Genesis 2 focuses on the creation of Adam (“man/humanity”) and Eve (“life”) and their placement in the Garden of Eden. Yahweh declared everything good, meaning it was functioning the way it was designed to function. The word rest means to cease from one’s work and to enjoy the goodness of what has been created. On the seventh day, Yahweh entered into and rested in His creation (Gen. Thus, humanity, as male and female, were to rule over creation as vice regents by maintaining the order and goodness of creation and to reflect the nature and character of Yahweh in creation. They were to multiply the image of Yahweh across the earth. Yahweh commanded the humans to be fruitful, increase in number, and fill all the earth. To be the image of God is to rule and subdue creation as Yahweh’s representative (Gen. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground’” (Gen. “God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. Yahweh made humans, male and female, as equals to one another, in His image and after His likeness (Gen. The focus and climax of all creation is the creation of humans. Unlike the pagan gods, Yahweh did not create out of the chaos rather He subdued the chaos and then ordered it into a life-giving creation through His word. Third, Yahweh formed the light, the sky, the waters, and the land (days 1–3) and then filled those things with the sun, moon, and stars, birds, fish, animals, and humans (days 4–6) (Gen. Second, Yahweh removed the darkness, in which no life can exist, by speaking His light into the universe (Gen. 1:2b by the “spirit/wind” ( ruach) of Yahweh. 1:2 is subdued into the life-giving “water” ( mayim) of Gen. “…But the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the water” (Gen. It is Yahweh’s reversal of the state of these three descriptors that brings about the creation of the universe.įirst, He undoes the watery chaos. These descriptors are metaphors that describe a lifeless chaos (disorder) that existed before Yahweh created and ordered the creation, and then filled it with life. The pre-created universe is described as formless and empty, covered in darkness, and a watery abyss (Gen. In contrast, Yahweh is the all-powerful, sovereign King over the universe. In the pagan creation accounts, each of the gods were responsible for creating only a couple of things, and so their power was limited to those things. The narrator goes on to show how Yahweh created everything that is in the sky (including the galaxies), land, and sea, demonstrating that He has ultimate authority and control over all things. This statement reveals that Yahweh has no origin story He simply exists. The Bible begins by stating, “In the beginning God created the heavens (sky) and the earth” (Gen. Yahweh is redeeming humanity and creation from their exile back into the garden.Israel is the chosen people whose purpose is to be a blessing to the nations.Humans live in exile as sinners in rebellion against Yahweh.Humans were created to be the image of God rooted in the land of blessing.Yahweh is the sovereign and loving Creator and King of heaven and earth.These metanarratives will be developed throughout this document. There are five major metanarratives that are woven throughout the biblical narrative. Now through Him we have become the new Israel, can have life with Yahweh, and one day will live in the Garden of Eden with Yahweh. This was fulfilled through His Son Jesus’ death, resurrection, and enthronement over heaven and earth. The Bible then develops Yahweh’s choosing of the nation of Israel in order to work through them the redemption of humanity and creation back into a right relationship with Him so that they could dwell with Him in the garden for all eternity. However, humanity lost this good life with Yahweh in the Garden of Eden because of its rebellion against Yahweh. The Bible begins with how Yahweh created a good and orderly creation where He would dwell with humanity.
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