"As a result he does not subscribe to biblical inerrancy."
I believe he does. And this post will address that.
"By presenting it as all or nothing, you are creating a dichotomy that does not align with the real world"
I disagree. I believe you are inadvertently trivializing the importance of inerrancy to Christianity. I agree that for the majority of Christians this issue does not arise because they are told what to believe and why--or they find one of the 38,000 sects that seem to them to be a good fit. But there is a real reason why there are over thirty-eight thousand Christian sects at loggerheads with one another over "doctrinal minuitae" and why they worry over millions of pages for the "proper" biblical words and meanings. It may be minutae to you, because you don't belong to one of those 38,000 sects? I accept that. But I think the Church has spoken for herself rather well in defining Church Doctrine for 20 centuries.
Here is a simple chart dividing those 38,000 from the other 37,999 which are likely going to Hell. You will see that inerrancy is pretty much a universal position of the church--even today when science and civilization make it more and more difficult to rationalize the vast majority of the bible.
The belief in Absolute Truth communicated to man is the only place the Church can derive any authority. That is not a trivial point.
"Inerrancy is neither a necessary nor widespread doctrinal plank
It is necessary for any rational approach to Christianity. And it has been reaffirmed through the centuries time and time again by Church leaders. Don't confuse inerrancy with literal or uninformed interpretation. Inerrancy not only allows hermeneutics but it demands it!
"By insisting that observers of religions accept all the doctrinal minutiae of their sometimes contradictory doctrines"
Educated Christians are well aware that the thousands of contradictory Christian Faiths believe passionately that their “doctrinal minutiae” is a vital difference and is of critical and eternal importance. The bible derives from the Authority of the True word of God or it derives from NOTHING. And I feel obliged to point out to you (again) that the basis of these 38,000 or so deal breakers of faith rests on those "doctrinal minutia" you mentioned. If the bible is NOT "God's Word"--then it really informs the discussion not one whit. Gaskell certainly knows that and that is why he critiques it word for word in his "scientific" excursions as a soldier for Christ. Gaskell’s writings show that he knows with "Absolute Certainty" that without inerrancy a believer has only belief...and no reasons.
Gaskell is an Absolute believe in inerrancy. He does not lose one word of the Inspired breath of God. NOT ONE WORD.
But he will tell you in his own words in a few moments.
Obviously, some can escape from this fact (they think) by moving the necessary argument of inerrancy into the new age trickery of infallibility. However, It merely places the text and imagery into a separate layer of the canvas.
"As a result, I don't see Gaskell's being a Christian (one who, when faced with the choice between the Burgess Shale and Balaam's ass, went with the aged rock) as enough to characterize him as "a nut"."
Actually, I believe he rides two donkeys which is why I consider him intelligent but irrational. As you will see later in this post, Gaskell denies not one word of the Divine and Absolute truth he has found in the Holiest of books. Inerrancy does not mean foregoing interpretation. As he points out, the bible insists that Christians "use their minds".
"But what I saw was Dawkins and co. using Christianity of the more benign manifestation - not like the rather less polite form championed by strict-interpreters or cold-call proselytizers - as a generic disqualification in a professional situation. That has me thinking "foul"."
That is ok. Nobody is without partiality! I'm sure you can't see anything on your side of the fence except fresh paint! From my point of view, the paint is clean and perfect over here and has preservatives in it, as well! Reading Dawkin's complete statement (of which we originally perused a small paragraph), I find nothing in it to take issue with him over.
Without inerrancy, the Church has nothing, and those in positions of church authority certainly understand that without the idea of inerrancy the church has no moral authority to proselytize anything as necessary to salvation (and you could keep your corn, your fatted calves, AND your money)!
