Our modern concept of “Nature” as an entity independent of God cannot be found in the Bible. Instead, the creation passages emphasize a God who “sustains all things by his powerful word” (Heb 1:3). That is why, for example in Psalm 104, the point of view fluidly changes back and forth from direct action by God—”He makes springs pour water into ravines”—to water acting on its own—”the water flows down the mountains.” Such dual descriptions are two different perspectives of the same thing. Within a robust biblical theism, if God were to stop sustaining all things, the world would not slowly grind to a halt or descend into chaos; it would simply stop existing.
Ard A. Louis, “How Does the Biologos Model Need to Address Concerns Christians Have About the Implications of Its Science?” Scholar Essays [PDF], BioLogos Foundation (n.d.).
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