Opiekuńcza miłość Boga do stworzenia w wybranych tekstach mądrościowych Starego Testamentu

Abstract

The Holy Scriptures not only show the truth about the creation of the world but also teaches that God constantly supports the world in its existence and cares about it. The article, which is an analysis of the Wisdom texts of the Old Testament, deals with God’s care of the world. Its first manifestation is the establishment of an unshakeable order of functioning of the world. God set the world in motion so that it would never be shaken, which guarantees the correct functioning of the world. God’s care of the world is also expressed by the way it is affected by various symptoms of the Creator’s goodness. It is God who sends the rain and sunshine and decides about the crops and man’s life. A sign of God’s goodness and favour is God’s patience with which he treats the world. The belief in the Creator’s constant love and care of the world is particularly relevant these days when some old deistic concepts are coming back. The world and man have not been left alone. The Creator watches over his creation, because he loves it and has never withdrawn his affection for it.