RHETOR 103A Chapter Notes - Chapter 11-12: Psalms, Thicket
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5: ask god to grant him the power to understand. 6: god made everything beautiful; human knowledge is ignorance compared to his. 7: how did god make the world? by his word. 8: how did god gain voice? no entity existed before heaven and earth, so god himself must have created that. 10: why? to teach us through his son. 11: god granted him mercy; in the beginning of wisdom he made heaven and earth. 12: god"s will is not a creature but part of his being; creation meant to be everlasting. 13: other people do not recognize god"s creation. 14: in response to people who ask, answers that god was not creating anything before he made heaven and earth. 15: people who is surprised at god"s creation will realize it"s a mistake; god created time, there was no then before the creation of heaven and earth.
