How God Creates: Creating by Extraction

How God Creates: Creating by Extraction

We are still learning about how God creates. The third creation principle He used which we shall focus on today is extraction. God created some of His creations by extracting a new creature from an existing one

How God Creates: Creating by Separation

How God Creates: Creating by Separation

In continuation of our meditation on some of the principles that God applies in His creation, today we will dwell on the principle of separation. God creates things by separating one thing from another to form a brand-new creature.

How God Creates: Creating by Declaration

How God Creates: Creating by Declaration

The first method of creation that God used which we shall dwell on today is declaration. God creates by declaration. As we can see in Genesis 1, everything that God created was first expressed through His mouth before they were formed. Below are excerpts:

Understanding God: God of Foresight

Understanding God: God of Foresight

Foresight is another attribute of God that we will reflect on today. Upon deciding to create humans in His image and likeness, He also knew that He must factor in the ability to reproduce after their kinds in them

Understanding God: God of Reproduction

Understanding God: God of Reproduction

God of Reproduction Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds… God of Reproduction Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. – Genesis 1:26-27 In continuation of our meditation on the attributes of God, another insight we can learn about Him from Genesis chapter 1 is that He reproduces Himself. He is a God of reproduction. It is also instructive that He is the first being to do this, thus setting the example for His creatures to follow as well as a template for them to use. It would have been an absurdity if God had completed the work of creation without reproducing Himself. That would have made Him totally detached from His creatures and the universe. He would have been a remote and cold concept to the earthlings as some people who do not know Him or

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Understanding God: God of Blessing

Understanding God: God of Blessing

In continuation of our meditation on the nature of God, another of His attributes that we shall meditate on today is His predisposition to blessing. He is a blesser; the God who blesses His own works.