Good morning,
This week we continue our series, Who is God? My goal is to pick a chapter of the Bible that speaks to the character of God. This week we look at Genesis 1.
Genesis 1
God of Creation
Fourth Day (v14-19)
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: 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.
Fifth Day (v20-23)
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Days four and five, God creates signs, seasons, days, years, two great lights, fish, fowl, great whales, and living creatures. He tells them to be fruitful and multiply. He blesses them. God saw that it was good.
God begins with the infrastructure. Heaven, earth, light, day, night. Then He proceeds to make the dry land, earth. The earth will have grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit trees. This will provide food for the creatures He creates.
And He saves the best for last.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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