I think you rightly identified our possible disagreement as resting in good part on whether or not Gaskell had/has a rigid belief in the Bible as representing the word of a Divine and Perfect God who comes before man and science. I believe that those who dismissed his application for a particular job did so after sincere and serious consideration of his beliefs and whether or not they could prove an embarrassment and a harm to their business and their raison d'etre. I believe they made a rational decision and I believe they had every right to make the decision they made. I believe it was made without prejudice--but certainly not without reason. The history of Gaskell shows (among other things) that he has tried to validate Genesis (a fairy tale if there ever was one) by justifying it word by word and sentence by sentence. (Link to follow)
Gaskell seeks to justify the bible word by word. The prominence of the proffered job posting, together with Gaskell’s glib presentation skills, created a situation which the hiring committee would have been negligent to disregard.
The hope, the Covenants, the promises, the rewards, the punishments, the consequences of disbelief and disobedience--all these are central to ALL Christian doctrine. Someone as intelligent as Gaskell clearly would know this. Gaskell would clearly know that dismissing inerrancy (outside of human error and such) is equivalent to dismissing the FULL AUTHORITY of the bible and those who use it as an Absolute guide to Absolute Reality. As someone outside of the Faith, you may have a blind spot to what following words in an old book entails. All thoughtful Christians (probably more than 40% if statistics serve) believe in inerrancy. When it comes to “Christians of Authority” informing all the major defining acts of Christian doctrinal Authority…we find something closer to 100% (whether we reference the council of Trent or a score of other defining Christian meetings of consensus).
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The bible is not the Aenid or the Life of Johnson. Even though a literal read is an embarrassment in that it is full of the expected absurdities, contradictions, and brutalities of barbarian mythology; and even though learned scholars attempt to overcome these death blows by monkeying with logic (hoping that neither the audience nor the magician will notice that the pea is not under the cup)…nevertheless, the bible really is just a compilation of tribal fancy...lacking authority for both God AND MAN--OR it is (if not inerrant), at the very least INFALLIBLE.
Now what side of that "dichotomy" do you REALLY think Gaskell is on? Or does he sit oblivious under the sword of Damocles waiting to be transfixed? And this might be a good time to inform you that Solon did not create this dichotomy! I know the difference between dry land and water. And people who swim on land and walk on water are pushing ME outside of THEIR company. The inmates do not run the asylum...not anymore and hopefully not ever again...
And Solon does not "make it easy to ridicule all religion and its inherents". They come to me to ridicule and I point out the fact that they are walking on water..if they are. I don't believe I am responsible for loading the ammunition into the other guy's gun!
Considering the bible as a guidebook to accept and possibly borrow the odd cute maxim or phrase from is not a Christian approach. Even really foolish Christians understand that it is the Word of God... or it is just a very poorly written history of tribal wandering and warfare, which would have fared much better in the hands of Beatrix Potter. (and I would trade a thousand Gaskells for one of her, if you want to discuss rabbits or anything else of importance)!
If Gaskell had no history of attempting to justify the bible as the word of God through a line by line comparison to science, I suppose I would be more inclined to allow some tangential tolerance of his shenanigans. But I do not doubt his intelligence and I believe that his "tolerance" of science is contrived and considered and I have no doubt the hiring directors came to the same conclusion. I would have honored the old principle of an abundance of caution. I am satisfied that they did the same, and the $125,000 payment apparently settles the score. You apparently take exception to that--perhaps holding the opinion that the Employer has no rights of preference or selection beyond a rigidly dictated dogmatism of narrowly defined suitability. I don't know. But I know, he has agreed that he has been fairly compensated for not being permitted an open mike so I guess everybody is happy?!
I think Montague put it very well when he opined:
“Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.”
Mr. Gaskell is intelligent and has attempted and will continue to attempt to make science fit into the truthful reality of the bible. If you think he was trying to make the bible fit into the truthful reality of science, then you miss the point entirely. That would be the act of a stupid man intent on a lifetime of wasteful uselessness. Gaskell is not stupid. His critique of Genesis (as an example) took time, thought, and a prior commitment… The bible is the truth and God will reveal more.
