The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

but chaotic planet. “Divine copulation” extends this myth by adding that preexistent celestial figures mated and from their union came the planets, the elements (water, fire, and wind), and the other objects of creation. The most popular creation myth is the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh where an antediluvian wanderer named Dumuzi tells the story of how the world began according to his personal escapades. Creation myths explain mankind in their various stories as the ultimate cruel or crowning achievement of the gods who are always presented as a plurality of supernatural powers. The typical creation myth portrays a creator/creature relationship that enslaves humanity to the wicked and whimsical will of the gods. Man was created to relieve them of their workload and carry out creation’s grunt work for them. The Bible’s creation story says that the world is the product of a deliberate Creator act; a well thought out, skillfully orchestrated architecture. Humanity was created in eternity and placed in a body after which the Creator breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. That action served to deposit the spirit and the soul of the man and all his progeny by way of the blood at once. Creationists, normally Judeo-Christians, know what Genesis 1:1 says is true. “In the beginning God [did] create the heavens and the earth.” Ephesians 3:9 adds that He did so by Jesus Christ, His Son and the founder of the Christian faith. The creation story told by Moses in Genesis is the only one that describes mankind as created to serve, not as a slave, the vision of all other impostor creators. Man was made a vice regent in the express image of his Maker. His entire purpose and destiny is to accomplish on earth for His God in the flesh all that the Creator achieved in eternity. See Genesis 1:26–28. Since many educational institutions teach creation myths, prophets should be well versed in them to counter the sure unbelief even faithful Christians may fall into after hearing that the Genesis story is not the only popular account of how the world(s) began. See Cosmic Tree and Afterlife Myths. 323. Cross—A T-shaped upright post used in Roman times to execute criminals sentenced to death. Crucifixion was a common means of carrying out death sentences that dates back to earlier times. Our Lord and Savior was crucified on a cross at Golgotha Hill, or Calvary, as a sinless sacrifice for our sins. In anticipation of the world’s rejection of His Son the Messiah, the Old Testament prophesied that Jesus would be hanged on a tree, the death sentence of one severely cursed by his god. According to Genesis 40:19, this manner of execution dates back to the