Mr. Friscus
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The passage "God Created heavens and earth" means:
The Christian God is completely un-related to previous power-hungry, devious, sexual, corrupt gods of previous religions. It's important to realize this when considering what the Christian God is, how He is unique, and when modernists create knee-jerk, surface-level attacks on the faith.
- There is meaning and purpose to the universe. Atheists naturally believe it has become by random chance.
- God “created out of nothing” or “bara” in hebrew means nothing pre-existed, the term is only used with God. Men only “make”, but God creates.
- God created everything, thus created time, precedes time, and will outlive time.
- Universe is ordered, nature is disorderd and chaotic.
- For the first time creation story has one creator. Monotheism. All other religions have many gods.
- For the first time God's creation didn’t involve sex or violence, all other gods have that .
- For the first time, there is complete silence on birth of deity. God is not born, but is completely separate from nature, because God created nature. All other gods have story of how they came to be within space/time/nature.
- For the first time, God arises from and creates complete goodness, and wants to share his own blessed life and image with his subjects. Humans are elevated, and God values/loves us and desires us. Other gods treat humans as slaves, being to be toyed with or sexually exploited. They are uncaring and hold no dignity for humans.
- God is good, but also works/sacrifices for 6 days in creation, and provides in future bible passages. Other gods are ultimately lazy and don’t act outside of their immediate needs/desires.
The Christian God is completely un-related to previous power-hungry, devious, sexual, corrupt gods of previous religions. It's important to realize this when considering what the Christian God is, how He is unique, and when modernists create knee-jerk, surface-level attacks on the faith.