Who is the creator of earth

• HOME • BIBLE TEACHINGS • Bible Teachings • • Bible Questions Answered • Bible Verses Explained • Bible Study Course • Peace & Happiness • Marriage & Family • Teenagers • Children • Faith in God • Science & the Bible • History & the Bible • Bible Study Tools • CLOSE • LIBRARY • Library • • Online Bible • Magazines • Books & Brochures • Article Series • JW Broadcasting ® • Videos • Music • Audio Dramas • Dramatic Bible Readings • Meeting Workbooks • Kingdom Ministry • Online Library (opens new window) • CLOSE • NEWS • ABOUT US • About Jehovah’s Witnesses • • Frequently Asked Questions • Request a Visit • Contact Us • Bethel Tours • Meetings • Memorial • Conventions • Activities • Experiences • Around the World • Donations (opens new window) • CLOSE 1, 2. How does the sun demonstrate Jehovah’s creative power? HAVE you ever stood near a fire on a cold night? Perhaps you held out your hands at just the right distance from the flames to enjoy the radiating warmth. If you leaned in too close, the heat became unbearable. If you stepped back too far, the cool night air closed in and you felt chilled. 2 There is a “fire” that warms our skin by day. That “fire” is burning some 93 million miles (150 million km) away! 3. The sun testifies to what important truth? 3 Nevertheless, most people take the sun for granted, even though their lives depend on it. Thus, they miss what the sun can teach us. The Bible says of Jehovah: “You made the light and the sun.” ( and then turn our attentio...

The Creation Myth Like other creation myths, Egypt's is complex and offers several versions of how the world unfolded. The ancient Egyptians believed that the basic principles of life, nature and society were determined by the gods at the creation of the world. It all began with the first stirring of the High God in the primeval waters. The The creation of the universe took place over a long period of time when the gods lived on earth and established kingdoms based on the principles of justice. When the gods left the earth to reside in the sky world, the The First Gods The Atum created himself out of Nun by an effort of will or by uttering his own name. As the creator of the gods and humans, he was responsible for bringing order to the heavens and the earth. As Lord of the Heavens and Earth, he wears the According to the The Creator God's Offspring At a time the Egyptians called Zep Tepi (the First Time), Atum created two offspring. His son, The twins separated the sky from the waters. They produced children named Shu, the god of air, separates the sky goddess, Nut, from the earth god, Geb. Two ram-headed gods stand beside Shu. Drawing: Catherine Fitzpatrick Geb and Nut produced four offspring: In another version of the creation story, the city of The Sun God's Eye The sun god, Re (a form of Atum), ruled over the earth, where humans and divine beings coexisted. Humans were created from the wedjat (eye of wholeness). This happened when the eye separated from Re and failed t...

World of Fire and Ice Originally there was a chasm, Ginnungagap, bounded on either side by fire (from the world known as Muspelheim) and ice (from the world known as Niflheim). When fire and ice met, they combined to form a giant, named Ymir, and a cow, named Audhumbla (Auðhumla), who nourished Ymir. She survived by licking the salty ice blocks. From her licking emerged Bur (Búri), the grandfather of the Aesir. Ymir, the father of the frost giants, employed equally unusual procreative techniques. He sweated a male and a female from under his left arm. Odin Kills Ymir Odin, the son of Bur's son Borr, killed Ymir. The blood pouring out of the giant's body killed all the frost giants Ymir had created, except Bergelmir. From Ymir's dead body, Odin created the world. Ymir's blood was the sea; his flesh, the earth; his skull, the sky; his bones, the mountains; his hair, the trees. The new Ymir-based world was Midgard. Ymir's eyebrow was used to fence in the area where mankind would live. Around Midgard was an ocean where a serpent named Jormungand lived. He was big enough to form a ring around Midgard by putting his tail in his mouth. whose branches covered the known world and supported the universe. Ygdrasil had three roots going to each of the 3 levels of the world. Three springs supplied it with water. One root went into Asgard, the home of the gods, another went into the land of the giants, Jotunheim, and a third went to that primeval world of ice, darkness, and the dead, kn...

