Cosmology is word given to the study of the origin and structure of the universe

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SAROSH MAHMOOD                CANDIDATE NO-0094

RE RELIGION & SCIENCE COURESWORK        CHRISTIAN COSMOLOGY

        

Cosmology is the word given to the study of the origin and structure of the universe.

The Christian cosmology according to the first two chapters of the book of Genesis in the Bible says that God created the whole universe in six days and rested on the seventh.    

The account says that God created the world form ex nihilo (from nothing):

 

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1)

This quote from the Bible means that God created the heavens and the earth on the first day.  God also created on the first day, light and dark. God acknowledged this as beneficial and so God separated light from dark to create night and day.      

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‘God saw that the light was good, and God brought about a division between the light and the darkness. And God began calling the light Day’ (Genesis 1:3-5)

On the second day God separated the earth from the sky.

‘And God went on to say: “Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the water.’ (Genesis 1:6-8)

 Consequently, on the third day God created dry land, plants and trees.  

‘And God began calling the dry land Earth, but the bringing together of ...

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