Chapter 6
Who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth?
"In the beginning Elohim created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1.
What were the means that Yahuwah used to bring the heavens and the earth into existence?
"By the word of Yahuwah were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear Yahuwah: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." Psalms 33:6-9.
What was Yahuwah's purpose in creating the earth?
"For thus saith Yahuwah that created the heavens; Elohim Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahuwah; and there is none else." Isaiah 45:18.
How does the Bible describe the creation of man?
"And Yahuwah Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." "And Yahuwah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which Yahuwah Elohim had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man." Genesis 2:7, 21-22.
In whose image was man created?
"So Elohim created man in His own image, in the image of Elohim created he him; male and female created he them." Genesis 1:27.
What authority did Yahuwah originally give to him?
"And Elohim said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." Genesis 1:26.
"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet." Psalm 8:4-6.
Yahuwah gave man an ideal home. What was it?
"And Yahuwah Elohim planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." "And Yahuwah Elohim took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." Genesis 2:8, 15.
What was the food that Yahuwah gave to perpetuate immortality?
"And out of the ground made Yahuwah Elohim to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Genesis 2:9.
What simple plan was used by Yahuwah to test the loyalty and obedience of Adam and Eve?
"And Yahuwah Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Genesis 2:4-17.
What is the power that upholds all the universe?
"He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." Psalm 107:20.
In ancient times, how did Yahuwah bring healing to His people?
"Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." Hebrews 1:3.
As we gaze upon the heavens, what do they declare unto us?
"...The heavens declare the glory of El; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge." Psalms 19:1-2.
What is it that the visible Creation reveals to us?
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Divinity; so that they are without excuse." Romans 1:20.
An obedient Christian is whose workmanship?
"For we are his workmanship, created in the Anointed Yahushua unto good works, which Yahuwah hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10.
Looking beyond the present sin-cursed earth, to what promise may we fix our gaze?
"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind." Isaiah 65:17.
"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelation 21:1.
There is an important difference between the true Eloah and all false eloahs. What is it?
"Thus shall ye say unto them, The eloah that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth. and from under these heavens." Jeremiah 10:11.
To whom alone are we to give our worship?
"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before Yahuwah our Maker." Psalm 95:6.
What is the great truth that makes all men on earth brothers?
"Have we not all one father? hath not one El created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?" Malachi 2:10.