Allusions To Creation In The Book Of Psalm

hallowed it.”1 This, of course, is the basis for our seven-day week—six days of work and one day of rest. Obviously, this passage was meant to be taken as speaking of a total of seven literal days based on the Creation Week of six literal days of work and one literal day of rest.19The Psalmist says in Psalms 33:9 NASB For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.The Psalmist recalls God speaking things into creation from Genesis 1. The Creation, is recounted again by the Psalmist in Psalm 104, as a joyous expression of enthusiastic praise to nature and its Creator.20 Although there are frequent allusions to Creation in the Book of Psalms, it is one specific hymn or chapter of Psalms 104 that has been designated the Creation

In speaking of the “first day,” Basil explains that “it is as though the scripture is saying: twenty-four hours measure the space of a day, or that, in reality a day is the time that the heavens starting from one point take to return there.”26 Ambrose, also commenting on the first day, asserts that “Scripture established a law that twenty-four hours, including both day and night, should be given the name of day only, as if one were to say the length of one day is twenty-four hours in extent.”27John Damascene describes a day’ s length in terrific detail, comparing the solar solstice to the solar equinox, and the period of the moon to the sun, when he ponders the sun’ s being created on the fourth day.28So Basil, Ambrose, and Damascene also teach that the universe was created instantaneously or before time. These forefathers of the church seem to believe the account of Genesis chapter 1 as historical fact even alluding to the six days

In one Egyptian creation myth, the sun god Ra takes the form of Khepri, the scarab god who was usually credited as the great creative force of the universe. Khepri tells his followers, “Heaven and earth did not exist. And the things of the earth did not yet exist. I raised them out of Nu, from their stagnant state. I have made things out of that which I have already made, and they came from my mouth." It seems that Khepri is telling his followers that in the beginning there is nothing. He made the watery abyss known as Nu, from which he later draws the materials needed for the creation of everything. If you notice table 1.1 one may conclude from the Hebrew, Persian, and Mesopotamian stories of creation is that each culture even though unattached have similar creation stories and share similar words, concepts, and ideas. Table 1.1 A Culture and it’ s Ancient Creation Text Israelites and Genesis Persian and Avesta Mesopotamian and Enuma Elish Creator ElohimOrmuzd The God’ s Marduk battles Goddess TiamatTime of Creation 6 days of creation & 7thday Elohim rested 6 days of creation & 7thday Ormuzd rested Each the gods creates their own domain Creation of Man Adam & Eve Adama & Evah The God Enki (sometimes Ea) creates