The Earth Is the Lord’s (Psalm 24:1): A Pentecostal Perspective on the Doctrine of Creation

Abstract

This inquiry from a Pentecostal hermeneutic literal interpretation advances academic and ecclesial conversations surrounding the creation of the Universe. The article probed the Biblical creationists and the Big Bang Theories which credit the creation of the Universe to God and a blast, respectively. “The Earth is the Lord’s” (Ps. 24:1) means, God created the universe as well as all life that exists. The work appraised the Big Bang, the pulsating universe, and the cosmic inflationary theories and they were found to be lacking premise for validity and veracity based on biblical and practical evidence. The biblical creationist theory believed by the Pentecostal movements was ratified in the study as the model that can best explicate the creation of the universe and the life in it. The work exclusively offers to academia the Ten Commandments of the Core Pentecostal principles on the Doctrine of Divine Creationism. The work contributes to academia by providing an indispensable resource for bible scholars, seminary students, and Christian congregations while reiterating the significance of the doctrine of creation in Pentecostal construal and Biblical theology. Keywords: Theistic Evolution, Pentecostal, Creationism Theory, Big Bang Theory, Inflation Theory and Pulsating Cosmos Theory.