- In Genesis 1 it speaks of God “creating” and God “making” things, what is the meaning and significance of these words? What is the relationship between creating and dividing or separating one thing from another?
What is the meaning of the order of the Creation in terms of
a. how God creates the universe?
b. what he makes?
c. the spatial order and structure he gives it? (Think of the issue of hierarchy and the Great Chain of Being as well as the binaries he creates.)
d. the temporal order in which he creates things?
e. What does it mean for God to say that the Creation is “good” and “very good”? How is this binary structure found in Adam? What is the meaning and significance of this making in terms of: What he is made from, how he is made, and the structure he is given by this making.