Christian Biblical Narrative: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration

This report explores the Christian Biblical Narrative, which is structured around four key elements: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. Creation is presented as the initial state of peace and divine intention, where earthly beings are bestowed with God's blessings. The Fall represents a deviation from this state, often visualized as a consequence of disobedience, leading to both physical and spiritual death. Redemption is then introduced as God's plan to alleviate the impact of sin and evil, offering forgiveness and the potential to transform negative experiences into positive outcomes. Finally, Restoration embodies the promise of a future where righteousness and peace prevail, and the effects of sin are eradicated, signifying a return to a harmonious relationship with God. The report references various sources to support the narrative's theological significance.

Christian Biblical Narrative
The four parts of the Christian Biblical Narrative which depicts creation, fall, redemption, and
restoration, details about the very nature of God. The creation is summed up as the peace which
is bestowed on earthly beings based on the very intention of God. So, when it comes to sickness
or that of the disease, then the narrative which can be visualized as the Fall, where the God’s rule
is ignored and the rebellious choice of ours depicts our physical or spiritual death. Sickness and
disease do not kill a person instantly, but due to the rebellious choice we become the enemies of
God, which destines our fall (The Big Story of Scripture (Creation, Fall, Redemption,
Restoration)- ED STETZER, 2012)
The comfort and hope can be found in Redemption and also in Restoration. Redemption
according to the narrative, is the forgiveness showered on us, by God, through turning evil and
the sufferance in to something good and fruitful. On the other hand, Restoration, is the promise
by the God, to a renewal of the glorious future, where the things will be restored, and it is when
The Lord, Christ will appear to make a judgement of the sin and that of the evil, and in so doing
the righteousness and the peace will be bestowed and thus the evil will be foregone once and for
all ( Bruce Riley Ashford, 2011).
So, as the four narrative suggests, Creation is in the making of us, where the peace gets
bestowed on earthly beings based on the very intention of God, whereas the Fall within the
narrative visualizes the death, both bodily and spiritually. Redemption as the name suggests, is
the plan of God to relive this world from the evil and the sin, through which absolution can be
achieved. Restoration, literally means to bring back something to its original position. So,
according to the narrative, Restoration, is go back to that phase where the evil or the sin did not
exist and no one was the enemy of God (Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a
World of False Hope- Trevin Wax, Matt Chandler, 2011).
References
Bruce Riley Ashford. (2011). Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the
Nations.
Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of False Hope- Trevin Wax, Matt
Chandler. (2011). Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of
False Hope.
The Big Story of Scripture (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration)- ED STETZER. (2012).
The Big Story of Scripture (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration). Retrieved from
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creation-fall-redemption.html