“In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1
From out of nothing (the world was without
form and void), God created
the Heavens and the Earth! The creation
all took place in 6 days, and
God then rested on the 7th day (also known
as the Sabbath). The Hebrew
word for ‘day’ here is ‘Yom’ (pronounced
‘yohm’), and when ‘evening’ and
‘morning’ are used in the same context,
it means literal 24-hour day.
Day 1: Light (Day) and darkness (Night)
God spoke the world into existence, as
He did day and night. The first
words recorded in the Bible by God are
“Let there be light.”
Psalm 33:6-9:
“6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens
made; and all the host of
them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together
as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let
all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded,
and it stood fast.”
Isaiah 45:12 – “I have made the
earth, and created man upon it: I, even
my hands, have stretched out the heavens,
and all their host have I
commanded.”
Day 2: The separation of waters – water
on earth from atmosphere
At the creation of the earth, it seemed
that the water was in vapor
form, all together. The second day was
a day that the Lord separated
the waters. Water went into the atmosphere
as well as on the surface of
the earth.
Day 3: Made dry land (Earth) and separated
land from ocean (Seas), and
Vegetation (herbs and fruit trees)
Continents and plants were formed and created
on the third day.
Day 4: Lights to rule the day and night
(Sun & Moon), and the stars –
the moon was the ‘lesser light’ and
the sun was the ‘greater light’.
Genesis 1:14 – “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:”
One thing I found interesting is that the
sun, from sunset to sunset,
is a marker of one day. The moon cycles
about once every month. The
constellations (groups of stars) tell
different times of the year. As
the earth rotates around the sun, different
star constellations can be
viewed. As an example, Orion is a constellation
that can be seen in
winter in the Northern Hemisphere (summer
in the Southern Hemisphere).
Psalm 19:1 – “The heavens declare
the glory of God; and the firmament
sheweth his handywork.”
Day 5: Ocean life (including whales)
and birds in the air
These animals were living creatures meant
to fill up their territories.
God even told them to be fruitful and
multiply (1:22).
Day 6: Basically, land creatures (cattle,
creeping animals, and beasts
of the earth), and humans (man &
woman).
The word for man in Hebrew is adam, pronounced
aw-dawm. This word is
related to adamah, pronounced aw-dawm-ah.
Adamah in Hebrew relates to
‘red earth’, or red clay. We find out
from Genesis 2:7 that “the LORD
God formed man of the dust of the ground…”
Chapter 2 of Genesis is a more detailed
chapter, describing deeper and
different elements of Creation. We find…
- Man was created from dust
and God breathed the Breath of Life into
his nostrils (2:7)
- God put man in charge of
the Garden of Eden and put him to work
pretty much immediately, to dress and
keep the garden (2:15) and to name
the animals (2:19-20) {man was
not meant to be lazy, ahem!}
- Woman (wo-man – {‘out of
man’ or ‘from man’}) was created when the
Lord put Adam under a deep sleep and took
a rib from Adam and made a
woman from it. She was to be his helpmate
and companion (2:18). This
woman was ‘bone of his bones and flesh
of his flesh.’ The wife was
later named ‘Eve’ (means ‘life’) by Adam
since she was the mother of all
living (3:20).
Man was given dominion over
the animals (1:28), and for food, God
gave man a bunch of trees to eat from
(1:29). The animals were given
the green herbs for food (1:30).
Everything then was peaceful and
non-destructive. When sin entered the
world, things started going
chaotic!
Day 7: God rested – known as the Sabbath
(rest).
The weeks of the calendar are derived from
the seven-day ‘Creation
Week.’
Genesis 2:3 - “And God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that in it he had rested from
all his work which God created and
made.”
Evidence of the "Trinity"?
In verse 26, God says ‘Let us make
man in OUR image, after OUR
likeness.” Another evidence of the "Trinity,"
this one found in the New
Testament, is in 1 John 5:7 – “For
there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost: and these three agree
in one.” Jesus was the Word (John 1:14a
– “And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us…”).
Since we are created in God’s Image, and
He is a three-part Being, we
are also three-part beings. We have a
spirit, a soul, and a body. May
we glorify God with all three of our essential
components!
Adam was commanded to not
eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and
Evil (1:9), but he could eat from
ANY other tree he wanted. Would he be
coaxed wrongly?
The obvious answer here is
‘yes.’ Eve was tempted by the serpent.
She proved that she knew the command that
God made to Adam – that they
could eat from any tree except for the
Tree of Knowledge of Good and
Evil – when she talked with the serpent
(3:2-3). The serpent (the devil
used the form of a snake) and said to
Eve basically, ‘What?! You can’t
eat from EVERY tree?!’ The serpent was
very deceitful! The serpent
finally convinced Eve that she would know
good and evil and would not
die even if she ate from that tree.
Genesis 3:6 – “And when the woman
saw that the tree was good for food,
and that it was pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree to be desired to make
one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat, and gave also unto
her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Lust of the eyes, lust of
the flesh, and the pride of life were
involved in this situation.
1 John 2:16 – “For all that is in
the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life, is not of the Father, but
is of the world.”
Lust of the eyes – Tree was pleasant to
the eyes
Lust of the flesh – Tree was good for
food
Pride of Life – Eating from the tree would
make her wise.
Eve messed up, and so did
Adam right after Eve. Both of them then
were embarrassed at their nakedness. They
then put together some fig
leaves to cover their nakedness. Penalties
of their sin?
- Women will have pain in
childbearing and will be completely subject
to her husband (3:16).
- Man will have to work for
his food and will sweat for everything
(3:17-19). Man and woman will both
return to dust (they will die).
Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of
sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.”
God made them coats of animal
skins – of innocent animals – and
fellowship was restored – He forgave them,
but He cast them out of the
Garden of Eden due to their sins and put
Cherubims (angels) to guard the
Garden of Eden. God showed His Mercy here,
however. He could have just
destroyed man and woman right there, but
He let them live longer. Thank
the Lord for His Mercy on us! It's because
of His Awesome Mercy that we
are alive even today!
Do you know this Excellent
Creator? He sent His Son Jesus into the
world to die for the payment of our sins,
and Jesus rose again. Jesus
is the Son of God, and we will study a
lot about Him in this entire
Bible Study. If you haven’t accepted Jesus
Christ as your Savior yet
and would like to, He offers you a life
full of joy, peace, and purpose.
Pray this prayer with me if you wish:
“Father, thank You for sending
Jesus and creating these wonderful
things around me. I am wonderfully made
and believe in You. Thank You
for sending Jesus to die on the cross
for the payment of my sins, and
thank You Jesus for that. I believe that
You are the Son of God and
want You to be my Lord and Savior. Come
into my life and change me and
give me purpose in this life. Thank You
for Rising again, conquering
the power of death and hell and proving
that You are the Son of God. In
Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
If you prayed that prayer
with your heart’s desire backing your words
up, congratulations! Jesus Loves you infinitely!
We love because He
first loved us. May the Lord bless you
richly!