Title: Creation in Plan and in Progress: Being an Essay on the First Chapter of Genesis
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0371936128
ISBN 13: 9780371936122
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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Creation In Plan And In Progress: Being An Essay On The First Chapter Of Genesis by James Challis. This 1861 treatise examines Genesis 1 to present a unified view of creation that is compatible with modern science. Challis argues that the biblical cosmogony is not a simple narrative of events but a proleptic scheme conceived in the mind of the Creator, combining plan and execution. He contends that while scripture speaks in terms accessible to sense and observable phenomena, modern geology and astronomy reveal deeper natural processes that can be reconciled with the Scriptural account. The work contrasts physical operations with sensorial consequences, and treats the six days as stages in a divine plan rather than literal twenty-four-hour days, though he allows for several interpretive layers, including esoteric meanings. He discusses the creation of light, the firmament, dry land, vegetation, animal life, and the creation of man in the image of God, followed by the seventh-day rest. The volume also addresses the problem of evil, the role of the Son and Holy Spirit, prophecy, faith, and miracles, and defends the authority and unity of Scripture in light of scientific discovery.

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