ANSWERS GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
◉ Proverbs 9:10. Answer: Knowledge and respect of God is the first
step to gaining wisdom
◉ Genesis 2:16-18. Answer: You can eat anything except for the Tree
of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. If you eat it you will die.
◉ Trinity. Answer: All were active in creation
◉ Three Christian views of creation. Answer: young earth, old earth,
theistic evolution
◉ Young Earth. Answer: god created the world in 6 days and the
earth is around 6000 years old.
◉ Old Earth. Answer: Life appeared in stages and God took more
time than 6 earth days to create the world.
◉ Theistic Evolution. Answer: Life evolved by a process that God
guided
,◉ The concept that humanity is created in the image of God may
refer to a number of things such as. Answer: - God passed attributes
onto humans such as love creativity, logic, etc.
- Humanity is to exercise dominion over what God created
- God breathed the breath of life into us
- God gives us worth
◉ What are similarities between Revelation 21:1-4 and the Garden
of Eden in Genesis 2. Answer: No more dwelling with man and no
more death or mourning or pain or crying
◉ According to the lecture, what is meant when we say God is
sovereign?. Answer: that God has supreme authority over His
creation
◉ List at least five characteristics of God emphasized in Psalm 145.
Answer: righteous, majesty, gracious, merciful, and good
◉ Three reasons for seeing humanity as a pinnacle of God's creation.
Answer: It's place at the end of the narrative space, the amount of
narrative space that the creation of humanity takes within the
narrative, the interruption in the pattern of wording established
when discussing the first five days of creation in Genesis 1
, ◉ How does the textbook describe the Garden of Eden?. Answer:
Good and ordered, a place of worship/particularly a temple or
throne room, a place where God dwelled with his people
◉ How would you describe the nature of work God gave to Adam in
the Garden of Eden?. Answer: to keep and work the Garden, kingly
gardener and watchman, expand the garden
◉ Summarize Proverbs 9:10. Answer: True wisdom is fearing and
knowing the lord
◉ Summarize God's statement in Genesis 2:16-18. Answer: He told
Adam that he could eat the fruit of any tree in the Garden except the
fruit of the "tree of knowledge of good and evil" (or he would die)
◉ List the four basic "acts" of the overarching biblical story. Answer:
creation, fall, redemption, restoration
◉ Summarize the two creation accounts in Genesis 1 & 2.. Answer:
Genesis 1 has a universal point of view and looks at the big picture of
creation. Genesis 2, then, has a focused point of view that looks at
the creation of Adam and Eve and God's relationship with humanity.
◉ List and briefly explain the four statements describing the Trinity.
Answer: God is one: Monotheism - There is ultimately only one god