Nov 26, 2017
At creation, God designed humanity to be self-regulating and live under the reign of God while ruling over the earth (Gen. 1:28). After sin, God instituted a structure of governance, run by people, to keep order and control chaos like anarchy. Temporary government mirrors the eternal government of God. Governments are...
Nov 19, 2017
At the beginning of creation, God designed a male and female (Adam and Eve) for connection, completion, and sexual compatibility in marriage for life (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:18, 23-25). This standard was for all people for all time—before, during, and after the Mosaic Law (Gen. 19:5; Jude 1:5-8; Lev. 18:22; 20:13; 1 Tim....
Nov 12, 2017
At the beginning of creation God decided what, where, how, and how much He would make, and called everything good. At the end of creation—before man was there to evaluate it—He called the universe ‘very good’ (Gen. 1:31; Heb. meh-ode tobe, ‘exceedingly beautiful/best/pleasant’). This included not only the...
Nov 5, 2017
At the beginning of creation, God created Adam in His image giving him infinite worth (Gen. 1:27). God then made Eve from Adam and from their union, all other humans came (Gen. 3:20). This meant that the race of humans was special and intrinsically different from insects, animals, and fish. Over hundreds of years,...