What: God spoke into existence what previously had not existed (Hebrews 11:3). The Hebrew words bara (divine creation through God’s command) and yom (the day-by-day pattern of God’s creation work) remove any wiggle room for evolutionary insertion into the first chapter of Genesis.
Why: Man’s creation is listed separately because he was created in God’s image. “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them” (Genesis 1:27). God’s purpose for the entire material universe was humanity. “The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat” (2 Peter 3:10).
Everything will eventually be uncreated except for humanity."
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