Religious Studies 1st Semester

In the beginning Godcreated the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

What is Day 1 of God’s Creation?

Day and Night Genesis 1:1 -5

Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light. God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”

What is Day 2 of God's Creation?

Sky and Water Genesis 1:6-8

Then God said: Let there be something to divide the water in two! So God made the air to divide the water in two. Some of the water was above it. God named the air ‘sky’.

What is Day 3 of God's Creation?

Land, Sea and Plants Genesis 1:9-13

Then God said: “Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear”. God named the dry land “earth”. He named the water that was gathered together “seas”. God saw that this was good.Then God said, “Let the earth produce plants.

What is Day 4 of God's Creation

Sun, Moon and Stars Genesis 1:16-19

God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

What is Day 5 of God's Creation?

Birds and Fish Genesis 1:20-23

“Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good.

What is Day 6 of God's Creation?

Animals and Humans Genesis 1:24 - 31

So God created wild, tame, and small crawling animals to produce more of their kind, and saw this as good. He then created human beings in his image and likeness, allowing them to rule over fish, birds, tame animals, and earth.

What is Day 7 of God's Creation?

God finished and rested Genesis 2:1-3

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

What is Revelation?

means to show us something we did not know or see before.

Revelare

meaning to take off the veil

Re meaning

to cover

velare

to cover or veil

What are the 2 types of revelation?

General Revelation

and Special Revelation

General Revelation

is a revelation that everyone can experience.

Special Revelation

is where something is revealed to an individual person or select group.

Genesis

The first book of the Bible that recounts God’s creation of the world, humanity, and the earliest events of salvation history.

Creation

God’s act of bringing the universe and all life into existence out of nothing.

Day 1 – Day and Night

God creates light, separates it from darkness, and names the light “day” and the darkness “night.”

Day 2 – Sky and Water

God forms the expanse (sky) to divide the waters above from the waters below.

Day 3 – Land, Sea, and Plants

God gathers the waters so dry land appears, calls the land “earth,” the gathered waters “seas,” and brings forth vegetation.

Day 4 – Sun, Moon, and Stars

God makes the greater light (sun) for the day, the lesser light (moon) for the night, and the stars to illuminate and mark seasons.

Day 5 – Birds and Fish

God fills the sea with living creatures and the sky with birds, blessing them to multiply.

Day 6 – Animals and Humans

God creates land animals and then human beings in His image and likeness, giving them dominion over the earth.

Day 7 – God Rests

God finishes His work, rests, blesses the seventh day, and makes it holy.

Image of God

The unique likeness to God bestowed on humans, enabling rationality, freedom, and capacity to love.

Adam and Eve

The first man and woman, created by God to live in harmony with Him and each other in Eden.

Special Gifts (Original Justice)

State of complete harmony, freedom from suffering and death, and being heirs to Heaven given to Adam and Eve before sin.

Forbidden Fruit

The fruit of the tree God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat; its consumption symbolized disobedience.

Devil (Serpent)

The fallen angel who tempted Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.

Fall of Man (Original Sin)

Humanity’s first act of disobedience that introduced suffering, death, and separation from God.

Eden

The paradise garden where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall.

Battle of Heaven

The angelic conflict in which Lucifer rebelled against God and was defeated by the faithful angels led by Michael.

Lucifer

The proud angel who refused to serve God, became Satan, and led other angels into rebellion.

Archangel Michael

Leader of the faithful angels who defeated Lucifer; protector of God’s people.

Fallen Angels (Demons)

Angels who followed Lucifer’s rebellion and were cast out of Heaven, now opposed to God.

Guardian Angel

An angel assigned by God to guide and protect each individual on the path to Heaven.