A. Genesis says that God completed creation in the past (which contradicts evolution)
1. Chapter 1 summarizes what He did on each day
2. Chapter 2:1-3 summarizes the complete act
3. We cannot understand the act of creation through science because it happened in the past.

B. The act of creation
1. God called into being the space, time, and mass universe by His word
The Space-Mass-Time Universe: A Tri-Universe (Sidebar 1)
2. God created every life (Hebrew nephesh) including dragons (dinosaurs)
— Behemoth , Leviathan
—Japanese fishermen find

C. God's continuing work is preservation; His future work is restoration

D. The process of creation
1. fiat—He spoke and it was (Psalm 33:6, 9 "...He spake and it was done...")
He spoke and it was
2. He took six days as an example for us
3. The creation was good, complete, mature and functioning
a.) There was no struggle for existence, and no survival of the fittest
b.) There was no sin, sickness, suffering or death