Now can you guarantee me that this man puts science ahead of the bible, Mr. Chitte?? Would you like to lose my 200,000 dollar donation”, or will you cough up $125,000 dollars to err on the side of caution?! Hell...I'll spring for the cost!
I've rambled on here with some free association, but I am keenly aware that it would be extremely unfair for me to create a dichotomy and to condemn a man without regard for his opinion. So it is necessary that I let Gaskell have an open mike and speak clearly to what moves and motivates him and to whether science proves the bible or the bible proves science.
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Here are some quotes from Gaskell’s writing which have convinced me that he does indeed believe in the inerrancy of the bible and merely believes that appropriate interpretations are necessary because God is hiding certain matters till they are appropriate to be revealed.
“First, before arguing (from any side) about origins and what the Bible says, it is important to actually read for oneself what the Bible says!”
(the implication here is that he is going to show that the bible (when properly understood) does not conflict with science. But he is NOT going to get rid of any words. Real Christians cannot simply lose words that are Divine and God breathed. And Gaskell is a REAL Christian and not the phony kind.)
“Some of the ones I'd suggest looking up are John 1:1-3, John 1:10, Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 11:3. From these one learns that Jesus was involved in the creation and that more things than just our visible universe were created. This is precisely what modern astronomy is finding.”
(No maybes here. He already knows the certainty of the matter as Montague stated. All that is needed is proper hermeneutics to be employed.)
""For controversial issues St. Paul offers important guidelines in the 14th chapter of his letter to the Romans. First, in Romans 14:5b he says, “Let each person be fully convinced in his own mind”. Christians are to use their minds! From this chapter of Romans we can see that true believing Christians are going to be of different minds over some topics. But verse 3 of the same chapter commands Christians not to regard fellow believers who are convinced of other viewpoints on non-essential doctrines with contempt. Rather they should “...pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another” (verse 19).
(He has set the pattern he will follow. Everything that seems silly in the bible he will explain as metaphor or incomplete interpretation and as “proof” of this he will use quotes from…guess where?? When he uses these quotes as “proof”, they are 100% Divine and certain (otherwise how could one use them to prove a position?? How indeed.)
""Many challenge the theology of this theory since it requires God to be deliberately deceptive, while the Bible says, “God cannot lie”.
(Here, he is interpreting THAT idea as being God given and error free (this is extremely important because if the bible is not Absolutely true then it has no basis to justify or prove anything). I laughed when I read it because he apparently is unfamiliar with the fact that the bible claims God to be deceptive and a liar in several places! For example:
Ezekiel 14:9
And if a prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. )
Then he goes over various Christian interpretations of Genesis to show that this diversity is merely evidence that
“The Answers are not in yet”. This is part of my own viewpoint. I believe that God has not yet revealed everything to us in the Bible (see Deuteronomy 29:29 and I Corinthians 13:9-10,12) and I know that we don't know all the answers in science yet.
""Genesis starts: “In the beginning...” This is an important and powerful phrase because modern astronomy says very strongly that there was a beginning. This is implied by the expansion of the universe (“Hubble's law”) discovered in the late 1920's. The expansion implies that just under 14 billion years ago (see below) everything was in the same place. This time is commonly referred to as the “Big Bang”.
Now there are thousands of myths that incorporate some variation of the idea “in the beginning”. Only a mind a million miles from science and absolutely convinced of a particular supernatural view of existence would find something noteworthy in this simple line or in all the lines of Genesis. Think about it...
“WHEN WAS THE BEGINNING? I: WHERE DID “4004 BC” COME FROM?
Not from the Bible!”
He knows what is important and what to emphasis! The bible is the word of God. Anything false did NOT COME FROM THE BIBLE! And if it did come from the bible? Well, it just requires the right interpretation and the appropriate understanding of God’s intent in His infinite wisdom and mysterious knowledge! The bible cannot lie. Didn’t he just remind us of that (forgetting to remind us that the bible contradicts itself there, as elsewhere)? When he discovers his errors he will not throw out any of those inerrant words. He will try to understand them better, is all.
