CREATION

At the start, everything was perfect. The One we may call the Purest, Ultimate Definition of Love chose to create an expansive universe, stamped with His wisdom. The perfection and beauty of this work would one day reveal just how wise, pure, beautiful, incomprehensible, and incomparable is the mind of the Master Builder. God created a perfect universe (Psalm 102:25).

Then, after creating the universe, Earth, and all living creatures (Genesis 1:1-25), God crowned His creative work with the pinnacle of creation: human beings. He made them male and female in His own image, to reflect His glory and to rule over the earth and every creature (Genesis 1:26-31).

At that time, both humans and animals were originally vegetarian. There was no violence — no devouring one another. God provided every seed-bearing plant and fruit for food (Genesis 1:29-30). After finishing His grand creative work, the Lord declared it “very good” (Genesis 1:31 NIV).