From Creation to Re-Creation

Within the last forty years, the scientific discoveries and knowledge about our universe contain unprecedented theological implications. They imply that the Creator exists, more so than ever before. These discoveries have developed a worldview that challenges both theologians and scientists to engage in a mutually fruitful dialog. Scientists in quantum cosmology observe and study our universe's regions that humankind did not know existed until recently. Others are investigating the exotic subatomic world of particles to discover how our universe functions. Recent discoveries in the field of quantum cosmology reveal that we, humankind, reside in a universe that is so fine-tuned to our existence, giving the appearance of a unique, if not a fortunate, universe. The Ultimate Intelligence, who possessed all possible knowledge, selected the universe suitable for humankind. He did so before creating our universe from nothing.

In ancient and biblical times, authors did the best they could have done. Their knowledge was limited, and the ability to grow in knowledge was highly restricted. The classical worldview is highly deterministic because classical philosophy is deterministic. Therefore, the ancient times and the classical worldviews are not suitable for understanding the current non-local reality, as the advanced experiments show. The world view enabled by recent discoveries is non-classical and is non-deterministic, and is universal. Therefore, both theology and science would benefit more from a global perspective than a local one.

Understanding the specific events, sequence, and mechanics of creation is not essential concerning our salvation. Exhaustive concentration on the mechanics and sequence of the creation often diverts attention from the message in it. The message presented in the biblical creation narrative is especially important. Therefore, the message is addressed first.

The message central to the creation narrative is God is love. Ultimately, we must accept by faith the biblical assertion that One God, the Creator, made everything that exists.

The biblical creation narrative's chief aim is to present the One God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as the Creator of the functional residence for the humankind he loves. The authors of the biblical account of creation present their understanding and description of God's interaction and relation with the Jewish nation. They forcefully uplift the all-knowing and powerful God of Israel. They affirm that only the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is powerful enough to transform the chaotic world into a functional and enjoyable residence for humankind. The biblical Creator loves and cares for all his creation. The ancient-times creation epics do not and could not make such a claim.

The readers and students of the biblical creation narrative should not read it employing modern-day literary tools. The authors of the biblical narrative, and the ancient epics alike, did not possess knowledge concerning the rules associated with modern literature. To apply the modern-day rules and methods for a critical analysis of ancient writings does not contribute to the best possible understanding. The readers and students of ancient time writings, the biblical narrative included, concerning the world's creation should place themselves in ancient-time writers' place. Aim to understand how and what the authors of the biblical and ancient epics understood would bring out the probable message contained within.

Because the spirit God put in Adam made a deliberate choice, the decision to disobey became irrevocable for the entire humankind. Humankind lost the image of God by sinning in Adam. The glory of God that surrounded Adam and the woman departed from them. The love of Adam and the woman turned to self. They became lovers of self.

God intervened in humankind's history three times. God's first two interventions, the Flood and the Tower of Babel, served to redirect humanity's path through its history. The third intervention, the re-creation on the cross at Golgotha, helped re-create humankind and give it a new history. God is love; thus, he created humanity because he loves it. Accordingly, he determined to re-create humankind and restore it to himself as his children. The re-creation of humankind is the only way humanity could continue to exist.

God accomplished the judgment of sinful humankind in the body Of Jesus Christ on the cross at Golgotha.

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6, NIV. God also said: “I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me for I have redeemed you.” Isaiah 44:22, NIV

God, on the cross, destroyed the sinful life of humankind and the sin itself. In exchange, God gave humanity the perfect and eternal life of Jesus Christ. “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV. Jesus Christ is our righteousness from God. God established the everlasting righteousness, in Jesus Christ, for all humankind.

The Bible calls Friday, almost two thousand years ago, the dreadful day of the Lord. The dreadful day is the day Jesus was nailed to the cross. However, the cross did not make it a dreadful day. Friday, the day Jesus was crucified, was dreadful because the darkness ruled

The judgment of humankind for sin, through the body of Jesus, resulted in an astronomical event that science could not explain. According to the known laws in our universe, such an astronomical event should have destroyed our universe forever on the dreadful day of the Lord. However, the universe survived the incomprehensible event. The earth continued in its place. The re-creation of humankind became a reality. God accomplished it all during the darkness that ruled on the dreadful day of the Lord when Jesus was nailed to the cross at Golgotha.