The Old Testament Of Heaven Research Paper

Genesis is the first book of the old testament where the “Logos,” the Word of God, is revealed to be dominant, significant, and to possess creating power; God’s work was being done through His Word. God, who revealed His name as Elohim, created the heavens and earth, known also as the “cosmos,” in six days. The heavens symbolize anything that is beyond the created cosmos. In Genesis, water was pre-existent matter, whereas everything else was created by God: He had made what was good. On the first day, God created light and darkness. The light represented the day, the darkness represented the night. Light, crafted only by God’s word, was good. On the second day, God created a firmament of heaven, also known as a dome, which separated the waters

Allah, the One God, created the cosmos in six days. When Allah stated “be,” it would become. This reflects how truly powerful Muslims perceive Allah to be. Before Allah made man, Allah would break apart the soil and make various vegetation. This shows that Allah wanted the earth to be abundant for man. Once Allah was pleased with his work of the cosmos, he sent out seven angels to bring him different shades of soil where he would create man. Once he finished, he breathed life into the man; this man was called Adam. However, Allah is never done his work because his process of creation is ongoing. This holds true to the aforementioned line that God is the absolute and only creator, and that all he creates is for man, therefore it becomes a present for creation. However, in Islamic belief, though still holding strongly to the same line as Judaism and Christianity, puts more emphasis on the continuous creational work of Allah, instead of vicariously allowing man to continue the work of creation through having “dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth” (Gen

We have the responsibility to care for what was given to us. The dominion given to us by God was done so in trust, and not without consequences lest we forget He is the sole creator. The second cosmogony to examine is the laws of Manu Chapter 1, the written law of Hinduism. The main difference between Genesis 1 and its counterpart in Hinduism is that the Hindus believe that there is no beginning and that time is cyclical. This is very distinctive from that which is told in Genesis 1, that there is a distinct beginning and that time is linear, yet independent to that notion, God is without time. To appropriately explain the laws of Manu, the analysis must begin with Manu mediating alone. Meditation allows individuals to focus on their inner self, which is paramount to what is described to have happened to Manu. Approached by the sages, they asked him to explain the order of the whole system. Manu stated that the world was made up of darkness, until the lord, who is self-existent, brought light to the world and everything became visible. Water represented the goddess Devi— it was pre-existent in the laws of Manu just as it was in Genesis 1. As seeds were planted into the water, it became a golden egg. Inside the golden egg, Brahman was born. He stayed in the golden egg for a year.