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IN THE BEGINNING…
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Natural & Spiritual Creation
Natural Creation:
The Physical Universe
HEAVEN
1
Light
in Heaven
Science arguments
can be distracting
4
Heaven
populated
WATERS
2
7
Sea/
Earth
Rest
Sky
populated
populated
5
6
Water
raised up
Food on
Earth
EARTH
3
The New Creation
The Spiritual Universe
Now we know that if the earthly tent we
live in is destroyed, we have a building
from God, an eternal house in heaven,
not built by human hands. Meanwhile
we groan, longing to be clothed with
our heavenly dwelling, because when
we are clothed, we will not be found
naked… Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; the old
has gone, the new has come!
2 Cor 5:1-2,17
Cure to nakedness/cunning, the mind that resists God
(the serpent’s condition), is in New Creation
The New Creation
The Spiritual Universe
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old
self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is
being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here
there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised,
barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in
all. Col 3:9-11
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to
put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your
minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God
in true righteousness and holiness. Eph 4:22-24
New Creation is in Image of the Creator
(difference to Old Creation is success, not intent)
Anticipate “brand” of the Creator in New Creation
God’s Signature
LIGHT
WATER
TREES/
FOOD
Philosophical Consequence
To exist eternally, one must be ‘created’
=> Purpose to the six sections of creation:
a guide to the disciple’s development
Creation begins…
“Let there be light”
Natural Creation
And God said, “Let there be light,”
and there was light. God saw that the
light was good, and he separated the
light from the darkness. 1:3-4
DAY 1: ILLUMINATION
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The true light that gives light
to every man was coming into
the world. Jn 1:9
For you were once darkness, but now
you are light in the Lord. Live as
children of light Eph 5:8 also Jn 17:1-3
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Spiritual Creation
And God said, “Let there be an expanse
between the waters to separate water
from water.” So God made the expanse
and separated the water under the
expanse from the water above it. 1:6-7
Fresh above /
Salt below
Natural Creation
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Can both
fresh water and
salt water flow
from the same
spring? Jam 3:11
DAY 2: DRAWN ABOVE
WITH WATER
We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead through the glory of the Father,
we too may live a new life. Rom 6:4
Spiritual Creation
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Then God said, “Let the land produce
vegetation: seed-bearing plants and
trees on the land that bear fruit with
seed in it, according to their various
kinds.” And it was so. 1:11
Natural Creation
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Fruitfulness!
Appetite
1 Sam 3; Is 55
DAY 3: NOURISHMENT
“Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from
the mouth of God.” Mt 4:4
Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take
and eat; this is my body.” Mt 26:26
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Spiritual Creation
Spiritual Creation:
The Disciple’s Universe
HEAVEN
1
Illumination
Illumination from
Heaven Mt 16:17
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?
WATERS
5
2
Baptism
EARTH
6
Communion
3
Bible Reading
Then God made two great
lights: the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night. He
made the stars also. 1:16
Natural Creation
DAY 4: LIGHTS
TO RULE
LIGHTS TO RULE
Spiritual Creation
Babylon
The stars of heaven and their
constellations will not show their
light. The rising sun will be
darkened and the moon will not
give its light. Isa 13:10
Egypt
“When I snuff you out, I will cover the
heavens and darken their stars; I will
cover the sun with a cloud, and the
moon will not give its light. All the
shining lights in the heavens I will
darken over you…” Ez 32:7
All Nations
The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars
no longer shine. Joel 3:15
Then God made two great
lights: the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night. He
made the stars also. 1:16
Natural Creation
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“Stop judging by
mere appearances,
and make a right
judgment.” Jn 7:24
DAY 4: LIGHTS
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But whoever lives by the truth comes
into the light, so that it may be seen
plainly that what he has done has been
done through God. Jn 3:21 also 1 Cor 4
Spiritual Creation
Responsibility / Accountability
God created the
great creatures of
the sea and every
living and moving
thing with which
the water teems,
according to their
kinds, and every
winged bird
according to its
kind. 1:21
Natural Creation
DAY 5: BENEATH THE
WATERS ABOVE
PRESENCE OF LEVIATHAN
God created the great creatures of the sea 1:21
In that day, the LORD will
punish with his sword, his
fierce, great and powerful
sword, Leviathan the gliding
serpent, Leviathan the coiling
serpent; he will slay the
monster of the sea. Is 27:1
Now the serpent was more
crafty than any of the wild
animals the LORD God had
made. 3:1
Spiritual Creation
WHAT IS LEVIATHAN?
“This day I call heaven and earth as
witnesses against you that I have
set before you life and death,
blessings and curses. Now choose
life, so that you and your children
may live and that you may love the
LORD your God, listen to his voice,
and hold fast to him.” Deut 30:19-20
HUMAN PRIDE
Opportunity for greatness - Choose life in a sinless, Godly life
& therefore our greatest failure. Humility therefore demanded
He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his
breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
Lk 18:13
Spiritual Creation
God created the
great creatures of
the sea 1:21
Leviathan!
Natural Creation
“it is no longer
I myself who do
it, but it is sin
living in me.”
DAY 5: BENEATH THE
WATERS ABOVE
“I know that nothing good lives in
me, that is, in my sinful nature.”
“O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver
me from this body of death?” Rom 7:24
Spiritual Creation
Awareness of Leviathan => Humility
God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him…
God blessed them and said to them,
“… fill the earth and subdue it. Rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds
of the air and over every living
creature…” 1:28-29
Natural Creation
…after Day 5
DAY 6: THE RULING
MAN
“they will be priests of God and of
Christ and will reign with him for a
thousand years.” Rev 20:4
I said, “You are ‘gods’; you are all
sons of the Most High.” Ps 82:5
Spiritual Creation
Authority
The “Creator” of the New Creation
He was in the world, and
though the world was made
through him, the world did
not recognize him. Jn 1:10
…there is but one God, the
Father, from whom all
things came and for whom
we live; and there is but
one Lord, Jesus Christ,
through whom all things
came and through whom
we live. 1 Cor 8:6
The “Creator” of the New Creation
In the past God spoke to our
forefathers through the prophets at
many times and in various ways, but
LIGHT
in these last days he has spoken to
us by his Son, whom he appointed
TREES/
heir of all things, and through whom
WATER
FOOD
he made the universe. Heb 1:1-2
“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself;
he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because
whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the
Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to
your amazement he will show him even greater things
than these.” Jn 5:19-20
Spiritual Creation:
The Disciple’s Universe
HEAVEN
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Illumination
4
Participation
Responsibility
WATERS
2
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Rest
(Leviathan)
Authority
5 Humility
6
Baptism
EARTH
Communion
3
Bible Reading