darwinism is not either right according to the Word of God the Creator or reasonable scientifically. Nevertheless, it is such a pity that Darwinians who adopted Darwinism do not turn back to creationism but still argues for Darwinism. Therefore, the Bible says, "who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator ?And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting," in Romans 1:25-28.
There is nothing in this world which is made by nobody. From toys for children to airplanes in the sky, things exist because they were made by somebody. Even the buildings on the streets were designed by the owners according to their own taste and were built by some builders at the request of the owners. In the same way, all things in heavens and the earth were designed and made with God's wisdom according to His plan.
herefore, Romans 1:25 says God is the Creator, and many verses in the Bible testify that God created heavens and earth and all things with His Word. Hebrews 11:3 says, "By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible." Romans 11:36 says, "For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen." Also, 1 John 1:3 says, "that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ."
The evidences for God the Creator are not only in the Bible but also in many parts of the universe. There are north, south, east, and west, spring, summer, fall, and winter. The rotation and revolution of the earth, rising tide and ebb tide, movement of wind and clouds and everything else in the universe is moving so perfectly according to the order. So, how can we say all these things are coincidence, not God's providence? Furthermore, all people in the world, animals, birds, fish have two eyes, one nose, one mouth, two ears at the same location. Just by looking at this, we can feel that the universe and all things in it were made by one Creator.
That is why Romans 1:19-20 says, "because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." Therefore, nobody can give an excuse that he did not believe because he did not know God on the Judgment Day.
2. God Created Human Beings
God the Creator created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it," as said in Genesis 1:27-28.
How, then, did God create man?
Genesis 2:7 says, "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." God made man beautifully in His own image; He made him perfectly with all internal organs to breathe and digest. But because man could not move only with that, God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life to make him a living spirit.
To understand this easily, you can think about fluorescent tube light. Namely, to shine the light, there must be properly made tube light bulb, and it has to be connected with power source. But it cannot shine the light yet. We have to turn on the switch to make the electric current flow to make it shine the light.
Man became a living being when God made him and breathed into him the breath of life. Even man, who is a creature, makes computers and even explorers the universe with the development of science. How much easier would it be for God to created the world and the man and control everything in the universe? God the Creator is almighty and He can do anything.
God of love, before He created man, created the world and the environment in which man could live. He made the air to breathe, beautiful nature, and living things for man to rule over. Then, God made man and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man could breathe and move with life.
3. God Taught the Man
After God created man, He brought the man into the Garden of Eden and let him protect and rule over that place. Then, He began to teach the man the things that are necessary for living in there. A newborn baby cannot do anything but physiological functions, but he comes to live in this world as he learns from his parents, brothers, or teachers. In the same way, God the Creator taught the man the harmony of all things in the heavens and the earth, the rules of the spiritual realm, and the words of truth. God let the man learn everything he needed to live as the lord of all creation.
God commanded the man in Genesis 2:16-17, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Just as parents teach their children, "You can eat this but must not eat that," God taught the man in detail.
But after a long time passed, man began to forget God's command and finally fell into the temptation of the cunning serpent. Man ate the forbidden fruit despite God's delicate teachings. As a result, death came upon man, and his spirit, master of man, died to become a man of flesh who cannot live forever.
God is omnipotent and omniscient, so He foreknew man would disobey. But because God is full of love, God made man, taught him God's will, and wanted him to become God's child who would lead a blessed life.
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