From God’s viewpoint—i.e., from the aspect of the eternal present, the angels and human beings were created at the same time. From God’s perspective, all creation happens “at once.” However, from the human viewpoint, it is possible to conceive of our creation as a progressive series of events—i.e., evolution. In other words, it is possible to place the theory of evolution within the context of the divine creative act. Guided by the creative hand of God, the human body with all its physical powers and properties could have evolved through the process of gene mutation and natural selection. Such a gradual unfolding of God’s creative act would in no way diminish His divine power, wisdom, and love demonstrated in and through creation. Certainly, God could and might have created us without an evolutionary process. But if He willed the creation of the human body through an evolutionary process, the act of creation becomes an even greater mystery with an incomprehensible complexity. If the human body did evolve, God would have willed and foreseen every single gene mutation and natural selection process on the path from the very first, most simple animal species to the most complex animal and ultimately to the crowning glory of material creation: the human body.