CRST 290 TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026

CRST 290 TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026 viewpoints - Answers young earth creation old earth creation theistic evolution/evolutionary creation intelligent design naturalistic/materialistic evolution young earth creationists (YEC) - Answers God exists and created all things Bible outlines it in Genesis 1-3 Genesis is a historical narrative the genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11 provide real historical info current situation - Answers 38% young earth creationists 38% old earth creation + theistic evolution 19% naturalistic evolution evolution basics: earth history - Answers universe originated 13.7 billion years ago with the big bang our solar system and earth originated 4.6 billion years ago life first evolved 3.5-3.8 billion years ago most fossils come from rocks 542 million years ago to the present Homo evolves from non human apes about 2 million years ago evolution basics: life history - Answers all life is connected through ancestor and descendant lineages lineages that have no living members are extinct evolution is most commonly thought of as a tree evolution has been very successful in the lab and the field genetic explanations for life's diversity are strong some good transitional form candidates exist young earth creation basics: earth history - Answers earth and universe began several thousand years ago with "let there be..." creation week is 6 days (as we experience them) and 1 day of rest life (plants and animals) is created "according to their kind" most fossils come from rocks formed during Noah's flood Adam and Eve (homo) are created on Day 6 Genesis 1 & 2 are complimentary texts not two different creation accounts the genre of Genesis 1-11 is no different than the later chapters 12-50 the themes established early in Genesis are woven throughout the Bible and cannot be removed without seriously impacting out theology young earth creation basics: life history - Answers numerous and different "kinds" created at creation week speciation/differentiation within "kinds" significant extinction at Noah's flood living forms descended from the Ark-borne groups creationist not anti-evolution - Answers showing evolution to be wrong isn't enough evolutionary theory has changed a lot over time evolutionary theory will continue to change over time new data and ideas force changes evolutionary theory explains lots of data already poking holes in a theory does not replace it with something better producing a robust and detailed creationist history is more difficult but more rewarding - Answers the ideas can be better tested and scrutinized our ideas may be wrong; evolutionists might show this new data will challenge ideas; we may need to modify/alter/abandon some of them creationist ideas explain some of the data but need more work God will be elevated as we understand Him and His creation better Important themes of Genesis 1:1-2,3 - Answers God creates the entire world by His command God affirms and loves His work Formless and Void becomes formed and filled creation is well ordered humans are the pinnacle of creation we alone bear God's image and are placed as caretakers of creation Day 7 is rest important themes of Genesis 2:4-2:24 - Answers God creates a holy place in which to make humans chapter structure: problem action solution (no bush or rain Adam made Can work the garden) (the man in alone women is created first family) direct special and different creation of humans compared to animals and plants nakedness and innocence prior to sin (no need to hide from God) important themes of Genesis 3 - Answers sin appears as wisdom and subtlety Adam and Eve are responsible for their decisions sin brings pain and death (both physical and spiritual) marital stress results humans are separated from God and His holy place God alone can remedy the situation (and hints at the future resolution) Doctrines of creation - Answers Genesis 1-3 provides much (but not all) of the basis for a biblical doctrine of creation 1. God exists prior to, and independent of His creation a. creation: ex nihilo b. Creator/creation distinction 2. God made everything 3. God's creation is good, because God is good 4. God created the world for His glory 5. God created a world that is orderly and comprehensible to us a. divisions, seasons b. Adam names the animals 6. God specially created Adam and Eve to bear His image 7. Adam and Eve are humanity's first parents 8. Adam and Eve's actual and historical fall brought sin into the world other important things to note - Answers 1. God completed His creation work 2. God continues to sustain His creation at every moment; without that nothing would exist 3. there are hints of God's complexity ("let us make man...") 4. how the fall affects both humans and the rest of the world 5. the specific timing structure and meaning of Genesis 1 through 11 6. how general revelation (creation's testimony) informs us Genesis means - Answers begginnings hebrew word that starts the book - Answers beresit: in the beginning Genesis has 2 sections - Answers Genesis 1-11: primeval history Genesis 12-50: Abraham and his family big picture of Genesis - Answers a good creation gone (very) bad and God's plan to bless and redeem it Genesis 1-11: a global focus - Answers the chapters are connected by a focus on the whole world God creates the entire material world God specially forms the first humans sin enters and permeates the (whole) world God judges the whole world with a flood all the world is one language one tongue judgment disperses people across the world Genesis 1 - Answers name of God: Elohim creation account is very formal and organized global perspective: creation of entire world and all its inhabitants 6+1 pattern this structure is written as a narrative not poetic contains 50 waw-consecutive imperfect verb forms that indicate a retelling of past history Day 1 - Answers Heavens and Earth; light and dark Day 2 - Answers separation of waters Day 3 - Answers land and seas; land plants Day 4 - Answers heavenly bodies Day 5 - Answers fish and birds Day 6 - Answers land animals and humans Day 7 - Answers consecration and rest Yom - Answers Hebrew word for day Day -24 hours period of time daytime- time of day when light when - Answers beyom (hebrew) Genesis 2 Toledot - Answers beings with hebrew world Toledot means: account, generations (10 toledot statements in Genesis) introductions (likely) to units; or conclusions link the stories of Genesis together good reason to see Gen 1-11 as historical -toledoths structure is the same as those in 12-50 -no thematic change or genre change in the book Genesis 2 - Answers Name of God: Yahweh Elohim (the Lord God) more personal and dedicated setting chapter structure: problem action resolution the man is specially and carefully made by God the women is formed from his rib/side results in completion and goodness rules for behavior are given Genesis 3 - Answers new character: the serpent -lofty description: wise/prudent serpent speaks with Eve -where is Adam rules for behavior are broken -immediate sense of fear -separation from God God comes looking for the man and women round of finger pointing round of judgment and curses atonement and banishment Genesis 4 - Answers 2 brothers: Cain and Abel -a problem of proper sacrifice -God communicates and cares sin permeates the world fast God is merciful even in judgment Cain's lineage is both praiseworthy and contemptible Genealogies (Toledot) - Answers Genesis 4: Cain Genesis 5: Adam to Noah Genesis: 10 Ham. Japheth Genesis: 11 (Shem to Abram Genesis 6-9: the flood Sin and violence has now filled the world God's sorrow and condemnation of humanity -the flood is an act of de-creation one righteous man-Noah a plan for salvation Noah's flood - Answers hebrew for flood: Mabbul unique to this event in all of scripture Greek word in LXX & NT: cataclysmos flood lasts over 1 year flood narrative is structured as a chiasm -a balanced story/account God remembers Noah Genesis 8:1 Genesis 10-11 - Answers Gen 10: Table of Nations -surrounding peoples from Ham and Japheph Gen 22: tower of babel -sin again dominates man's thoughts and actions -God scatters rather than destroys Gen 11: genealogy (Toledot) of Shem -brings us to Abram (9 generations) patristic period - Answers first mention: Clement of Rome (130-140 AD) -letter to Corinthian church -mentions Adam 3 times -Also mentions tower of babel Theophilus of Antioch -writing against Greek philosophies