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This paper examines Vasilii Rozanov's focus on the Creation of the Earth by God, and the opposition he posits between the Creation and the Apocalypse as presented in the Christian Bible. It argues that Rozanov uses the Creation to demonstrate the sanctity of the material world, a stance which enables him to counter the general Christian tendency towards contemptus mundi, and more specifically the eschatological aspect of Russian culture. It also examines Rozanov's peculiar relationship with Jesus Christ as a created being, and argues that Rozanov presents an opposition between the creative activity of God, and the anti-creative work of Christ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]