seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their
kinds” (Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 11–12). Then, noting the perfection of
His creation (“i.e. good”), God blessed them and told them: “Be fruitful and
increase in number and fill the water in the seas. . .” (Book of Genesis, chapter
1, verse 20–22).
All these emphasize God’s infinite wisdom (which could only be of divine
nature) wherewith He carried out His great and perfect process of creation. The
progression of this process is noteworhty: the first and the second day, the lifeless
things were created; the third day, the plants were created and the fifth day, the
animals were created (Henry Halley 1924). Through His act of creation, God
establishes a perfect order, transforming the “chaos” from the edge of the galaxy,
i.e. the Milky Way, into a small blue planet, expression of the necessary conditions
for the existence of life. Every day of His creation, God put the universe in perfect
order (The Bible, The Old Testament, the Genesis).
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Nevertheless, the Man’s fall into sin (from the most wonderful and cozy place of
God’s creation – the Garden of Eden) led to the deterioration of his/her relationship
with God. It started as a “chain disorder”, as an existential change, as a new
existential knowledge, characterized by a negative state (affective inversion), by
a defensive emotional reactivity, by a harsh judgment against the fallen woman, a
judgment on the man, a judgment of the earth (Ștefan Gae 2014).
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Referring to the top step (the sixth day), when God created the man, we often ask
ourselves the question of how do we honor the Creator, Who gave us the mandate to
master, work and keep His whole creation? In other words, to be good administrators. The tree of knowledge of good and evil, whose fruit was forbidden to the
human being, and whereby, nevertheless, the man disobeyed and committed the
original sin, was an expression of God’s full authority. Only God, as a creator with
the right to full ownership over all things, including biological life, had and
currently has a divine and unimpeded right. We, humans, are granted only the
other two legal attributes of ownership, i.e. possession and rational use (keeping).
How ignorant or wrong we are when we consider ourselves as human beings with
the right to full ownership! (We do not mean the absolute right of property, in a
legal sense). In this regard, our Savior Jesus Christ wonderfully draws our attention
on these things in one of His parables, i.e. “The Parable of the Rich Fool” (The
Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Luke”).
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7 “God saw all that He had made, and it was very good” (See The Bible, The Old Testament, “The
Genesis”, ch. 1, verse 31, p. 2).
8 In God’s creation there is similarity between spiritual structures and structures of matter, between
the spirit and the laws governing matter. In light of this similarity and the application of entropy in
order to explain society, people in their behavior, their financial status, laws, show that all acts are
governed by the same law – the law of Entropy (Ștefan Gae 2014: 117).
9 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who
will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things
for themselves but is not rich toward God” (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Luke”,
ch. 12, verse 20 and 21, p. 1005).
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kinds” (Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 11–12). Then, noting the perfection of
His creation (“i.e. good”), God blessed them and told them: “Be fruitful and
increase in number and fill the water in the seas. . .” (Book of Genesis, chapter
1, verse 20–22).
All these emphasize God’s infinite wisdom (which could only be of divine
nature) wherewith He carried out His great and perfect process of creation. The
progression of this process is noteworhty: the first and the second day, the lifeless
things were created; the third day, the plants were created and the fifth day, the
animals were created (Henry Halley 1924). Through His act of creation, God
establishes a perfect order, transforming the “chaos” from the edge of the galaxy,
i.e. the Milky Way, into a small blue planet, expression of the necessary conditions
for the existence of life. Every day of His creation, God put the universe in perfect
order (The Bible, The Old Testament, the Genesis).
7
Nevertheless, the Man’s fall into sin (from the most wonderful and cozy place of
God’s creation – the Garden of Eden) led to the deterioration of his/her relationship
with God. It started as a “chain disorder”, as an existential change, as a new
existential knowledge, characterized by a negative state (affective inversion), by
a defensive emotional reactivity, by a harsh judgment against the fallen woman, a
judgment on the man, a judgment of the earth (Ștefan Gae 2014).
8
Referring to the top step (the sixth day), when God created the man, we often ask
ourselves the question of how do we honor the Creator, Who gave us the mandate to
master, work and keep His whole creation? In other words, to be good administrators. The tree of knowledge of good and evil, whose fruit was forbidden to the
human being, and whereby, nevertheless, the man disobeyed and committed the
original sin, was an expression of God’s full authority. Only God, as a creator with
the right to full ownership over all things, including biological life, had and
currently has a divine and unimpeded right. We, humans, are granted only the
other two legal attributes of ownership, i.e. possession and rational use (keeping).
How ignorant or wrong we are when we consider ourselves as human beings with
the right to full ownership! (We do not mean the absolute right of property, in a
legal sense). In this regard, our Savior Jesus Christ wonderfully draws our attention
on these things in one of His parables, i.e. “The Parable of the Rich Fool” (The
Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Luke”).
9
7 “God saw all that He had made, and it was very good” (See The Bible, The Old Testament, “The
Genesis”, ch. 1, verse 31, p. 2).
8 In God’s creation there is similarity between spiritual structures and structures of matter, between
the spirit and the laws governing matter. In light of this similarity and the application of entropy in
order to explain society, people in their behavior, their financial status, laws, show that all acts are
governed by the same law – the law of Entropy (Ștefan Gae 2014: 117).
9 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who
will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things
for themselves but is not rich toward God” (The Bible, The New Testament, “The Gospel of Luke”,
ch. 12, verse 20 and 21, p. 1005).
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