We must also assume that the whole material universe, with which we are associated, has also had first Genesis is an account of such a spiritual creation of this earth and all that is therein, including mankind; the second chapter recounts the grosser material evolution. As stated in 1st Corinthians 15:44, “There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.” Colossians 1:16 reads, “By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.” I understand that the words, “visible and invisible” means material or temporal and spiritual. Paul wrote—Hebrews 11:3—“Things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” (D. M. McAllister, Life’s Greatest Questions—What Am I? Why Am I Here? After Death, What? [Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, n.d.], 7)