• HOME • BIBLE TEACHINGS • Bible Teachings • • Bible Questions Answered • Bible Verses Explained • Bible Study Course • Peace & Happiness • Marriage & Family • Teenagers • Children • Faith in God • Science & the Bible • History & the Bible • Bible Study Tools • CLOSE • LIBRARY • Library • • Online Bible • Magazines • Books & Brochures • Article Series • JW Broadcasting ® • Videos • Music • Audio Dramas • Dramatic Bible Readings • Meeting Workbooks • Kingdom Ministry • Online Library (opens new window) • CLOSE • NEWS • ABOUT US • About Jehovah’s Witnesses • • Frequently Asked Questions • Request a Visit • Contact Us • Bethel Tours • Meetings • Memorial • Conventions • Activities • Experiences • Around the World • Donations (opens new window) • CLOSE 1, 2. How does the sun demonstrate Jehovah’s creative power? HAVE you ever stood near a fire on a cold night? Perhaps you held out your hands at just the right distance from the flames to enjoy the radiating warmth. If you leaned in too close, the heat became unbearable. If you stepped back too far, the cool night air closed in and you felt chilled. 2 There is a “fire” that warms our skin by day. That “fire” is burning some 93 million miles (150 million km) away! 3. The sun testifies to what important truth? 3 Nevertheless, most people take the sun for granted, even though their lives depend on it. Thus, they miss what the sun can teach us. The Bible says of Jehovah: “You made the light and the sun.” ( and then turn our attentio...

World of Fire and Ice Originally there was a chasm, Ginnungagap, bounded on either side by fire (from the world known as Muspelheim) and ice (from the world known as Niflheim). When fire and ice met, they combined to form a giant, named Ymir, and a cow, named Audhumbla (Auðhumla), who nourished Ymir. She survived by licking the salty ice blocks. From her licking emerged Bur (Búri), the grandfather of the Aesir. Ymir, the father of the frost giants, employed equally unusual procreative techniques. He sweated a male and a female from under his left arm. Odin Kills Ymir Odin, the son of Bur's son Borr, killed Ymir. The blood pouring out of the giant's body killed all the frost giants Ymir had created, except Bergelmir. From Ymir's dead body, Odin created the world. Ymir's blood was the sea; his flesh, the earth; his skull, the sky; his bones, the mountains; his hair, the trees. The new Ymir-based world was Midgard. Ymir's eyebrow was used to fence in the area where mankind would live. Around Midgard was an ocean where a serpent named Jormungand lived. He was big enough to form a ring around Midgard by putting his tail in his mouth. whose branches covered the known world and supported the universe. Ygdrasil had three roots going to each of the 3 levels of the world. Three springs supplied it with water. One root went into Asgard, the home of the gods, another went into the land of the giants, Jotunheim, and a third went to that primeval world of ice, darkness, and the dead, kn...

The Creation Myth Like other creation myths, Egypt's is complex and offers several versions of how the world unfolded. The ancient Egyptians believed that the basic principles of life, nature and society were determined by the gods at the creation of the world. It all began with the first stirring of the High God in the primeval waters. The The creation of the universe took place over a long period of time when the gods lived on earth and established kingdoms based on the principles of justice. When the gods left the earth to reside in the sky world, the The First Gods The Atum created himself out of Nun by an effort of will or by uttering his own name. As the creator of the gods and humans, he was responsible for bringing order to the heavens and the earth. As Lord of the Heavens and Earth, he wears the According to the The Creator God's Offspring At a time the Egyptians called Zep Tepi (the First Time), Atum created two offspring. His son, The twins separated the sky from the waters. They produced children named Shu, the god of air, separates the sky goddess, Nut, from the earth god, Geb. Two ram-headed gods stand beside Shu. Drawing: Catherine Fitzpatrick Geb and Nut produced four offspring: In another version of the creation story, the city of The Sun God's Eye The sun god, Re (a form of Atum), ruled over the earth, where humans and divine beings coexisted. Humans were created from the wedjat (eye of wholeness). This happened when the eye separated from Re and failed t...