CornerstonePrep7thLifeScienceCh9
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- Biblical Creation
- God created all things according to His plan - the physical universe, including the earth and all living things, were created by God
- What dinosaur is mentioned in the Bible?
- leviathan which lived in the water
- global flood
- required an ark, destroyed wicked mankind, covered the entire earth including the highest mountains, called for a special promise from God (rainbow)
- In what materials have fossils been preserved?
- ice, tar, amber, and other materials
- young-earth theory
- belief that the earth is about 6,000 years old
- fossil
- trace or remnant of an organism that has been preserved by natural means
- What are several problems with the Long-Day theory?
- diagreement with the literal reading of the Bible and the creation story, problematic from a word-study standpoint (Hebrew word for day - always an ordinary day - not long periods of time), plants would've existed long before there were pollinators, 2 Peter 3:8 is not a math equation but an understanding that God is not bound by time, other scripture supports the concept of each day as a day (Exodus 20:11)
- Where is a reference to a dinosaur mentioned in the Bible?
- Job
- What scripture is used to support the Long-Day theory of creation?
- 2 Peter 3:8
- What are the names of several dinosaurs (list at least 2)?
- Apatosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Pteranodon
- In whose image is man fashioned?
- in our image (trinity - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit)
- What are some problems with the Gap Theory?
- From a word study point-of-view "was" NOT "became" is the Hebrew translation, raises the question why God would destroy a previous creation that was "good," how could this be as death did not enter the world until Adam (Romans 5:12)
- What 7 things does the Bible teach about Creation?
- God created all things by direct acts, God sustains His creation, God reveals His power through His creation, Sequence of creation is revealed in the Bible, God specially created man, God created man and man is responsible to God, God's creation is degnerating because of man's sin (Adam & Eve)
- Progressive Creationism
- belief that creation occurred over a long period and nost a short period
- In terms of Biblical history, when might dinosaurs have lived?
- it is believed that dinosaurs and humans were on the earth at the same time
- Literal view of creation
- called ordinary-day view; believe that the evening and morning used at the end of each Creation day supports a 24-hour day - was the position of the church for centuries
- Which theory would most evolutionists support?
- old-earth theory
- sedimentation
- occurs when materials settle out as a moving substance slows down
- What are the groups of Creation week views?
- literal view, long day theory view, gap theory
- What was the sequence of Creation according to Genesis 1?
- Day 1 - light and dark, Day 2 - Space to divide the waters, Day 3 - Land and plants, Day 4 - Sun, moon, and stars, Day 5 - Aquatic and flying creatures, Day 6 - Land animals and man
- Describe Noah's ark
- box-like structure, three decks with a total surface area of 9500 meters squared, with measurements of 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high - and the Santa Maria, the largest of Columbus' ships was one-fifth the length of the ark
- Who sustains the universe and all it contains?
- God
- compromise
- to give up something in order to come to an agreement
- Is it possible for extensive fossil formation to take place today?
- No, it is not possible because sedimentation occurs too slowly to form fossils
- geneaology
- a listing of a family history
- If God's creation is "good," why do bad things happen (disease, suffering, and death)
- man's sin; the fall of man when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
- Who would most likely support a young-earth theory?
- creationists
- What are some problems with progressive creationism?
- it ignores a literal reading of Genesis 1:1 and violates Romans 5:12 which states that death came as a result of Adam's sin - thus supporting the idea that millions of years of suffering and death occurred prior to the creation of Adam
- Evolutionism
- the physical universe, including life, was not created but happened by chance
- Gap theory
- claim that God created a complete "first creation" in Genesis 1:1 and this creation may have lasted even billions of years - then during fall of Satan "first creation" was destroyed and "earth became without form and void - thus God recreated the earth
- Theistic Evolution
- theory that mixes the Bible and biological evolution - claims to accept the accuracy of scripture - but states God used evolution as a method of creating diversity of life seen today
- dinosaur
- terrible of monstrous lizard
- What did God give man that He did not give to other living things?
- breath of life
- old-earth theory
- belief that the earth is millions or even billions of years old.
- Long-Day theory
- belief that each day in creation is actually a long period of time, maybe thousands of years (use 2 Peter 3:8) as a support