BIBL 410 Weekly Study Questions 2 Liberty University answers complete solutions.

BIBL 410 Weekly Study Questions 2 Liberty University answers complete solutions. The Creation and Fall of Man Answer thoroughly the following questions based on this module/week’s Reading & Study material: 1. Define “evolution.” Evolution, “simply asserts that all living organisms arose from one simple, living cell.”1 (Davis, p. 73) 2. Define “theistic evolution.” Theistic evolution signifies that “that God ordered and directed the evolutionary process. He may have directly produced the first life forms, but beyond that He merely superintended the process of evolution.”2 (Davis, p. 74) 3. Is the dating of Adam important? Explain your answer. The dating of Adam is important because the biblical viewpoint interprets the biblical account of creation literally rather than parabolically or symbolically, historically rather than mythologically. This viewpoint accommodates the existence of cave men and unusual ape forms. According to evolutionary paleontologists dates Adam as one million years ago while Christian scientists generally argue for a more recent date. The Bible points to a relatively recent date, but how recent the date is, we will not know until science uncovers more conclusive evidence. (Davis, p. 75) 4. When was the origin of the “soul” in man? According to Davis, it was “Only after God breathed life into the lifeless body did it become “a living soul” (nep̱ es hayya).”3 (Davis, p. 76) 5. Explain how dust cannot be a symbol for animal life. Contrary to the premise set forth by Strong who believed that the creation of man to be was fashioned by God using “ existing material in the shape of animal forms.”4 However, dust couldn’t have been a symbolism for animal life because “it is the inanimate, inorganic material which we know as soil, or earth.”5 Thus we understand that “Dust cannot possibly be a symbol for animal life in Genesis 3:17-19 (Can animals bring forth thorns or thistles? Or do men return to animal life at death?), and there is no adequate reason for so understanding it in 2:7.”6 (Davis, p. 76) 6. Which of the six marriage principles stands out the most to you and why? 1 John J. Davis (2017). (p. 73). Paradise to Prison: Studies in Genesis. 2 IBID, p. 74 3 IBID, p. 76 4 IBID, p. 76 5 IBID, p. 76 6 IBID, p. 76 It is the third (3rd) marriage principle that Davis offers that stands out most to me. He maintains that “marriage is to be heterosexual.”7 Living in our current society where the government has conformed for the sake of inclusion; making same sex marriage legal and recognizing gay rights. We have abandoned the biblical order that is demonstrated “the mate whom God created for Adam, a male, was Eve, a female.”8 The audacity of going again biblical order has made us guilty of “completely abandon reasonable hermeneutics.”9 (Davis, p. 79) 7. Who is the “us” referring to in Genesis 1:26? Explain. The plural pronoun “us is more likely a majestic plural”10 if we are going to be true to the “Hebrew grammar and syntax.”11 When God says’s “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness (Genesis 1:26)” He is “speaking of Himself and with Himself in the plural number, not rever-entiae cause, but with reference to the fullness of the divine powers and essences which He possesses.”12 (Davis, p. 79) 8. What is included in the phrase “the image of God” (besides “likeness”)? When the scriptures tell us “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them (Genesis 1:27 NIV)” The phrase “image of God” according to Catholic scholars “consists not in dominion over the animal kingdom but in a share of the divine wisdom, justice, virtue, holiness, and truth, and that this “moral image” was completely effaced by the fall.”13 The distinguishing of man from animal suggest that mankind “has the capacity for self-consciousness, speech, and moral discernment.”14 (Davis, p. 80) 9. T/F—Adam and Eve and all of the animals were originally vegetarians. Support your answer. True. “Man’s early diet was diversified and complete; God gave him and the animals “every green herb for meat” (1:30). The trees in the garden were designed especially for man (2:9).”15 (Davis, p. 82) 10. Explain the terms “dominion” and “subdue.” What implications does this have for humans today? Dominion was ascribe to man as “a direct consequence of the image of God in him.”16 He was entrusted with rule “over life, both in the sea and on the land.”17 Moreover, He was told to “subdue it,” which is a degree of sovereignty, control, and direction over nature. 7 John J. Davis (2017). (p. 78). Paradise to Prison: Studies in Genesis. 8 IBID, p. 78 9 IBID, p. 78 10 IBID, p. 79 11 IBID, p. 79 12 IBID, p. 79 13 IBID, p. 80 14 IBID, p. 80 15 IBID, p. 82 16 IBID, p. 81 17 IBID, p. 81