When we speak of “providence,” we are referring to God’s work since the creation week ended in Genesis 2:3. Providence describes his work of sustaining and sovereignly ruling over everything in the universe and his work of instructing, judging, redeeming, and forgiving humans, as he fulfills his purposes in the world.
Genesis 1–2 further confirms this how of creation by distinguishing between
---how God created the first plants, animals, and Adam and Eve (by His Word: supernatural creation)
---and how under God’s providence all subsequent plants, animals, and people would come into existence (by natural procreation and sexual reproduction). Hence, the text refers to plant seeds (Genesis 1:11–12) and to animals being fruitful and multiplying (Genesis 1:22) “after their kinds.”
This means that scientists today are not studying the processes and actions by which God created the world but rather the processes and actions by which He providentially sustains the world that He created and endowed with what we call “the laws of nature.” ICR
This means that scientists today are not studying the processes and actions by which God created the world but rather the processes and actions by which He providentially sustains the world that He created and endowed with what we call “the laws of nature.” ICR