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Analysis Of The Bible : The Creator Of God

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God is the Creator of nature and the visible world seen around us. The Bible opens with the words “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Psalm 95:3-6 says, "For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is His also. The sea is His, and He made it: and His hands formed the dry land." Creation reflects the genius of the Creator's hand. How can one explain how a sparrow knows it is a sparrow and stays with its kind, or how a baby knows to look into the eyes of its mother when no one has taught it to do so? How was a wasp made so that its wings flap at 100 times every second, or the housefly at 190 per second, or the mosquito at an amazing 500 times every second? This passage in Psalm 104 beautifully portrays the creativity of our Maker: "Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, . . . He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains . . . The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man, so that he may bring forth food from the earth, . . . He made the moon for the seasons [and] the sun knows the place of its setting. You appoint darkness and it becomes night. . . . O Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions." Another message to

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