Like Marcion, a Christian heretic excommunicated in the second century, the Gnostics repudiated the depiction of God in the Hebrew Scriptures, beginning with the affirmation in Genesis 1 that
the whole creation of earth and the heavens is good.
Not exact matches
The process may only end when the Kingdom
of God has dawmed and the NEW HEAVEN and NEW
EARTH are unfolded and the holistic mission has the assurance that God is at the helm
of affairs and it is God's mission in which the
whole creation, including the Church, participates.
Nevertheless, this
Earth is in fact a very small part
of the
whole of creation.
In the five thousand one hundred and ninety - ninth year
of the
creation of the world from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the
earth; the two thousand nine hundred and fifty - seventh year after the flood; the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth
of Abraham; the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses and the going forth
of the people
of Israel from Egypt; the one thousand and thirty - second year from David's being anointed king; in the sixty - fifth week according to the prophecy
of Daniel; in the one hundred and ninety - fourth Olympiad; the seven hundred and fifty - second year from the foundation
of the city
of Rome; the forty - second year
of the reign
of Octavian Augustus; the
whole world being at peace in the sixth age
of the world, Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son
of the eternal Father, desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming, being conceived by the Holy Spirit, and nine months having passed since his conception, was born in Bethlehem
of Judea
of the Virgin Mary, being made flesh.
Unlike the Christian god that wouldn't ever change his mind or doctrine... except for cursing the world for eating an apple... except for telling Abraham to sacrifice his son, but then stopping him... and except for killing nearly all life on
Earth and then because
of the guilt says I'll never to do that ever again - in exactly that way... and except for deciding that 2
of himself (Father and Spirit) weren't enough any more, and creating / fathering / spiriting as Son... and except for forgiving all sin, when «In the beginning» he had cursed the universe for the eating
of an apple, by having his
creation torture and kill his only begotten Son... and except for having to repeat himself about the unchanging eternal rules, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saul / Paul, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, Bahá «u «lláh, David Koresh, and a
whole host
of others... and except for... and except for...
The
Earth and
whole creation is under the curse — becaue
of sin
of mankind.
Working with some
of the colleagues he'd met on the textbook project, his next step was to apply this information to the
creation of a
whole new field: the study
of ancient environments on planets, such as Mars, that resemble
Earth.