Creation
Moses under the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit wrote
Genesis, the first book in the Bible and the book of
beginnings. The beginning of the world, the beginning of
man, and the beginning of the Hebrew people.
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The Bible reveals that God made the world, and all that is
in the world, and the entire universe out of nothing. He
spoke His Word, and everything came into existence. This is
creation.
According to Genesis 1, God created the world in 6 days
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God created light on the first day, and He separated the
light from the darkness. The lights he called day, and the
darkness he called night.
Gen 1:3-5 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there
was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God
divided the light from the darkness. God called the light
Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and
the morning were the first day.
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God created the firmament on the second day, which he
called heaven. There were upper waters and lower waters,
above the firmament and below the firmament.
Gen 1:6-8 Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters." Thus 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. And God called the
firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the
second day.
The "firmament" here refers to the atmospheric heaven where
the clouds are as well as the celestial heaven where the
stars are.
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On the third day God created dry land in the midst of the
lower waters, He called the dry land "Earth" and he called
the gathering of the waters "Seas" or oceans. He separated
the oceans from the dry land. He also created every plant
and tree according to its own kind, and each bearing its
own seed.
third-day-vegetation.gifGen 1:9-13 Then God said, "Let the
waters under the heavens be gathered together into one
place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God
called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of
the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit
according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the
earth"; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass,
the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the
tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according
to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening
and the morning were the third day.
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God created the sun, moon, and the stars on the fourth
day. He placed them in the firmament (heavens) to provide
light for the earth, and to provide seasons for each
year. The two great lights, the sun and the moon, would
provide light for every day and every night. The greater
light, the sun, would provide light for the day, and the
lesser light, the moon, would provide light in the night.
He created the stars to govern and rule the earth, and to
give it light.
Gen 1:14-19 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for
days and years; "and let them be for lights in the
firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and
it was so. Then 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. God set them in the
firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 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. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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God created the fish and all other living creatures in the
oceans and the lakes. He also created the birds to fly
above the earth, and He commanded all living things to be
fruitful and multiply.
Gen 1:20-23 Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an
abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the
earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens." So
God created great sea creatures and every living thing that
moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their
kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be
fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and
let birds multiply on the earth." So the evening and the
morning were the fifth day.
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It was on the sixth day that God created man, and He
created man in his own image. He also created the animals
on the sixth day, and he placed man in charge of all the
animals. He told man to be fruitful and multiply and fill
the earth.
Gen 1:24-31 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the
living creature according to its kind: cattle and
creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to
its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast of the
earth according to its kind, cattle according to its
kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according
to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according
to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of
the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own
image; in the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them.
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful
and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion
over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and
over every living thing that moves on the earth." And God
said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed
which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree
whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
"Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the
air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which
there is life, I have given every green herb for food";
and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made,
and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
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On the seventh day, He ceased from His labor and
established the Sabbath.
Scholars disagree as to how long these "days" might have
been. The Bible seems to indicate a literal 24 hour day.
Scholars also differ on the date of creation. It would be
impossible to know exactly the number of years back to the
creation since the Bible`s lists of generations sometimes
skips names, and any other historical records are limited.
According to the Bible and archaeology man has been here
for about 6,000 - 10,000 years approximately. No one can be
certain.
The purpose of the Bible is not to scientifically sketch
every detail of creation but to reveal to man that God is
prior to and distinct from His creation, that He is
directly responsible for its having come into being,
through His Word, that its continued existence is dependent
upon Him, and that man has been given the highest position
of honor and responsibility in that creation.
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