God is shown as creator through out the beginning of the bible in many different passages. This clearly teaches Christians that God created everything in the world and bought it all into existence. The main creation story at the very beginning of the bible is Genesis 1 – 3. This passage clearly goes over what God created and then goes into the creation of humans and explains there special responsibilities.
Genesis 1 grasps the concept of creatio ex nihlo by saying ‘now the earth was formless and empty’ showing that God is omnipotent and has the power to create from nothing. It also uses the idea of God being anthropomorphic and giving him human like qualities. He is said to shape the world with his breath and he commands everything to come about each day again showing his omnipotence and that he is above creation. …show more content…
‘the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.’ The Bible uses this human imagery of God to make him more personal and understandable to his followers. It is a difference between the God of religion and the God of philosophy; it shows the care that Christians feel towards God even though he isn’t human. Another quote later on in Genesis 3 showing again this anthropomorphic quality of God in these creation accounts is ‘heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the