Fundamental Belief of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Creation

God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in Scripture the authentic account of His creative activity. In six days the Lord made "the heaven and the earth" and all living things upon the earth, and rested on the seventh day of that first week. Thus He established the Sabbath as a perpetual memorial of His completed creative work. The first man and woman were made in the image of God as the crowning work of Creation, given dominion over the world, and charged with responsibility to care for it. When the world was finished it was ``very good,'' declaring the glory of God.

Genesis 1:2

² The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.

Exodus 20:8-11

⁸ "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ⁹ Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; ¹¹ for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.

Psalms 19:1-6; 33:6, 9; 104

(19) ¹ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. ² Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. ³ There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; ⁴ yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, ⁵ which comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man runs its course with joy. ⁶ Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and there is nothing hid from its heat.

(33) ⁶ By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.

⁹ For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth.

(104) ¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, thou art very great! Thou art clothed with honor and majesty, ² who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who hast stretched out the heavens like a tent, ³ who hast laid the beams of thy chambers on the waters, who makest the clouds thy chariot, who ridest on the wings of the wind, ⁴ who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers. ⁵ Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken. ⁶ Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At thy rebuke they fled; at the sound of thy thunder they took to flight. ⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them. ⁹ Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. ¹⁰ Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills, ¹¹ they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. ¹² By them the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches. ¹³ From thy lofty abode thou waterest the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy work. ¹⁴ Thou dost cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth, ¹⁵ and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted. ¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers. ¹⁹ Thou hast made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. ²⁰ Thou makest darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep forth. ²¹ The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. ²² When the sun rises, they get them away and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening. ²⁴ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures. ²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great. ²⁶ There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it. ²⁷ These all look to thee, to give them their food in due season. ²⁸ When thou givest to them, they gather it up; when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good things. ²⁹ When thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed; when thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust. ³⁰ When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground. ³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure for ever, may the LORD rejoice in his works, ³² who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! ³³ I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. ³⁴ May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

Hebrews 11:3

³ By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.