3/ JESUS, 3/1 OLD TESTAMENT (OT)
3/1 OT, CREATION
GOD CREATED THE WORLD. The first
sentence in the bible states that God created the world. The bible then
describes how God accomplished this. This is not a scientific explanation but a
simple and easy way for the ordinary person to understand and remember. In the
first three days of creation, there was a separation of light from darkness,
from the sky and the earth, and the separation of the water and land. The next
three days were days of decoration. The sky was decorated with the sun, moon
and stars. The sky and water were decorated by birds and fish. The earth was
decorated with animals and people. God rested on the seventh day.
THE
FIRST THREE DAYS. The first three days were days of separation. On the first
day when all was in darkness, he created light. He separated the light and
darkness, calling the light day and the darkness night. On the second day, God
created a dome in the sky to separate the water above the dome from the water
below the dome and named the dome sky. On the third day, he separated the water
from the land calling the land earth and the water sea. He commanded the earth
to produce all kinds of plants. God saw all that he made was good.
THE
FOLLOWING THREE DAYS. The following three days God decorated his creation. On
the fourth day God put the sun, creating daylight and the moon and stars
creating night in the sky. On the fifth day God created fish for the seas and
oceans and birds for the sky. On the sixth day God created the animals which
inhabited the earth and finally God created human beings. He created them male
and female and commanded them to create children. On the seventh day, God
rested and was pleased with his creation for all was good.
