IT’S TRANSFORMATION, NOT CREATION
Most people, especially Jews and Christians, will be shocked to learn that the so-called creation story is not about a one-time historical, event in which God created the physical heaven, physical earth and everything in the physical universe. These are false interpretations of the bible. Scripture says that the bible is useful for teaching, rebuking, giving us hope and judging the attitudes of the heart. Learning about the creation of the universe does not fulfill any of these purposes.

Rather, the mystery hidden in the Symbols, Signs, Types, Parables, Allegories, Copies, and Shadows and the book of Genesis is about process through which God re-creates man into his spiritual image. It teaches how God transforms religious, Old/First Covenant people into spiritual, New Covenant people.

This transformation process is introduced allegorically in Genesis and retold in many different ways throughout the bible — including the Book of Revelation. For generations, theologians, religious leaders and bible publishers have misled people by translating the Hebrew word “bara’” with the English words create (6 times), created (32 times), creates (1 time), creating (3 times), and creator (4 times). These translations always gave bible readers the false idea that God created the natural heaven and earth, and everything in it out of nothing (ex-nihilo) and inspired the so-called creationism doctrine.

The creation story foretells scripture about God making all things new. It foretells scripture about God transforming hearts of stone into hearts of flesh and recreating hearts into the image of his heart. It is not about making something from nothing.

STUDY TIP: See Transformation Not Creation for a thorough discussion of transformation in the bible.