Regarding the creation of the visible things, read: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Gen. 1:1; John 1:3; Ps. 33:6.
God said: “Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word was a perfect work.” 2 Esdr. 6:38.
“For thine almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form.” Wis. 11:17.
“I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven, and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.” 2 Mac. 7:28.
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Heb. 11:3; Acts 17:24; Ps. 146:6; 148:5.
Concerning the creation of man, read: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Gen. 1:26.
“And the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Gen. 2:7; Acts 17:25; 1 Cor. 15:45.
How man was created, read: “This only have I found, that God hath made man upright.” Eccl. 7:29; Gen. 1:26; 5:1.
“For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.” Wis. 2:23; Syr. 17:1.
“And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Eph. 4:24.