He loves that creation and still holds it all together. He wants to be involved with this creation in matters big and small. All throughout the Bible God has been involved with His creation. He spoke with the great men of the Old Testament when He was creating the earth, such as Adam. He picked Abraham to be the Father of His chosen people the Israelites.
It’s a scene of what awaits them after death, and according to the decisions in their life, Christians will go to either heaven or hell. In Christian faith, those who lived according to god’s law were going to be saved. And those who sinned without reconciliation were damned. This also acts as a moralizing purpose because it made people live simpler lives. Salvation is a completely free gift from the Lord and comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
The book of Genesis states that God created the world in six days with order and purpose. This order is conveyed by an overall systematic unfolding of Creation, phrases such as, “ It was evening, it was morning, the first day…” and so on. The Story of Creation implicates that God was a powerful and transcendent essence. He depicts his power because of his revolutionary conception of creating the world out of nothing. The Genesis reads, “And God said…” to each day of Creation, showing his supremacy.
I know this is true because it says so in the Bible. I believe the Bible is the word of God, given to man, and written into a book. My view on this is the same as Billy’s view on the nature of God. Billy said “The Bible is a book of Redemption, and of course I accept the Creation story. I believe that God did create the universe.” (Letters to Creationist, 2010).
The earth was perfect. God’s plan to work and take care of the garden and everything in it was merely a command for man to worship and obey God and to find rest in that purpose. Creation was good. After everything God creation He said it was good. However, God said, “It is not good for man to be alone” ( Gen 2:18).
God was one that spoke into existence on everything he foreseen present or future. The natural world was waiting for Gods sons to be revealed, because this is our natural world there are created worlds that already know and testify to the evidence of God. In Romans 1:20 “ For since the creation of the
A more recent story is of the mysterious "itinerant carpenter" who volunteered to build an architecturally unique spiral staircase in a convent chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is as sound today as when it was first built, and has never needed repair. According to ancient tradition, Saint Joseph watches over and protects the Church. He is considered the model of perfect Christian life. Joseph, when dying, received the loving ministry of his foster Son, Jesus, and his spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, so it is believed that his intercession may well obtain the mercy of God and the grace of a peaceful and holy death. The principal feast day of Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church is March 19, Saint Joseph's Day.
To find this happiness he realizes that you do no need this cliché idea of the “American dream” or materialism. True happiness lies within the human relationships created and the stories shared with others. By the end of his life Chris McCandless was able to truly be happy, as he wrote, “I have had a happy life and thank the lord. Goodbye and may god bless all” (Krakauer 199). Chris McCandless’s life journey was the antithesis of that created by American
In fact he praises the Lord and thanks Him when one of his children survives. This represents his true faith in God. By reading his poem, one can easily make out about his family, that how many children and grandchildren he had. Edward Taylor had Faith in God. He took death as a natural process of life and do not protest to God regarding the loss of his beloved.
Mankind was created in God’s image, with God’s breath. He created man with a purpose, “for good works, which God prepared ahead of time, so that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). God has been involved with His creation since the beginning, even before. God has always been involved with His creation. He is personal and wants relationships with His creation.