Good morning,
Many shows we watch on TV are not friendly to origins of man. Some claim that it took billions of years for the world and mankind to come into being.
I hold in my hand the testimony of the Creator. God tells us step by step how the world came into being. The process was simple. God spoke it, Jesus made it, and the Holy Spirit breathed life into it.
If we do not know the truth, we could easily be persuaded to believe the lie of evolution.
This week we will look at the Creation of our world. We will look at who God is and how He completed His creative work.
WHAT did God do?
Made a firmament and called it heaven (1:6-8) (Second Day)
“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Called the dry land Earth and the water seas God said let the Earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding its fruit after his kind (1:9-13) (Third day)
“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Made the sun, moon, and stars (1:14-19) (Fourth day)
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
God creates infrastructure on days two through four.
Day two He creates the atmospheric heaven.
Day three the earth, seas, grass, herb yielding seeds, fruit tree yielding fruit. Nourishment for the animals and the humans He will create on days five and six.
Day four the sun, moon, and stars. This enabled His creation to see, plant and harvest crops, and determine time. The phrase “And the evening and the morning were the…day.”, denotes a measure of time.
So far God has created everything to sustain life.
Next God creates sea life, wildlife, man and woman.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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