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[[ | <!-- interlanguage:start -->[[ko:창조주]]<!-- interlanguage:end -->The term '''''Creator''''' refers to [[God]], who brought all things into existence, including the universe and even the invisible world. He is also known as the Maker. | ||
The term '''''Creator''''' refers to [[God]], who brought all things into existence, including the universe and even the invisible world. He is also known as the Maker. | |||
God’s work of creation is recorded in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. God is the Almighty Creator who brought everything into existence from nothing. For six days, He created the heavens and the earth by His word, formed man and woman in His own image, and designated the seventh day—the [[Sabbath]]—as a memorial of the Creator. | God’s work of creation is recorded in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. God is the Almighty Creator who brought everything into existence from nothing. For six days, He created the heavens and the earth by His word, formed man and woman in His own image, and designated the seventh day—the [[Sabbath]]—as a memorial of the Creator. | ||
However, God’s creation does not end with the [[Six-Day Creation]] of physical beings. His work continues through spiritual creation, shaping the [[Soul|souls]] of humankind to be | However, God’s creation does not end with the [[Six-Day Creation]] of physical beings. His work continues through spiritual creation, shaping the [[Soul|souls]] of humankind to be complete and enter the kingdom of heaven. | ||
==The Creators: God the Father and God the Mother== | ==The Creators: God the Father and God the Mother== | ||
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===The Image of the Creator: Male and Female=== | ===The Image of the Creator: Male and Female=== | ||
The Creator is also referred to using the first-person plural | The Creator is also referred to using the first-person plural pronouns “Us” and “Our” in the account of human creation. It is the scene when mankind was created at the end of the history of creation. | ||
{{quote5 |내용= Then '''God [Elohim]''' said, “Let us make man in '''our''' image, in '''our''' likeness . . .” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; '''male and female''' he created them.|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201%3A26%E2%80%9327&version=NIV Genesis 1:26–27]}} | {{quote5 |내용= Then '''God [Elohim]''' said, “Let us make man in '''our''' image, in '''our''' likeness . . .” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; '''male and female''' he created them.|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201%3A26%E2%80%9327&version=NIV Genesis 1:26–27]}} | ||
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Jesus said to them, '''“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working'''.”|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205%3A17&version=NIV John 5:17]}} | Jesus said to them, '''“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working'''.”|출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205%3A17&version=NIV John 5:17]}} | ||
This means that Creator God is still working on the spiritual creation. Spiritual creation involves transforming those who are destined to die into the complete who will enter a world without death or mourning—heaven.<ref name=":0" /> It means changing them into beings who possess eternal life and [[God of Love|God’s love]], making them perfect creations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A8-10&version=NIV |title=Romans 13:8–10|quote= }}</ref> | This means that the Creator God is still working on the spiritual creation. Spiritual creation involves transforming those who are destined to die into the complete who will enter a world without death or mourning—heaven.<ref name=":0" /> It means changing them into beings who possess eternal life and [[God of Love|God’s love]], making them perfect creations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13%3A8-10&version=NIV |title=Romans 13:8–10|quote= }}</ref> | ||
The principle of the Creator’s spiritual creation can be understood through the love between [[Adam]] and [[Eve]]. When God created them in the beginning, He formed Adam from the dust of the ground and made Eve from Adam’s rib. Because of this, Adam referred to Eve as “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” and loved her as his own body.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A22-24&version=NIV |title=Genesis 2:22–24 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> The blood Adam shed and the pain he endured when his rib was taken were expressions of his love for Eve. If God had created Eve from dust instead of from Adam’s rib, Adam would not have called her “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” They would not have been seen as one body, and their love would have faded quickly. | The principle of the Creator’s spiritual creation can be understood through the love between [[Adam]] and [[Eve]]. When God created them in the beginning, He formed Adam from the dust of the ground and made Eve from Adam’s rib. Because of this, Adam referred to Eve as “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” and loved her as his own body.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A22-24&version=NIV |title=Genesis 2:22–24 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> The blood Adam shed and the pain he endured when his rib was taken were expressions of his love for Eve. If God had created Eve from dust instead of from Adam’s rib, Adam would not have called her “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” They would not have been seen as one body, and their love would have faded quickly. | ||