0isez
Puritan Board Freshman
As I read Genesis as my morning bible study, I often read a few theologians saying that "rested" does not mean that God quit working otherwise all of creation would fall apart. At those times I didn't think about quoting names, dates and times of who said what, but now that I'm going public I wish I did. The only name that comes to mind is R.C. Riley who is a partaker of this paraphrased idea above.
Some are so adamant about God not truly resting that they seem defensive and protective of that point. One even said that creation was not inertia.
Considering this last statement (R.C. Riley, hope I have that right if memory serves) Inertia plays an important part in our world or reproduction.
Some are so adamant about God not truly resting that they seem defensive and protective of that point. One even said that creation was not inertia.
Considering this last statement (R.C. Riley, hope I have that right if memory serves) Inertia plays an important part in our world or reproduction.
I do believe that God did indeed put things on Automatic (if you will). Consider the seeds and plants mentioned in Genesis 1:9-12. Aren't those seeds following an algorithm? God planted "orders" in his creation. In seasons, in tides, in births and deaths most of creation in movement have been implanted these functional orders invented and set in place by God. We even have evidence by discovering DNA, how it sets a protocol for life. An algorithm that produces sires from plants and animals according to their species and seed. Even down to hereditary characteristics. True science mimics God by thinking God's thoughts after Him. The computer is a scientific observance of God's orderly protocol of an algorithmic creation. Not life, but an example of God's orderly commands to generate what He put in motion. Which, to me, makes more sense. Now coming around to my quasi question; Does this make a difference in the kind of rest God took if indeed he set creation in motion by implantation of genetic orders? |
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