intelligence might have done. It was the work of His hands, and the naïve story of creation told in Gen. 2 bears witness to this old type of belief. So when God wished to communicate with man directly, He assumed a human form, a doctrine which is attested in many Old Testament stories. But with the advance towards a less material and more spiritual theology, these explanations no longer sufficed. Creation was the work of an efficient word, uttered by God: He spake, and it was done; He commanded,