Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?...
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
I, the Lord -with the first of them and the last--I am he.
The Bible declares that God Himself is the foundation
of the
universe. Modern science has been accepting the discovery of the
birth of universe by a Big Bang, the expansion in the aftermath of
a gigantic explosion, and the fact that one day, it will reverse its
expansion down to a Big Crunch.
This supports the Bible, which tells us that the Creator, God
triggered a Big Bang fireball to brake up and that the universe will
finally fly away from the presence of Him (the central of the
universe) who sits on 'a great white throne' and disappear by fire.
We cannot 'prove' the existence of God. However, whenever
we observe God's wonderfully, fearfully designed creation it is difficult
for us to deny the fact that these things did not accidentally come
into existence but that there is someone behind the scene, who has
designed them and has been keeping them in order.
According to His plan,
Let us make man in our image, in our Likeness,
Is.40:21,:28
Is.41:4
Ge.1:1-3
Re.20:11
2Pe.3:10,:12, Re.20:11
Ps.19:1,139:13-14
Ps.135:6,136:5
He.11:3, Ro.1:20, 2Pe.3:5-7
Ge.1:26
God formed (the)man from the dust of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
and the man became a Living being.
Thus, man was distinctively made as 'man' or 'woman' in this
order and also as creatures completely different from other animals
but who have a 'personality' and who are able to have a right
relationship with God.
It is apparent from Jesus' attitude towards women in the Bible
that man and woman are equal in value and status. However, God has invested
the responsibility of leadership in men and He has
intended women to obey men as helpers and has intended both to
complement each other with a heart of love. God's secret might be
reflected in this creation order that although the triune God is equal
in nature, power and glory there are Father, Son, Spirit in this order
and in different functions.
There were two trees in Eden. The tree of life symbolised the
Holy Spirit and the tree of knowledge symbolised God's Word,
Jesus.
But in the last book of the Bible, the latter is to disappear and the
former which gives the eternal life is significantly to remain in the
Holy City, the new Jerusalem where God will live together with
those given the same resurrected bodies as Jesus.
The consistent theme of the Bible is the completion of Cod's
eternal kingdom in Jesus Christ. The redemptive history for human
beings by God who declares
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
will be developing over God's chosen people, Israel.
Ge.2:7
Ge.2:15-25, Ep.1:11
Lk.7:36-50,8:1-3, Jn.4:1-30,8:1-11
Ge.3:16, 1Co.11:3-16, Ep.5:21-24
1Pe.3:1-7
Ge.2:9,:16-17
Re.22:1-5,21:22-23
Re.21:6,22:13,1:8,:17