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# create, creation, Creator
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## Definition
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The term "create" means to make something, or to cause something to be. Whatever is created is called a "creation." God is called the "Creator" because he caused everything in the entire universe to come into existence.
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* When this term is used to refer to God creating the world, it means he made it out of nothing.
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* When human beings "create" something it means they made it out of things that already existed.
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* Sometimes "create" is used in a figurative way to describe something abstract such as creating peace or creating a pure heart in someone.
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* Sometimes "creation" refers to everything God created, sometimes it refers to the beginning of time when he created everything. Sometimes it refers to all the people in the world.
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## Translation Suggestions
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* Some languages may have to directly say that God created the world "out of nothing" to make sure this meaning is clear.
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* The term "creation" can be translated in several different ways, depending on its meaning:
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* The phrase, "since the creation of the world" means "since the time when the world was created."
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* A similar phrase, "at the beginning of creation" means "when God created the world at the beginning of time."
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* To preach the gospel "to all creation" means to preach the gospel "to all people everywhere on earth."
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* The phrase, "Let all creation rejoice" means "Let everything that God created rejoice."
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* Depending on the context, "create" could be translated as, "make" or "cause to be" or "make out of nothing."
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* The term "the Creator" could be translated as, "the One who created everything" or "God, who made the whole world."
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* Phrases like "your Creator" or "their Creator" could be translated as "God, who created you
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