“The important point is that the Bible does not intend for a genealogy to be used as a chronology! (Its purpose is to show someone's lineage). Note, in particular, that the Bible itself never adds up the ages and reigns.
With these considerations one can see that an age of 13.7 billion years CANNOT BE EXCLUDED BY THE BIBLICAL GENEALOGIES.“
So he is trying to show that the bible knows the true age of the universe. So he must deal with the begats! He does so and now the bible is "scientific" again!
Which leads into something else he must deal with--Genesis!
“HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?
1. What is Meant by a “Day”?”
""Psalm 90:4 also says that a thousand years is like “a watch in the night” (about 4 hours.)”
SEE HOW "SCIENTIFIC" HE IS?! Absolute inerrancy! Psalm 90:4 proves that a day is not 24 hours! 24 hours is 6000 years!
He is convinced that the words must be interpreted--as God is revealing His meaning as we progress in our ability to understand! Even Genesis...the most mythic of the biblical stories (and the most similar to all creation fairy tales) he examines word for word showing (to his mind) that all is good. He does not throw even one word out. Intelligent Christians don't. But because he knows the bible is the word of God (it says so!), he also knows that he only needs to interpret it properly and open his heart to understanding.
Really, I can’t go any further. To take this man seriously is just too silly. Enough. I am glad they paid him off.
Do I say he is a bad man because of these things? No. I have said no such thing. I rather suspect he is just as moral and good as most of us. I don’t think believing in superstitious and unscientific things without any rational justification implies any necessary lack of morality.
I wouldn't want to leave the impression that Gaskell rests his faith solely on his ability to accept the "science" inherent in the perfect God-breathed words of Genesis. He has carefully scoured the bible for other verses which prove that the bible is scientific.
Let us let Gaskell tell us what he believes in his own words. As I read through these "scriptures" I can see Gaskell intently underlining as he pauses to stare starry-eyed around his study. I've never been able to find that G-Spot. But if one thing is certain to a poor atheist such as myself--Gaskell has the G-Spot or rather the G-Spot has him. Did I say I was glad the committee paid him off??
b>Compilations of Martin Gaskell showing how the bible validates science! This compilation is in addition to his thorough attempt to present Genesis as not susceptible to scientific falsification. His Christian underpinnings are clearly not merely a casual flirtation with tribal lore
OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES TO GOD'S ACTS OF CREATION
This is a compilation of scripture references, other than the first two chapters of Genesis, describing God’s acts of creation. Quotations are based on the New American Standard Bible. Explanatory material is given in square brackets, and omissions are indicated with ellipses (...). Verses should, of course, be studied in their original context. I would appreciate hearing of any mistakes or omissions.
My e-mail address is gaskell@astro.as.utexas.edu.
Martin Gaskell October 2008
Astronomy Department
University of Texas
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Genesis 3:19
...from [the ground] you were taken...
Genesis 3:22
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us,...”
Genesis 5:1-2
This is the book of the generations of man. In the day God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them man in the day they were created.
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remains...summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 9:1-3
... [God] said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the terror of you shall be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you as I gave the green plant.”
Genesis 9:6-7
“...in the image of God He made man. And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Swarm in the earth and multiply in it.”
Genesis 11:7
[And the LORD said] “Come, let Us go down...[to the earth]”
Genesis 14:19, 22
And he [Melchizedek, king of Salem and a priest of God Most High] blessed him [Abram] and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, creator [or possessor] of heaven and earth...” [Abram speaking] “I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, creator [or possessor] of heaven and earth...”
Exodus 20:11
...in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day...
Exodus 31:17
...in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor and was refreshed.
Deuteronomy 4:19
...the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven...which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
II Kings 19:15
[Hezekiah praying] “You [God] have made heaven and earth.”
II Chronicles 2:12
[Huram, king of Tyre, in a letter to Solomon] “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth...”
Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them and the heavenly host bows down before You.
Job 9:5-9
[God] removes the mountains, they know not how...[God] makes the Big Dipper, Orion, and the Pleiades.
Job 26:7
[God] hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:10
[God] has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness.
Job 26:13
By [God's] breath the heavens are made beautiful.
Job 38:4-11
[Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,] “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth! Tell Me if you know understanding. Who sets its measurements, since you know? Or who stretched the line on it? On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who enclosed the sea with its doors, when bursting forth, it went out from the womb; when I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, and I broke My decree on it, and I set a bolt and doors, and I said ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; and here shall your proud waves stop’?”
Psalm 8:3
...Your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have appointed...
Psalm 8:5-8
You have made [man] a little lower than the angels [or God] and crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the animals of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
Psalm 19:1
In [the heavens] [God] has placed a tent for the sun...
Psalm 24:1-2
The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas,
and established in upon the rivers.
Psalm 33:6,9
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host...For He spoke, and it
was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalm 50:6
The heavens declare His righteousness...
Psalm 74:13
You [God] did divide the sea by your strength...
Psalm 74:16-17
Yours is the day, Yours is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun. You have established all the boundaries
of the earth; You have made summer and winter.
Psalm 75:3
...It is I who have firmly set its [the earth’s] pillars.
Psalm 89:11
The heavens are Yours, the earth is Yours; the world and all it contains, You have founded them. The north and the south, You have created them.
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born, and You did give birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,
you are God.
Psalm 90:4
For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it passes, or as a watch in the night.
Psalm 95:5
The sea is His, for it was He who made it; and His hands formed the dry land.
Psalm 96:5
...but the LORD made the heavens.
Psalm 97:6
The heavens declare His righteousness...
Psalm 102:25
Of old You did found the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Psalm 104:5-9
[God] established the earth upon its foundations, so that it will not totter forever and ever. You God covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters were standing above the mountains. At Your rebuke they fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away. The mountains rose; the valleys sank down to the place which You established for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they may not return to cover the earth.
Psalm 104:14
[God] causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and the vegetation for the cultivation [or service] of man, so that he may bring forth food from the earth.
Psalm 104:19
[God] made the moon for its seasons; the sun knows the place for its setting.
Psalm 115:15-16
...the LORD, maker of heaven and earth. The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth He has given to the sons of men.
Psalm 121:2
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 124:8
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 134:3
May the LORD bless you from Zion, He who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 136:6-9
[Give thanks to the Lord of lords]...to Him who made the heavens with understanding,...who spread out the earth above the waters,...who made the great lights...the sun to rule by day...the moon and stars to rule by night...for his loving kindness is everlasting.
Psalm 146:6
[Praise the LORD]...who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them.
Psalm 147:4
[God] counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
Psalm 148:5
Let [the heavens...sun, moon, all stars...] praise the name of the LORD for He commanded and they were created. He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Proverbs 3:19
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens. By His knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drip with dew.
Proverbs 8:23-29
...the earliest times of the earth...when there were no depths...there were no springs abounding with water. Before the
mountains were settled, before the hills...While [God] had not yet made the earth and the outside places, nor the first dust of the world...[God] established the heavens...He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,...He made firm the skies above...the springs of the deep became strong...He set for the sea its boundary, so that the water should not transgress His command when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Proverbs 30:4
Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son’s name? Surely you know!
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything appropriate [or “beautiful”] in its time. He has also set eternity in their [men’s] heart, yet so
that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious, who can discover it?
Isaiah 37:16 = repetition of II Kings 19:15
Isaiah 40:22
[God] who is enthroned above the vault of the earth... stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out like a tent to dwell it.
Isaiah 40:26
Lift your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them
all by name...
Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk in it...
Isaiah 43:7
“...everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
Isaiah 43:10c “Before Me there was no god formed, and there will be none after Me.”
Isaiah 43:12c-13a
“I am God. Even from eternity I am He...”
Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by myself, and spreading out the earth all alone...”
Isaiah 45:7
[Thus says the LORD]...I am the LORD and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness...
Isaiah 45:11-12
Thus says the LORD...“It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands, and I ordained all their host.”
Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the GOD who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited)...
Isaiah 48:12-13
[God speaking] “...I am He, I am the first, I am also the last. Surely My hand founded the earth, and My right hand
spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand together.”
Isaiah 51:12-13
[God speaking] “Who are you...that you have forgotten the LORD your maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...”
Isaiah 54:5
...your Maker, whose name is the Lord of hosts; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, who is called the God of all the earth.
Isaiah 54:17-18
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth...be glad and rejoice forever in what I create...
Jeremiah 4:23
[God speaking] “I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless [or a waste] and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.”
Jeremiah 10:12
It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom; and by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.
Jeremiah 27:5
“I have made the earth, the men and the animals which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm...”
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, and the fixed order [statutes] of the moon and the stars for light by night...
Jeremiah 32:17
Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for you...
Jeremiah 33:25
Thus says the LORD, “...My covenant for day and night...and the fixed patterns [statutes] of heaven and earth...”
Jeremiah 51:15
It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom.
Jeremiah 51:19
The portion of Jacob is not like these [molten idols which are made by goldsmiths and which do not breath]; for the Maker of all is He...
Amos 5:8
He who made the Pleiades and Orion...
Amos 9:7
...[God] has founded His vaulted dome over the earth...
Habakkuk 3:3
His splendor covers the heavens...
Matthew 13:35
...things hidden since the foundation of the world.
Matthew 19:4-5
And He [Jesus] answered and said “Have you not read, that He who created them from the beginning made them male
and female...”
Mark 10:6-8
[But Jesus said to them,] “But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female...”
Mark 13:19
...such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created...
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:10
...the world was made through Him [Jesus].
Acts 14:15
We [Paul and Barnabus]...preach the gospel to you in order that you should turn...to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them.
Acts 17:24
[St. Paul speaking] “The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands...He himself gives to all life and breath to all things; and he made from one every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth...”
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that [men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness] are without excuse.
Romans 8:19-22
For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers pains of childbirth together until now.
Romans 11:33-36
Oh, the depths of the riches and the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways. For who has known the mind of the Lord...from Him and through Him and to Him are all things...
I Corinthians 8:6
...yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
I Corinthians 11:7
...man...is the image and glory of God...
I Corinthians 13:9-10
For we know in part...but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
I Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully just as I also have been fully known.
I Corinthians 15:45
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.”
I Corinthians 15:40-41
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthy is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
I Corinthians 15:47
The first man is from the earth, made of dust [or, “earthy”].
II Corinthians 4:6
For God who said “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Colossians 1:16-17
For by Him [Jesus] all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities – all things have been created by Him and through Him. And He has existed before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
I Timothy 4:4
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude...
Hebrews 1:1-3
God...has spoken to us in His Son...through whom also He made the world...[Jesus] upholds all things by the word of His power.
Hebrews 1:10
You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands...
Hebrews 2:10
[God]...for whom are all things
Hebrews 3:4
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
Hebrews 4:3
...His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:4
...He has thus said...concerning the seventh day, “and God rested on the seventh day from all His works.”
Hebrews 4:10
...as God [rested] from His [works].
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
James 3:9
...men, who have been made in the likeness of God.
II Peter 3:5
...it escapes their [mockers’] notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water...
II Peter 3:8
But do not let this one fact escape your notice...that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Revelation 3:14
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness [i.e., Jesus], the Beginning of the creation of God...
Revelation 4:11
Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created.
Revelation 10:6
...Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it...
Revelation 14:7
...worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.
Revelation 21:1
[John’s vision of the future] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away...
Revelation 21:4
[John’s vision of the future] ...the first things have passed away. He who sits on the throne said “Behold, I am making all things new.” |
