Jesus states God created the world
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553): Adam and Eve. Beech wood, 1533. Bode-Museum, Berlin (Erworben 1830, Königliche Schlösser, Gemäldegalerie Kat. 567) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be." ( Mark 13:19 ) In predicting a future judgment on the unbelieving world, the Lord Jesus referred to "the beginning of the creation which God created," thus affirming the biblical doctrine of supernatural, sudden creation. In the pagan world of His day, evolutionism was dominant almost everywhere. The Epicureans , for example, were atheistic evolutionists. The Stoics , Gnostics , Platonists , and others, were pantheistic evolutionists. None of the extra-biblical philosophers of His day believed in a God who had created all things, including even the universe itself. But Christ was a creationist, and the much maligned "scientific crea